$2,200 Warm Up Día 3 | 2025 Merit Poker Western Series

2025-01-17 15:38 UTC+2

Nikolay Ponomarev Eliminated in 13th Place ($10,695)

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Kai C

Nivel 29 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Nicolae Paunescu opened the button and Nikolay Ponomarev three-bet from the small blind to 625,000, leaving himself just a few chips back. When it got back to Paunescu, he shoved, and after a little tank, Ponomarev called.

Nikolay Ponomarev: K♦10♦ All in
Nicolae Paunescu: K♣Q♥

Ponomarev was at risk and trailing the superior hand of his opponent. A flop of 4♠J♠J♥ did bring around some chop opportunities, and the 3♠ added a few more. However, the 8♦ was a brick, which meant Ponomarev was out in 13th.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Nicolae Paunescu	3,200,000 300,000	300,000
Nikolay Ponomarev	Eliminado

Tags/etiquetas: Nicolae Paunescu Nikolay Ponomarev

2025-01-17 15:33 UTC+2

Esper Sadek Eliminated in 14th Place ($10,695)

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Kai C

Nivel 29 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Immediately after losing queens against aces, Esper Sadek shoved for his last 600,000 and was called by Zhen Chen.

Esper Sadek: J♦J♣ All in
Zhen Chen: 10♥10♦

Sadek had a chance to get back into the game, but that seemed unlikely after the 4♠5♠10♣ flop have Chen a set. The 4♣ turn wasn't what Sadek needed, and Chen improved to quads on the 10♠ river, just to add some salt in the already gaping wound.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Zhen Chen	4,800,000 700,000	700,000
Esper Sadek	Eliminado

Tags/etiquetas: Esper Sadek Zhen Chen

2025-01-17 15:27 UTC+2

Sadek Runs Queens Into Aces

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Kai C

Nivel 29 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Esper Sadek raised from the hijack and was faced with a three-bet from Philipp Wood to 625,000 on the button. When it got back to Sadek, he shoved for 2,500,000, and Wood snap-called for his stack of almost 2,000,000.

Philipp Wood: A♣A♠ All in
Esper Sadek: Q♠Q♦

An unfortunate spot for Sadek, but there were still five cards to come for him to try and spike a queen. However, the 5♣5♥A♦ flop all but sealed the deal as Wood improved to top set. No miracle runner-runner occurred on the 3♣9♦ runout, and Sadek was reduced to around 600,000 while Wood shot up to over four million.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Philipp Wood	4,200,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Esper Sadek	600,000 2,550,000	2,550,000

Tags/etiquetas: Esper Sadek Philipp Wood

2025-01-17 15:22 UTC+2

Chen Finds a Miracle to Crack Paunescu's Aces

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Nivel 29 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Nicolae Paunescu raised to 250,000 from the hijack and Zhen Chen shoved for 1,905,000 out of the small blind. After the big blind folded Paunescu snap-called.

Zhen Chen: A♣10♦ All in
Nicolae Paunescu: A♥A♠

Chen was in the worst possible shape he could be against the aces of Paunescu and would need to use his 'one-time' to survive this one.

The 10♣5♥3♣ flop gave Chen some hope with a pair of tens. The dealer dropped the miracle 10♥ on the turn to put Chen firmly in the lead with trips. There was no one outer on the river for Paunescu as the Q♣ fell, and Chen stayed alive in the tournament.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Zhen Chen	4,100,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Nicolae Paunescu	2,900,000 1,700,000	1,700,000

Tags/etiquetas: Nicolae Paunescu Zhen Chen

2025-01-17 15:18 UTC+2

Sachin Joshi Eliminated in 15th Place ($10,695)

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Kai C

Nivel 29 : 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Grigorii Rodin raised from under the gun and then called the shoved of Sachin Joshi, who had around 900,000 from the next seat.

Sachin Joshi: K♣Q♣ All in
Grigorii Rodin: A♠J♥

Joshi was at risk but did have the live cards that he could connect with to stay alive. However, that seemed like a tall order as the A♥6♥3♦ flop gave Rodin top pair and a firm grasp on the hand. The 7♠ turn meant Joshi was drawing dead, and the meaningless 9♦ filled out the board.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Grigorii Rodin	6,000,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Sachin Joshi	Eliminado

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2025-01-17 15:15 UTC+2

Yaniv Shushan Eliminated in 16th Place ($9,220)

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Kai C

Nivel 29 : 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Yaniv Shushan had his stack of around 500,000 in the middle with Philipp Wood looking to thin down the field.

Yaniv Shushan: K♥7♥ All in
Philipp Wood: 8♥8♣

Shushan had an overcard but couldn't make use of it as the 4♣5♠A♠4♦6♥ runout meant he was out in 16th.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Philipp Wood	2,300,000 1,550,000	1,550,000
Yaniv Shushan	Eliminado

Tags/etiquetas: Philipp Wood Yaniv Shushan

Nivel: 29

Ciegas: 50,000/125,000

Ante: 125,000

2025-01-17 15:14 UTC+2

Murat Bayyurt Eliminated in 17th Place ($9,220)

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Nivel 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Konstantin Kvashin raised from the cutoff to 200,000 and Murat Bayyurt defended his big blind with 250,000 behind.

Bayyurt shoved when the dealer put out the flop of 9♥2♥5♦ and Kvashin called.

Murat Bayyurt: 7♣6♠ All in
Konstantin Kvashin: K♦J♥

Bayyurt was behind to the king-high of Kvashin but did have some out he could hit with two cards to come. However, the 5♠ turn and 9♠ river didn't help Bayyurt and he was out in seventh place.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Konstantin Kvashin	2,900,000 900,000	900,000
Murat Bayyurt	Eliminado

Tags/etiquetas: Konstantin Kvashin Murat Bayyurt

2025-01-17 15:10 UTC+2

A Set of Treys Help Paunescu to Double

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Nivel 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Nicolae Paunescu defended his big blind to an early position Murat Bayyurt raise. The two players saw the dealer fan out of a flop of J♣3♣2♦, which Paunescu checked. Bayyurt bet 375,000 and was met by check-shove from Paunescu for 2,050,000. Bayyurt called and the cards were flipped over.

Nicolae Paunescu: 3♥3♠ All in
Murat Bayyurt: Q♦Q♣

Paunescu had flopped a set of treys and was in a commanding position to double-up and leave Bayyurt with dust. The rest of the board ran out A♦4♦ and Paunescu doubled up through Bayyurt.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Nicolae Paunescu	4,600,000 3,275,000	3,275,000
Murat Bayyurt	300,000 2,200,000	2,200,000

Tags/etiquetas: Murat Bayyurt Nicolae Paunescu

2025-01-17 15:04 UTC+2

Dan Borlan Eliminated in 18th Place ($9,220)

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Kai C

Nivel 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Dan Borlan raised from the cutoff and Grigorii Rodin shoved from the big blind for over 2,000,000. Borlan had around 1,850,000 in his stack and quickly called to put himself at risk.

Dan Borlan: J♣J♦ All in
Grigorii Rodin: A♦2♦

Borlan was ahead with his jacks, but fell quickly behind as the 9♣Q♥A♠ flop paired Rodin's ace. A 6♥ on the turn offered no help, and neither did the 6♦ turn, which meant Borlan was out in 18th.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Grigorii Rodin	4,300,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Dan Borlan	Eliminado

Tags/etiquetas: Dan Borlan Grigorii Rodin

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