2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$2,200 Warmup
Day: 4
Event Info

2023 Merit Poker Western Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$181,200
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$962,320
Entries
523
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 4
Entries
19
Players Left
1

Valentin Tsoy Eliminated in 16th Place ($9,325)

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Valentin Tsoy
Valentin Tsoy

Michele Guerrini shoved from the button and Valentin Tsoy, who only had a few chips remaining after paying the ante and big blind, threw them into the middle.

Valentin Tsoy: {10-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}
Michele Guerrini: {j-Spades}{q-Hearts}

Guerrini made a pair of jacks on the {5-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{2-Hearts} board to knock out Tsoy in 16th place.

Player Chips Progress
Michele Guerrini it
Michele Guerrini
2,000,000
-1,200,000
-1,200,000
Valentin Tsoy uz
Valentin Tsoy
Busted

Tags: Michele GuerriniValentin Tsoy

Tsoy Shoves Into Aces as Aydemir Doubles Up in Massive Pot

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Action folded to Valentin Tsoy on the button who raised to 625,000. Recep Aydemir in the big blind made it 1,550,000 and Tsoy used three time bank cards before he moved all in.

Aydemir snap-called for his last 3,365,000 and turned over {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}. Tsoy could only show {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}. He caught top pair on the {2-Hearts}{j-Spades}{4-Spades} flop, but improved no further on the {7-Diamonds} turn or {8-Clubs} river.

A frustrated Tsoy then pushed over his entire stack into a pile on the table. "Not going to help the dealer, huh," Michael Allen said to him.

Player Chips Progress
Recep Aydemir tr
Recep Aydemir
6,800,000
3,300,000
3,300,000
Valentin Tsoy uz
Valentin Tsoy
300,000
-2,270,000
-2,270,000

Tags: Recep AydemirValentin Tsoy

Browne Drills the River to Survive

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Vladislav Fedoseev raised to 250,000 from the button and Paul Browne moved all in for around 1,600,000 in the big blind. Fedoseev called with {10-Clubs}{10-Spades} and was up against Browne's {a-Spades}{6-Hearts}.

Browne was already standing up from his seat as the board came {4-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{j-Clubs}, but he hit the {a-Hearts} on the river to make top pair and double up.

Player Chips Progress
Vladislav Fedoseev ru
Vladislav Fedoseev
4,700,000
150,000
150,000
Paul Browne gb
Paul Browne
3,200,000
2,350,000
2,350,000

Tags: Paul BrowneVladislav Fedoseev

Huseyin Akgul Eliminated in 17th Place ($9,325)

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Huseyin Akgul
Huseyin Akgul

Huseyin Akgul moved all in for 375,000 from under the gun, Paul Browne reshoved for 800,000 in the cutoff, and the rest of the table got out of the way.

Huseyin Akgul: {k-Spades}{7-Hearts}
Paul Browne: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

Akgul made a pair on the {8-Spades}{2-Clubs}{10-Spades}{7-Diamonds} board, but improved no further on the {10-Diamonds} river to hit the rail in 17th place.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Browne gb
Paul Browne
1,400,000
550,000
550,000
Huseyin Akgul tr
Huseyin Akgul
Busted

Tags: Huseyin AkgulPaul Browne

Yury Bochkarev Eliminated in 18th Place ($9,325)

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Yury Bochkarev
Yury Bochkarev

Vladislav Fedoreev raised to 200,000 from the hijack as action folded around to Yury Bochkarev in the big blind, who shoved all in for 1,575,000.

Fedoreev called with {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}, while Bochkarev showed {k-Hearts}{5-Hearts}. The board ran out {2-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{2-Spades}{9-Spades} and Fedoreev won the pot with his ace-high to send Bochkarev to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Vladislav Fedoreev
Vladislav Fedoreev
6,100,000
Yury Bochkarev ru
Yury Bochkarev
Busted

Tags: Vladislav FedoreevYury Bochkarev

Aydemir Picks Off the Chip Leader

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

In a blind versus blind battle, John Doe bet 125,000 on a {5-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{8-Spades} board and was called by Recep Aydemir.

The turn came the {2-Clubs} and Doe continued for 390,000. Aydemir tanked for a moment before calling as Doe showed {10-}{6-} for a bluff.

Aydemir turned over {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for a pair of nines to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
John Doe
John Doe
9,200,000
-600,000
-600,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Recep Aydemir tr
Recep Aydemir
3,500,000
255,000
255,000

Tags: John DoeRecep Aydemir

Kliper Holds On to Double

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Just before Nikolay Fal was eliminated on the other outer table, Huseyin Akgul shoved from the small blind and Arie Kliper called for his last 800,000.

Arie Kliper: {k-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
Huseyin Akgul: {10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

The board ran out {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts}{5-Clubs} and Kliper's king-high stayed in front to earn him a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Arie Kliper il
Arie Kliper
1,600,000
785,000
785,000
Huseyin Akgul tr
Huseyin Akgul
350,000
-940,000
-940,000

Tags: Arie KliperHuseyin Akgul

Nikolay Fal Eliminated in 19th Place ($8,115)

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Nikolay Fal
Nikolay Fal

David Hu raised to 200,000 from under the gun before Nikolay Fal in the big blind reraised to 700,000, leaving himself only 30,000 behind. Hu then shoved to put Fal all in.

"I'm going to call. Just going to make sure," Fal said as he looked around at the other tables before throwing in his last chips.

Fal had {j-Spades}{j-Clubs} and was in a coin flip against Hu's {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}. The {7-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop gave Hu top pair, and he held on through the {a-Clubs} turn and {5-Hearts} river to send Fal to the rail in 19th place.

Player Chips Progress
David Hu nl
David Hu
2,800,000
895,000
895,000
Nikolay Fal ru
Nikolay Fal
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: David HuNikolay Fal

Level: 27

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000