2025 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1cd
1a1b1cd2345
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
Players Left 1 / 791
Filter

Filter

Filter By
Sort By
30 Show newer posts

Mavrikioy Stays Alive

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Andreas Mavrikioy
Andreas Mavrikioy

Andreas Mavrikioy got his remaining 23,000 into the middle preflop and was called by a player out of the small blind, who was trying to send him home.

Andreas Mavrikioy: 6♣6♠ All in
Small Blindd: A♣J♥

Mavrikioy had found himself in a race that, if he won, would see him move back up to over half the starting stack.

The board runout of 8♦3♦2♥5♦10♠ was great for Mavrikioy, as his pocket sixes remained ahead the entire way, and he earned the much-needed double up in the Main Event.

Tags: Andreas Mavrikioy

Ferman Ramps Up the Aggression

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Jak Ferman
Jak Ferman

Jak Ferman opened to 3,000 from the hijack and Andreas Mavromoustakis defended out of the big blind.

The flop came down 5♦3♠2♥ and Mavromoustakis checked over to Freeman, who bet 2,000. Mavromoustakis check-raised to 7,500, and was met by a three-bet to 20,000 from Ferman. Mavromoustakis called to see a turn.

After Mavromoustakis checked the 7♣ turn, Ferman placed a big bet out and Mavromoustakis snap-folded before the chips hit the baize.

Tags: Andreas MavromoustakisJak Ferman

Charlton Shows Colavita One Card

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The action was picked up on a flop of A♠8♦J♣. Daniel Charlton checked from the big blind and Mario Colavita bet 1,200 from the cutoff. Charlton check-raised to 5,200, which Colavita called.

The 5♠ dropped on the turn and Charlton continued with a bet of 6,500. Colavita carved out the call again.

When the 9♠ landed on the river, Charlton shoved for his remaining 15,600. Colavita folded his hand and Charlton was kind enough to turn over the A♥ for at least a pair of aces on the flop.

Tags: Daniel CharltonMario Colavita

Sakis Nicolaou Greece
Sakis Nicolaou
40,000 23,000
Table 11Seat 8
MyStack Logo MyStack User Post

Level: 5

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Kowal Does Better With the Trashy Hands

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Sakis Nicolaou
Sakis Nicolaou

Heads-up to a flop of A♣3♥7♠ with around 10,000 in the middle. Sakis Nicolaou bet 5,000 and was met by a shove from Graydon Kowal for 55,600. Nicolau went into the tank and after thinking for around a minute, flicked in the call.

Graydon Kowal: 7♣3♣ All in
Sakis Nicolaou: A♠K♥

Kowal had flopped bottom two pair and was ahead at the moment versus Nicolaou's top pair. The rest of the board ran out clean for Kowal as it came 9♣6♣. Kowal doubled up, while Nicolaou was left short-stacked.

Upon having the pot pushed towards him, Kowal commented to the table, "I can't win with the good hands so I got to play the bad ones."

Tags: Graydon KowalSakis Nicolaou

Saad Virtually Triples Up

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Three-way all-in on table #6 with Max Deveson and AJohnny Saad being at risk against a late position player.

Johnny Saad: K♠J♠ All in
Max Deveson: A♥5♥ All in
Late Position Player: J♥J♦

Saad and Deveson needed to find some help from the dealer if they were to remain in the tournament.

The board ran out 2♦2♠9♠K♥2♥ which meant Saad would almost triple up having spiked a king, while Deveson was sent to the rail.

Tags: Johnny SaadMax Deveson

Become a Bigger Part of the Action With MyStack by PokerNews

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Have you heard about MyStack by PokerNews? It is a free-to-use tool built into the PokerNews website that puts you in control of your chip counts on our live reporting pages. MyStack directly connects you to PokerNews' live reporting pages, making you an even bigger part of the action in the events you play.

MyStack is a free poker tool and PokerNews activates MyStack for every event it is live reporting from, regardless of that tournament's buy-in. Once you have created a free PokerNews account, you can use MyStack to update your chip counts in real time; hopefully, your stack will continue increasing throughout the event!

Click Here to Set Up Your Account

Some Big Stacks After the First Break

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Level: 4

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Prev 1234567 Next