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

Updated Chip Counts

Level 6 : Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Peng Yang cn
Peng Yang
380,000
150,000
150,000
Michael Brown gb
Michael Brown
380,000
100,000
100,000
Tugce Hursoz tr
Tugce Hursoz
340,000
60,000
60,000
Maroun Jazzar lb
Maroun Jazzar
240,000
70,000
70,000
Ermanno Di Nicola it
Ermanno Di Nicola
230,000
110,000
110,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Guoliang Wei cn
Guoliang Wei
200,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Maxim Lykov ru
Maxim Lykov
200,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
160,000
EPT 1X Winner
Chady Ojelli
Chady Ojelli
140,000
Shuang Luo cn
Shuang Luo
130,000
50,000
50,000
Umberto Ruggeri it
Umberto Ruggeri
110,000
100,000
100,000
Nina Krasilnikova ru
Nina Krasilnikova
80,000
20,000
20,000
Simone Andrian it
Simone Andrian
70,000
-30,000
-30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Kaan Baser
Kaan Baser
60,000
Aleksandr Kirichenko ru
Aleksandr Kirichenko
60,000
-25,000
-25,000
Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
40,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Easy Game For Yang

Level 6 : Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
Peng Yang
Peng Yang

In a blind versus blind battle, Peng Yang bet 21,000 on a flop of 7?6?3?, Kacper Pyzara moved all in for around 30,000, and Yang snap-called.

Kacper Pyzara: J?9?
Peng Yang: 5?4?

"Too easy for you," Pyzara said as Yang showed a flopped straight. Pyzara needed to complete his flush draw, but he missed the 3? turn and 3? river and was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Peng Yang cn
Peng Yang
400,000
20,000
20,000
Kacper Pyzara pl
Kacper Pyzara
Busted

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Whiskey Helps Haidar Crack Luo's Aces

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Xixiang Luo bet 15,500 from the small blind on a flop of 9?3?5? and Safi Haidar called in middle position.

The turn was the 10? and Luo bet 29,000, leaving one 500 chip behind. "Put it here," Haidar instructed the dealer about the all-in button as Luo tossed his last chip up high up in the air and into the pot.

He showed A?A?, while Haidar was behind with 8?8? until the 8? fell on the river to give him a set and the knockout.

"Good result. Bad call. It's because of the whiskey. It's because I've been drinking," Haidar said, taking another swig of his drink as he collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Safi Haidar lb
Safi Haidar
140,000
Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Xixiang LuoSafi Haidar

Urbanovich Wakes Up With Kings to Double

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Dzmitry Urbanovich
Dzmitry Urbanovich

With around 45,000 in the pot on a flop of 9?9?4?, Dzmitry Urbanovich bet 26,000 from the big blind and Michel Eid moved all in from early position. Urbanovich snap-called for his last 79,000.

Dzmitry Urbanovich: K?K?
Michel Eid: Q?Q?

Urbanovich was far ahead with his kings as the board ran out 9?8? to earn him a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
210,000
110,000
110,000
EPT 1X Winner
Michel Eid lb
Michel Eid
130,000
-110,000
-110,000

Tags: Dzmitry UrbanovichMichel Eid

Brown Shoves on El-Siblani in Massive Pot

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Michael Brown
Michael Brown

Ali El-Siblani raised to 3,000 in early position and Michael Brown called in the hijack.

The flop came A?K?6? and El-Siblani continued for 12,000. Brown then raised to 35,000 and El-Siblani called.

El-Siblani led out for 25,000 on the K? turn and Brown called. The river was the J? and El-Eiblani slowed down and checked.

Brown then announced he was all in and El-Siblani, with around 170,000 remaining, snap-folded as Brown took the pot to near 500,000.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Brown gb
Michael Brown
490,000
110,000
110,000
Ali El-Siblani lb
Ali El-Siblani
170,000
-140,000
-140,000

Tags: Michael BrownAli El-Siblani

Fal Puts in a Massive Shove on Zhaparov

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Nikolay Fal
Nikolay Fal

More than 80,000 was already in the middle as Nikolay Fal and Dauren Zhaparov went to the turn on a board of 8?9?3?4?.

Zhaparov was in the small blind and bet 55,000. Fal then moved all in for 219,000 in the cutoff.

Zhaparov tanked for several minutes until a tablemate pointed at his watch and called the clock. Zhaparov allowed the countdown to reach zero as his hand was declared dead and Fal took the big pot.

Player Chips Progress
Nikolay Fal ru
Nikolay Fal
350,000
240,000
240,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Dauren Zhaparov kz
Dauren Zhaparov
260,000
110,000
110,000

Tags: Dauren ZhaparovNikolay Fal

Luo Finds a Miracle Double Up

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Shuang Luo
Shuang Luo

Around 80,000 was in the pot as Shuang Luo, Nariman Yaghmai, and Atil Okay in the hijack saw a flop of 3?7?4?. Okay then moved all in for 145,000.

Luo called for her last 130,000 as action went on Yaghmai. "Crazy," tablemate Nina Krasilnikova said. Yaghmai eventually folded.

Shuang Luo: 8?7?
Atil Okay: J?J?

"What," Krasilnikova said upon seeing Luo's hand. Okay was poised to scoop the massive pot with his pair of jacks until the 8? turn improved Luo to two pair. The river was the 5? and Okay could only laugh as Luo earned a massive double up.

"You called all in with seven-eight," an incredulous Krasilnikova asked after the hand.

"She put him on sixes, fives, or a flush draw," Andrea Dato replied.

Okay was left on an extreme short stack and was eliminated a few hands later.

Player Chips Progress
Shuang Luo cn
Shuang Luo
340,000
210,000
210,000
Nariman Yaghmai ir
Nariman Yaghmai
65,000
65,000
65,000
Atil Okay tr
Atil Okay
Busted

Tags: Atil OkayNariman YaghmaiShuang Luo

Sonsino Rides Aces Back to Starting Stack

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A short-stacked Amir Sonsino moved all in for 50,000 from the cutoff as Nicolas Chouity looked him up from the small blind.

Amir Sonsino: A?A?
Nicolas Chouity: 10?10?

Sonsino had woken up with aces and was a big favorite to double up as the board ran out K?J?4?3?5?, earning him the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
180,000
20,000
20,000
EPT 1X Winner
Amir Sonsino il
Amir Sonsino
105,000

Tags: Amir SonsinoNicolas Chouity