Level: 3
Blinds: 300/700
Ante: 700
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
$5,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
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
91
Players Left
59
Level 3
: Blinds 300/700, 700 ante
Gang Zhao opened to 1,400 from middle position and Jianwei Lin defended from the big blind.
Both players checked the 10♥9♣2♣ flop leading to the Q♦ turn. Lin bet 2,000, Zhao raised to 4,500 and Lin made the call.
The river was the Q♥. Lin checked, Zhao bet 11,000 and Lin made the call.
Zhao immediately mucked his hand allowing Lin to take the pot without having to reveal his hole cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,800 | |
|
42,000 |
Level 3
: 300/700, 700 ante
With two players seeing a board of K♠A♥A♣8♦ and roughly 30,000 in the middle, Fausto Tantillo bet 15,500 from the blinds and was called by Shuang Luo in late position.
Tantillo sized up with a bet of 46,000 on the 8♣ turn. Luo thought for about 30 seconds before opting to fold and Tantillo took down a sizable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
196,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
152,500
152,500
|
152,500 |
Level 3
: 300/700, 700 ante
Nils Pudel opened to 1,700 from the hijack and received calls from Jianwei Lin in the cutoff and Roman Gadzhiev in the small blind.
All three players checked the 10♦10♠9♥ flop leading to the 4♣ turn. Gadzhiev checked and Pudel bet 7,000. Lin put in a raise to 14,000 and both Gadzhiev and Pudel opted to fold.
Dmitry Yurasov, who won the Main Event of the last Merit Poker series this past October, also recently sat down at this table. Elsewhere in the tournament area, Dmitry Gromov, who finished runner up in the same event, has also taken a seat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
219,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
|
95,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Level 3
: 300/700, 700 ante
Players are on their first 15-minute break of the evening.
The field has grown to 72 total entries, of which 69 remain.
Level: 4
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level 4
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
256,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
||
|
|
254,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
220,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
157,000
157,000
|
157,000 |
|
|
148,000
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
131,200
131,200
|
131,200 |
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
||
|
114,500
15,600
|
15,600 |
|
108,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
|
101,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
96,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
||
|
64,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
60,500
-39,500
|
-39,500 |
|
60,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
35,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
||
Level 4
: 400/800, 800 ante
Anatoly Nikitin opened to 2,000 from under the gun and received calls from Ceyhan Tezcan in the hijack, Dean Hutchison in the cutoff and Junjie He in the big blind.
The flop came Q♣9♣3♦. He checked, Nikitin fired a 2,500 continuation bet, Tezcan called, Hutchison folded and He called.
On the 7♠ turn He checked, Nikitin checked and Tezcan bet 3,500. He got out of the way while Nikitin made the call.
Nikitin lead out with a 5,000 bet on the Q♦ river only for Tezcan to raise it to 35,000. Nikitin made the call only for Tezcan to show down 9♥9♠ for nines full of queens to take down a decent pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
114,200
114,200
|
114,200 |
|
66,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 5
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Ihar Soika opened to 2,000 from the hijack and Jak Ferman three-bet to 7,500 from the small blind. Soika made the call.
The flop came 10♦4♠3♠. Ferman fired a 6,000 continuation bet that was callled by Soika.
Both players checked the J♥ turn leading to the 7♣ river. Ferman bet 16,000 and Soika called.
Ferman tabled 7♦7♠ for a rivered set and Soika's hand hit the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
256,000
256,000
|
256,000 |
|
|
75,500
-55,700
|
-55,700 |