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

2025 Ene 17

Sadek Hits Broadway

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Kai C

Nivel 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Philipp Wood made it 160,000 to go from the hijack and Esper Sadek called from the cutoff.

The pair saw a flop of J♣7♠5♠ where Wood made a small continuation-bet of 130,000, which Sadek quickly called.

Wood slowed down with a check on the 10♠ turn, then Sadek took the chance to fire out 210,000. Wood called.

When the A♣ dropped on the river, Wood checked again and Sadek bet out 485,000. Within just a second, Wood had called.

Sadek then showed K♠Q♣ for Broadway, and Wood mucked.

Tags/etiquetas: Esper Sadek Philipp Wood

2025 Ene 17

Gaspare Sposato Eliminated in 20th Place ($8,020)

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Kai C

Nivel 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Dan Borlan raised from the hijack and Gaspare Sposato called from the big blind.

On a flop of 2♣6♣J♠, Sposato checked from the big blind and Borlan fired out a bet of 150,000. Sposato then raised to 500,000, and Borlan called.

When the K♥ landed on the turn, Sposato shoved for around 1,200,000, and Borlan snap-called.

Gaspare Sposato: K♣Q♣ All in
Dan Borlan: 2♠2♥

Sposato had top pair with a flush draw, but Borlan's bottom set was a huge favorite to scoop the pot. A 7♠ on the river was the wrong shade of black for Sposato, and he was out in 20th.

Tags/etiquetas: Dan Borlan Gaspare Sposato

2025 Ene 17

Paul Newey Eliminated in 21st Place ($8,020)

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Kai C

Nivel 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Paul Newey shoved his stack of around 800,000 into the middle from the hijack and Murat Bayyurt also shoved from the cutoff.

Paul Newey: 5♦5♠ All in
Murat Bayyurt: A♣K♥

Another tournament, another flip, and this one was spicy as both improved on the 10♣5♣6♣ flop with Newey making a set and Bayyurt having the nut flush draw. A 4♠ on the turn was safe for Newey, but he couldn't swerve the 7♣ river as Bayyurt made a flush.

Tags/etiquetas: Murat Bayyurt Paul Newey

2025 Ene 17

Boris Kolev Eliminated in 22nd Place ($7,190)

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Kai C

Nivel 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Sachin Joshi opened from early position and then called the shove of Boris Kolev, who had around 500,000 in his stack.

Boris Kolev: A♠Q♥ All in
Sachin Joshi: 10♠10♦

Kolev needed to win the flip to remain in contention, but didn't find much to work with on the 4♥J♦2♥ flop. A J♠ turn also was no help, and Kolev made his way to the exit when the 2♠ fell on the river.

Tags/etiquetas: Boris Kolev Sachin Joshi

2025 Ene 17

Alisa Sibgatova Eliminated in 23rd Place ($7,190)

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Nivel 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Georgios Skarparis raised from late position and then called the 600,000 shove from Alisa Sibgatova.

Alisa Sibgatova: A♠Q♥ All in
Georgios Skarparis: Q♣J♠

Skarparis was dominated and looked posied to be sending over a portion of his stack to Sibgatova. The flop of 8♦4♥5♣ kept Sibgatova ahead with ace-high. The 9♥ turn meant only a jack on the river would send her home. The brutal J♦ dropped on the river to give Skarparis the winner with a pair of jacks and Sibgatova was sent to the cashier's desk.

Tags/etiquetas: Alisa Sibgatova Georgios Skarparis

Nivel: 27

Ciegas: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

2025 Ene 17

Sofia Merkulova Eliminated in 24th Place ($7,190)

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Nivel 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Sofia Merkulova shoved for 790,000 from middle position and after it folded round to Nicolae Paunescu in the big blind, he snap-called.

Sofia Merkulova: A♥K♥ All in
Nicolae Paunescu: A♠A♦

Merkulova was in the worst possible shape with Big Slick against the aces of Paunescu. A clean runout of 6♠4♠7♠9♣6♥ meant Paunescu's aces stayed ahead the whole way, and Merkulova was out.

Tags/etiquetas: Nicolae Paunescu Sofia Merkulova

2025 Ene 17

Seat Draw

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Kai C

Nivel 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Alisa Sibgatova	800,000	13
1	2	Ali Zebarjad	1,600,000	27
1	3	Dan Borlan	2,900,000	48
1	4	Aliaksandr Hirs	1,100,000	18
1	5	Mario Fata	1,600,000	27
1	6	Grigorii Rodin	2,500,000	42
1	7	Gaspare Sposato	2,300,000	38
1	8	Georgios Skarparis	7,200,000	120


2	1	Konstantin Kvashin	2,150,000	36
2	2	Nicolae Paunescu	1,300,000	22
2	3	Paul Newey	830,000	14
2	4	Murat Bayyurt	925,000	15
2	5	Sofia Merkulova	640,000	11
2	6	Alexandru Lupeleac	1,2800,00	21
2	7	Danielle Noja	3,800,000	63
2	8	Seyedahmad Haghgou	3,300,000	55


3	1	Zhen Chen	4,200,000	70
3	2	Philipp Wood	800,000	13
3	3	Esper Sadek	2,500,000	42
3	4	Boris Kolev	600,000	10
3	5	Yaniv Shushan	1,300,000	22
3	6	Sachin Joshi	1,060,000	18
3	7	Nikolay Ponomarev	980,000	16
3	8	Andrei Roscan	2,700,000	45

2025 Ene 17

Skarparis Catches a Boat on the River to Send Yuan Out

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Kai C

Nivel 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

With the elimination of Mario Colavita, it meant just 25 players remained, one away from the three table redraw.

Georgios Skarparis had the chance to make the redraw happen as he had Xin Yuan at risk for a pot worth around 3,000,000.

Xin Yuan: A♦Q♦ All in
Georgios Skarparis: J♥J♦

It was a fair fight and one that looked to be going Yuan's way as the 5♣2♥A♣ flop gave him top pair. A 2♣ on the turn was a brick, but the J♠ river meant Skarparis spiked a full house to snatch the pot away and send Yuan to the rail.

Tags/etiquetas: Georgios Skarparis Mario Colavita Xin Yuan

2025 Ene 17

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai C

Nivel 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

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