Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Players are now taking a break while the tournament staff sets up the final table ceremony.
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
$5,300 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$703,800
Entries
153
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
30
Players Left
1
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Aleksandar Tot opened to 100,000 from the cutoff and Justus Held moved all in for 1,055,000 from the button. Tot made the call to put Held at risk.
Justus Held: A♥J♥
Aleksandar Tot: A♦Q♦
The board ran out 10♦4♠3♠Q♥7♣. Tot held with the bigger ace to score nearly a full double up while sending Held to the rail on the final table bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,900,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Aleksandr Kirichenko opened to 125,000 from the small blind and Shuang Luo moved all in for 675,000 from the big blind. Kirichenko snap-called with a covering stack to put Luo at risk.
Shuang Luo: J♠J♣
Aleksandr Kirichenko: A♣J♥
Luo's pocket-jacks held up on the K♥9♦8♠4♥9♣ runout to take down a sizable pot while Kirichenko was left with just under 17 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,350,000
435,000
|
435,000 |
|
750,000
-325,000
|
-325,000 |
|
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Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Level 23
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Aleksandar Tot opened to 80,000 from the cutoff and Maher Achour defended from the big blind.
The flop came K♥Q♣J♣. Achour checked, Tot bet 70,000 and Achour raised to 260,000. Tot made the call.
Achour moved all in on the 6♥ turn, covering Tot's remaining stack of 445,000. Tot made the call and was at risk.
Aleksandar Tot: Q♥9♥
Maher Achour: A♣8♣
Tot had made an excellent call with second pair but still needed to fade any ace, ten or club to avoid elimination. The 7♥ river was a brick and Tot scored a crucial double up through Achour on the final table bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000
901,000
|
901,000 |
|
265,000
-730,000
|
-730,000 |
Level 23
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Tarmo Tammel opened to 80,000 from the hijack and Xixiang Luo raised to 620,000 from the big blind, leaving a single 5,000 chip behind. Tammel made the call.
The flop came Q♦9♦5♣. Tammel bet 40,000 and Luo called off with his last chip to put himself at risk.
Xixiang Luo: 8♣8♥
Tarmo Tammel: A♥10♣
Luo was in great shape to score a double but Tammel picked up a few more outs on the K♦ turn. The J♦ river gave Tammel a Broadway straight to send Luo to the rail and continue to build a monster stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,475,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 23
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
With two players seeing a board of K♦6♦9♥K♠ and roughly 180,000 already in the middle, Anatoly Nikitin bet 120,000 from the big blind and was called by Shuang Luo on the button.
Nikitin bet again for 200,000 on the 2♦ river and was once again called by Luo.
Nikitin showed down K♣8♣ for trip kings which was enough to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,875,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
|
915,000
-145,000
|
-145,000 |
Level 23
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Nazar Buhaiov moved all in for under the gun for his last 250,000. Action then folded around to Guoliang Wei in the small blind who raised all in for 510,000, folding out the big blind to leave Buhaiov at risk.
Nazar Buhaiov: A♦10♦
Guoliang Wei: A♥J♣
Buhaiov couldn't catch up on the 8♣J♠9♥2♥3♣ and was forced to settle for a 12th-place finish while Wei took down an important pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
840,000
322,000
|
322,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 23
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Maksim Shornikau opened to 100,000 from the small blind and Aleksandr Kirichenko defended from the big blind.
Shornikau fired a 50,000 continuation bet on the Q♠5♥2♣ flop that was called by Kirichenko.
On the 8♣ turn Shornikau bet again for 135,000 and once again Kirichenko made the call.
The river was the 3♥. Shornikau checked, Kirichenko bet 185,000 and Shornikau nearly beat him into the pot.
Kirichenko could only show 10♣9♣ for a missed draw turned into a bluff while Shornikau turned over Q♥10♥ for top pair to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
1,075,000
-495,000
|
-495,000 |
|
|
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Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000