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

Sinclair Falls in Two Hands; Orthodoxou Doubles Big Off Al-Kubasi

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Jack Sinclair
Jack Sinclair

Jack Sinclair raised to 20,000 from early position, then called when Evgenii Korchagin moved all in for 187,000 next to act.

Evgenii Korchagin: {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Jack Sinclair: {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

The board ran out {4-Clubs}{3-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{5-Clubs} and Korchagin survived.

Left with just 60,000, Sinclair moved all in the next hand and was called by Orthodoxos Orthodoxou on the button. In the small blind, Ali Al-Kubasi reraised to 207,000 and Orthodoxou called.

The flop came {q-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{5-Spades} and they got the rest of Orthodoxou's 366,000 chips in the middle.

Jack Sinclair: {8-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}
Orthodoxos Orthodoxou: {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Ali Al-Kubasi: {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

Orthodoxou had flopped top set, while Sinclair had a straight draw. The board ran out {2-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and Orthodoxou knocked out Sinclair while earning the massive double up against Al-Kubasi.

Player Chips Progress
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Orthodoxos Orthodoxou
950,000
435,000
435,000
Defending Champion
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Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi
600,000
-490,000
-490,000
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Evgenii Korchagin
370,000
-36,500
-36,500
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Jack Sinclair
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ali Al-KubasiEvgenii KorchaginJack SinclairOrthodoxos Orthodoxou