$3,300 Main Event Día 1a | 2025 Merit Poker Western Series

2025-01-20 20:44 UTC+3

Guilbert Needs to Run it Up

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Kai C

Nivel 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Johan Guilbert's stack has taken a beating and he was down to his last 3,500 chips, which he got in the middle and was put at risk by Ruslan Bakhtiev.

Johan Guilbert: Q♥10♥ All in
Ruslan Bakhtiev: A♦9♠

The runout of Q♠3♣10♣8♥4♥ gave Guilbert two pair, and got his stack back to around 10,000. However, there's still a long way to go to get back to the starting stack of 100,000.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Ruslan Bakhtiev	275,000 275,000	275,000
Johan Guilbert	10,000 195,000	195,000

Tags/etiquetas: Johan Guilbert Ruslan Bakhtiev

2025-01-20 20:35 UTC+3

Sokol Puts a Dent in Smolka's Stack

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Kai C

Nivel 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

With around 15,000 chips in the middle on a 9♠Q♦8♠6♥ board, Kamil Sokol checked from the big blind and Dawid Smolka fired out 10,000 from the hijack. Sokol then put in a check-raise to 42,000, which Smolka called.

When the A♠ dropped on the river, Sokol wasted no time in moving all in for 125,000, and Smolka quickly folded.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Dawid Smolka	400,000 80,000	80,000
Kamil Sokol	230,000 40,000	40,000

Tags/etiquetas: Dawid Smolka Kamil Sokol

2025-01-20 20:24 UTC+3

Flashback: Mohamed Mokrani Ships the 2024 Merit Poker Western Series Main Event

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Kai C

Nivel 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Last January at the 2024 Merit Poker Western Series, France's Mohamed Mokrani was crowned champion of the $3,300 Main Event, outlasting the 672-entry field and defeating Nichan Khorchidian in a brief heads-up duel to take home the title and top prize of $342,500. The $1,500,000 guarantee was easily eclipsed, with the final prize pool confirmed at $1,854,720.

Mokrani started the final day as the fifth-largest stack and went mostly under the radar before a late-night surge catapulted him ahead of perennial chip leaders Felipe Ketzer and Khorchidian during three-handed play. Mokrani only had $15,211 in recorded lifetime tournament earnings prior to this event, and the win was nearly forty times greater than his previous-best cash of $8,124.

2024 Western Series $3,300 Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Mohamed Mokrani	France	$342,500
2	Nichan Khorchidian	Lebanon	$252,500
3	Felipe Ketzer	Brazil	$155,000
4	Christophe Panetti	Switzerland	$114,400
5	Damir Zhugralin	Kazakhstan	$85,700
6	Mustafa Ercan	Turkey	$69,100
7	Antoine Hasbani	Lebanon	$57,300
8	Samy Barka	France	$45,600
9	Hadi Khordbin	Iran	$34,300

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2025-01-20 20:12 UTC+3

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Kai C

Nivel 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

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2025-01-20 19:59 UTC+3

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai C

Nivel 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Tommy Kemter	500,000 500,000	500,000
Dawid Smolka	480,000 5,000	5,000
Antoine Vranken	450,000 130,000	130,000

Ehsan Amiri	440,000 14,600	14,600

Wael Sarkis	330,000 330,000	330,000
Nemo Koering	300,000 100,000	100,000
Edgard Raffoul	240,000 90,000	90,000
Nicolae Paunescu	230,000 230,000	230,000
Aleksandr Chernikov	230,000 230,000	230,000
Johan Guilbert	205,000 85,000	85,000

Luke Marsh	200,000 200,000	200,000
Tom Verbruggen	190,000 40,000	40,000

Nivel: 7

Ciegas: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

2025-01-20 19:40 UTC+3

Break Time

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Kai C

Nivel 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

Players are on a 15-minute break.

2025-01-20 19:39 UTC+3

Straight Flush Over Quads Sees Charlton Eliminated

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Kai C

Nivel 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

Ring those bad beat jackpot alarm bells!

Daniel Charlton opened from under the gun and Halil Tasyurek called from the hijack. Aliaksei Boika also called from the button, as did a player in the big blind.

They saw a flop of A♠7♦6♦ where it checked to Boika, who put out a bet of 4,000, which only Charlton and Tasyurek called.

All three checked the 7♣ turn to see the 5♦ drop on the river, where again the action checked to Boika, who fired 20,000. After some deliberation, Charlton shoved for just over 130,000, which sent Tasyurek into the tank. After around two minutes, Tasyurek elected told, and in no time at all, Boika called.

Boika confidently flipped over 9♦8♦ for a straight flush, but the table erupted as Charlton revealed 7♠7♥ for quad sevens!

"This is how they get me out of here," said Charlton.

What a sick, sick hand. Lucky Charlton has a jacket with him because that was an absolute cooler!

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Aliaksei Boika	325,000 125,000	125,000

Halil Tasyurek	110,000 15,000	15,000
Daniel Charlton	Eliminado

Tags/etiquetas: Aliaksei Boika Daniel Charlton Halil Tasyurek

2025-01-20 19:17 UTC+3

Smolka Pushes Out Four Opponents on the Flop

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Kai C

Nivel 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

There was a limp from under the gun and Johan Guilbert also limped in the next seat. To his left with Boris Smuskevicius, who also limped in, before Dawid Smolka made it 13,000 from the small blind. The big blind called, as the the original three limpers.

When the flop came down 4♣A♦A♠, Smolka thought for some time before he fired out a small continuation-bet of 10,000, which earned him the pot as one by one, all of his four opponents folded.

Smolka closing in on the half a million mark!

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Dawid Smolka	475,000 75,000	75,000
Johan Guilbert	120,000 30,000	30,000

Boris Smuskevicius	70,000 80,000	80,000

Tags/etiquetas: Boris Smuskevicius Dawid Smolka Johan Guilbert

2025-01-20 19:08 UTC+3

Petleshkov and Uzan Play a Four-Bet Pot

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Kai C

Nivel 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

Ludovic Uzan, who just finished seventh in the $5,500 High Roller, had a three-bet of 15,000 in front of him from the small blind. Viliyan Petleshkov, who was in middle position, then four-bet to 43,300, which Uzan called.

They both saw a flop of 2♣4♦5♥ and after Uzan checked, Petleshkov fired out a continuation-bet of 16,300. This was enough to win the pot as Uzan quickly folded, and Petleshkov added some chips to his stack.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Viliyan Petleshkov	220,000
Ludovic Uzan	70,000

Tags/etiquetas: Ludovic Uzan Viliyan Petleshkov

2024 Western Series $3,300 Main Event Final Table Results

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