2024 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2024 Merit Poker Western Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$342,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,854,720
Entries
672
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
188
Players Left
71

Yildirim Shoves on Hedley; Akbas Spikes the River on Warde

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Halil Akbas
Halil Akbas

Heads-up on a board of 8?A?7?10? and around 30,000 in the pot, Arif Yildirim bet 10,000 from the big blind before Andrew Hedley raised to 30,000 in middle position.

Yildirim then moved all in for 82,000 and sent Hedley deep in the tank. "Top set?" Hedley asked after several minutes had gone by before he mucked his hand.

At the same time at another table, Jad Warde was all in for around 42,000 from middle position on a flop of 3?6?8? with pocket aces and up against Halal Akbas in the cutoff holding 9?8?.

Warde remained in the lead on the 10? turn, but Akbas hit the 9? on the river to make two pair as Warde made a quick exit from the room.

Player Chips Progress
Arif Yildirim tr
Arif Yildirim
150,000
150,000
150,000
Halil Akbas tr
Halil Akbas
120,000
120,000
120,000
Andrew Hedley gb
Andrew Hedley
60,000
-40,000
-40,000
Jad Warde lb
Jad Warde
Busted

Tags: Andrew HedleyArif YildirimHalal AkbasJad Warde

Level: 4

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Burmistrov Freezes Out Sun

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Yunsheng Sun raised to 2,500 under the gun and Alexander Sazhinov called in the hijack. Fedor Burmistrov then three-bet to 12,000 in the big blind and only Sun called.

Both players checked the Q?5?A? flop before Burmistrov led out for 3,500 on the 5? turn. Sun called and the K? fell on the river.

Burmistrov then moved all in and Sun, with around 50,000 remaining, snap-folded.

Player Chips Progress
Fedor Burmistrov id
Fedor Burmistrov
150,000
Alexander Sazhinov ru
Alexander Sazhinov
70,000
-40,000
-40,000
Yunsheng Sun cn
Yunsheng Sun
50,000

Tags: Fedor BurmistrovYunsheng SunAlexander Sazhinov

Yang Shoves on Zebarjad

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Peng Yang, who had an incredible Day 1 of the Warm Up on his way to finishing as chip leader, is building another big stack in this event and just took down a pot against Ali Zebarjad with some aggression.

With around 20,000 in the middle and the flop showing 7?10?5?, Yang bet 16,000 from the button before Zebarjad raised to 32,000 in the hijack. Yang then put in a stack of white 25,000 chips, enough to put Zebarjad all in.

Zebarjad had around 70,000 remaining and tanked for nearly two minutes before giving up his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Peng Yang cn
Peng Yang
220,000
100,000
100,000
Ali Zebarjad au
Ali Zebarjad
70,000

Tags: Ali ZebarjadPeng Yang

Lin Makes a Big Fold to Adrianapoulos

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Sakis Adrianapoulos
Sakis Adrianapoulos

Jianwei Lin and Sakis Adrianapoulos were already on the river with the board showing A?K?8?K?6? when Lin bet 16,000 from middle position.

Adrianapoulos then raised to 75,000 under the gun, sending Lin deep into the tank. He eventually folded K?J? for trip kings and Adrianapoulos returned the favor, turning over A?A? for a full house as he took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jianwei Lin cn
Jianwei Lin
175,000
175,000
175,000
Sakis Adrianapoulos gr
Sakis Adrianapoulos
170,000
170,000
170,000

Tags: Jianwei LinSakis Adrianapoulos

Aydemir Survives a Flip

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A player in the cutoff moved all in and Recep Aydemir called for his last 81,400.

Recep Aydemir: 10?10?
Opponent: A?K?

The two players were flipping heading to the 3?4?6? flop, which kept Aydemir's tens in the lead. The board ran out J?3? and Aydemir survived to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Recep Aydemir tr
Recep Aydemir
165,000
65,000
65,000

Tags: Recep Aydemir

Updated Chip Counts

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ryan Plant gb
Ryan Plant
330,000
50,000
50,000
Frederico Senno cy
Frederico Senno
290,000
Naji Azar
Naji Azar
230,000
Alisa Sibgatova ru
Alisa Sibgatova
230,000
130,000
130,000
Ara Melkisetian lb
Ara Melkisetian
160,000
Can Miral tr
Can Miral
160,000
Iulian Andrei Bleau ro
Iulian Andrei Bleau
150,000
-60,000
-60,000
David Hu nl
David Hu
130,000
30,000
30,000
Dawid Smolka pl
Dawid Smolka
110,000
Fausto Tantillo it
Fausto Tantillo
95,000
-20,000
-20,000
Giorgiy Skhulukihiya
Giorgiy Skhulukihiya
90,000
Koray Korkmaz tr
Koray Korkmaz
80,000
-15,000
-15,000
Benjamin Hamnett us
Benjamin Hamnett
80,000
-20,000
-20,000
WPT 1X Winner
Aylar Lie no
Aylar Lie
80,000
-20,000
-20,000
Maxime Chilaud fr
Maxime Chilaud
55,000
-45,000
-45,000
Eduard Norel ro
Eduard Norel
55,000
-60,000
-60,000
Toni Kaukua fi
Toni Kaukua
15,000
-20,000
-20,000

Dato Loses With Aces Again

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Andrea Dato bet 5,000 on a flop of 7?10?5? from early position and Vedat Mutlu called under the gun.

The turn was the 8? and Mutlu led out for 10,000. Dato then raised to 30,000, Mutlu moved all in for 52,000, and Dato snap-called.

Dato showed A?A?, but Mutlu turned over J?9? for the turned straight. The river was the 5? and Dato handed over the double up, losing his second all-in pot of the day holding two aces.

Player Chips Progress
Vedat Mutlu tr
Vedat Mutlu
130,000
Andrea Dato it
Andrea Dato
30,000
-70,000
-70,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Andrea DatoVedat Mutlu