Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,183,160
Entries
791
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
437
Players Left
157
Players Left 1 / 791
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Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Stefan Toderita in the cutoff had his stack of around 130,000 in the middle against Halil Tasyurek from the big blind.
Stefan Toderita: A♠K♥ 
Halil Tasyurek: A♣K♣
The most likely outcome of the hand would be a chop, but the 9♣3♠8♣ flop certainly made things interesting as Tasyurek picked up a flush draw. A 4♥ on the turn brought Toderiita one step closer to survival, but the Q♣ river gave Tasyurek the nut flush, ending Toderita's tournament life.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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270,000
225,000
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225,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Denis Vlasov raised to 5,50 from middle position with Soraya Estrada calling from the small blind, and Maksim Shornikau defending out of the big blind.
The action checked to Vlasov on the 7♥K♠7♠ flop and he put out a bet of 4,400, which only Estrada called.
Estrada check-called another bet from Vlasov when the 4♥ landed on the turn, this time for 13,000.
Both players checked the 10♣ river and Estrada took down the pot with 6♠6♦ for just a pair of sixes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
185,000
54,500
|
54,500 |
|
100,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Late registration remains open, but last year's Western Series Main Event field size of 672 has already been surpassed!
Currently, 692 entries have been recorded in the 2025 edition. The record is 757, which was set in 2023. Will this year be a record-breaker?
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
On a flop of 3♣10♣3♦ Remy Murcia bet 13,000 from the big blind and Sorin Morariu called from middle position.
The K♠ landed on the turn and Murcia continued with a bet of 11,500. Morariu stuck around with a call again.
The two players happily checked the 5♦ river and Murcia turned over the winner with J♥J♠ for a pair of jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
80,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
With around 25,000 chips in the pot on a J♥3♠5♦K♣ board, Eusebiu Jalba checked from the small blind and Marcin Puczylowski bet 21,000 from early position. Jalba called.
A K♠ paired the board on the river and Jalba decided to lead out for a small bet of 15,000. Puczylowski called.
Jalba then showed the nuts with K♦J♦ and let out a sigh, perhaps disappointed that Puczylowski didn't raise his small bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
285,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
1,210,000
70,000
Table 25Seat 6
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Musa Genc raised from early position to 6,000 and Tamer Kamel three-bet to 17,000 from late position. Genc made the call when it folded back to him.
The two players checked a board of 6♣8♥3♠ to see the 7♥ hit the turn. Genc checked, and Kamel put out a delayed continuation-bet of 15,000. Genc carved out the call.
The river came the 3♥ and Genc led out for 45,000. Kamel snap-called and Genc turned over JxJx for a pair of jacks. This was second best to the Q♥Q♣ of Kamel for a higher overpair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
640,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
200,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Arian Kashani is going along just swimmingly as is approaching a stack of 500,000.
In the latest hand, Kashani limped from the small blind and Motokatsu Uhara checked the big blind.
On the 7♥5♠7♣ flop, Kashani fired 3,000, which Uhara called to see the 9♠ turn. Another bet came from Kashani, this time for 7,500, and Uhara quickly folded.
Kashani started the day with just over 200,000 and has more than doubled that so far on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000
267,000
|
267,000 |
|
200,000
77,500
|
77,500 |
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
And we have the first millionaire!
Ehsan Amiri, who was the overall chip leader coming into the day, recalled a hand which brought his stack up to around 1,250,000.
“Everybody folded, a player on a small blind limped. I made 4x raise to 10K. He reraised me 32K, I called.
The flop came 7♦6♥2♠, he checked, I bet 16K, he called. We both checked the 7♣ turn.
On the K♣ river, he bet 30K, and I jammed under his stack - around 170K. He tanked for a while and made a call with A♦K♠ I showed 8♦7♠."
Amiri has since lost a little of his stack, but still sits with around 1,050,000 as the midway point of Level 11 approaches.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,050,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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