2024 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
384
Players Left
130

Eychenne Shoves on Skrbic

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

In a three-way pot, action checked to Milos Skrbic who bet 5,000 from the button on a flop of Q?6?Q?. The big blind called, as did Thomas Eychenne under the gun.

The turn was the 5? and Skrbic bet 20,000. Only Eychenne called this time as the 2? fell on the river.

Skrbic then bet 60,000 and Eychenne responded by moving all in for 267,000. Skrbic tanked for nearly five minutes until he folded.

"Show the bluff," a tablemate pleaded with Eychenne, but he didn't oblige and returned his cards face down.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Thomas Eychenne fr
Thomas Eychenne
360,000
25,500
25,500
Profile photo of Milos Skrbic rs
Milos Skrbic
250,000
-25,500
-25,500

Tags: Thomas EychenneMilos Skrbic

Guven Cracks He's Kings

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 7?3?6?, Junjie He bet 15,000 from the big blind and Ege Guven called under the gun.

The turn was the 5? and He moved all in for around 30,000 more. Guven snap-called and He immediately turned away from the table in frustration.

"Aces," he asked Guven as he turned over K?K?. Guven didn't have aces, but he did show 9?8? for a turned straight. The river was the 7? and He was sent to the rail.

This table also includes the likes of Mustafa Ercan, Tarmo Tammel, and Recep Aydemir.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mustafa Ercan tr
Mustafa Ercan
570,000
-26,500
-26,500
Profile photo of Ege Guven tr
Ege Guven
250,000
154,500
154,500
Profile photo of Marian-Cristian Cocea ro
Marian-Cristian Cocea
200,000
-27,500
-27,500
Profile photo of Amir Sonsino il
Amir Sonsino
135,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Recep Aydemir tr
Recep Aydemir
130,000
-53,000
-53,000
Profile photo of Halil Akbas tr
Halil Akbas
130,000
36,000
36,000
Profile photo of Tarmo Tammel ee
Tarmo Tammel
70,000
-13,500
-13,500
Profile photo of Junjie He cn
Junjie He
Busted

Tags: Ege GuvenJunjie He

Lykov Scores a Double Knockout

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

In a preflop confrontation, Vladimir Troyanovskiy was all in from the hijack and up against Maxim Lykov in the cutoff and Sorin Marin in the big blind. All three players had similar stacks of just under 100,000 with Lykov slightly covering both opponents.

Vladimir Troyanovskiy: A?K?
Sorin Marin: A?A?
Maxim Lykov: J?J?

Marin was in great shape to triple up and remained ahead on the 8?7?5? turn. The 10? turn was also clean but the 9? river gave Lykov a jack-high straight to score nearly a full triple up while sending both Marin and Troyanovskiy to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Maxim Lykov ru
Maxim Lykov
296,500
151,500
151,500
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
Busted
Profile photo of Sorin Marin ro
Sorin Marin
Busted

Tags: Maxim LykovSorin MarinVladimir Troyanovskiy

Vranken Outflops Henriques at the Bad Beat Table

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player under the gun raised to 5,000 before Daniel Henriques three-bet to 15,000 in early position. Antoine Vranken then moved all in for 80,000 in the cutoff, the under-the-gun player folded, but Henriques snap-called.

Antoine Vranken: 8?8?
Daniel Henriques: Q?Q?

Vranken was crushed by Henriques' queens heading to the flop, which came 8?J?6? and gave him a set. The board ran out A?3? and Vranken doubled up.

"This is a table of bad beats," a tablemate said as Vranken took back his chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Daniel Henriques pt
Daniel Henriques
440,000
-193,000
-193,000
Profile photo of Antoine Vranken nl
Antoine Vranken
170,000
72,500
72,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Antoine VrankenDaniel Henriques

Eychenne Takes Multiway Pot

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Andrea Dato opened to 5,000 from the cutoff and received calls from Thomas Eychenne in the small blind and Ceyhan Tezcan in the big blind.

The flop came Q?9?7? and action checked around to Dato who fired a 7,000 continuation bet. Both Eychenne and Tezcan made the call.

All three players checked the 10? turn leading to the K? river. Eychenne bet 11,000 and both Tezcan and Dato opted to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Thomas Eychenne fr
Thomas Eychenne
282,000
-78,000
-78,000
Profile photo of Andrea Dato it
Andrea Dato
249,500
-65,000
-65,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ceyhan Tezcan tr
Ceyhan Tezcan
42,000
-35,000
-35,000

Tags: Andrea DatoCeyhan TezcanThomas Eychenne

Dray Rips Off His Glasses, Snaps Off Hedley

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Heads-up on a board of 3?J?K?8?, Andrew Hedley bet 20,000 from the cutoff and Samuel Dray called on the button.

The river was the 6? and Hedley moved all in. Dray took off his sunglasses as he stuck in his last 60,000.

Hedley showed A?A?, but Dray had K?J? for two pair to win the pot and double up.

"I didn't like when the glasses came off. And it wasn't like sad glasses," Hedley said.

"Always bad news," a tablemate added.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andrew Hedley gb
Andrew Hedley
280,000
-122,000
-122,000
Profile photo of Samuel Dray fr
Samuel Dray
180,000
92,000
92,000

Tags: Andrew HedleySamuel Dray

Updated Chip Counts

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michel Habib lb
Michel Habib
880,000
-40,000
-40,000
Profile photo of Fabio Peluso it
Fabio Peluso
800,000
100,000
100,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Roman Hrabec cz
Roman Hrabec
730,000
350,000
350,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Razvan Sabau ro
Razvan Sabau
650,000
167,000
167,000
Profile photo of Maroun Jazzar lb
Maroun Jazzar
520,000
63,000
63,000
Profile photo of Siarhei Chudapal by
Siarhei Chudapal
450,000
44,500
44,500
Profile photo of Benjamin Hamnett us
Benjamin Hamnett
410,000
-17,000
-17,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Matthew Davenport gb
Matthew Davenport
410,000
72,000
72,000
Profile photo of Bartlomiej Swieboda pl
Bartlomiej Swieboda
360,000
17,500
17,500
Profile photo of Fahredin Mustafov bg
Fahredin Mustafov
350,000
Profile photo of Michael Brown gb
Michael Brown
300,000
-150,000
-150,000
Profile photo of Viliyan Petleshkov bg
Viliyan Petleshkov
290,000
-90,000
-90,000
Profile photo of Andrea Dato it
Andrea Dato
240,000
-9,500
-9,500
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bakhos Joumaa lb
Bakhos Joumaa
230,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Qiang Xu cn
Qiang Xu
220,000
-3,500
-3,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Naji Tannoury lb
Naji Tannoury
210,000
175,000
175,000
Profile photo of Dmitry Gromov ru
Dmitry Gromov
160,000
-33,500
-33,500
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Justus Held de
Justus Held
130,000
Profile photo of Simone Andrian it
Simone Andrian
100,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Peng Yang cn
Peng Yang
80,000
-59,000
-59,000
Profile photo of Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
50,000
-138,500
-138,500
EPT Main Event Champion
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Martinovic Claims to Fold an Ace

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Vedat Yilmaz raised to 5,500 in the hijack before Dragoljub Martinovic three-bet to 23,500 in the small blind. Yilmaz called and they saw a flop of 8?K?4?.

Martinovic continued for 16,500 and Yilmaz called. Both players checked the 3? turn.

Martinovic also checked the A? river and Yilmaz bet 46,000. Martinovic then tanked for nearly five minutes until he surrendered his hand.

"Queen, queen no good," Yilmaz said.

"How about an ace," Martinovic replied.

"You had an ace? You win," Yilmaz added.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Vedat Yilmaz tr
Vedat Yilmaz
420,000
58,000
58,000
Day 1D Chip Leader
Profile photo of Dragoljub Martinovic rs
Dragoljub Martinovic
210,000
30,500
30,500

Tags: Dragoljub MartinovicVedat Yilmaz

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Soika Slows Down Yurasov

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Moritz Dietrich opened to 6,000 from middle position and received calls from Hadi Khadra in the hijack and Ihar Soika on the button. Dmitry Yurasov then three-bet to 27,000 from the small blind, forcing Dietrich and Khadra out of the pot while Soika made the call.

The flop came A?3?A? and Yurasov fired a 15,000 continuation bet that was called by Soika.

Yurasov slowed down with a check on the 9? turn and Soika bet 40,000 which was enough to force a fold from Yurasov.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dmitry Yurasov ru
Dmitry Yurasov
785,500
-33,500
-33,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
415,000
349,000
349,000
Profile photo of Moritz Dietrich de
Moritz Dietrich
138,000
-137,000
-137,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Hadi Khadra lb
Hadi Khadra
85,000
-15,000
-15,000

Tags: Dmitry YurasovHadi KhadraIhar SoikaMoritz Dietrich