$3,300 Main Event Dia 1cd | 2024 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event

Dia 1cd Terminado

2024-01-22 23:39 UTC+3

Day 1d Survivors

Nível 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Vedat Yilmaz	362,000 362,000	362,000

Cristian David	321,000 321,000	321,000
Lukasz Grossmann	309,500 309,500	309,500
Mohamad El Siblani	265,500 265,500	265,500
Zorlu Er	164,500 164,500	164,500
Jovan Kenjic	129,500 129,500	129,500
Hadi Khadra	100,000 100,000	100,000
Milos Petakovic	78,000 78,000	78,000
Mohamad El-Sayed	49,000 49,000	49,000
Paata Khmaladze	38,500 38,500	38,500

2024-01-22 22:30 UTC+3

Ketzer, Wei and Zukowicz Advance in Day 1c of Merit Poker Western Series $3,300 Main Event

Nível 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The third starting flight has come to a close in the 2023 Merit Poker Western Series $3,300 Main Event here at the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino in North Cyprus. Several big names managed to find a bag at the end of this flight, including ACR team pro Monika Zukowicz, Brazilian crusher Felipe Ketzer and bracelet winner Guoliang Wei. They are chasing an anonymous player who bagged the overall chip lead for Day 1c.

Day 1c attracted 131 entrants, bringing the total number of entrants across the first three starting flights to 491. Of those 131 entrants, 65 players were able to find a bag and advance to Day 2 after nine 40-minute levels of play. Despite a deep structure featuring starting stacks worth 200 big blinds, the players wasted no time trying to accumulate chips. Ali El-Siblani got off to a good start today after making a full house in the early levels and getting paid off. He would later win a colossal three-way all in to soar up the chip counts in another highlight midway through the day before eventually finishing the night with the fourth-largest stack.

Lebanon's Amine Karami established himself as an early chip leader after winning a huge flip and would ride that momentum all the way to the end of the night, finishing with one of the biggest stacks of the evening at 392,000.

$3,300 Main Event Day 1c Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	John Doe S	N/A	538,500	215
2	Siarhei Chudapal	Belarus	405,500	162
3	Amine Karami	Lebanon	392,000	157
4	Ali El-Siblani	Lebanon	372,000	149
5	Gianfranco Iaculli	Italy	342,500	137
6	Thomas Eychenne	France	334,500	134
7	Nuri Hadioglu	Turkey	334,000	134
8	Hassanin Hashim	New Zealand	330,000	132
9	Giuliano Boellis	Italy	317,000	127
10	Mihai Tusnea	Romania	317,000	127

Ketzer and Wei were seated together for the majority of the day at what was perhaps the toughest table in the room. The two crushers would tangle a few times throughout the evening, most notably when Ketzer flopped two pair and scored a full double up through Wei who held both a pair and a flush draw. Both players managed to find a bag by the end of the evening; Ketzer finished with 197,000 while Wei ended with 146,500. Wei has already made deep runs in both of the other two major events from this series. He finished 12th in the $2,200 Warm Up for $12,060 and then made the final table of the $5,300 High Roller where he finished in eighth place for $23,400. Only time will tell if a third deep run is in the cards for Wei during this series.

Chudapal began to separate himself from the rest of the field in the later levels of the evening, at one point extracting value with two pair in a big pot that saw him become the largest stack in the room at the time. He would end the night as the second-largest stack, finishing with 405,000. Meanwhile, Zukowicz was under the radar for most of the day until taking down a three-bet pot against Di Nicola in one of the last hands of the evening. She would end the night with 237,000, just slightly under 100 big blinds going into Day 2.

There is one more starting flight this evening that is already underway, featuring 25-minute levels. Afterwards, the field will combine for Day 2 tomorrow, January 23. As always, stay tuned to PokerNews for all your live coverage needs for this event until a winner is crowned on the final day taking place January 25.

Tags: Ali El-Siblani Amine Karami Ermanno Di Nicola Felipe Ketzer Guoliang Wei John Doe Monika Zukowicz Siarhei Chudapal

2024-01-22 22:29 UTC+3

End of Night Chip Counts (Completo)

Nível 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
John Doe S	538,500 208,200	208,200

Siarhei Chudapal	405,500 500	500
Amine Karami	392,500 93,500	93,500
Ali El-Siblani	372,000 107,000	107,000
Gianfranco Iaculli	342,500 342,500	342,500
Thomas Eychenne	334,500 334,500	334,500
Nuri Hadioglu	334,000 334,000	334,000
Hassanin Hashim	330,000 330,000	330,000
Giuliano Boellis	317,000 57,000	57,000

Mihai Tusnea	317,000 220,000	220,000
Vitalii Pankov	316,500 316,500	316,500
Damir Zhugralin	309,000 98,500	98,500
Helmut Phung	288,000 288,000	288,000

Ali Zebarjad	271,500 203,500	203,500
Yingrui Ge	271,000 139,000	139,000
Peng Peng	269,500 -28,500	-28,500
John Doebs	269,000 269,000	269,000
Robert Heidorn	268,000 268,000	268,000
Vladimir Bozinovic	268,000 268,000	268,000

Gurcan Gungoren	265,000 265,000	265,000
Monika Zukowicz	261,500 24,500	24,500
Sakis Adrianopoulos	247,500 247,500	247,500
Huseyin Akgul	240,000 240,000	240,000
Jad Joseph Warde	240,000 240,000	240,000
Youssef El Khazen	229,000 229,000	229,000

Leia tudo

2024-01-22 19:37 UTC+3

Play Concludes

Nível 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

After nine levels the action has reached a conclusion for Day 1c of the Main Event. Today's flight attracted a total of 131 entrants of which 64 players advanced to Day 2.

Stay tuned for full chip counts and a recap of the night's action that will be up shortly.

2024-01-22 19:30 UTC+3

Akbarpoor Takes from Ketzer

Nível 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

With two players seeing a board of 3♦6♦J♥10♥ and roughly 10,000 in the pot, Felipe Ketzer checked from the big blind and called a 6,000 bet from Abdullah Akbarpoor in middle position.

Akbarpoor bet again for 16,000 when checked to on the 9♠ river and this time it was enough to force a fold from Ketzer.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Abdullah Akbarpoor	235,000
Felipe Ketzer	171,000 -100,500	-100,500

2024-01-22 19:27 UTC+3

Final Three Hands

Nível 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The tournament staff have announced that three more hands will be played tonight.

2024-01-22 19:17 UTC+3

Zukowicz Battles Di Nicola

Nível 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player in middle position limped in and Ermanno Di Nicola raised to 11,000 from the button. Monika Zukowicz then three-bet to 27,000 from the big blind, forcing the limper out of the pot while Di Nicola made the call.

The flop came Q♦9♠3♦ and Zukowicz fired a 17,000 continuation bet. Di Nicola made the call.

Both players then checked the J♦ turn leading to the 6♥ river. Zukowicz thought for roughly one minute before betting 65,000. Di Nicola also took a minute to consider his options before deciding to fold and Zukowicz took down a nice pot without showdown.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Monika Zukowicz	237,000 9,000	9,000
Ermanno Di Nicola	211,000 -40,000	-40,000

Tags: Ermanno Di Nicola Monika Zukowicz

Nível: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

2024-01-22 18:57 UTC+3

Di Nicola Makes the Right Call

Nível 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ermanno Di Nicola opened to 4,500 from early position and Oleksii Semeniaka called from the cutoff.

The flop came K♣K♦8♠. Di Nicola bet 3,500 and was called by Semeniaka.

Di Nicola slowed down with a check on the J♥ turn and Semeniaka bet 21,000. Di Nicola made the call.

Both players checked the 5♠ river. Di Nicola tabled A♠J♠ for two pair and Semeniaka promptly mucked.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ermanno Di Nicola	251,000 80,000	80,000

Oleksii Semeniaka	120,000 37,500	37,500

Tags: Ermanno Di Nicola Oleksii Semeniaka