$2,200 Warmup Day 3 | 2023 Merit Poker Western Series

01-19-2023 20:29 UTC+2

Katymaev Moving Up

Jeff McMillan

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Evgenii Katymaev was all in preflop with the in a big flip against Valeriy Pak who held the .

In this instance, big slick would to the trick as the flop came . The turn was the . The river came the Pak lost another chunk of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evgenii Katymaev	3,250,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Valeriy Pak	950,000 -1,250,000	-1,250,000

Tags: Evgenii Katymaev Valeriy Pak

01-19-2023 20:32 UTC+2

Katymaev's Set Sends Out Aristotelos

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David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Katherina Aristotelos was down to around 300,000 when he moved all in from early position and was called by Evgenii Katymaev.

Katherina Aristotelos:
Evgenii Katymaev:

The flop came , giving Katymaev a set of tens and Aristotelos a straight draw. The board ran out , missing Aristotelos and sending her to the rail in 28th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evgenii Katymaev	2,700,000 -550,000	-550,000
Katherina Aristotelos	Busted

Tags: Evgenii Katymaev Katherina Aristotelos

01-19-2023 20:44 UTC+2

Pak Getting Shorter

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Jeff McMillan

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Valeriy Pak bet 130,000 from early position on a flop of . Andress Merhed jammed from the small blind to make Pak decide for his tournament life.

Eventually, Pak folded after checking his cards as his stack dwindles further after having been the chip leader to start the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andress Merheb	2,150,000 450,000	450,000
Valeriy Pak	500,000 -450,000	-450,000

Tags: Pak Getting Shorter Valeriy Pak

01-19-2023 20:48 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
John Doe	4,300,000 -700,000	-700,000

Evgenii Katymaev	2,700,000
Andress Merheb	2,100,000 -50,000	-50,000
Andre Mehreb	1,350,000 50,000	50,000
Huseyin Akgul	1,300,000 -150,000	-150,000
Michele Guerrini	1,300,000 50,000	50,000
Akin Guven	1,000,000 -350,000	-350,000
Nuri Hadioglu	600,000 -300,000	-300,000
Valeriy Pak	300,000 -200,000	-200,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Yury Bochkarev	2,900,000 400,000	400,000
Valentin Tsoy	2,200,000 -450,000	-450,000
Recep Aydemir	2,050,000
Musa Genc	2,000,000 100,000	100,000
Vladislav Fedoseev	1,700,000 -700,000	-700,000
David Hu	1,300,000 -650,000	-650,000
Arie Kliper	600,000
Iacopo Brandi	600,000 200,000	200,000

Valeriy Pak Eliminated in 27th Place ($5,600)

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Jeff McMillan

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Valeriy Pak jammed his stack of about ten big blinds from the button and was called Huseyin Akgul in the big blind.

Valeriy Pak:
Huseyin Akgul:

Akgul woke up with kings in the big blind and was very likely to take out the start-of-day chip leader with the cowboys. The flop came to pair Pak's five to give him a glimmer of hope. The turn was the and the river the to confirm his elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huseyin Akgul	1,820,000 520,000	520,000
Valeriy Pak	Busted

Tags: Huseyin Akgul Valeriy Pak Valeriy Pal

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

01-19-2023 21:05 UTC+2

Genc Goes Deep Into the Tank

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David Salituro

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Musa Genc raised to 115,000 from middle position before David Hu made it 300,000 on the button. Genc called and they went heads-up to the flop.

Genc checked to Hu, who continued for 250,000. Genc called and both players checked the turn.

The river came the and Genc checked once more. Hu then assembled a bet of 945,000, leaving himself just 100,000 behind, and slid it into the middle.

Genc went into the tank for nearly 10 minutes, rechecking his cards multiple times before he picked them up and turned over . Hu remained silent during the hand and calmly took in the pot.