2025 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1cd
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Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Winner
Prize
$377,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,183,160
Total Entries
791
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 1cd
Entries
205
Players Left
98
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Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
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Some Updated Chip Counts

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Uhara Starts to Chip Up

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

On a flop of 3♥Q♦Q♣, the player in the big blind checked and Motokatsu Uhara bet 4,000 from under the gun. Xiaosheng Zheng called from the button but the big blind player folded.

Heads-up to see the 4♥ fall on the turn. Uhara checked to Zheng, and Zheng chose to check behind.

The 6♠ landed on the river and Uhara led out for 10,000. Zheng thought it over for a few moments before he folded his cards and surrendered the pot to Uhara.

Tags: Motokatsu UharaXiaosheng Zheng

Achour Takes From Ercan

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
Maher Achour
Maher Achour

Mustafa Ercan raised to 3,200 from early position and only Maher Achour called of the big blind.

The flop came down A♥K♠4♥ and Achour decided to check. Ercan fired a continuation-bet of 3,500, which Achour called.

The 8♥ turn and 7♠ river got checked down by both players and Achour tabled K♣2♦ for a pair of kings to take down the pot.

Tags: Mustafa Ercan

Flutur Rivers a Four-Flush

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 9♦3♠9♠ where Mircea Flutur checked from the cutoff and faced a bet of 3,000 by Kirill Burtin on the button. Flutur made the call.

The Q♠ fell on the turn and Flutur check-called another bet from Burtin, this time for 13,500.

The 2♠ river caused both players to check and Flutur turned over K♠J♦ for a rivered king-high flush. It was good to win the pot as Burtin frustratingly mucked his cards.

Tags: Kirill BurtinMircea Flutur

Sakis Nicolaou Greece
Sakis Nicolaou
Busted
Table 11Seat 8

Blinds 600/1200/1200 ante.
I raise ug to 2.5k with A♠A♠my stack: 32k. Big blind makes the call 
Flop: 2♥K♣K♥pot: 7.9k. I c-bet 5k.
Turn: 7♦pot: 21.9k. I shove 20k.
He calls and shows K♠5♣River 3♦
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Chilaud's Aces Sends Zebarjad Home

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
Maxime Chilaud
Maxime Chilaud

Ali Zebarjad raised to 3,000 from middle position and was called by a player in the hijack before Maxime Chilaud squeezed out of the big blind to 11,500. Only Zebarjad called.

Chilaud put out a continuation-bet of 5,000 on the 6♣10♠3♣ flop and Zebarjad immediately shoved for roughly 27,000. Chilaud called.

Ali Zebarjad: 5♣2♣ All in
Maxime Chilaud: A♣A♥

Zebarjad had a chance to crack Chilaud's aces if he could find a club or four on the rest of the runout. The 9♠ turn meant Zebarjad was one card away from elimination. The 10♦ hit the river and Zebarjad was out.

Tags: Ali ZebarjadMaxime Chilaud

Level: 6

Blinds: 800/1,500

Ante: 1,500

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