2024 Merit Poker Western Series

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

2024 Merit Poker Western Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9♦9♣
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
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El-Siblani Doubles With Queens

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

Ali El-Siblani had his entire stack of 95,000 in the middle from the cutoff and was up against Osman Aksu. Vladimir Malyarchuk admitted he folded ace-king as they went heads-up.

Ali El-Siblani: Q?Q?
Osman Aksu: 9?9?

The flop came J?6?10?, while the A? fell on the turn. Malyarchuk let out a sigh at the sight of the ace and the 2? fell on the river to give El-Siblani a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Ali El-Siblani lb
Ali El-Siblani 		210,000
Vladimir Malyarchuk kz
Vladimir Malyarchuk 		130,000
Osman Aksu tr
Osman Aksu 		30,000

Tags: Ali El-SiblaniOsman Aksu

Hursoz Makes the Right Call in Massive Three-Way All In

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Tugce Hursoz
Tugce Hursoz

Razvan Sabau was already all in from the big blind as Qiang Xu and Tugce Hursoz went to the 8?Q?4? flop with around 70,000 in the pot.

Xu then bet 17,200 from middle position and Hursoz called in early position. The turn was the 10? and Xu bet 80,000.

Hursoz tanked for several minutes until another player at the table called the clock. She eventually moved all in and Xu, with only around 20,000 remaining, called.

Sabau had A?10?, Xu showed A?6? for a nut flush draw, while Hursoz was ahead with K?Q? for top pair. The river was the 6? and Hursoz began pounding on the table in celebration as she took the pot to send both players to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Tugce Hursoz tr
Tugce Hursoz 		280,000
280,000
 280,000
Qiang Xu cn
Qiang Xu 		Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Razvan Sabau ro
Razvan Sabau 		Busted

Tags: Qiang XuRazvan SabauTugce Hursoz

He Shoves on Zhao

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Junjie He
Junjie He

Heads-up on a flop of 7?J?9?, Cheng Zhao bet 7,000 from the button and Junjie He called in the cutoff.

The turn came 5? and Zhao bet another 15,000. He again called and the 8? fell on the river.

He then moved all in for 42,500 and Zhao asked for a count as he tanked for nearly two minutes before mucking.

Player Chips Progress
Junjie He cn
Junjie He
105,000
105,000
 105,000
Cheng Zhao
Cheng Zhao
70,000
5,000
 5,000

Tags: Cheng ZhaoJunjie He

Abou Khalil Can't Get One Past Achour

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

Ghassan Abou Khalil bet 4,500 from middle position on a flop of 6?5?5? before Maher Achour raised to 13,000 on the button. Abou Khalil called.

Both players checked the A? turn before Abou Khalil led out for 20,000 on the 9? river. Achour called.

"You win," Abou Khalil said, tossing the 6? into the muck. Achour showed 10?10? for a flush as he took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Maher Achour tn
Maher Achour 		250,000
90,000
 90,000
Ghassan Abou Khalil lb
Ghassan Abou Khalil 		170,000

Tags: Ghassan Abou KhalilMaher Achour

Updated Chip Counts

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Michel Eid lb
Michel Eid 		240,000
70,000
 70,000
Ali El-Siblani lb
Ali El-Siblani 		230,000
20,000
 20,000
Guoliang Wei cn
Guoliang Wei 		220,000
-10,000
 -10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Baris Topuz tr
Baris Topuz 		190,000
10,000
 10,000
Andrea Dato it
Andrea Dato 		160,000
55,000
 55,000
WPT 1X Winner
Michael Brown gb
Michael Brown 		160,000
-20,000
 -20,000
Mark Smith us
Mark Smith 		140,000
140,000
 140,000
Maroun Jazzar lb
Maroun Jazzar 		130,000
44,000
 44,000
Ermanno Di Nicola it
Ermanno Di Nicola 		130,000
130,000
 130,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Nils Pudel de
Nils Pudel 		130,000
Milos Skrbic rs
Milos Skrbic 		110,000
-60,000
 -60,000
Fabio Peluso it
Fabio Peluso 		110,000
-60,000
 -60,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Vincent Meli fr
Vincent Meli 		110,000
30,000
 30,000
Dragos Trofimov md
Dragos Trofimov 		100,000
100,000
 100,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich 		100,000
100,000
 100,000
EPT 1X Winner
Bogdan Munteanu ro
Bogdan Munteanu 		95,000
Aleksandar Tot me
Aleksandar Tot 		95,000
95,000
 95,000
Adrian State ro
Adrian State 		50,000
-25,000
 -25,000
Kacper Pyzara pl
Kacper Pyzara 		40,000
-55,000
 -55,000

Qu Doubles Off Di Nicola

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

Feng Qu and Ermanno Di Nicola saw a flop of K?K?3? when Di Nicola moved all in on the button and Qu called for his last 42,000 in early position.

Feng Qu: 6?6?
Ermanno Di Nicola: Q?J?

Qu was ahead with his sixes as the board ran out 2?2?, missing Di Nicola and giving Qu a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Ermanno Di Nicola it
Ermanno Di Nicola 		105,000
-25,000
 -25,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Feng Qu cn
Feng Qu 		90,000
30,000
 30,000

Tags: Ermanno Di NicolaFeng Qu

Break Time

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

Players are headed on the second 15-minute break of the day.

The tournament clock currently shows 136 total entries so far today, with 106 players remaining.

Level: 5

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Achour Picks Off Tannouri

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Shuang Luo, who finished runner-up in the High Roller last night, entered the field at the break and immediately got involved in a pot as she called a 2,500 raise from Maher Achour.

Issam Tannouri then three-bet to 7,000 on the button and both players called. The flop came K?5?3? and Tannouri continued for 7,200. Achour and Luo both called again and the 2? fell on the turn.

The river was the 9? and Tannouri reached into the bottom of his stack and tossed two 25,000 chips in the middle for a bet of 50,000. Achour tanked for more than two minutes until he called, while Luo got out of the way.

"Ace high," Tannouri said as he mucked the A?. Achour showed K?J? as he took the big pot, climbing above 300,000.

"Good call, sir," Tannouri told him.

Simone Andrian, who won the Warm Up event earlier in this festival, also entered at the break.

Player Chips Progress
Maher Achour tn
Maher Achour 		350,000
100,000
 100,000
Simone Andrian it
Simone Andrian 		100,000
100,000
 100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Shuang Luo cn
Shuang Luo 		80,000
80,000
 80,000
Issam Tannouri fr
Issam Tannouri 		40,000
40,000
 40,000

Tags: Issam TannouriMaher AchourShuang Luo