$5,300 High Roller Day 3 | 2025 Merit Poker Western Series

01-19-2025 16:51 UTC+2

Big Slick Helps Joshi Eliminate Ketzer

Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Sachin Joshi opened to 24,000 under the gun before Roman Stoika three-bet to 60,000 from the hijack. Felipe Ketzer then four-bet shoved for 206,000 from the big blind. Joshi moved all in over the top for 222,000 and Stoika folded.

Felipe Ketzer: A♥Q♥ All in
Sachin Joshi: A♠K♠

Ketzer was already out of his chair upon seeing the cards as he knew he was likely headed to the rail. The runout of K♣Q♣3♣6♣5♠ gave both players a pair, but it was Joshi's pair of kings that won him the hand, and eliminated Ketzer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sachin Joshi	500,000 374,000	374,000
Roman Stoika	300,000 73,000	73,000
Felipe Ketzer	Busted

Tags: Felipe Ketzer Roman Stoika Sachin Joshi

01-19-2025 16:56 UTC+2

State Heads to the Rail; Auzoux Has Over a Million

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Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Adrian State had roughly 200,000 remaining in stack and committed them all into the middle preflop with Gregoire Auzoux making the call to try and bust him.

Adrian State: A♠K♠ All in
Gregoire Auzoux: J♠J♥

It was a flip that State needed to win to continue his run in the High Roller. However, the board came 5♠3♥5♦Q♣3♦ and all State could do was wish the players at his table good luck as he was eliminated from the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregoire Auzoux	1,200,000 308,000	308,000

Adrian State	Busted

Tags: Adrian State Gregoire Auzoux

01-19-2025 17:07 UTC+2

Sposato Finds a Queen to Bust Sibgatova

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Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Sachin Joshi opened to 24,000 from early position with Gaspare Sposato calling out of the small blind before Alisa Sibgatova squeezed all in for 98,000 grom the big blind. Joshi folded, but Sposato reluctantly called.

Alisa Sibgatova: A♦J♦ All in
Gaspare Sposato: Q♥10♥

Sibgatova was ahead, but Sposato had live cards that he could hit to end her tournament. The flop of 5♦Q♦7♣ put Sposato in the lead with a pair of queens, though Sibgatova had a flush draw. The rest of the board ran out K♥3♠ and Sibgatova was out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gaspare Sposato	900,000 399,000	399,000
Sachin Joshi	620,000 120,000	120,000
Alisa Sibgatova	Busted

Tags: Alisa Sibgatova Gaspare Sposato Sachin Joshi

01-19-2025 17:16 UTC+2

Gromov Five-Bets Runcan

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Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Paul Runcan raised to 24,000 from ealry position and Dmitry Gromov three-bet to 62,000 from the button. When it got back to Runcan he four-bet to 102,000 and was met an instant shove from Fromov for roughly 300,000. Runcan quickly folded and Gromov increased his stack considerably without seeing a flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Gromov	410,000 160,000	160,000

Paul Runcan	350,000 158,000	158,000

Tags: Dmitry Gromov Paul Runcan

01-19-2025 17:27 UTC+2

A Few More Eliminations

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Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Umberto Ruggeri	Busted
Mikhail Zavoloka	Busted
Natan Chauskin	Busted

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

01-19-2025 17:37 UTC+2

Arda's Ladies Send Marsh Home

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Ozgur Arda opened with ha min-raise from the hijack to 24,000 and Luke Marsh three-bet shoved four roughly 300,000 out of the mall blind. Arda snap-called.

Luke Marsh: A♠J♠ All in
Ozgur Arda: Q♣Q♦

Marsh needed to find an ace or some spades to survive. However, the runout of 8♥5♦2♠7♦J♦ kept Arda's ladies ahead the whole way, sending Marsh out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ozgur Arda	1,150,000 795,000	795,000
Luke Marsh	Busted

Tags: Luke Marsh Ozgur Arda

01-19-2025 17:46 UTC+2

Quinn Holds On With Just a Pair of Treys

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The action was picked up with roughly 350,000 in the middle with the board showing 2♠4♠K♥6♦. Xin Tang bet 245,000 from the small blind into Edward Quinn, who was seated in middle position. Quinn pondered briefly, before carving out the call.

The 6♣ came on the river and Tang opted to check. Quinn instantly checked behind and Tang turned over A♦9♦ for just ace-high. Quinn had that beat with 3♣3♦ for just a pair of treys. With that pot Quinn moved his stack up to over a million.