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

Two Streets of Value for Yilmaz

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of A?A?9? and roughly 50,000 already in the middle, Robert heidorn checked from under the gun and called a 25,000 bet from Vedat Yilmaz who was on the button.

Both players checked the 8? turn leading to the 2? river. Heidorn checked once more and Yilmaz bet 60,000. Heidorn made the call.

Yilmaz turned over A?8? for aces full of eights and Heidorn's hand hit the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Vedat Yilmaz tr
Vedat Yilmaz
745,000
295,000
295,000
Day 1D Chip Leader
Robert Heidorn de
Robert Heidorn
192,000
-388,000
-388,000

Tags: Robert HeidornVedat Yilmaz

Messika Runs Into Cappiello's Queens

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Candido Cappiello
Candido Cappiello

Ilia Korliakov raised to 25,000 in early position before Victor Messika three-bet to 65,000 in the hijack. Candido Cappiello then four-bet to 130,000 in the big blind, Korliakov folded, while Messika called.

The flop came 4?4?8? and Cappiello continued for 55,000. Messika instantly raised to 110,000 and Cappiello moved all in. Messika called for his last 260,000.

Victor Messika: 9?9?
Candido Cappiello: Q?Q?

Messika snapped a photo of his cards before turning them over, finding out he was crushed by the queens of Cappiello. The board ran out 8?10? and he was eliminated while Cappiello climbed up to 1,000,000.

Sergey Bortsov was also eliminated at the same time on another table.

Victor Messika
Victor Messika
Player Chips Progress
Candido Cappiello it
Candido Cappiello
1,000,000
288,000
288,000
Ilia Korliakov ru
Ilia Korliakov
730,000
-241,000
-241,000
Feng Qu cn
Feng Qu
470,000
-110,000
-110,000
Daniel Henriques pt
Daniel Henriques
350,000
-39,000
-39,000
Maksim Shornikau by
Maksim Shornikau
300,000
135,000
135,000
Georges Hanna lb
Georges Hanna
300,000
-110,000
-110,000
Guoliang Wei cn
Guoliang Wei
230,000
-21,000
-21,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Felipe Ketzer br
Felipe Ketzer
205,000
-46,000
-46,000
Victor Messika
Victor Messika
Busted
Sergey Bortsov il
Sergey Bortsov
Busted

Tags: Candido CappielloIlia KorliakovSergey BortsovVictor Messika

Jazzar Flushes Out Dziubdziela

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Marcin Dziubdziela
Marcin Dziubdziela

In a preflop confrontation Marcin Dziubdziela was all in from the small blind for roughly 155,000 and up against Maroun Jazzar in the hijack who held a covering stack.

Marcin Dziubdziela: A?K?
Maroun Jazzar: K?Q?

Both players connected with the A?3?2? flop with Dziubdziela making top pair but still needing to fade a spade to avoid elimination. Jazzar's flush draw came in on the 4? turn and after the 10? river Dziubdziela made his exit from the tournament area while Jazzar took down a healthy pot.

Player Chips Progress
Maroun Jazzar lb
Maroun Jazzar
580,000
-54,000
-54,000
Marcin Dziubdziela pl
Marcin Dziubdziela
Busted

Tags: Marcin DziubdzielaMaroun Jazzar

Tot Gets Paid by Peluso

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Aleksandar Tot
Aleksandar Tot

With around 200,000 in the middle on a flop of 6?Q?Q?, Aleksandr Tot bet 20,000 from the big blind and Fabio Peluso called in the cutoff.

The turn was the 9? and Tot led out for another 120,000. Peluso called again and the J? fell on the river.

Tot sat motionless for nearly a minute before putting out a bet of 50,000. Peluso quickly called, then mucked when Tot showed K?K?.

At the same time at an adjacent table, Volodymyr Drokin was all in with a short stack against Ara Melkisetian.

Volodymyr Drokin: A?Q?
Ara Melkisetian: J?J?

The board ran out 8?4?5?5?6? and Melkisetian took the pot to send Drokin to the rail. Maroun Jazzar soon joined him as he was eliminated by Azamat Tulepbergenov at another table.

Player Chips Progress
Azamat Tulepbergenov kz
Azamat Tulepbergenov
1,150,000
570,000
570,000
Fabio Peluso it
Fabio Peluso
940,000
-400,000
-400,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Aleksandar Tot me
Aleksandar Tot
900,000
323,000
323,000
Ara Melkisetian lb
Ara Melkisetian
900,000
12,000
12,000
Jad Warde lb
Jad Warde
540,000
168,000
168,000
Robert Heidorn de
Robert Heidorn
200,000
8,000
8,000
Maroun Jazzar lb
Maroun Jazzar
Busted
Volodymyr Drokin ua
Volodymyr Drokin
Busted

Tags: Aleksandr TotAra MelkisetianAzamat TulepbergenovFabio PelusoMaroun JazzarVolodymyr Drokin

Skiprkin Falls to Dato

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Maksim Skripkin
Maksim Skripkin

In a preflop confrontation Maksim Skripkin found himself all in for roughly 275,000 and was up against Andrea Dato who covered Skripkin very slightly.

Maksim Skripkin: 9x9x
Andrea Dato: K?K?

Dato's pocket-kings held up on the Q?A?J?10?4? runout to secure a full double up while Skripkin was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Andrea Dato it
Andrea Dato
575,000
307,000
307,000
WPT 1X Winner
Maksim Skripkin ru
Maksim Skripkin
Busted

Tags: Andrea DatoMaksim Skripkin

Doe S Survives Against Norel

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

John Doe S and Eduard Norel got into a pre-flop raising war that ended with Doe all in for his last 394,000 in the cutoff as Norel had him at risk on the button.

John Doe S: J?J?
Eduard Norel: K?Q?

"I had sevens," tablemate Egor Romaniuk said as the board ran out 4?10?5?6?8?. Romaniuk let out a loud sigh as he would've ended up with a straight, while Doe doubled up to leave Norel on an extreme short stack.

Player Chips Progress
John Doe S
John Doe S
800,000
400,000
400,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Jianwei Lin cn
Jianwei Lin
800,000
-225,000
-225,000
Dmitry Gromov ru
Dmitry Gromov
750,000
74,000
74,000
WPT 1X Winner
John Doebs tr
John Doebs
720,000
40,000
40,000
Egor Romaniuk ca
Egor Romaniuk
300,000
-41,000
-41,000
Eduard Norel ro
Eduard Norel
30,000
-330,000
-330,000
Alain Hajj lb
Alain Hajj
Busted

Tags: Eduard NorelEgor RomaniukJohn Doe S

Litvinov Loses a Classic Flip; Di Nicola Folds Trips

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Mohamed Mokrani
Mohamed Mokrani

Andrey Litvinov was all in for 230,000 from the hijack and up against Mohamed Mokrani in the big blind.

Andrey Litvinov: A?K?
Mohamed Mokrani: Q?Q?

Mokrani spiked top set on the 9?Q?8? flop, while the A? on the turn arrived too late for Litvinov as he headed for the exit following the 10? river.

At the same time at another table, Ermanno Di Nicola and Vedat Yilmaz were heads-up on the river with the board showing 5?10?K?10?6? when Di Nicola bet 190,000.

Yilmaz then raised to 400,000 and Di Nicola quickly turned over the 10? and tossed it into the muck. The table implored Yilmaz to show and he turned over the 5?.

"Five-five," a tablemate said, and sure enough Yilmaz also showed the 5? for a full house while taking the big pot.

Player Chips Progress
Mohamed Mokrani fr
Mohamed Mokrani
1,150,000
230,000
230,000
Vedat Yilmaz tr
Vedat Yilmaz
900,000
155,000
155,000
Day 1D Chip Leader
Matthew Davenport gb
Matthew Davenport
750,000
139,000
139,000
Victor Fryda fr
Victor Fryda
640,000
430,000
430,000
Ermanno Di Nicola it
Ermanno Di Nicola
520,000
-705,000
-705,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Traian Stanciu ro
Traian Stanciu
450,000
-110,000
-110,000
Mohammadreza Karkan
Mohammadreza Karkan
430,000
-170,000
-170,000
Vedat Mutlu tr
Vedat Mutlu
420,000
-260,000
-260,000
Hassanin Hashim nz
Hassanin Hashim
350,000
33,000
33,000
Andrey Litvinov ru
Andrey Litvinov
Busted

Tags: Andrey LitvinovErmanno Di NicolaMohamed MokraniVedat Yilmaz

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Peluso Snaps Off Tot to Double

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Fabio Peluso bet 25,000 on a flop of 3?A?4? before Aleksandr Tot raised to 110,000 in the small blind.

Peluso called from the hijack and the 4? fell on the turn. Tot fired out 150,000 and Peluso again called.

The river was the K? and Tot moved all in. Peluso snap-called for his last 334,000, turning over A?K? for top two pair. Tot mucked 6?5? as Peluso earned a double up.

Fausto Tantillo, Egor Romaniuk, and Vazha Kometiani were the latest bustouts as the field begins approaching the bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Fabio Peluso it
Fabio Peluso
1,200,000
260,000
260,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Aleksandar Tot me
Aleksandar Tot
520,000
-380,000
-380,000
Fausto Tantillo it
Fausto Tantillo
Busted
Egor Romaniuk ca
Egor Romaniuk
Busted
Vazha Kometiani ge
Vazha Kometiani
Busted

Tags: Aleksandr TotEgor RomaniukFabio PelusoFausto TantilloVazha Kometiani