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2025 Merit Poker Western Series
Edward Quinn raised from under the gun then called the shove of Alexander Sokolovsky, who had around 1,400,000 in his stack.
Alexander Sokolovsky: A♣A♥
Edward Quinn: A♠Q♥
Sokolovsky was miles in the lead and the runout of 10♣3♠4♠8♥6♠ didn't bring any sweat, which meant he doubled up.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
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6,100,000
900,000
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900,000 |
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3,000,000
1,900,000
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1,900,000 |
Xiaosheng Zheng raised the button to 200,000 and Dmitry Gromov called out of the small blind.
Gromov check-called a bt of 200,000 from Zheng on the K♠10♣Q♦ flop.
The 8♣ turn checked through for the A♥ to land on the river. Gromov checked and Zheng bet 625,000. Gromov called and then slammed his fist down on the table after Zheng turned over K♣J♥ for a rivered Broadway straight.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
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10,900,000
6,700,000
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6,700,000 |
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4,300,000
2,000,000
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2,000,000 |
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Muhtar Taysi and Tamazi Skhirtladze clashed in two pots that really changed the dynamic of their tournaments.
First, there was a raise from the Taysi from under the gun and Skhirtladze called on the button. Umberto Ruggeri also called from the big blind.
On the 8♥8♦5♣ flop, Ruggeri checked and Taysi fired 200,000. Only Skhirtladze called.
When the 3♠ dropped on the turn,Taysi shoved for 1,375,000, and after some thinking, Skhirtladze called.
Muhtar Taysi: J♣J♦
Tamazi Skhirtladze: J♠5♠
Taysi was well ahead with his jacks and just needed to fade a five on the river to stay alive. He did just that when the 8♣ peeled off, which saw him double up.
Not long after, Taysi raised the cutoff to 200,000 and Skhirtladze called in the big blind.
On the 5♠9♣2♦ flop, Skhirtladze checked, Taysi bet 300,000, Skhirtladze raised to 900,000, and Taysi called.
A Q♥ landed on the turn and Skhirtladze slowed down with a check, then folded when Taysi shoved.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
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4,700,000
2,100,000
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2,100,000 |
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1,400,000
3,600,000
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3,600,000 |
Edward Quinn opened to 200,000 from the cutoff with only Adrian State calling from the small blind.
State checked the K♣J♣4♥ flop and Quinn put out a continuation-bet of 250,000. State check-raised to 625,000, and after burning through one of his time bank cards, Quinn put in the call.
The turn came the Q♥ and State shoved for roughly 2,300,000. Quinn thought about it for a few moments and then made the call with slightly more chips than State.
Adrian State: A♥5♥
Edward Quinn: K♥J♠
Quinn was ahead right now with two pair, kings and jacks, but State had picked up straight and flush draws on the turn. The river came the J♥, which improved State to the flush while also giving Quinn a full house. Quinn virtually doubled up and State was sent to the cashier's desk.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
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7,000,000
3,000,000
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3,000,000 |
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Eliminado | |
Ahmad Abdelhadi made it 600,000 to go from under the gun, and left himself with around 50,000 behind. Renars Skanis called from the hijack, then Cagdas Ersoy shoved for 1,520,000 from the big blind. Abdelhadi put in his last chips, and Skanis snap-called to put two players at risk.
Ahmad Abdelhadi: A♠7♠
Cagdas Ersoy: A♣Q♠
Renars Skanis: A♦K♦
Skanis was in a great position to send two players to the rail in one hand, but needed to fade a lot of outs after the 10♥2♠8♠ flop gave Abdelhadi a flush draw. The J♥ turn gave everybody a straight draw, and the 9♥ river gave both Abdelhadi and Ersoy a straight. However, Ersoy had the higher straight and the bigger stack, which meant Abdelhadi was out in 20th.
Ersoy was down to just one big blind yesterday, and now has around 4,000,000!
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
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4,000,000
3,300,000
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3,300,000 |
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3,400,000
2,000,000
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2,000,000 |
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Eliminado | |
After just losing most of his, Iskandarov was left with just 400,000 and got them all into the middle against Dmitry Gromov on a ten-high board with Kx10x, running into pocket tens of Gromov, meaning he was out of the tournament in 21st.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
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6,300,000
400,000
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400,000 |
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Eliminado | |
Nivel: 29
Ciegas: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Tamer Kamel raised from the button to 160,000 and Rashad Iskandarov defended out of the big blind.
The flop came down A♠J♦9♦ and the action checked to Kamel. He bet 100,000 and was met by a check-raise to 300,000 from Iskandarov. Kamel called.
Iskandarov checked when the 8♦ landed on the turn and Kamel put out a bet of 200,000. Iskandarov called.
The 4♦ hit the river and Iskandarov checked again. Kamel bet again for 200,000 and Iskandarov reluctantly called.
Kamel flipped over the nut flush with A♦K♦ and Iskandarov mucked his cards.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
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3,900,000
1,200,000
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1,200,000 |
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400,000
2,100,000
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2,100,000 |
Can Miral raised the button to 160,000 and Ahmad Abdelhadi shoved for roughly 2,200,000 from the small blind. After the big blind folded, Miral called for his remaining 1,300,000.
Can Miral: A♣Q♣
Ahmad Abdelhadi: A♦K♦
Miral was in trouble and needed a queen or some clubs to keep his dreams in the Main Event alive.
The flop came down K♣J♣7♦ to give Abdelhadi top pair and Miral a royal flush draw. The 8♥ turn didn't change anything, but the 3♣ landed on the river to give Miral the winner with the nut flush, earning him a double up through Abdelhadi.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
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3,100,000
1,500,000
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1,500,000 |
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700,000
1,200,000
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1,200,000 |