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

2025-01-21 19:46 UTC+2

Duta Fires All Three Streets Into Ketzer

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Kai C

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

In a pot of around 20,000 on a 10♠J♦J♥ flop, Felipe Ketzer checked from middle position and Florian Duta bet 5,000 from the button. Ketzer called.

An A♠ dropped on the turn and again Ketzer checked, the Duta fired out 9,000. Ketzer thought for some time, but eventually called.

A third check came from Ketzer on the K♠ river, and a third bet was made by Duta as he put 16,500 into the pot. Ketzer thought about this one a little longer, but eventually settled on a fold.

Duta was made to show one by his tablemates and revealed the K♥ as he raked in the pot.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Felipe Ketzer	275,000 175,000	175,000
Florian Duta	110,000 110,000	110,000

Tags/etiquetas: Felipe Ketzer Florian Duta

2025-01-21 19:41 UTC+2

Sey's River Bet Goes Uncalled

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Kai C

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

Andrei Roscan made it 3,000 to go from under the gun and got a call from a player in the cutoff. Hassan Sey also called from the big blind.

The action was checked to the river on the 8♦7♣Q♣10♣7♠ board where Sey led out for 10,000, which earned him the pot as both of his opponents folded.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Hassan Sey	370,000 90,000	90,000
Andrei Roscan	180,000 55,000	55,000

Tags/etiquetas: Andrei Roscan Hassan Sey

2025-01-21 19:27 UTC+2

Vikayev Wins a Flip

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Kai C

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

Adlan Vikayev was down to his last 50,000, but managed to win a flip to get back to the starting stack,

Adlan Vikayev: 6♦6♣ All in
Opponent: A♦Q♦

The board ran out 3♥7♠4♠8♦3♦, which kept Vikayev's pair of sixes in the lead.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Adlan Vikayev	100,000

Tags/etiquetas: Adlan Vikayev

2025-01-21 19:22 UTC+2

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

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Kai C

Nivel 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 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

Read the Full Recap Here

2025-01-21 19:08 UTC+2

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Kai C

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

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2025-01-21 18:56 UTC+2

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai C

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

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Zhen Chen	425,000 275,000	275,000

Philip Joyce	400,000 200,000	200,000
Darius Neagoe	400,000 100,000	100,000

Mustafa Biz	400,000 180,000	180,000
Vedat Yilmaz	375,000 175,000	175,000
Charbel Salloum	375,000 175,000	175,000
Ehsan Amiri	350,000 1,000	1,000

Adi Aizin	320,000 40,000	40,000
Lyudmil Ivanov	300,000 160,000	160,000
Hassan Halil	300,000 80,000	80,000
Wim Verhaegen	270,000 60,000	60,000

Navot Golan	250,000 50,000	50,000
Stanislav Tishkevich	240,000 10,000	10,000
Florian Duta	220,000
Shankui Li	190,000 120,000	120,000

Nivel: 7

Ciegas: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

2025-01-21 18:36 UTC+2

Break Time

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Kai C

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

Players are on a 15-minute break.

2025-01-21 18:32 UTC+2

Death By Quads For Tulepbergenov

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Kai C

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

Azamat Tulepbergenov had high hopes for a double-up when he five-bet shoved from the small blind for around 80,000, and got a call from Razvan Sabau on the button.

Azamat Tulepbergenov: A♥A♠ All in
Razvan Sabau : K♠K♣

Unfortunately for Tulepbergenov, the flop of K♥K♦5♥ all but sealed his fate as Sabau flopped quads! No running aces appeared on the 10♠J♥ runout, and Tulepbergenov was sent to the rail.

What a brutal way to go.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Razvan Sabau	170,000 170,000	170,000
Azamat Tulepbergenov	Eliminado

Tags/etiquetas: Azamat Tulepbergenov Razvan Sabau

2025-01-21 18:24 UTC+2

Tishkevich Gets the Better of Zheng Again

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Kai C

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

It's not been a good few minutes for Xiaosheng Zheng, who has sent over the majority of his stack to Stanislav Tishkevich.

On a board of 6♣Q♦3♦9♥K♠, there were around 40,000 chips in the pot when Tishkevich checked the river and Zheng bet 27,000, leaving himself around 20,000 behind. Tishkevich then shoved, and after a long time in the tank, Zheng elected to fold.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Stanislav Tishkevich	250,000 45,000	45,000
Xiaosheng Zheng	20,000 40,000	40,000

Tags/etiquetas: Stanislav Tishkevich Xiaosheng Zheng

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

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