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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

$5,300 High Roller

Day 1 Started

The Merit Poker Western Series $5,300 High Roller Kicks Off at 8:00 p.m.

Merit Poker Western Series
Merit Poker Western Series

The 2023 Merit Poker Western Series continues here at the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino this evening with the highest buy-in event of the series. The $5,300 High Roller is set to begin at 8:00 p.m. local time with a healthy guaranteed prize pool of $300,000.

The Western Series has already been a major success so far, with the $2,200 Warm Up attracting a field of 446 entrants to generate a prize pool of $830,640, surpassing the $800,000 guarantee. The Warm Up is set to play down to a winner tomorrow, January 19, and will be streamed on Merit Poker's YouTube Channel.

This event features a nearly identical structure to the $5,300 High Roller from the Merit Poker Gangster Series this past October, which was won by Giorgiy Skhulukhiya. Skhulukhiya outlasted a field of 121 players, last defeating Aleksandr Kirichenko heads up to claim the title and top prize of $149,200.

2023 Gangster Series $5,300 High Roller Final Table Results

PlaceNameCountryPrize
1Giorgiy SkhulukhiyaGeorgia$149,200
2Aleksandr KirichenkoRussia$104,500
3Dawid SmolkaPoland$67,200
4Guoliang WeiChina$49,750
5Natan ChauskinBelarus$37,300
6Clement BonnantFrance$29,850
7Liwei SunChina$24,800
8Huseyin AkgulTurkey$19,850
9Leonid SidelkovskiyRussia$14,900

Day 1 will feature 8-handed tables, play eight 40-minute levels and end at approximately 2:00 a.m. local time. There will be a 20-minute break after every three levels and unlimited reentries and late registration will be open until the end of Level 12, midway through tomorrow's Day 2. As the late registration period coincides with the last two days of the $2,200 Warm Up, a number of notable players may choose to join this event should they bust from the Warm Up. Some notables currently deep in the Warm Up who may choose to do so include Simone Andrian, Ermanno Di Nicola, Guoliang Wei and Andrea Dato.

As always, stay tuned to PokerNews for all your live coverage needs for this event from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned on January 20.

Tags: Aleksandr KirichenkoAndrea DatoClement BonnantDawid SmolkaErmanno Di NicolaGiorgiy SkhulukhiyaGuoliang WeiHuseyin AkgulLeonid SidelkovskiyLiwei SunNatan ChauskinSimone Andrian

Level: 1

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Some Early Faces in the Field

Level 1 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Fausto Tantillo it
Fausto Tantillo
100,000
100,000
100,000
Sergey Solovyev ru
Sergey Solovyev
100,000
100,000
100,000
John Basta eg
John Basta
100,000
100,000
100,000
Mateusz Wozniak pl
Mateusz Wozniak
100,000
100,000
100,000
Xiang Lian cn
Xiang Lian
100,000
100,000
100,000
Maroun Jazzar lb
Maroun Jazzar
100,000
100,000
100,000
Maher Achour tn
Maher Achour
100,000
100,000
100,000
Fady Kreidieh
Fady Kreidieh
100,000
100,000
100,000
Roman Gadzhiev ru
Roman Gadzhiev
100,000
100,000
100,000
Moritz Dietrich de
Moritz Dietrich
100,000
100,000
100,000
Milos Skrbic rs
Milos Skrbic
100,000
100,000
100,000
Marian-Cristian Cocea ro
Marian-Cristian Cocea
100,000
100,000
100,000
Alper Kerim tr
Alper Kerim
100,000
100,000
100,000
Yury Bochkarev ru
Yury Bochkarev
100,000
100,000
100,000
Alisa Sibgatova ru
Alisa Sibgatova
100,000
100,000
100,000
Vitalii Pankov ru
Vitalii Pankov
100,000
100,000
100,000
Roman Stoica md
Roman Stoica
100,000
100,000
100,000
Aleksandr Kirichenko ru
Aleksandr Kirichenko
100,000
100,000
100,000
Day 2 Chip Leader

Bochkarev Takes One Early

Level 1 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Candido Cappiello opened to 1,100 from the button and received calls from Maher Achour in the small blind and Yury Bochkarev in the big blind.

All three players checked the 10?8?5? flop leading to the Q? on the turn. Achour bet 2,000, Bochkarev called and Cappiello folded.

Achour slowed down with a check on the K? river and Bochkarev bet 4,000. Achour called.

Bochkarev tabled K?J? for top pair on the river and Achour quickly mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Yury Bochkarev ru
Yury Bochkarev
108,400
8,400
8,400
Candido Cappiello it
Candido Cappiello
98,900
98,900
98,900
Maher Achour tn
Maher Achour
92,900
-7,100
-7,100

Tags: Candido CappielloMaher AchourYury Bochkarev

Tantillo Makes a Great Call

Level 1 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Fausto Tantillo
Fausto Tantillo

Fausto Tantillo opened to 1,200 from the button only for Moritz Dietrich to three-bet to 5,000 from the small blind. Tantillo made the call.

The flop came 8?8?7?. Dietrich fired a 3,500 continuation bet only for Tantillo to raise it to 9,000. Dietrich made the call.

Both players checked the 5? turn leading to the K? river. Dietrich put in an overbet of 40,000, putting Tantillo in the tank.

After just over two minutes, Tantillo flicked in a calling chip. Dietrich could only show A?9? for a bluff while Tantillo tabled 10?10? to take down a massive early pot.

Player Chips Progress
Fausto Tantillo it
Fausto Tantillo
152,000
52,000
52,000
Moritz Dietrich de
Moritz Dietrich
33,000
-67,000
-67,000

Tags: Fausto TantilloMoritz Dietrich

Level: 2

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Lampropoulos Takes From Kerim

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Nikos Lampropoulos opened to 1,000 from under the gun and Alper Kerim defended from the big blind.

The flop came 9?8?3?. Kerim checked, Lampropoulos bet 2,000 and Kerim called.

Lampropoulos bet again for 7,000 when checked to on the K? turn and this time Kerim quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Alper Kerim tr
Alper Kerim
93,600
-6,400
-6,400
Nikos Lampropoulos cy
Nikos Lampropoulos
87,000
87,000
87,000

Tags: Alper KerimNikos Lampropoulos

Guo Gets Some Value

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jia Guo opened to 1,400 from the hijack and Aleksandr Kirichenko defended from the big blind.

The flop came K?8?4? and Kirichenko check-called a 1,400 continuation bet from Guo.

Both players checked the 6? turn leading to the 7? river. Kirichenko bet 6,500 and Guo snap-called.

Kirichenko could only show A?4? for a pair of fours while Guo tabled A?A? for a pair of aces to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksandr Kirichenko ru
Aleksandr Kirichenko
199,000
99,000
99,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Jia Guo cn
Jia Guo
104,000
104,000
104,000

Tags: Aleksandr KirichenkoJia Guo