2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 3
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 3
Entries
114
Players Left
16

Viktor Ustimov Eliminated in 19th Place ($16,890)

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Viktor Ustimov
Viktor Ustimov

Viktor Ustimov raised to 200,000 from the hijack before Justus Held three-bet in the small blind to 725,000. Dominik Panka, in the big blind, reraised to 1,600,000.

Ustimov then moved all in for 4,600,000 as Held got out of the way. Panka, though, tanked for several minutes before he called.

Viktor Ustimov: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Dominik Panka: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

It was a massive coin flip, with more than 10,000,000 at state, as the board ran out {2-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{9-Spades}. Panka's jacks stayed in front to bust Ustimov in 19th place as he took the tournament chip lead into the final two tables.

Player Chips Progress
Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
12,000,000
6,955,000
6,955,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Viktor Ustimov ru
Viktor Ustimov
Busted