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

Zhugralin Sends Urbanovich Into the Tank

Level 21 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Damir Zhugralin bet 35,000 from the button on a flop of 3?Q?3? and Dzmitry Urbanovich raised to 85,000 in the big blind.

Zhugralin called and the Q? fell on the turn. Urbanovich then checked and Zhugralin bet 85,000. Urbanovich stuck around to see the K? river.

Zhugralin then pushed all in as Urbanovich, with around 500,000 remaining, tanked for several minutes into the break before folding.

Player Chips Progress
Damir Zhugralin kz
Damir Zhugralin
1,400,000
100,000
100,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
500,000
-364,000
-364,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Damir ZhugralinDzmitry Urbanovich

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Yurasov Shoves on Sun

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 4?7?K?, Yunsheng Sun bet 55,000 from the hijack before Dmitry Yurasov raised to 165,000 in the big blind.

Sun called and the 8? fell on the turn. Yurasov then announced he was all in, having Sun's remaining 530,000 covered, and Sun snap-folded.

Player Chips Progress
Dmitry Yurasov ru
Dmitry Yurasov
1,300,000
374,000
374,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Yunsheng Sun cn
Yunsheng Sun
530,000
51,000
51,000

Tags: Dmitry YurasovYunsheng Sun

Davenport Applies Bubble Pressure

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of 5?4?3?A? and roughly 140,000 in the middle, Michel Habib checked in the small blind. Matthew Davenport bet 85,000 from the hijack and took down a decent pot without showdown after getting a fold from Habib.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Davenport gb
Matthew Davenport
1,900,000
1,150,000
1,150,000
Michel Habib lb
Michel Habib
885,000
-67,000
-67,000

Tags: Matthew DavenportMichel Habib

Maher Achour Bubbles the Main Event

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Maher Achour
Maher Achour

It took until the ninth hand of hand-for-hand until there was an all in and a call. Maher Achour moved all in from the button for 380,000 and Gang Zhao tanked for a minute in the small blind before calling.

Maher Achour: 10?10?
Gang Zhao: A?J?

Achour remained in the lead on the 4?5?8? flop as he got up from his seat. The turn, though, was the J? and Achour threw his arms in the air in frustration as Zhao spiked a pair.

The river was the 7? and Zhao won the pot to eliminate Achour on the money bubble. The remaining 80 players are now all in the money.

Player Chips Progress
Gang Zhao cn
Gang Zhao
1,600,000
-220,000
-220,000
Maher Achour tn
Maher Achour
Busted

Karkan Now 1-1 in Lifetime Poker Tournaments

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Mohammadreza Karkan
Mohammadreza Karkan

Mohammadreza Karkan sneaked into the money in what he says is the first real live tournament he's every played, having earned his seat in a qualifier.

Having guaranteed his payday, he moved all in for 125,000 in early position, Ilia Korliakov reshoved in middle position, and the rest of the table folded.

Mohammadreza Karkan: 9?6?
Ilia Korliakov: Q?Q?

"How about nine-nine-nine," Karkan said. He caught one nine on the 9?2?4? flop as a collective "whoa" arose from the table, but he improved no further on the 10? turn and 3? river as he was sent to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
Ilia Korliakov ru
Ilia Korliakov
800,000
70,000
70,000
Mohammadreza Karkan
Mohammadreza Karkan
Busted

Tags: Ilia KorliakovMohammadreza Karkan

Christoforou Comes From Behind to Double

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Andreas Christoforou
Andreas Christoforou

Andreas Christoforou moved all in for 230,000 under the gun and Fabio Peluso called in middle position. Vedat Yilmaz tanked in the cutoff before folding, while the blinds also got out of the way.

Andreas Christoforou: Q?J?
Fabio Peluso: A?J?

Yilmaz looked away from the table after the two players exposed their hands. Peluso had Christoforou dominated heading to the K?8?9? flop, but Christoforou made a straight on the 10? turn. The river was the J? and he doubled up.

Aleksandar Tot, Daniel Henriques, Guoliang Wei, and Hassain Hashim weren't so lucky as they busted shortly after the bubble burst.

Player Chips Progress
Fabio Peluso it
Fabio Peluso
1,080,000
-120,000
-120,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Andreas Christoforou cy
Andreas Christoforou
500,000
122,000
122,000
Aleksandar Tot me
Aleksandar Tot
Busted
Daniel Henriques pt
Daniel Henriques
Busted
Guoliang Wei cn
Guoliang Wei
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Hassanin Hashim nz
Hassanin Hashim
Busted

Tags: Aleksandar TotAndreas ChristoforouDaniel HenriquesFabio PelusoGuoliang WeiVedat Yilmaz

Hedley Fades Everything

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Andrew Hedley opened to 40,000 from middle position and received a call from Shuang Luo in the hijack.

The flop came J?7?5? and Hedley check-called a 45,000 bet from Luo.

Both players checked through the K? turn and 5? river. Hedley turned over 8?8? for a pair of eights while Luo turned over A?10? for just ace-high, despite having a flush draw, a straight draw and two live overcards by the turn.

Luo joked about having too many outs and Hedley agreed as he scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Azamat Tulepbergenov kz
Azamat Tulepbergenov
2,160,000
560,000
560,000
Shuang Luo cn
Shuang Luo
1,060,000
110,000
110,000
Andrew Hedley gb
Andrew Hedley
715,000
185,000
185,000

Tags: Andrew HedleyShuang Luo

Hu Flipped to the Rail by Yaghmai

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Nariman Yaghmai raised to 40,000 in middle position, David Hu three-bet to 110,000 in the hijack, and Yaghmai moved all in. Hu called with nearly an identical stack.

David Hu: A?K?
Nariman Yaghmai: J?J?

The board ran out 8?Q?7?4?J? and Yaghmai finished with a set to earn the pot. The stacks were counted down and Yaghmai had 475,000 remaining, while Hu had 440,000 and was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Nariman Yaghmai ir
Nariman Yaghmai
950,000
400,000
400,000
David Hu nl
David Hu
Busted

Tags: David HuNariman Yaghmai