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

Yang Keeps Firing at Bochkarev

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

Three-handed on a flop of 3?4?Q?, Peng Yang bet 12,500 from the hijack and Yury Bochkarev called in early position, while Graydon Kowal folded the button.

The turn was the 5? and Yang bet another 30,500. Bochkarev again called and the 8? fell on the river.

Yang then bet 110,000 and Bochkarev took about a minute before folding.

Player Chips Progress
Peng Yang cn
Peng Yang
450,000
50,000
50,000
Yury Bochkarev ru
Yury Bochkarev
140,000
10,000
10,000
Graydon Kowal ca
Graydon Kowal
70,000
-20,000
-20,000

Tags: Graydon KowalPeng YangYury Bochkarev

Level: 8

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

El-Siblani Runs Into Peluso's Set

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

Heads-up on a flop of A?3?9?, Ali El-Siblani bet 56,000 from the big blind and Fabio Peluso called on the button.

The turn came the 5? and El-Siblani pushed all in for around 80,000. Peluso snap-called and showed 3?3?, while El-Siblani could only show top pair with Ax6x.

The river was the 7? and Peluso scooped the massive pot to send El-Siblani to the rail and boost his stack past 500,000.

Player Chips Progress
Fabio Peluso it
Fabio Peluso
520,000
245,000
245,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Ali El-Siblani lb
Ali El-Siblani
Busted

Tags: Ali El-SiblaniFabio Peluso

Tishkevich Busts to Aziz

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

Action folded to Tony Aziz in the small blind who raised to 5,000. Stanislav Tishkevich then moved all in for around 30,000 in the big blind and Aziz called.

Stanislav Tishkevich: 6?6?
Tony Aziz: J?10?

Tishkevich remained in front on the 8?4?3? flop, but Aziz hit the 10? turn to make a pair and jump into the lead. The river was the 9? and Aziz sent Tishkevich to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Aziz lb
Tony Aziz
330,000
Stanislav Tishkevich pt
Stanislav Tishkevich
Busted

Tags: Stanislav TishkevichTony Aziz

Panetti Running Well

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

Christophe Panetti raised to 6,000 on the button, then called when small blind Yury Bochkarev three-bet to 16,000.

The flop came A?5?3? and Bochkarev led out for 7,000. Panetti called and the 6? fell on the turn.

Bochkarev then bet 11,000 and Panetti called again. The river was the 9? and Bochkarev slowed down and checked.

Panetti fired out 41,000 and Bochkarev quickly called. Panetti then turned over 8?7? for a running straight and Bochkarev mucked.

"You're a rock star," tablemate Graydon Kowal told him after the hand. Panetti folded the cutoff the next hand.

"The way you're running any two cards," Kowal added.

Player Chips Progress
Christophe Panetti ch
Christophe Panetti
280,000
Yury Bochkarev ru
Yury Bochkarev
40,000
-100,000
-100,000

Tags: Christophe PanettiYury Bochkarev

Ge Smacks the River on Sadovskii

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

Around 60,000 was in the pot as Artem Sadovskii and Yingrui Ge went to the river on a board of 7?6?4?A?6?. Sadovskii then bet 46,000 from the small blind.

Ge came back with an all-in shove for 187,000, sending Sadovskii deep into the tank. The clock was eventually called and the countdown had just begun when Sadovskii called.

Ge turned over K?K? for a rivered set and Sadovskii shook his head and mucked his cards. The rest of the table pointed out he had to show and the dealer retrieved A?7? while Ge raked in the massive pot.

Player Chips Progress
Yingrui Ge cn
Yingrui Ge
430,000
430,000
430,000
Artem Sadovskii ru
Artem Sadovskii
20,000
-160,000
-160,000

Tags: Artem SadovskiiYingrui Ge

Zhu Puts the Ultimate Cooler on Henriques

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

Nan Zhu got his last 175,000 in the middle from the hijack and was up against Daniel Henriques in middle position.

Nan Zhu: A?A?
Daniel Henriques: K?K?

Zhu had woken up with aces and was a big favorite to earn the double up as the board ran out J?J?4?2?4?, forcing Henriques to hand over the pot with with his beaten kings.

Player Chips Progress
Nan Zhu cn
Nan Zhu
355,000
Daniel Henriques pt
Daniel Henriques
180,000

Tags: Daniel HenriquesNan Zhu

Updated Chip Counts

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Nikolay Fal ru
Nikolay Fal
400,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
John Doe
John Doe
360,000
10,000
10,000
Maher Achour tn
Maher Achour
360,000
10,000
10,000
Michael Brown gb
Michael Brown
350,000
-140,000
-140,000
Wael Sarkis lb
Wael Sarkis
330,000
250,000
250,000
Danut Chisu ro
Danut Chisu
330,000
Tugce Hursoz tr
Tugce Hursoz
320,000
-20,000
-20,000
Maroun Jazzar lb
Maroun Jazzar
310,000
70,000
70,000
Shuang Luo cn
Shuang Luo
280,000
-60,000
-60,000
Milos Skrbic rs
Milos Skrbic
270,000
160,000
160,000
Andreas Mavrikioy cy
Andreas Mavrikioy
270,000
165,000
165,000
Andrea Dato it
Andrea Dato
210,000
-10,000
-10,000
WPT 1X Winner
Bakhos Joumaa lb
Bakhos Joumaa
200,000
40,000
40,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
180,000
-30,000
-30,000
EPT 1X Winner
Adrian State ro
Adrian State
170,000
120,000
120,000
Junjie He cn
Junjie He
170,000
65,000
65,000
Safi Haidar lb
Safi Haidar
150,000
10,000
10,000
Simone Andrian it
Simone Andrian
100,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Nils Pudel de
Nils Pudel
80,000
-50,000
-50,000
Umberto Ruggeri it
Umberto Ruggeri
80,000
-30,000
-30,000
Cheng Zhao
Cheng Zhao
70,000
-20,000
-20,000
Nina Krasilnikova ru
Nina Krasilnikova
60,000
-20,000
-20,000
Koray Korkmaz tr
Koray Korkmaz
35,000
-85,000
-85,000

Sarkis Gets Paid With Aces

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

Tony Aziz raised to 5,000 in early position and received two callers before Wael Sarkis three-bet to 20,000 on the button. Only Aziz called.

The flop came J?2?8? and Sarkis continued for 25,000. Aziz called and the 7? turn was checked through.

The river was the 7? and Sarkis bet another 60,000. Aziz tanked into the break before calling as Sarkis showed A?A?. Aziz mucked A?J? and Sarkis raked in the big pot.

Player Chips Progress
Wael Sarkis lb
Wael Sarkis
510,000
180,000
180,000
Tony Aziz lb
Tony Aziz
250,000
-80,000
-80,000

Tags: Tony AzizWael Sarkis