2024 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
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 1b
Entries
174
Players Left
77

Topuz First Out After Massive Cooler

Level 1 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Michael Brown
Michael Brown

All the chips went in before the flop as Baris Topuz was all in for his last 85,000 from the cutoff against Michael Brown in early position.

Baris Topuz: K?K?
Michael Brown: A?A?

Topuz had run into the ultimate cooler and watched helplessly as the board ran out 3?4?6?6?3? to make him the first casualty of Day 1b.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Brown gb
Michael Brown
210,000
210,000
210,000
Baris Topuz tr
Baris Topuz
Busted

Tags: Baris TopuzMichael Brown

Khordbin Leads the River in Five-Way Pot

Level 1 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

EPT champion Joseph Mouawad raised to 1,500 in early position and received four callers as they went five ways to a 5?Q?10? flop.

Action was checked to the K? turn where Hadi Khordbin led out for 6,000 from the small blind. Only Mouawad called and the 2? fell on the river.

Khordbin then bet 12,000 and Mouawad again called. Khordbin then showed J?9? for a straight and Mouawad mucked.

This table also includes Umberto Ruggeri, coming off a final table run at EPT Prague last month, and Stanislav Tishkevich. Baris Topuz has also reentered.

Player Chips Progress
Hadi Khordbin ir
Hadi Khordbin
140,000
40,000
40,000
Umberto Ruggeri it
Umberto Ruggeri
100,000
100,000
100,000
Stanislav Tishkevich pt
Stanislav Tishkevich
100,000
100,000
100,000
Baris Topuz tr
Baris Topuz
100,000
100,000
100,000
Joseph Mouawad lb
Joseph Mouawad
45,000
45,000
45,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Hadi KhordbinJoseph MouawadStanislav TishkevichUmberto Ruggeri

Level: 2

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Yildirim Raises Meli on the Turn

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Vincent Meli and Arif Yildirim built a pot of around 12,000 as they went heads-up to the 5?7?Q? flop.

Meli then bet 3,500 from middle position and Yildirim called in early positiion. The turn was the 4? and Meli bet another 8,000.

Yildirim raised to 30,000 and Meli didn't take long before giving up his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Arif Yildirim tr
Arif Yildirim
90,000
90,000
90,000
Vincent Meli fr
Vincent Meli
80,000

Tags: Arif YildirimVincent Meli

Stanciu, Sadovskii Get Into a Raising War

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Traian Stanciu raised to 2,000 under the gun before Artem Sadovskii three-bet to 5,100 next to act.

Stanciu put in a four-bet to 12,500 and Sadovskii tanked for a minute before five-betting to 23,700. Stanciu then paused for more than a minute until taking one last look at his hand and giving it up.

Player Chips Progress
Artem Sadovskii ru
Artem Sadovskii
180,000
Traian Stanciu ro
Traian Stanciu
60,000
-20,000
-20,000

Tags: Artem SadovskiiTraian Stanciu

Zhao Fires Away at Karkan

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Muhammadreza Karkan raised to 1,800 in early position, then called when Cheng Zhao three-bet to 5,100 in middle position.

The flop came 10?5?5? and Zhao continued for 7,000. Karkan called and the 4? fell on the turn.

Zhao then bet another 12,700 and Karkan quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Muhammadreza Karkan
Muhammadreza Karkan
105,000
Cheng Zhao
Cheng Zhao
65,000

Tags: Cheng ZhaoMuhammadreza Karkan

Karali Runs Into Eid's Straight

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With around 15,000 in the pot on a board of 6?A?5?8?, Michel Eid bet 5,500 from the small blind and Stephane Gabarre called in the big blind. Zeki Karali then raised to 27,200 in middle position and only Eid called.

Eid checked the J? river and Karali bet 35,000. Eid quickly called and Karali showed A?5? for two pair. Eid, though, had 7?4? for a straight as he won the big pot.

Player Chips Progress
Michel Eid lb
Michel Eid
170,000
Stephane Gabarre fr
Stephane Gabarre
90,000
Zeki Karali tr
Zeki Karali
30,000

Tags: Michel EidStephane GabarreZeki Karali

Pudel Has a Higher Two Pair

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Nils Pudel
Nils Pudel

Heads-up on a board of 7?K?A?J?, Nils Pudel bet around 12,000 from middle position and Nina Krasilnikova called in the big blind.

The river was the Q? and Pudel bet another 7,000. Krasilnikova quickly called.

Pudel turned over A?K? for top two pair. "I also had two pair. But ace-king is better," Krasilnikova said as she mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Nils Pudel de
Nils Pudel
130,000
30,000
30,000
Nina Krasilnikova ru
Nina Krasilnikova
60,000
-40,000
-40,000

Tags: Nils PudelNina Krasilnikova

Topuz on Right Side of All In This Time

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Baris Topuz
Baris Topuz

Maksim Skripkin bet 5,000 from the small blind on a flop of 7?5?J? before Baris Topuz raised to 12,000 in the cutoff. Skripkin reraised to 35,000 and Topuz called.

The turn was the A? and Skripkin slowed down and checked. Topuz then moved all in and Skripkin snap-called with K?K?. Topuz, though, had A?J? for two pair.

Skripkin got out of his seat to leave as the 5? fell on the river, but a count showed that Topuz had 45,600 remaining and Skripkin had him covered by around 10,000.

Player Chips Progress
Baris Topuz tr
Baris Topuz
180,000
80,000
80,000
Maksim Skripkin ru
Maksim Skripkin
10,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: Baris TopuzMaksim Skripkin

Updated Chip Counts

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Guoliang Wei cn
Guoliang Wei
180,000
80,000
80,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Brown gb
Michael Brown
180,000
-30,000
-30,000
Milos Skrbic rs
Milos Skrbic
170,000
70,000
70,000
Bakhos Joumaa lb
Bakhos Joumaa
160,000
60,000
60,000
Koray Korkmaz tr
Koray Korkmaz
120,000
20,000
20,000
Nikolay Fal ru
Nikolay Fal
110,000
110,000
110,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Andrea Dato it
Andrea Dato
105,000
5,000
5,000
WPT 1X Winner
Kacper Pyzara pl
Kacper Pyzara
95,000
-10,000
-10,000
Aleksandr Kirichenko ru
Aleksandr Kirichenko
85,000
-15,000
-15,000
Fabio Peluso it
Fabio Peluso
80,000
80,000
80,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Adrian State ro
Adrian State
75,000
-25,000
-25,000
Umberto Ruggeri it
Umberto Ruggeri
10,000
-90,000
-90,000