2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$2,200 Warmup
Day: 3
Event Info
2023 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$181,200
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$962,320
Total Entries
523
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
102
Players Left
19
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Pak Getting Shorter

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Valeriy Pak bet 130,000 from early position on a flop of {3-Hearts}{a-Hearts}{5-Clubs}. Andress Merhed jammed from the small blind to make Pak decide for his tournament life.

Eventually, Pak folded after checking his cards as his stack dwindles further after having been the chip leader to start the day.

Tags: Pak Getting ShorterValeriy Pak

Katymaev's Set Sends Out Aristotelos

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Katherina Aristotelos
Katherina Aristotelos

Katherina Aristotelos was down to around 300,000 when he moved all in from early position and was called by Evgenii Katymaev.

Katherina Aristotelos: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}
Evgenii Katymaev: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}

The flop came {10-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}, giving Katymaev a set of tens and Aristotelos a straight draw. The board ran out {2-Hearts}{4-Clubs}, missing Aristotelos and sending her to the rail in 28th place.

Tags: Evgenii KatymaevKatherina Aristotelos

Katymaev Moving Up

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Evgenii Katymaev was all in preflop with the {a-Spades}{k-Clubs} in a big flip against Valeriy Pak who held the {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}.

In this instance, big slick would to the trick as the flop came {a-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}. The turn was the {5-Clubs}. The river came the {a-Diamonds} Pak lost another chunk of his stack.

Tags: Evgenii KatymaevValeriy Pak

Mandara Picks Up Aces in Four-Bet Pot

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Ryan Mandara
Ryan Mandara

Nariman Yaghmai opened the pot for 80,000 before Arie Kliper three-bet to 240,000 in the hijack. Ryan Mandara, on the button, then moved all in for around 1,100,000 and Yaghmai snap-called.

Kliper spent about a minute in the tank before he got out of the way as Mandara turned over {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}. Yaghmai had {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} and stood up from the table with his backpack on as the dealer spread the {9-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{a-Spades} board.

Mandara finished with a full house to send Yaghmai to the rail. Kliper admitted after the hand he folded ace-king. "I figured one of you had aces, so I had to fold," he said.

Tags: Arie KliperNariman YaghmaiRyan Mandara

Kuliberda Outdraws Macori

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Dawid Kuliberda raised to 80,000 from the cutoff before Federico Macori moved all in from the big blind for 350,000. Kuliberda quickly called.

Federico Macori: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Dawid Kuliberda: {a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

Kuliberda was dominated by leapt into the lead on the {2-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} flop with a pair of tens. Macori had a straight draw but didn't improve on the {q-Spades} turn or {q-Hearts} river as Kuliberda finished with a full house to send him to the payout desk.

"Unlucky," Michael Allen consoled Macori as he made his exit.

Tags: Dawid KuliberdaFederico Macori

Guven Wins Big Flip

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

There was a classic preflop flip in progress as both players had very close to even stacks.

Akin Guven: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Bartlomiej Swieboda: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}

The flop came {2-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{4-Hearts}. The turn was the {k-Spades} and the river the {8-Spades} to secure the critical pot for Guven.

Tags: Akin GuvenBartlomiej Swieboda

Allen Calls Aboudi With King-High

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of {6-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}, Ido Aboudi jammed his last 135,000 from the big blind. Michael Allen in middle position asked for a count before he threw in the chips to call.

Aboudi had {5-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for a straight draw, while Allen had {k-Clubs}{j-Spades} for king-high. The turn came the {9-Hearts}, followed by the {k-Diamonds} on the river as Allen made a pair of kings to bust Aboudi.

Jesse Wigan was also eliminated on the main feature table.

Tags: Ido AboudiJesse WiganMichael Allen

Ozbek Falls After Dinner

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

On the first hand back from dinner break, Gokhan Ozbek got the rest of his 450,000 stack in the middle on a flop of {2-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} and was up against Yury Bochkarev.

Ozbek turned over {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}, but Bochkarev had top pair with {q-Spades}{10-Spades}. The board ran out {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts} and Ozbek wished the rest of the table luck before heading for the exit.

Tags: Yury BochkarevGokhan Ozbek

Level: 23

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

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Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

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