2024 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
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 1b
Entries
174
Players Left
77

Peluso Cracks Kings to Double

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With around 55,000 in the pot on a board of 9?9?4?6?, Fabio Peluso bet 15,000 from middle position before Omer Cubukcu moved all in from the small blind. Peluso snap-called for around 50,000 more.

Cubukcu showed K?K?, but Peluso had 10?9? for trip nines. The river was the 5? and Peluso doubled up, leaving Cubukcu on an extreme short stack.

Player Chips Progress
Fabio Peluso it
Fabio Peluso
170,000
90,000
90,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Omer Cubukcu tr
Omer Cubukcu
5,000

Tags: Omer CubukcuFabio Peluso

Level: 3

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Yang Finds Aces to Double

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Peng Yang
Peng Yang

Peng Yang and an opponent in the hijack saw a flop of 7?J?Q? where Yang got his last 40,500 in the middle from early position. His opponent called to put him at risk.

Peng Yang: A?A?
Opponent: A?Q?

Yang was ahead with his pair of aces against a pair of queens and the board ran out 7?4? to earn him a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Peng Yang cn
Peng Yang
90,000
90,000
90,000

Tags: Peng Yang

Saiapin Leads Into Achour's Top Pair

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Three players went to the K?3?7? as action checked to Iurii Saiapin in the cutoff who bet 3,500. Both Maher Achour on the button and big blind Yassin Mahmoud called.

The turn came the 10? and Mahmoud and Saiapin checked to Achour who bet 15,000. Only Saiapin called as the 7? fell on the river.

Saiapin again led out for 16,000 and Achour quickly called. Saiapin showed Q?Q?, but Achour had K?Q? for a pair of kings to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Maher Achour tn
Maher Achour
160,000
Yassin Mahmoud jo
Yassin Mahmoud
95,000
Iurii Saiapin ru
Iurii Saiapin
65,000
65,000
65,000

Tags: Iurii SaiapinYassin MahmoudMaher Achour

Wei Spikes the River For a Bustout

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Guoliang Wei
Guoliang Wei

A player in the big blind led out for 6,500 on a flop of J?5?2? and Guoliang Wei called in the hijack.

The turn was the 3? and the big blind bet another 6,500. Wei then raised to 80,000, enough to put his opponent all in, and the big blind called after tanking for nearly two minutes.

Wei had Q?10? and needed to hit his flush draw against A?J?, and the 2? river completed his flush to send his opponent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Guoliang Wei cn
Guoliang Wei
230,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Guoliang Wei

Doe Takes Out Adrianapoulos

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Sakis Adrianapoulos busted yesterday in a massive three-way all in between aces, kings, and queens. His elimination in today's flight was slightly less eventful, as he was down to just 4,500 and moved all in from the big blind after John Doe S.

Sakis Adrianapoulos: J?6?
John Doe S: A?4?

The board ran out A?2?2?K?3? and Doe finished with two pair to send Adrianapoulos to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
John Doe S
John Doe S
60,000
60,000
60,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Sakis Adrianapoulos gr
Sakis Adrianapoulos
Busted

Tags: John Doe SSakis Adrianapoulos

Yang Wins a Big Flip to Bust Semeniaka

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Oleksii Semeniaka
Oleksii Semeniaka

Oleksii Semeniaka had a raise to 18,000 in front of him from the big blind before Peng Yang in early position moved all in. Semeniaka called for around 45,000 more.

Oleksii Semeniaka: A?K?
Peng Yang: 4?4?

The two players were racing as the board came out 9?7?10?J?3?. Semeniaka picked up a straight draw to go with his overcards heading to the river but missed everything as he was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Peng Yang cn
Peng Yang
230,000
140,000
140,000
Oleksii Semeniaka ua
Oleksii Semeniaka
Busted

Tags: Oleksii SemeniakaPeng Yang

Qu Runs Into Mavrikioy's Kings

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Andreas Mavrikioy
Andreas Mavrikioy

Feng Qu reraised to 5,000 in the small blind before Andreas Mavrikioy made it 12,000 under the gun. Qu then moved all in and Mavrikioy called for 50,000.

Andreas Mavrikioy: K?K?
Feng Qu: 10?10?

Mavrikioy was well ahead with his kings as the board ran out Q?Q?4?7?6? to earn him a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Andreas Mavrikioy cy
Andreas Mavrikioy
105,000
105,000
105,000
Feng Qu cn
Feng Qu
60,000
60,000
60,000

Tags: Andreas MavrikioyFeng Qu

Level: 4

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000