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2024 Merit Poker Western Series

$5,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2024 Merit Poker Western Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q5
Prize
$177,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$703,800
Entries
153
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
91
Players Left
59

Level: 8

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Luo Flips Saryyev to the Rail

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Saken Saryyev moved all in for 7,100 from middle position and received a call from Danut Chisu in the hijack. Xixiang Luo then raised it to 30,000. Action folded around to Chisu who tanked for roughly three minutes before deciding to fold, leaving Saryyev all in and at risk against Luo

Saken Saryyev: A?10?
Xixiang Luo: 4?4?

The board ran out J?3?6?9?9?. Luo's pocket fours held up and he took down a nice pot while Saryyev was sent to the rail.

ACR team pro Monika Zukowicz also recently sat down at this table.

Player Chips Progress
Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
105,000
105,000
105,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Monika Zukowicz pl
Monika Zukowicz
100,000
100,000
100,000
Danut Chisu ro
Danut Chisu
79,000
79,000
79,000
Saken Saryyev
Saken Saryyev
Busted

Tags: Danut ChisuMonika ZukowiczXixiang Luo

Held Battles the Chip Leader

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Aleksandr Kirichenko opened to 3,500 from the button and Justus Held defended from the big blind.

Both players checked the 10?7?6? flop leading to the 9? turn. Held bet 3,500 and Kirichenko made the call.

Held bet again for 9,000 on the Q? river and was once again called by Kirichenko. Held tabled 7?6? for two pair and Kirichenko promptly mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksandr Kirichenko ru
Aleksandr Kirichenko
346,000
-9,000
-9,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Justus Held de
Justus Held
58,000
58,000
58,000

Tags: Aleksandr KirichenkoJustus Held

End of the Night

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Play has concluded for Day 1 of the $5,300 High Roller. The event has attracted 91 entrants so far, of which 60 players were able to find a bag and advance to Day 2.

Stay tuned for full updated chip counts and a recap of the night's action that will soon follow.

Assorted End of Night Chip Counts

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
402,000
402,000
402,000
Joseph Sabe lb
Joseph Sabe
338,500
194,500
194,500
Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
320,500
251,500
251,500
Aleksandr Kirichenko ru
Aleksandr Kirichenko
308,000
-38,000
-38,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Shuang Luo cn
Shuang Luo
265,000
211,000
211,000
Fausto Tantillo it
Fausto Tantillo
245,000
-82,000
-82,000
Roman Hrabec cz
Roman Hrabec
230,500
230,500
230,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Qiang Xu cn
Qiang Xu
200,000
200,000
200,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Frederic Popot fr
Frederic Popot
164,500
94,500
94,500
Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
152,000
152,000
152,000
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
121,500
16,500
16,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Candido Cappiello it
Candido Cappiello
109,000
-5,500
-5,500
Xiaohua Fu cn
Xiaohua Fu
108,000
-130,500
-130,500
Alisa Sibgatova ru
Alisa Sibgatova
106,000
24,000
24,000
Dmitry Gromov ru
Dmitry Gromov
82,500
11,500
11,500
WPT 1X Winner
Monika Zukowicz pl
Monika Zukowicz
78,500
-21,500
-21,500
Yunsheng Sun cn
Yunsheng Sun
78,000
40,200
40,200
Nikolay Fal ru
Nikolay Fal
53,000
-62,000
-62,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Parahat Nurmuhammedov tm
Parahat Nurmuhammedov
36,000
-72,000
-72,000

Vladimir Troyanovskiy Bags Big in Day 1 of $5,300 High Roller

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
Vladimir Troyanovskiy

After eight 40-minute levels the action has come to a close for Day 1 of the 2023 Merit Poker Western Series $5,300 High Roller here at the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino. The event has already surpassed it's $300,000 guarantee, attracting a total of 91 entrants, of which 59 players managed to advance to Day 2. That number will undoubtedly increase as late registration and reentries remain available for until the end of Level 12, midway through Day 2.

Vladimir Troyanovski bagged one of, if not the biggest stack of the evening, finishing the night with 402,000 chips, worth 268 big blinds going into Day 3. Troyanovski kept a low profile throughout the day until a late night surge drove him to the top of the chip counts, surpassing the likes of Aleksandr Kirichenko and Fausto Tantillo who exchanged the chip lead multiple times throughout the day. Other players to bag big at the end of the evening include Joseph Sabe (338,500) and Ihar Soika (320,500).

Western Series $5,300 High Roller Day 1 Assorted Big Stacks

PlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
Vladimir TroyanovskiRussian Federation402,000268
Joseph SabeLebanon338,500226
Ihar SoikaBelarus320,500214
Aleksandr KirichenkoRussian Federation308,000205
Shuang LuoChina265,000177
Fausto TantilloItaly245,000163
Roman HrabecCzechia230,500154
Junjie HeChina218,000145
Roman GadzhievRussian Federation204,000136
Qiang XuChina200,000133

Despite a relatively deep structure featuring starting stacks worth 250 big blinds and 40-minute levels, several players wasted no time building a stack right out of the gate. In one of the first hands of the day, Tantillo picked off a bluff from Moritz Dietrich to take down a pot worth over 200 big blinds. Kirichenko and Roman Gadzhiev also got off to a hot start today with both players doubling their starting stacks within the first three levels.

Dmitry Gromov
Dmitry Gromov

Notable crushers Dmitry Yurasov, who took down the $3,300 Main Event at the Merit Poker Gangster Series this past October for $295,500, and Dmitry Gromov, who finished runner up in the same event, registered midway through the day. Yurasov would ultimately bust in the later levels of the evening but Gromov wasted no doubling up his starting stack and establishing himself as one of the bigger stacks in the room. Gromov's momentum would later be halted by Xiaohua Fu, who won two sizable pots off of Gromov in quick succession to send the Russian pro tumbling back down the counts.

Other notable players to bag and tag at the end of the night include Kirichenko (308,000), Shuang Luo (265,000), Tantillo (245,000), Roman Hrabec (230,500), Andrey Pateychuk (152,000), Gromov (82,500), Monika Zukowicz (78,500) and Yunsheng Sun (78,000). Hrabec and Pateychuk in particular are noteworthy as both players enjoyed a stellar year in 2023 in terms of results at the poker table. Pateychuk made an incredibly deep run at the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event, finishing in 17th for $430,200. Hrabec scored no less than four six-figure scores in 2023, including three Triton final tables and one WSOP final table for nearly $1,500,000 across those four cashes alone.

Andrey Pateychuk
Andrey Pateychuk

Day 2 of the $5,300 High Roller is scheduled to begin tomorrow, January 19 at 8:00 p.m. local time and play ten 40-minute levels, starting at Level 9 with the blinds at 1,000/1,500 and a 1,500 big blind ante. As always, stay tuned to PokerNews as we continue to bring you all the action for this event until a winner is crowned on Day 3 taking place on January 20.

Tags: Aleksandr KirichenkoAndrey PateychukDmitry GromovDmitry YurasovFausto TantilloIhar SoikaJoseph SabeJunjie HeMonika ZukowiczMoritz DietrichQiang XuRoman GadzhievRoman HrabecShuang LuoVladimir TroyanovskiXiaohua FuYunsheng Sun

$5,300 High Roller

Day 1 Completed