2025 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 3
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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 3
Entries
157
Players Left
39
Players Left 1 / 791
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Kolev Busts the Main Event

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Boris Kolev
Boris Kolev

Mehmet Demirkol raised to 22,000 from early position and Boris Kolev shoved for 120,000 from the button. Mario Fata jammed over the top for 245,000, and after a bit of tanking, Demirkol folded his cards.

Boris Kolev: 8♦8♠ All in
Mario Fata: A♥J♠

Kolev found himself in a flip with two eights. Kolev stayed ahead on the 2♦K♦4♥3♥ flop and turn, but the J♣ fell on the river to give Fata the winner with a pair of jacks, sending Kolev out of the tournament.

Tags: Boris KolevMario FataMehmet Demirkol

Chen Attempts a Bluff, Aksu Doubles Up

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Zhen Chen
Zhen Chen

Osman Aksu opened the cutoff to 20,000 and Zhen Chen three-bet from the button to 55,000. When it got back to Aksu, he dropped in the call.

They saw a flop of J♦6♦10♠ where Aksu check-called a bet of 40,000 from Chen to the J♥ turn, which went check-check.

An 8♦ landed on the river and Aksu quickly led out with a bet of 75,000. Chen, composed as always, took his time before he shoved, which put Aksu to the test for his remaining 325,000. Aksu didn't need to think for too long before he shrugged his shoulders, grabbed his chips, and shoved them into the pot.

Chen then revealed he had a bluff with A♥Q♠. and Aksu's nut flush holding A♦Q♦ was good for the pot and a double-up.

Tags: Osman AksuZhen Chen

Meir Sends Genc to the Rail

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Musa Genc
Musa Genc

Oren Meir min-raised from middle position with Nils Pudel calling on the button before Musa Genc squeezed all in for roughly 120,000 out of the big blind. Meir shoved over the top for around 280,000 which caused Pudel to let go of his hand.

Musa Genc: A♦Q♠ All in
Oren Meir: 10♥10♣

Genc needed to win the flip to have a chance of making money in the Main Event. The flop of 7♠K♠J♠ offered a lot of outs to Genc as he picked up flush and straight draws. However, the rest of the board ran out 2♥3♥ and Meir's tens held up, sending Genc to the rail.

Tags: Musa GencNils PudelOren Meir

Chilaud and Roelofsen Start Well

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Both Maxime Chilaud and Koen Roelofsen have had great starts to the day and increased their stacks by some margin.

Not long ago the two clashed where Chilaud opened from middle position to 20,000 and Roelofsen three-bet to 60,000 in the cutoff. When it got back to Chilaud, he four-bet to 135,000, and Roelofsen quickly folded.

Tags: Koen RoelofsenMaxime Chilaud

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Karam's Value Bet Gets Paid

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Ramzi Karam raised to 16,000 from early position with only Soraya Estrada calling out of the big blind.

The two players checked the 8♥4♦6♠ flop to see the 9♦ land on the turn. Estrade checked, and Karam bet 30,000. Estrada slid in the call.

Estrada checked for the last time when the 2♥ hit the river. Karam bet 50,000 and after a few moments, Estrada called. Karam flipped over J♣9♣ for a pair of nines on the turn. It was good to take down the pot as Estrada mucked her cards

Tags: Soraya EstradaRamzi Karam

Kashani Punished For Correct Call

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Arian Kashani
Arian Kashani

Arian Kashani recalled a hand where he raised to 18,000 from the button and Luke Marsh defended from the big blind.

They went to a flop of K♥3♦7♦ where Marsh check-called a bet of 14,000 from Kashani.

A 4♣ dropped on the turn and after Marsh checked, Kashani bet 62,000. Marsh then check-shoved for 208,000, which sent Kashani into the tank. After several minutes of thinking, Kashani stuck in the call.

Luke Marsh: Q♦10♦ All in
Arian Kashani: A♣6♦

Kashani's gut instinct was on point and he needed to fade just one card to scoop the pot and eliminate Marsh. However, the poker gods were not on Kashani's side as his correct call was punished when the 4♦ landed on the river, which completed Marsh's flush.

Several hands later, Kashani lost a flip with ace-king against pocket eights for a pot worth around 300,000, and now sits with 375,000.

Tags: Arian KashaniLuke Marsh

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Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

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Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

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Jalba's Main Event Run Ends

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The action folded around to Eusebiu Jalba in the small blind, who shoved his remaining stack of around 60,000 into the pot. Simeon Spasov called in the big blind.

Eusebiu Jalba: J♣9♦ All in
Simeon Spasov: K♣10♥

Jalba's bad start to the day got even worse as the runout of 10♦5♥9♥3♣2♦ sent him to the rail in the opening level.

Tags: Eusebiu JalbaSimeon Spasov

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