Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1cd
Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1cd
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,183,160
Entries
791
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
205
Players Left
98
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Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Vasileios Panagiotidis raised the button to 1,500 and was called by Andreas Mavrikioy out of the small blind and the player seated in the big blind.
The action checked to Panagiotidis on the 8♥3♦2♥ flop, and he bet 2,200, which both his opponents called.
The 7♥ hit the turn and when it checked to Panagiotidis, he bet 7,000. This time only Mavrikioy called.
When the 7♦ fell on the river, Mavrikioy led out for 6,000 and was snap-called by Panagiotidis. Mavrikioy turned over a flush with Q♥5♥, but to his surprise, this was second best to the K♥10♥ of Panagiotidis for a higher flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000 | |
|
15,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Yassin Mahmoud and Georges Hanna just got involved in a pot of almost 200,000 with Mahmoud being the player at risk of elimination.
Yassin Mahmoud: A♠K♣ 
Georges Hanna: Q♣Q♠
It was a race for two starting stacks that both players wanted to win. The flop of 7♣Q♦A♦ may have given Mahmoud top pair, but Hanna improved to a set of queens to take a commanding lead. The 4♠ turn left Mahmoud drawing dead, as the 6♥ came on the river to cement his elimination.
Mahmoud instantly rebought and took his seat with a fresh starting stack at another table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level 2
: 300/600, 600 ante
With roughly 25,000 in the middle on a flop of A♦Q♠3♠, Graydon Kowal committed his last 23,000 into the middle with a player in middle position making the call.
Graydon Kowal: A♣J♥
Middle Position: 7♠5♠
Graydon was ahead with top pair and just needed to fade some spades to remain in the tournament. The rest of the board ran out 10♥3♣ and Graydon earned the much-needed double-up to half the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000 | |
|
50,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
The action was picked up with roughly 25,000 in the middle on a board of 7♦8♥3♦K♦. Pierre Jreige bet 11,500 from under the gun, which got called by Mustafa Ercan out of the small blind, and Giorgiy Skhulukhiya from the big blind.
The 7♠ hit the river and the Ercan checked. Skhulukhiya led out for 22,000 which Jreige snap-called. Ercan thought it over briefly before making the call himself.
Skhulukhiya turned over Q♦8♦ for a turned queen-high flush. Ercan flipped up a lower flush with J♦9♦, but Jreige had the winner with A♦2♦ and scooped a pot of roughly 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
82,000 | |
|
60,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
With roughly 50,000 in the middle on a board of 2♣2♥7♦J♥K♥, Daniel Wong checked from the big blind and faced a pot-sized bet of 50,000 from Mikhail Zavoloka. Wong thought it over for quite some time before he opted to toss his cards into the muck and forfeit the pot to Zavoloka.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
85,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Maroun Jazzar opened the action with a raise from under the gun to 2,500. Daniel Charlton three-bet to roughly 7,000 from the next seat, and after it folded back to Jazzar, he made the call with approximately 18,000 behind.
As soon as the dealer fanned out the flop of A♦4♥2♣ Jazzar shoved his remaining chips into the middle. Charlton almost beat him into the pot with a call.
Maroun Jazzar: K♥6♥
Daniel Charlton: A♠K♣
Charlton had flopped top pair with Big Slick, and had Jazzar drawing to running cards. The Q♥ turn was one of those cards Jazzar needed as he picked up a backdoor flush draw. However, the 5♠ hit the river, sending Jazzar to the rail, and the pot was pushed to Charlton.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
Busted |
80,000
31,000
Table 11Seat 8
level 3 blinds 400/800/800 ante.
UTG limps, middle position calls.
I raise to 4k with A♠K♠. My stack: 95k.
Small blind 3-bets to 15k. His stack: 90k.
I fold on a flop 2♣ 3♣ 6♣ after his 12k c-bet.