Level: 6
Blinds: 700/1,500
Ante: 1,500
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1cd
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1cd
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,854,720
Entries
672
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
149
Players Left
75
Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
On a board reading K♥5♦3♦ Sultan Meirbekov was all in and at risk against Ali El-Siblani, who slightly covered Meirbekov, and a player in middle position who covered both opponents.
Sultan Meirbekov: A♥A♦
Ali El-Siblani: Q♦10♦
Middle Position: K♣Q♣
All three players had a piece of the board but Meirbekov was in the lead with an overpair. That all changed when the K♦ turn brought the flush in for El-Siblani. The 2♥ river was a blank and Meirbekov was sent to the rail while El-Siblani secured a full triple up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
236,000
126,000
|
126,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
Ermanno Di Nicola opened to 3,500 from middle position and received calls from Aykutalp Yilmaz on the button and Monika Zukowicz in the big blind.
The flop came A♥8♣5♣. Zukowicz checked, Di Nicola bet 4,600, Yilmaz folded and Zukowicz called.
Both remaining playerrs checked the 3♣ turn leading to the 9♦ river. Zukowicz bet 12,000 and after about 30 seconds Di Nicola decided to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
128,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
||
|
67,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
Players are now on their second and final break of the evening. The field has grown to 122 total entrants of which 87 players remain.
Level: 7
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
353,000 | |
|
330,300
70,300
|
70,300 |
|
||
|
301,000
301,000
|
301,000 |
|
298,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
271,500
271,500
|
271,500 |
|
||
|
|
265,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
228,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
|
171,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
||
|
133,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
With two players seeing a board of Q♥9♥5♦2♦ and roughly 20,000 already in the middle, Felipe Ketzer was under the gun and found himself all in for an additional 125,000 and at risk against Guoliang Wei in the big blind.
Felipe Ketzer: Q♣9♣
Guoliang Wei: 9♦4♦
Ketzer was ahead with two pair but needed to fade a diamond to avoid elimination. He did just that on the 8♣ river and collected a full double up at Wei's expense.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
271,500
138,500
|
138,500 |
|
|
136,500
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
|
|
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Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Damir Zhugralin opened to 3,000 from under the gun and received calls from Yingrui Ge on the button and Siarhei Chudapal in the big blind.
The flop came A♥8♥6♦ and action folded around to Ge who bet 4,500. Chudapal made the call while Zhugralin got out of the way.
Both players checked the K♥ turn leading to the 10♠ river. Chudapal bet 10,000 and was called by Ge. Chudapal showed down A♦10♥ for the winner and added more chips to his already sizable stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
405,000
405,000
|
405,000 |
|
210,500
210,500
|
210,500 |
|
132,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
With two players seeing a board of 5♣8♣3♦ and roughly 12,000 already in the middle, Guiliano Boellis checked from the big blind and Anatoly Nikitin bet 4,000 from under the gun. Boellis made the call.
Both players checked the A♣ turn leading to the 4♦ river. Boellis checked and called a 20,000 bet from Nikitin.
Nikitin tabled 5♦5♠ for a set of fives but Boellis showed down A♦2♣ for the wheel straight to take down a nice pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
264,000
-89,000
|
-89,000 |
|
260,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
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