Level: 3
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1cd
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1cd
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,854,720
Entries
672
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
149
Players Left
75
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Antoine Farhat opened to 1,600 from middle position and Tomasz Szczerbinski called from the button.
The flop came 10?7?2? and Farhat fired a 2,200 continuation bet that was called by Szczerbinski.
Both players checked the 2? turn leading to the A? river. Farhat bet 3,600 and this time Szczerbinski opted to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
97,000 | |
|
88,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Guoliang Wei opened to 2,000 from the cutoff and Mihai Tusnea three-bet to 6,400 from the small blind. Zebarjad four-bet shoved for 32,600 and Wei, who was slightly covered, made the call while Tusnea got out of the way.
Guoliang Wei: K?Q?
Ali Zebarjad: A?6?
The board ran out J?7?8?2?Q?. Both players made a flush but Zerbjad had the nuts and scored a full double up while Wei was sent to the rail, although he will have the option to reenter should he choose to do so.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
97,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
68,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Players are now on their first break of the day. The field has grown to 83 entrants so far with 75 players remaining.
Level: 4
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 4
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Peng Peng opened to 2,200 from the hijack and received calls from Ceyhan Tezcan in the cutoff and Felipe Ketzer in the big blind.
Ketzer lead out with a bet of 2,100 on the 5?4?2? flop. Peng called while Tezcan got out of the way.
On the 5? turn Ketzer bet again for 4,100 and was called by Peng.
Both players checked the 2? river. Ketzer tabled 4?3? for two pair which was enough to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
242,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
|
153,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
|
109,000
109,000
|
109,000 |
Level 4
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
With two players seeing a board of K?6?3? and 29,000 already in the middle, Amine Karami bet 7,000 from the big blind and Velibor Jakovljevic raised to 17,000 from the cutoff. Karama three-bet to 40,000 and Jakovljevic made the call.
On the 8? turn Karami moved all in for 57,900 and Jakovljevic called with a covering stack.
Amine Karami: K?K?
Velibor Jakovljevic: A?K?
Jakovljevic had made top pair but was drawing dead against Karami who had the nuts with top set. The river was an inconsequential [d] and Karami scored a massive double up at Jakovljevic's expense.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
223,000
223,000
|
223,000 |
|
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Level 5
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
With two players seeing a board of K?Q?Q?J? and 37,700 already in the middle, John Doe checked from the hijack and called an 18,500 bet from Ermanno Di Nicola on the button.
Doe checked again on the 7? river and Di Nicola moved all in, covering Doe who had 94,200 behind. Doe thought for about one minute before making the call.
Di Nicola could only show 6?4? for a missed flush draw turned into a bluff while Doe turned over A?10? for a Broadway straight to take the pot.
Di Nicola was left with just 3,500 and would bust shortly afterwards before exercising his option to reenter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
||
|
100,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
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Level 5
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Ali El-Siblani opened to 3,500 fro mearly position and Amine Karami three-bet to 10,000 from the button. Li Chen then four-bet to 40,000. El-Siblani got out of the way before Karami moved all in, covering Chen who started the hand with roughly 88,000. Chen called and was at risk.
Li Chen: 7?7?
Amine Karami: A?K?
It was a preflop flip that Karami got the best of on the 10?K?J? flop. He remained ahead on the 6? turn and Q? river to score the knockout and continue to add chips to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
299,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
Busted |