Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $177,500 |
| 2 | $125,100 |
| 3 | $81,500 |
| 4 | $58,500 |
| 5 | $43,800 |
| 6 | $35,100 |
| 7 | $29,200 |
| 8 | $23,400 |
| 9 | $17,500 |
| 10-12 | $12,750 |
| 13-15 | $10,500 |
| 16-18 | $8,950 |
| 19-20 | $7,800 |
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
$5,300 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$703,800
Entries
153
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
121
Players Left
30
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Vedat Mutlu opened to 20,000 from early position and Nikolay Fal called from the small blind.
The flop came A?9?8? and Fal check-called a 30,000 continuation bet from Mutlu.
Fal check-called another bet from Mutlu on the K? turn, this time for 75,000.
Both players checked the 3? river. Mutlu tabled A?6? for top pair but Fal showed down 8?8? for a set to take down a sizable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
428,000
384,000
|
384,000 |
|
||
|
235,000
124,500
|
124,500 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Players are on the final break of the evening. 49 players remain. Play will continue for either three more levels after break or until the money is reached.
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level 16
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
725,000
603,500
|
603,500 |
|
||
|
650,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
638,000
378,000
|
378,000 |
|
||
|
580,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
558,000
558,000
|
558,000 |
|
530,000
-66,000
|
-66,000 |
|
485,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
||
|
480,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
435,000
330,500
|
330,500 |
|
355,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
280,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
|
||
|
190,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
|
132,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
||
Level 16
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
With two players seeing a board of 6?9?5?K? and roughly 60,000 already in the middle, Monika Zukowicz checked from the big blind and John Doe bet 54,000 from the button. After a couple minutes of consideration Zukowicz made the call.
Doe bet again on the J? river, this time for 100,000 and was once again called by Zukowicz. Doe could only show Q?7? for complete air while Zukowicz tabled J?9? for two pair to score nearly a full double up while making a big dent in the day 1 chip leader's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
430,000
248,000
|
248,000 |
|
246,000
-186,000
|
-186,000 |
|
||
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,145,000
565,000
|
565,000 |
|
|
1,125,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
||
|
145,000
-285,000
|
-285,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Xixiang Luo opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Bogdan-Andrei Munteanu moved all in for 151,000 from the next seat over. Luo made the call with a covering stack to put Munteanu at risk.
Bogdan-Andrei Munteanu: 5?5?
Xixiang Luo: A?K?
Munteanu pulled ahead on the 9?J?7? flop and the 5? turn left Luo drawing dead. The 2? river was a formality after which Munteanu scored a full double up through Luo.
Despite the minor setback Luo still holds the second-largest stack in the room by a wide margin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,080,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
|
||
|
327,000
157,000
|
157,000 |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
With two players seeing a board of K?5?8?9?, Peng Yang found himself all in and at risk against Eugenio Peralta.
Peng Yang: A?9?
Eugenio Peralta: A?A?
Yang was drawing to just two outs and failed to connect with the 3? river, resulting in his elimination while Peralta collected the last of his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
695,000
137,000
|
137,000 |
|
|
Busted |