2024 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 3
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 3
Entries
129
Players Left
24

El Khazen Cracks Aces For a Double Knockout

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Youssef El Khazen
Youssef El Khazen

Youssef El Khazen limped in under the gun before Simone Andrian raised to 48,000 in the hijack. Yassin Mahmoud had just 2,000 remaining and tossed it in from the cutoff, while Roman Hrabec three-bet to 165,000 in the small blind.

El Khazen then shoved for 470,000 and Andrian also pushed in his last 380,000. "Ah," Hrabec cried out as he quickly got out of the way.

Yassin Mahmoud: 9?7?
Simone Andrian: A?A?
Youssef El Khazen: J?J?

Andrian woke up with aces and was a big favorite to take the big pot as the flop came 6?8?4?. The turn, though, was the J? and El Khazen made a set to take the lead.

The river was the Q? and Andrian, who won the Warm Up event earlier in the festival, joined Mahmoud on the rail. Hrabec later admitted he folded two queens.

"You folded queens," El Khazen asked.

"Of course. I knew he had aces," Hrabec replied.

Player Chips Progress
Roman Hrabec cz
Roman Hrabec
1,630,000
-180,000
-180,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Youssef El Khazen lb
Youssef El Khazen
950,000
115,000
115,000
Simone Andrian it
Simone Andrian
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Yassin Mahmoud jo
Yassin Mahmoud
Busted

Tags: Roman HrabecSimone AndrianYassin MahmoudYoussef El Khazen