2024 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1cd
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 1cd
Entries
149
Players Left
75

Di Nicola Caught with Hand in Cookie Jar

Level 5 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With two players seeing a board of K?Q?Q?J? and 37,700 already in the middle, John Doe checked from the hijack and called an 18,500 bet from Ermanno Di Nicola on the button.

Doe checked again on the 7? river and Di Nicola moved all in, covering Doe who had 94,200 behind. Doe thought for about one minute before making the call.

Di Nicola could only show 6?4? for a missed flush draw turned into a bluff while Doe turned over A?10? for a Broadway straight to take the pot.

Di Nicola was left with just 3,500 and would bust shortly afterwards before exercising his option to reenter.

Player Chips Progress
John Doe S
John Doe S
260,000
260,000
260,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Ermanno Di Nicola it
Ermanno Di Nicola
100,000
29,000
29,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner

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