2024 Merit Poker Western Series

$5,300 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2024 Merit Poker Western Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q5
Prize
$177,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$703,800
Entries
153
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
121
Players Left
30

Held and Luo Over One Million

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Justus Held
Justus Held

Justus Held had opened from the hijack and received calls from Giorgiy Skhulukhiya in the small blind and Ghassan Bitar in the big blind.

The flop came K?3?7? and Bitar lead out with a bet of 16,000. Skhulukhiya folded and Held raised to 45,000. Bitar made the call.

Bitar check-called another bet from Held on the 10? turn, this time for 42,000.

On the 6? river Bitar checked and Held bet 175,000. Bitar, who had 320,000 left in his stack, went deep into the tank.

After several minutes had gone by Bitar flicked in a call and tabled 3?3? for a flopped set turned into a small flush on the river. Held turned over A?A? for an overpair, turned into the nut-flush on the river to scoop a gargantuan pot.

Meanwhile at another table, Fausto Tantillo was recently eliminated at the hands of Xixiang Luo, who is the only other player in the field with over one million chips.

Player Chips Progress
Justus Held de
Justus Held
1,145,000
565,000
565,000
Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
1,125,000
400,000
400,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Ghassan Bitar lb
Ghassan Bitar
145,000
-285,000
-285,000
Fausto Tantillo it
Fausto Tantillo
Busted

Tags: Fausto TantilloGhassan BitarGiorgiy SkhulukhiyaJustus HeldXixiang Luo