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2023 Gets Underway with $3M Guaranteed Merit Poker Western Series; Full Schedule Unveiled

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Live poker boomed in 2022 and is showing no signs of letting up following the new year. The Return: A Borgata Championship Event has just wrapped up in Atlantic City, USA after a successful festival while the GGPoker UK Poker Championships, 888poker LIVE Madrid, WSOPC Marrakech, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and PokerStars Players Championship all kickoff before the calendar closes on January.

Also getting underway this month is the Merit Poker Western Series, which runs from January 16-27 and promises $3 million in guarantees across its event schedule.

The festival is hosted at the beautiful Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Spa, North Cyprus, and is headlined by a huge $1.5 GTD Main Event, which comes with a $3,300 buy-in.

Series Highlights

  • $2,200 NL Warm Up (January 16-20)
  • $3,300 NL Main Event (January 20-25)
  • $5,300 NL High Roller (January 25-27)
  • $1,100 & $2,200 NL Mystery Bounty (January 24-26 & January 26-27)

Excluding satellite tournaments, 17 events are scheduled across the series with the aforementioned Main Event being the festival's high note. Other multi-flight notable events include the $2,200 NL Warm Up , $5,300 NL High Roller as well as the $1,100 and $2,200 NL Mystery Bounty tournaments.

The Warm Up has the second-highest guarantee of the series and promises to pay out no less than $500,000. The Warm Up, as well as other tournaments, will also award several tickets to the Merit Poker Classic Main Event, which plays out in May 2023.

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The PokerNews live reporting team will also be at the Merit Poker Western Series, providing live updates for several of the festival's key events.

There will be around-the-clock coverage for the Warm Up, the Main Event, and the High Roller which can all be accessed from our Live Reporting Hub.

Be sure to check out the event schedule below as well as all the satellites that are running throughout the series.

Merit Poker Western Series Event Schedule

DATETIME (EET)BUY�\INEVENTGUARANTEE
Jan 1612:00 p.m.$2,200NL Warm Up Day 1A$500,000 + 9 Tickets*
Jan 165:30 p.m.$550NL Turbo Bounty $200 K.O.$20,000
Jan 1712:00 p.m.$2,200NL Warm Up Day 1B$500,000 + 9 Tickets
Jan 179:00 p.m.$660NL Hyper Turbo Deep Stack$20,000
Jan 179:30 p.m.$2,200NL Warm Up Day 1C$500,000 + 9 Tickets
Jan 1810:00 a.m.$2,200NL Warm Up Day 1D Turbo$500,000 + 9 Tickets
Jan 1812:30 p.m.$2,200NL Warm Up Day 2$500,000 + 9 Tickets
Jan 1912:00 p.m.ClosedNL Warm Up Day 3$500,000 + 9 Tickets
Jan 191:00 p.m.$1,100PL Omaha Bounty 8�\Handed $500 K.O.$40,000
Jan 195:00 p.m.$1,100NL Seniors Event (50+ y.o.)$30,000
Jan 2012:00 p.m.$3,300NL Main Event Day 1A$1,500,000 + 9 Tickets
Jan 201:00 p.m.ClosedNL Warm Up Final Day$500,000 + 9 Tickets
Jan 205:30 p.m.$440NL Hyper Turbo Deep Stack$15,000
Jan 2112:00 p.m.$3,300NL Main Event Day 1B$1,500,000 + 9 Tickets
Jan 215:30 p.m.$440NL Win The Button $200 K.O.$15,000
Jan 2212:00 p.m.$3,300NL Main Event Day 1C$1,500,000 + 9 Tickets
Jan 222:00 p.m.$1,100PL Omaha Bounty 8�\Handed $500 K.O.$40,000
Jan 226:00 p.m.$550?? PLO Bomb Pot 7�\Handed$20,000
Jan 227:00 p.m.$3,300NL Main Event Day 1D Turbo$1,500,000 + 9 Tickets
Jan 229:00 p.m.$880NL Bounty $400 K.O.$40,000
Jan 2312:00 p.m.$3,300NL Main Event Day 2$1,500,000 + 9 Tickets
Jan 2310:00 p.m.$1,100NL Mix�\Max 8�\Max Day 1$80,000
Jan 2412:00 p.m.ClosedNL Main Event Day 3$1,500,000 + 9 Tickets
Jan 241:00 p.m.$1,100NL Mix�\Max 7�\Max Day 2$80,000
Jan 245:00 p.m.$1,100NL Mystery Bounty ($600 Mystery Bounty ) Day 1A$100,000
Jan 2512:00 p.m.ClosedNL Mix�\Max 6�\Max Final day$80,000
Jan 2512:00 p.m.$1,100NL Mystery Bounty ($600 Mystery Bounty ) Day 1B$100,000
Jan 251:00 p.m.ClosedNL Main Event Final Day$1,500,000 + 9 Tickets
Jan 258:00 p.m.$5,300NL High Roller Event 8�\Max Day 1$250,000 + 5 Tickets
Jan 2612:00 p.m.ClosedNL Mystery Bounty ($600 Mystery Bounty ) Final Day$100,000
Jan 2612:30 p.m.$2,200NL Mystery Bounty ($1.000 Mystery Bounty ) Day 1A$150,000 + 5 Tickets
Jan 268:00 p.m.$5,300NL High Roller Event 8�\Max Day 2$250,000 + 5 Tickets
Jan 269:00 p.m.$2,200NL Mystery Bounty ($1.000 Mystery Bounty ) Day 1B$150,000 + 5 Tickets
Jan 2712:00 p.m.ClosedNL Mystery Bounty ($1.000 Mystery Bounty ) Final Day$150,000 + 5 Tickets
Jan 271:00 p.m.$550NL Deep Stack Bounty 6�\Max $300 K.O.$20,000
Jan 276:00 p.m.ClosedNL High Roller Event 8�\Max Final Day$250,000 + 5 Tickets
Jan 277:00 p.m.$440NL Turbo Deep Stack Bounty 6�\Max $200 K.O.$15,000

* tickets are for Day 1A of the Merit Poker Classic Main Event (May 2023)

Merit Poker Western Series Satellite Schedule

DATETIME (EET)BUY�\INEVENTGUARANTEE
Jan 1611:00 a.m.$249NL Qualifier to WUp Day 1A win your seat at 100K chips3 Seats
Jan 169:30 p.m.$385NL Satellite to Warm Up Day 1B10 Seats
Jan 1711:00 a.m.$249NL Qualifier to WUp Day 1B win your seat at 100K chips3 Seats
Jan 175:30 p.m.$249NL Qualifier to WUp Day 1C win your seat at 100K chips4 Seats
Jan 1810:00 p.m.$550NL Satellite To ME Day 1A30 Seats
Jan 199:30 p.m.$550NL Satellite to ME Day 1A20 Seats
Jan 2011:00 a.m.$373NL Qualifier to ME Day 1A win your seat at 100K chips3 Seats
Jan 2010:00 p.m.$550NL Satellite To ME Day 1B20 Seats
Jan 2111:00 a.m.$373NL Qualifier to ME Day 1B win your seat at 100K chips3 Seats
Jan 2110:00 p.m.$550NL Satellite To ME Day 1C15 Seats
Jan 2211:00 a.m.$373NL Qualifier to ME Day 1C win your seat at 100K chips3 Seats
Jan 225:30 p.m.$373NL Qualifier to ME Day 1D win your seat at 100K chips7 Seats
Jan 249:30 p.m.$770NL Super Satellite To HR Day 15 Seats
Jan 253:00 p.m.$605NL Qualifier to HR Day 1 win your seat at 100K chips3 Seats
Jan 259:00 p.m.$385NL Satellite to Mystery Bounty Day 1A5 Seats
Jan 264:00 p.m.$605NL Qualifier to HR Day 2 win your seat at 100K chips3 Seats
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Calum has been a part of the PokerNews team since September 2021 after working in the UK energy sector. He played his first hand of poker in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the game. Calum has written for various poker outlets but found his home at PokerNews, where he has contributed to various articles and live updates, providing insights and reporting on major poker events, including the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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