Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Play is now hand-for-hand on the bubble of the Main Event!
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,183,160
Entries
791
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
157
Players Left
39
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Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
On the direct bubble, Adrian State raised to 30,000 before Felipe Ketzer three-bet to 55,000. State four-bet to 80,000 and Ketzer five-bet to 105,000 with 75,000 behind. State six-bet shoved to put Ketzer all in, and Ketzer called.
Felipe Ketzer: A♠A♦ 
Adrian State: A♣K♥
Ketzer was in the perfect spot to double up unless a very unfortunate runout came.
The flop of Q♠2♠Q♦ was great for Ketzer's aces as he could only lose to running cards. The 6♥ turn meant State was drawing dead, as an inconsequential K♦ landed on the river, cementing the double up for Ketzer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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780,000
380,000
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380,000 |
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400,000
30,000
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30,000 |
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Adrian State raised to 30,000 from early position and Lyudmil Ivanov three-bet to 75,000 from a few seats over. After the blinds folded, State called.
The flop came down A♠3♠5♦ and State check-called a bet of 40,000 from Ivanov.
The two players checked the 2♦ turn to see the 5♥ hit the river. State looked over at Ivanov's remaining 250,000 before he shoved to put Ivanov all in. Ivanov quickly folded, and State pulled in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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900,000
120,000
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120,000 |
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250,000
10,000
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10,000 |
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Dmitry Gromov opened from early position to 30,000 and Nils Pudel shoved from the next seat for 342,000. Zhen Chen was in the big blind and called, then Gromov folded.
Nils Pudel: A♦K♦
Zhen Chen : A♠K♣
The most likely scenario was that the two would chop, but Pudel had a chance to snatch it all after the J♦2♠6♦ flop gave him a flush draw. Pudel didn't need to wait too long before he celebrated, as the 4♦ turn gave him an unbeatable flush. A meaningless 5♣ dropped on the river, and Pudel doubled up.
The bubble continues...
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,400,000
600,000
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600,000 |
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720,000
220,000
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220,000 |
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180,000
820,000
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820,000 |
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Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Ionut-Alexandru Moldovan raised to 30,000 under the gun and Xiaosheng Zheng called from the cutoff. Luke Marsh squeezed to 115,000 from the big blind and only Zheng called.
Marsh continued with a bet of 65,000 on the J♥Q♠4♦ flop. Zheng took a few moments before making the call.
The turn came the 6♦ and Marsh slowed down and checked. Zheng announced all in for Marsh's remaining 300,000, and Marsh instantly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000
556,000
|
556,000 |
|
1,150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
300,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Georgios Skarparis rasied to 30,000 from early position with Nicolae Paunescu calling on the button before Mehmet Demirkol squeezed it up to 120,000 from the small blind. Skarparis folded, but Paunescu called to see a flop.
Demirkol continued with a bet of 35,000 on the A♦K♠K♣ flop. Paunescu called.
The 3♥ turn and 6♥ river got checked down by both players and Demirkol took down the pot with A♥Q♣ for a flopped pair of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,550,000 | |
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|
720,000 | |
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300,000 | |
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
It seemed the entire room was waiting for Mustafa Biz to bust, as he had just a single white chip, worth 25,000.
Eventually, Biz stuck his chip in from under the gun and Zhen Chen called in the hijack. Dmitry Gromov then three-bet to 100,000, and Chen folded.
Mustafa Biz: 6♠5♦
Dmitry Gromov: 9♦7♥
"I'm trying to help you," said Gromov as he turned his cards over. The Russian player has been enjoying the bubble and probably wanted to lose this hand so that he could continue to accumulate chips.
However, the board had other ideas as the 2♥9♥Q♦Q♥7♣ runout meant Biz was eliminated on 104th, while everybody else remaining in the field made the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,800,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
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|
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150,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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|
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Busted | |
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Andreas Mavromoustakis rasied to 35,000 under the gun gun and Mohamed Mokrani three-bet to 115,000 from the button, After the blinds folded, Mavromoustaki four-bet to 240,000 and Mokrani made the call.
When the flop came down 3♠J♦5♦ Mavromoustaki put out a continuation-bet of 200,000. Mokrani had roughly 800,000 remaining in his stack, and after thinking for a few moments, he laid his hand down and forfeited the pot to Mavromoustaki.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,550,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
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800,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Players are on a 15-minute break.
