2024 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
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 1a
Entries
188
Players Left
71

Tulepbergenov Regrets His Bet

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Samy Barka bet 5,000 from the cutoff on a flop of 10?4?K? and Azamat Tulepbergenov raised to 23,000 on the button. Marius Kudzmanas called in the hijack, as did Barka.

The turn was the K? and Tulepbergenov bet 35,000. Kudzmanas quickly folded, while Barka tanked for a moment before also joining the muck.

"I should've checked," Tulepbergenov said as he turned over K?10? for a full house. Despite losing that pot, Barka has built up a stack of around 500,000 and is in contention for the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Samy Barka fr
Samy Barka
500,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Marius Kudzmanas lt
Marius Kudzmanas
290,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Azamat Tulepbergenov kz
Azamat Tulepbergenov
210,000
70,000
70,000

Tags: Samy BarkaMarius KudzmanasAzamat Tulepbergenov