2024 Merit Poker Western Series

$2,200 Warm Up
Day: 1bc
Event Info

2024 Merit Poker Western Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$165,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$830,640
Entries
446
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1bc
Entries
221
Players Left
107

Houayek Stays Around With Queens

Level 5 : Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
Joseph Houayek
Joseph Houayek

Joseph Houayek, Andrey Pateychuk, Fikret Akgul, and Dogan Gungor built a pot of around 40,000 as they went four-handed to a flop of 2K5.

Houayek then bet 7,000 from the button before Gungor raised to 21,000 in middle position. Pateychuk and Akgul got out of the way, but Houayek stuck around and called.

Both players checked down the A turn and J river as Gungor showed J9 for a missed flush draw and Houayek turned over QQ to win the pot.

"Thank you, my friend. I needed the chips," Houayek said.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fikret Akgul tr
Fikret Akgul
330,000
230,000
230,000
Profile photo of Joseph Houayek lb
Joseph Houayek
150,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
110,000
35,000
35,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dogan Gungor tr
Dogan Gungor
70,000
-40,000
-40,000

Tags: Andrey PateychukDogan GungorFikret AkgulJoseph Houayek