2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$2,200 Warmup
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 Merit Poker Western Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$181,200
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$962,320
Entries
523
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
523
Players Left
102

Shteyn Gets Away as Guven Busts Trofimov

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Akin Guven bet 25,000 from the hijack on a flop of {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} and Anatoly Shteyn called in the cutoff. From the small blind, Dragos Trofimov shoved for 225,000.

Guven asked for a count before calling Trofimov's shove. Shteyn then spent several minutes in the tank before he slid his cards back to the dealer.

Trofimov had top pair with {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}, but Guven had him out-kicked with {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}. The board ran out {10-Spades}{9-Spades} and Trofimov hit the rail.

"Dragos, Dragos, Dragos," Shteyn repeated after the hand, still thinking about his fold.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Akin Guven tr
Akin Guven
740,000
555,000
555,000
Profile photo of Anatoly Shteyn ru
Anatoly Shteyn
250,000
54,500
54,500
Profile photo of Dragos Trofimov md
Dragos Trofimov
Busted

Tags: Akin GuvenAnatoly ShteynDragos Trofimov