$2,200 Warmup | 2023 Merit Poker Western Series

01-20-2023 13:07 UTC+2

Shuffle Up and Deal

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David Salituro

The remaining 19 players are in their seats and the final day of the $2,200 Warm Up is now underway.

01-20-2023 11:51 UTC+2

Chilaud, Fedoseev, and Aydemir Chase the Mysterious "John Doe" on the Final Day of the $2,200 Warm Up

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David Salituro

Today is the final day of the Merit Poker Western Series $2,200 Warm Up, and everyone is looking up at the “mystery man.”

The man known only as “John Doe” has a commanding lead over the remaining 19 players with 9,800,000. France’s Maxime Chilaud is in second place at 6,755,000, a comfortable stack in its own right but still more than 3,000,000 behind the chip leader. Chilaud is no stranger to success here at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino. He won a high roller event here in November for $184,000 and will look to repeat that performance today.

Vladislav Fedoseev rounds out the top three at 4,550,000. The fun-loving and talkative Recep Aydemir is in fifth place with 3,245,000. British pros Ryan Mandara and Paul Browne have been near the top of the leaderboard since the start of the tournament and are both still in the hunt for the title; Mandara is in 10th place with 2,010,000, while Browne has his work cut out for him on a stack of 850,000, less than ten big blinds.

Day 4 chip counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	John Doe	n/a	9,800,000	98
2	Maxime Chilaud	France	6,755,000	68
3	Vladislav Fedoseev	Russia	4,550,000	46
4	Helmut Phung	Germany	3,900,000	39
5	Recep Aydemir	Turkey	3,245,000	32
6	Eli Saad	Lebanon	2,660,000	27
7	Andress Merheb	Lebanon	2,600,000	26
8	Valentin Tsoy	Uzbekistan	2,570,000	26
9	Halil Baybars	Turkey	2,130,000	21
10	Ryan Mandara	United Kingdom	2,010,000	20
11	Michele Guerrini	Italy	1,910,000	19
12	David Hu	Netherlands	1,905,000	19
13	Yury Bochkarev	Russia	1,675,000	17
14	Evgenii Katymaev	Russia	1,495,000	15
15	Huseyin Akgul	Turkey	1,290,000	13
16	Michael Allen	United Kingdom	1,150,000	12
17	Paul Browne	United Kingdom	850,000	9
18	Nikolay Fal	Russia	835,000	8
19	Arie Kliper	Israel	815,000	8

The 19 survivors are all that is left from a starting field of 523 total entries. Everyone who has made it this far is guaranteed at least $8,115, but they'll all be chasing the top prize of $181,200 and the title of champion.

Day 4 begins at 1 p.m. local time will pick up on Level 27, with blinds at 50,000-100,000 and a 100,000 big blind ante. Once the final table is reached, it will be streamed live on a 30-minute delay on Merit Poker’s Facebook page and YouTube until a new champion is crowned.

PokerNews will be following all the action until there is only one player still standing after the ultimate gunfight in North Cyprus.

Tags: Andress Merheb Arie Kliper David Hu Eli Saad Evgenii Katymaev Halil Baybars Helmut Phung Huseyin Akgul John Doe Maxime Chilaud Michael Allen Michele Guerrini Nikolay Fal Paul Browne Recep Aydemir Ryan Mandara Valentin Tsoy Vladislav Fedoseev Yury Bochkarev

01-20-2023 11:40 UTC+2

Day 4 Seat Draw

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Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Eli Saad	Lebanon	2,660,000	27
1	2	Vladislav Fedoseev	Russia	4,550,000	46
1	3	Evgenii Katymaev	Russia	1,495,000	15
1	4	Paul Browne	United Kingdom	850,000	9
1	5	Maxime Chilaud	France	6,755,000	68
1	6	Yury Bochkarev	Russia	1,675,000	17
1	7	Ryan Mandara	United Kingdom	2,010,000	20

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
2	1	David Hu	Netherlands	1,905,000	19
2	2	Valentin Tsoy	Uzbekistan	2,570,000	26
2	3	Andress Merheb	Lebanon	2,600,000	26
2	4	Recep Aydemir	Turkey	3,245,000	32
2	5	John Doe	n/a	9,800,000	98
2	6	Nikolay Fal	Russia	835,000	8

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
3	1	Helmut Phung	Germany	3,900,000	39
3	2	Michael Allen	United Kingdom	1,150,000	12
3	3	Halil Baybars	Turkey	2,130,000	21
3	4	Michele Guerrini	Italy	1,910,000	19
3	5	Huseyin Akgul	Turkey	1,290,000	13
3	6	Arie Kliper	Israel	815,000	8

$2,200 Warmup

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