$3,300 Main Event Day 3 | 2025 Merit Poker Western Series

01-24-2025 14:24 UTC+2

Dziubdziela On the Right Side of the Ultimate Cooler

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcin Dziubdziela	1,900,000 1,380,000	1,380,000
Anton Danilov	1,100,000 400,000	400,000
Bogdan Jontulovic	300,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Bogdan Jontulovic Marcin Dziubdziela Anton Danilov

01-24-2025 14:20 UTC+2

Selected Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Nichan Khorchidian	2,050,000 100,000	100,000
Can Miral	1,675,000 780,000	780,000
Tamer Kamel	1,600,000 587,000	587,000
Dmitry Gromov	1,600,000 446,000	446,000

Dawid Smolka	1,550,000 350,000	350,000
Renars Skanis	1,480,000 130,000	130,000

Ibrahim Ghasan	1,450,000 200,000	200,000
Mihai Niste	1,450,000 568,000	568,000
Ali Fkih	1,450,000 322,000	322,000
Ionut-Alexandru Moldovan	1,300,000 310,000	310,000
Suat Egilli	1,200,000 354,000	354,000
Viliyan Petleshkov	1,200,000 522,000	522,000
Georgios Skarparis	1,200,000 50,000	50,000

Motokatsu Uhara	1,100,000 86,000	86,000
Andreas Mavromoustakis	1,100,000 120,000	120,000
Johan Guilbert	1,100,000 619,000	619,000

Osman Aksu	1,000,000
Sergei Varnaev	1,000,000 139,000	139,000
Umberto Ruggeri	1,000,000 502,000	502,000
Ihar Soika	800,000 185,000	185,000

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

01-24-2025 14:06 UTC+2

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

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

Players are on a 15-minute break.

01-24-2025 13:59 UTC+2

Fata Shoves Over Cinca's River bet

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Tim Baker

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

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Skarparis	1,150,000 17,000	17,000

Mario Fata	720,000 320,000	320,000
Alexandru Cinca	600,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Alexandru Cinca Georgios Skarparis Mario Fata

01-24-2025 13:56 UTC+2

Borlan's King Good at Showdown

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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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Borlan	1,100,000 213,000	213,000
Gaspare Sposato	1,000,000 400,000	400,000
Ruslan Bakhtiev	500,000 352,000	352,000

Tags: Dan Borlan Ruslan Bakhtiev

01-24-2025 13:53 UTC+2

Shushan Wins a Flip Against Molenaar

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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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michel Molenaar	500,000 257,000	257,000
Yaniv Shushan	300,000 168,000	168,000

Tags: Yaniv Shushan Michel Molenaar

01-24-2025 13:49 UTC+2

A Few Eliminations

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Tim Baker

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Fatima Mourchid	Busted
Kirill Shcherbakov	Busted
Irina Zheleznyak	Busted
Sandra Cotescu	Busted

01-24-2025 13:43 UTC+2

Liklikadze Shows the Bluff

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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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rashad Iskandarov	400,000 305,000	305,000
Grigoli Liklikadze	300,000 211,000	211,000

Tags: Grigoli Liklikadze Rashad Iskandarov

01-24-2025 13:42 UTC+2

Smolka Continues to Win Pots

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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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dawid Smolka	1,900,000 500,000	500,000
Lyudmil Ivanov	240,000 415,000	415,000

Tags: Dawid Smolka Lyudmil Ivanov