Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
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
384
Players Left
130
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Maher Achour opened to 8,000 from early position and Day 1d chip leader Vedat Yilmaz called from the hijack. Naji Azar moved all in for 166,000 and Achour made the call with a covering stack. Vedat Yilmaz then called off with his stack of 89,500 and was also at risk.
Vedat Yilmaz: 10♣9♣
Naji Tannoury: A♥Q♦
Maher Achour: A♣K♠
Achour seemed poised to score the double knockout with the best hand preflop but the Q♥3♣J♣ flop gave Azar the lead with a pair of queens while Yilmaz had both a flush and a straight draw. The 2♦ turn changed nothing but the 7♣ river gave Yilmaz the flush and he scored a full triple up while Azar took the side pot. Achour, who had started with the best hand and ended with the worst one, took a small hit to his stack but is still over double the average stack at this time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
703,000
-184,000
|
-184,000 |
|
276,500
-143,500
|
-143,500 |
|
||
|
151,000
-59,000
|
-59,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya came back from break flirting with the 1,000,000 chip milestone until tangling with Artem Arakelian.
Skhulukhiya had a raise of 33,000 in front of him from the big blind before Arakelian moved all in for 139,000 in the cutoff. Skhulukhiya called to put Arakelian at risk.
Artem Arakelian: 10♦10♣
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya: A♠Q♣
The flop brought 6♣10♥5♣ and Arakelian hit top set to take a big lead. The board ran out A♥7♦ and Skhulukhiya handed over the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000
-153,000
|
-153,000 |
|
280,000
189,000
|
189,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Heads-up on a flop of K♣5♣Q♠, Roman Hrabec bet 15,000 from the button and Simone Andrian called in the small blind.
Both players checked the J♠ turn and the 2♠ fell on the river. Andrian then bet 40,000 and Hrabec snap-called.
Andrian showed Q♥J♣ for two pair, but Hrabec had K♥5♥ for kings and fives as he took the pot off the Warm Up champion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
620,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
||
|
150,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Samy Barka opened to 10,000 from the hijack and Shuang Luo defended from the big blind.
The flop came K♠7♦6♠ and Luo check-called a 9,000 continuation bet from Barka.
Luo check-called another bet from Barka on the Q♦ turn, this time for 20,000.
Both players checked the K♣ river. Luo turned over A♥J♣ for ace-high while Barka tabled 10♠7♠ for just second pair on the flop to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
625,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
|
||
|
230,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Maxime Chilaud raised to 8,000 in early position and was called by Yassin Mahmoud in middle position, as well as Ermanno Di Nicola and Joseph Mouawad from the blinds.
The flop came 4♥J♠Q♣ and Chilaud continued for 12,000. Only Mahmoud and Di Nicola called as the 4♠ fell on the turn.
Chilaud then bet 50,000 and Mahmoud took about two minutes before calling. Di Nicola took even longer until he emerged with a raise to 121,000. Chilaud quickly called, while Mahmoud got out of the way.
The river was the 5♣ and Di Nicola moved all in for 196,000. It was Chilaud's turn to tank as the past Merit Poker champion took several minutes until calling.
Di Nicola turned over 8♣4♣ for trip fours and Chilaud tossed A♠Q♠ into the muck as Di Nicola took down the massive pot.
At the same table, Xiang Lian has built up a stack of around 1,000,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
504,000
|
504,000 |
|
800,000
583,000
|
583,000 |
|
||
|
400,000
364,500
|
364,500 |
|
350,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
260,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
60,000
-134,500
|
-134,500 |
|
||
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Junjie He was all in for his last 128,000 from the cutoff and up against Thomas Eychenne in early position.
Junjie He: 9♣9♥
Thomas Eychenne: Q♠Q♣
He was at risk and crushed by Eychenne's queens as the flop came 6♣3♣A♥. The turn, though, was the 9♦ and He spiked a set to take the lead.
The A♣ river improved He to a full house and he doubled up, leaving Eychenne on a short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
60,000
-222,000
|
-222,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Nan Zhu opened to 9,000 from early position and received a call from Nan Zhu in middle position before Mohamad El Siblani three-bet to 33,000 from the button. Both opponents made the call.
The flop came 10♦9♣3♦ and the action checked around to El Siblani who bet 35,000. Zhu folded and Korliakov put in a check-raise to 80,000 which was enough to get a fold out of El Siblani.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
820,000
399,000
|
399,000 |
|
|
617,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
|
317,000
51,500
|
51,500 |
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Maxime Chilaud was moved to a new table shortly after taking the big hit against Ermanno Di Nicola and quickly got his last 240,000 in the middle from the cutoff. John Doebs called in the small blind to put him at risk.
Maxime Chilaud: Q♣Q♠
John Doebs: A♦K♦
It was a classic flip as the flop came J♦10♦10♣, keeping Chilaud in the lead but giving Doebs a flush draw. He completed the flush on the 2♦ turn and smacked the table in celebration.
Chilaud needed to fill up on the river to stay alive but missed the 6♠ as he was sent off to the rail. Tablemate Amir Sonsino then took a photo of Doebs holding up his cards before he collected the pot.
"He had one out," Sonsino said.
"Three. A ten," Doebs pointed out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
950,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
975,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
850,000
719,000
|
719,000 |
|
830,000
610,000
|
610,000 |
|
820,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
760,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
750,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
720,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
||
|
630,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
|
|
||
|
620,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
|
540,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
520,000
203,000
|
203,000 |
|
480,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
460,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
330,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
330,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
320,000 | |
|
300,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
300,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
280,000
-36,000
|
-36,000 |
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |