2024 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2024 Merit Poker Western Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$342,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,854,720
Entries
672
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 4
Entries
24
Players Left
1

Vedat Yilmaz Eliminated in 14th Place ($20,400)

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Vedat Yilmaz
Vedat Yilmaz

Antoine Hasbani opened to 220,000 from the hijack and Vedat Yilmaz moved all in for 900,000 from the button. Hasbani made the call to put Yilmaz at risk.

Vedat Yilmaz: J?J?
Antoine Hasbani: A?7?

Hasbani spiked an ace on the A?9?8? flop to take the lead. He remained ahead on the 4? turn and 3? river to send the Day 1d chip leader to the rail in 14th place.

Player Chips Progress
Antoine Hasbani lb
Antoine Hasbani
3,900,000
870,000
870,000
Vedat Yilmaz tr
Vedat Yilmaz
Busted
Day 1D Chip Leader

Tags: Antoine HasbaniVedat Yilmaz

Soika Slows Down Ketzer

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Felipe Ketzer opened to 200,000 from the button and Ihar Soika moved all in for 2,665,000 from the small blind. Ketzer called with a covering stack to put Soika at risk.

Ihar Soika: A?K?
Felipe Ketzer: J?J?

It was a classic preflop flip that Ketzer pulled ahead of on the 8?5?3? flop. Things were looking grim for Soika on the Q? turn but the K? river gave Soika top pair to score a massive double up through Ketzer.

Player Chips Progress
Felipe Ketzer br
Felipe Ketzer
6,400,000
-2,900,000
-2,900,000
Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
5,580,000
3,620,000
3,620,000

Tags: Felipe KetzerIhar Soika

Level: 30

Blinds: 50,000/125,000

Ante: 125,000

Khordbin Leaves Moussa with Crumbs

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Hadi Khordbin was all in from the small blind for 1,550,000 and up against Bassel Moussa in the hijack, with Moussa covering Khordbin very slightly.

Hadi Khordbin: Q?Q?
Bassel Moussa: A?10?

The board r an out J?8?5?3?5?. Khordbin's pocket-queens were good at showdown and he scored a full double up through Moussa, who was left with just two T-25,000 chips, worth exactly one small blind.

Player Chips Progress
Hadi Khordbin ir
Hadi Khordbin
3,335,000
85,000
85,000
Bassel Moussa lb
Bassel Moussa
50,000
-2,035,000
-2,035,000

Tags: Bassel MoussaHadi Khordbin

Two Chips and a Chair

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Immediately after losing nearly his entire stack to Hadi Khordbin, Bassel Moussa moved all in from under the gun for 50,000 and received calls from Christophe Panetti in early position, Ermanno Di Nicola in the small blind and Nichan Khorchidian in the big blind.

The flop came K?6?5? and action checked around to Panetti who bet 200,000, forcing out Di Nicola and Khorchidian to leave Moussa at risk.

Bassel Moussa: J?6?
Christophe Panetti: K?8?

Moussa turned two pair to take the lead on the J? turn and remained ahead on the 2? river to take the pot and increase his stack six-fold.

Player Chips Progress
Nichan Khorchidian lb
Nichan Khorchidian
10,800,000
-700,000
-700,000
Christophe Panetti ch
Christophe Panetti
5,350,000
2,945,000
2,945,000
Ermanno Di Nicola it
Ermanno Di Nicola
3,600,000
-3,150,000
-3,150,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Bassel Moussa lb
Bassel Moussa
325,000
275,000
275,000

Tags: Bassel MoussaChristophe PanettiErmanno Di NicolaHadi KhordbinNichan Khorchidian

Moussa Comes Back from the Brink

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Action folded around to Nichan Khorchidian in the small blind who moved all in, covering Bassel Moussa in the big blind who had 325,000. Moussa called and was at risk once again.

Bassel Moussa: K?2?
Nichan Khorchidian: 9?5?

The board ran out K?6?J?J?5? giving Moussa a bigger two pair to double up for the second hand in a row.

A few hands later, Moussa would open to 450,000 from the hijack, leaving just one T-25,000 chip behind. Hadi Khordbin called from the small blind and Ermanno Di Nicola defended from the big blind.

The flop came J?7?2? and action checked around to Moussa who stuck in his last chip. Khordbin raised to 400,000 and Di Nicola got out of the way leaving Moussa at risk for the third time this orbit.

Bassel Moussa: 3?3?
Hadi Khordbin: A?2?

Moussa's pocket-threes remained ahead on the 9? turn and Q? river to score more than a full triple up, bringing his stack to just over 1,500,000 after being down to just 50,000 a couple hands earlier.

"Why did you raise? I had the nine" Di Nicola asked Khordbin as Moussa dragged in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Nichan Khorchidian lb
Nichan Khorchidian
10,600,000
-200,000
-200,000
Ermanno Di Nicola it
Ermanno Di Nicola
3,250,000
-350,000
-350,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Hadi Khordbin ir
Hadi Khordbin
2,500,000
-835,000
-835,000
Bassel Moussa lb
Bassel Moussa
1,550,000
1,225,000
1,225,000

Tags: Bassel MoussaErmanno Di NicolaHadi KhordbinNichan Khorchidian

Khorchidian Pressures Di Nicola

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of 10?8?2?J? and 625,000 in the middle, Ermanno Di Nicola checked in the big blind and Nichan Khorchidian bet 425,000. Di Nicola made the call.

Khorchidian bet again when checked to on the K? river, this time for 1,400,000. Di Nicola opted to fold and Khorchidian took down a healthy pot without showdown.

Player Chips Progress
Nichan Khorchidian lb
Nichan Khorchidian
12,200,000
1,600,000
1,600,000
Ermanno Di Nicola it
Ermanno Di Nicola
2,250,000
-1,000,000
-1,000,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ermanno Di NicolaNichan Khorchidian

Ihar Soika Eliminated in 13th Place ($20,400)

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Felipe Ketzer opened to 250,000 from the button and Ihar Soika three-bet to 950,000 from the small blind. Ketzer four-bet to 1,650,000 and Soika moved all in for 4,900,000. Ketzer snap-called to put Soika at risk.

Ihar Soika: J?J?
Felipe Ketzer: K?K?

Soika couldn't catch up to Ketzer's pocket-kings on the 4?7?7?4?3? runout and was sent to the rail while Ketzer catapulted himself well above 10,000,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Felipe Ketzer br
Felipe Ketzer
13,900,000
7,500,000
7,500,000
Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
Busted

Tags: Felipe KetzerIhar Soika

Bassel Moussa Eliminated in 12th Place ($25,200)

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Bassel Moussa moved all in from the button for 1,225,000 and Christophe Panetti called from the big blind with a covering stack to put Moussa at risk.

Bassel Moussa: A?3?
Christophe Panetti: 4?4?

Moussa was in rough shape with only one overcard to Panetti's pocket-pair. He found no help on the 6?7?7?5?9? runout and made his exit from the tournament area while Panetti collected a decent pot.

Player Chips Progress
Christophe Panetti ch
Christophe Panetti
7,625,000
2,275,000
2,275,000
Bassel Moussa lb
Bassel Moussa
Busted

Tags: Bassel MoussaChristophe Panetti