2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 Merit Poker Western Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$372,800
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,089,320
Entries
757
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
307
Players Left
114

Modena Spikes the River in Wild All In

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Italo Modena
Italo Modena

Valeriy Pak was all in for 105,000 from the small blind, Italo Modena moved all in for 83,000 in the big blind, and Liviu Catalin Toderita called, having both players well covered.

Italo Modena: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Valeriy Pak: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}
Liviu Catalin Toderita: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

Pak was ahead with his kings as the flop came {9-Spades}{2-Spades}{8-Clubs}. The {a-Spades} on the turn, though, gave Toderita top pair and put him in position to knock out both players.

The {q-Diamonds} fell on the river and Modena improved to a set to triple up, while Toderita eliminated Pak in the side pot. "From the flop I was saying queen on the river," Modena said.

There was a mixup in counting the chips, with Modena claiming he didn't receive enough from the pot, and it took several minutes for the dealer to figure it out.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Liviu Toderita ro
Liviu Toderita
400,000
-30,000
-30,000
Profile photo of Italo Modena it
Italo Modena
250,000
136,000
136,000
Profile photo of Valeriy Pak uz
Valeriy Pak
Busted

Tags: Italo ModenaLiviu Catalin ToderitaValeriy Pak