2025 Merit Poker Western Series

$5,300 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2025 Merit Poker Western Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
$200,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$800,400
Entries
174
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
174
Players Left
46

Andrey Pateychuk Among the Leaders Heading Into High Roller Day 2

Andrey Pateychuk
Andrey Pateychuk

The $5,300 High Roller event at the 2025 Merit Poker Western Series continues tonight with Day 2 starting at 8:00 p.m. local time inside the glamorous Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino. After an action-packed Day 1, 69 players remain from a total of 95 entries, all vying for the prestigious title and a share of the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Romania’s Mircea Flutur leads the pack after an impressive opening day, bagging 522,500 chips to secure the top spot heading into today. Trailing behind him is Serbia’s Bogdan Jontulovic, who accumulated 367,000, while Poland’s Marcin Dziubdziela rounds out the top three with 351,500 chips.

Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Mircea FluturRomania522,500348
2Bogdan JontulovicSerbia367,000245
3Marcin DziubdzielaPoland351,500234
4Nemo IsraelFrance333,000222
5Maxime ChilaudFrance321,500214
6Edgard RaffoulLebanon311,500208
7Jianfeng SunChina306,000204
8Paul RuncanRomania296,500198
9Andrey PateychukRussia296,500198
10Motokatsu UharaJapan281,500188

Day 2 begins with blinds at 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 big blind ante. With late registration remaining open for the first four levels of today, the number of entries is expected to rise, likely smashing the $500,000 guaranteed prizepool as more players take their shot at the title.

$5,300 High Roller Remaining Schedule

DateDayTimeBlind Levels
January 18Day 28 p.m.40 minutes
January 19Day 34 p.m.40 minutes
January 20Day 41 p.m.40 minutes

Stay locked in right here to PokerNews for live updates from the tournament floor, as Day 2 promises another thrilling chapter in this high-stakes affair.

Tags: Andrey PateychukBogdan JontulovicCrystal Cove HotelEdgard RaffoulJianfeng SunMarcin DziubdzielaMaxime ChilaudMircea FluturMotokatsu UharaNemo IsraelPaul Runcan