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

Kaukua Falls to Amsellem, Kirichenko Takes the Lead

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Toni Kaukua
Toni Kaukua

Paul Amsellem opened to 25,000 from the hijack and Toni Kaukua moved all in for roughly 160,000 from the hijack. Amsellem called to put Kaukua at risk.

Toni Kaukua: A?10?
Paul Amsellem: Q?Q?

The board ran out 6?5?4?3?J?. Amsellem's pocket-queens held up and he scored nearly a full double up while sending Kaukua to the rail.

Also seated at this table is Aleksandr Kirichenko, who recently took a massive lead over the rest of the field. According to the other players at his table, Kirichenko was involved in a colossal preflop raising war with another opponent that lead to both players being all in preflop for a pot worth roughly 1,500,000. Kirichenko held pocket-aces against his opponent's pocket-kings and remained ahead to capture the biggest pot of the tournament so far.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksandr Kirichenko ru
Aleksandr Kirichenko
1,770,000
1,132,000
1,132,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Paul Amsellem fr
Paul Amsellem
342,000
Toni Kaukua fi
Toni Kaukua
Busted

Tags: Paul AmsellemToni Kaukua