Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Cheng Zhao
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Toni Kaukua |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Stanislav Tishkevich |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
Fausto Tantillo and Rawand Chaychi went to the turn with the board showing 3♠7♠10♣3♣ when Chaychi bet 6,200 from the button.
Tantillo called under the gun and the 2♣ fell on the river. Tantillo checked over to Chaychi, who took his time before checking back.
"Flush," Tantillo said, turning over A♣7♣ for the rivered nut flush. Chaychi spent a few moments staring at the board before flipping over 9♣9♦ and tossing it angrily into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fausto Tantillo |
115,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Rawand Chaychi | 80,000 |
Jad Warde opened to 2,000 from the cutoff before Matthew Davenport three-bet to 6,000 on the button. Warde called and they went heads-up to a 2♠7♦J♠ flop.
Davenport then bet 4,500 and Warde called. The turn was the Q♦ and Davenport fired out another 17,500.
Warde this time tanked for a moment before giving up his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matthew Davenport | 105,000 | |
Jad Warde | 55,000 |
Antoine Hasbani and Aziz Efe got into a pre-flop raising war that ended with Hasbani all in for 65,000 under the gun as Efe had him at risk from the button.
Antoine Hasbani: 7♥7♣
Aziz Efe: K♥J♥
The board ran out 3♥8♦3♠9♣5♥ and Hasbani survived the coin flip to earn a double up on the first level of the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Antoine Hasbani |
130,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Aziz Efe |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Iulian-Andrei Bleau raised to 1,200 in the cutoff before Morad Qushqar moved all in for 17,500 in the small blind. Vedat Yilmaz called in the big blind, while Bleau got out of the way.
Morad Qushqar: A♠Q♦
Vedat Yilmaz: A♦A♥
Yilmaz had woken up with aces and spiked the last remaining one in the deck on the 7♦4♣A♣ flop to make top set. Qushqar was already drawing dead after the 5♠ turn, while the 10♠ river sealed his early elimination.
Aziz Efe was eliminated shortly after doubling up Antoine Hasbani but immediately jumped back into the field with a fresh stack. Aylar Lie also recently joined the field.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Iulian Andrei Bleau |
210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
Aziz Efe |
100,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Aylar Lie |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Vedat Yilmaz |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
Morad Qushqar
|
Busted |
Hadi Khordbin was in the small blind and three-bet to 5,000. Sultan Meirbekov then four-bet to 9,500 in early position. John Doe F, in the cutoff, put in a five-bet to 20,000.
Khordbin went into the tank for several minutes. "Pass. I want to show my hand," he eventually said, keeping his cards beside him as action went on Meirbekov.
"You want to show your hand? Me too," Meirbekov said, tossing AxQx into the muck. Khordbin then showed K♥K♣.
"Aces," he asked Doe, who returned his cards face down.
"100 percent aces," Meirbekov added.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Doe F
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Hadi Khordbin |
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Sultan Meirbekov |
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Vasil Giliazetdinov raised to 3,100 in the hijack and Akin Guven called on the button before Aurelijus Sipavicius reraised to 21,100 in early position.
Giliazetdinov took his time before calling. Action then went back on Guven, who tied up some of his chips in a string and began spinning it around for several minutes before he emerged with a reraise to 95,000.
Sipavicius quickly folded, but Giliazetdinov tanked for a few minutes until he gave up his hand.
"Show the bluff," Sipavicius said, but Guven returned his cards face down.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Akin Guven |
130,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Vasil Giliazetdinov
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Aurelijus Sipavicius |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Heads-up on a board of Q♦7♥7♦4♠ and around 25,000 in the pot, Fabio Peluso bet 22,000 from the big blind before John Doe F raised to 50,000 on the button.
Peluso took a minute before calling as the 6♠ fell on the river. Doe then moved all in for 63,500.
Peluso again went into the tank, taking nearly five minutes until he tossed his cards into the muck.
"Kings?" Doe asked him. He then offered Peluso to show one and Peluso picked the A♣.
"Aces. Second time with aces," tablemate Sultan Meirbekov said.
Peluso's countryman Candido Cappiello recently joined the field and took his seat at this table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Doe F
|
190,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Fabio Peluso |
130,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Candido Cappiello | 100,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ryan Plant |
210,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Antoine Hasbani |
170,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Sinead Priestley | 140,000 | |
Cheng Zhao
|
120,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Dean Hutchison |
120,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
Peng Yang | 120,000 | |
Kacper Pyzara |
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Panicos Charalambides
|
100,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Andrew Hedley |
100,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Koray Korkmaz | 95,000 | |
Mehmet Demirkol |
90,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
Bakhos Joumaa |
80,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Catalin Moraru | 75,000 | |
Andrea Dato |
55,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|