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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Dziubdziela On the Right Side of the Ultimate Cooler

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

During the break, Bogdan Jontulovic mentioned that a big pot played out between Marcin Dziubdziela and Anton Danilov.

Dziubdziela had four-bet and Danilov called, and the rest of the chips went in on a jack-high flop for a pot that was worth almost 2,000,000.

Marcin Dziubdziela: AxAx All in
Anton Danilov: KxKx

Dziubdziela's pocket aces held up, and he was shipped the pot, which boosted his stack to around 1,900,000, while Danilov's stack dropped to a still-healthy 1,100,000.

Tags: Bogdan JontulovicMarcin DziubdzielaAnton Danilov

Selected Chip Counts

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Fata Shoves Over Cinca's River bet

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Mario Fata
Mario Fata

Georgios Skarparis raised the cutoff to 22,000 with Mario Fata calling from the button and Alexandru Cinca defending out of the big blind.

Cinca led out for 34,000 on the 8♦5♣9♣ flop and only Fata called.

The two players checked the 10♣ turn for the 6♣ to fall on the river. Cinca led out for 100,000 and was met by a shove from Fata for 455,000. Cinca went into the tank but eventually, let go of his cards and the pot was sent over to Fata.

Tags: Alexandru CincaGeorgios SkarparisMario Fata

Borlan's King Good at Showdown

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

The action was picked up with around 140,000 chips in the pot on a K♦7♠10♣7♦ board where Ruslan Bakhtiev had checked from the small blind and Dan Borlan fired out 105,000 from the big blind. Bakhtiev called.

Both then knuckled the table on the A♥ river where Bakhtiev showed 10♥9♦ for a pair of tens, but Borlan held the winner with K♥3♥ for a pair of kings to take the pot.

Tags: Dan BorlanRuslan Bakhtiev

Shushan Wins a Flip Against Molenaar

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

Yaniv Shushan had his stack of around 130,000 in the pot preflop and was put at risk by Michel Molenaar.

Yaniv Shushan: 8♠8♣ All in
Michel Molenaar: A♦Q♠

It was a flip that Shushan needed to win to stay alive, and win he did when the 10♣3♦9♠4♣4♦ runout kept his Snowmen alive.

Tags: Yaniv ShushanMichel Molenaar

A Few Eliminations

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

Liklikadze Shows the Bluff

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

Both Grigoli Liklikadze and Rashad Iskandarov have seen their start-of-day chip stacks depleted and the two clashed in a pot not so long ago.

The action was picked up on a board of 3♦3♣K♣3♥ with around 125,000 in the pot. Iskandarov fired out 35,000 from the big blind, and Liklikadze called on the button.

On the 4♣ river, Iskandarov checked it over to Liklikadze, who bet 60,000. After just a short time, Iskandarov folded.

Liklikadze then revealed 10♥9♣ for a bluff as he raked in the pot.

Tags: Grigoli LiklikadzeRashad Iskandarov

Smolka Continues to Win Pots

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

Heads-up on a flop of K♣3♣8♠ in a pot between Lyudmil Ivanov in the big blind, and Dawid Smolka on the button. Ivanov checked and Smolka bet 15,000. Ivanov check-raised to 45,000 and Smolka called.

The turn came down the 5♥, and Ivanov started with a check. Smolka now took back the betting lead by carving out a bet of 50,000. Ivanov quickly folded and Smolka added to his tower of chips.

Tags: Dawid SmolkaLyudmil Ivanov

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