$5,300 High Roller Giorno 1 | 2024 Merit Poker Western Series

2024-01-18 23:45 UTC+3

Tezcan Fills Up on the River

Livello 4 : 400/800, 800 ante

Anatoly Nikitin opened to 2,000 from under the gun and received calls from Ceyhan Tezcan in the hijack, Dean Hutchison in the cutoff and Junjie He in the big blind.

The flop came Q♣9♣3♦. He checked, Nikitin fired a 2,500 continuation bet, Tezcan called, Hutchison folded and He called.

On the 7♠ turn He checked, Nikitin checked and Tezcan bet 3,500. He got out of the way while Nikitin made the call.

Nikitin lead out with a 5,000 bet on the Q♦ river only for Tezcan to raise it to 35,000. Nikitin made the call only for Tezcan to show down 9♥9♠ for nines full of queens to take down a decent pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Junjie He	125,000 125,000	125,000
Ceyhan Tezcan	114,200 114,200	114,200
Dean Hutchison	66,000 66,000	66,000
Anatoly Nikitin	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Anatoly Nikitin Ceyhan Tezcan Dean Hutchison Junjie He

2024-01-18 23:26 UTC+3

Assorted Chip Counts after First Break

Livello 4 : 400/800, 800 ante

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Aleksandr Kirichenko	256,000 57,000	57,000

Roman Gadzhiev	254,000 35,000	35,000
Fausto Tantillo	220,000 24,000	24,000
Yunsheng Sun	157,000 157,000	157,000
Shuang Luo	148,000 -4,500	-4,500
Ihar Soika	131,200 131,200	131,200
Nikolay Fal	115,000 115,000	115,000
Candido Cappiello	114,500 15,600	15,600
Parahat Nurmuhammedov	108,000 108,000	108,000
Dmitry Gromov	101,000 1,000	1,000

Dmitry Yurasov	96,000 -4,000	-4,000

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	64,000 64,000	64,000
Roman Stoica	60,500 -39,500	-39,500
Alisa Sibgatova	60,000 -40,000	-40,000
Moritz Dietrich	35,500 2,500	2,500

Livello: 4

Bui: 400/800

Ante: 800

2024-01-18 23:09 UTC+3

Break Time

Livello 3 : 300/700, 700 ante

Players are on their first 15-minute break of the evening.

The field has grown to 72 total entries, of which 69 remain.

2024-01-18 23:04 UTC+3

Lin Takes one Multiway

Livello 3 : 300/700, 700 ante

Nils Pudel opened to 1,700 from the hijack and received calls from Jianwei Lin in the cutoff and Roman Gadzhiev in the small blind.

All three players checked the 10♦10♠9♥ flop leading to the 4♣ turn. Gadzhiev checked and Pudel bet 7,000. Lin put in a raise to 14,000 and both Gadzhiev and Pudel opted to fold.

Dmitry Yurasov, who won the Main Event of the last Merit Poker series this past October, also recently sat down at this table. Elsewhere in the tournament area, Dmitry Gromov, who finished runner up in the same event, has also taken a seat.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Roman Gadzhiev	219,000 119,000	119,000
Dmitry Yurasov	100,000 100,000	100,000

Dmitry Gromov	100,000 100,000	100,000

Jianwei Lin	95,000 53,000	53,000
Nils Pudel	33,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Dmitry Gromov Dmitry Yurasov Jianwei Lin Nils Pudel Roman Gadzhiev

2024-01-18 22:52 UTC+3

Tantillo Forces a Fold

Livello 3 : 300/700, 700 ante

With two players seeing a board of K♠A♥A♣8♦ and roughly 30,000 in the middle, Fausto Tantillo bet 15,500 from the blinds and was called by Shuang Luo in late position.

Tantillo sized up with a bet of 46,000 on the 8♣ turn. Luo thought for about 30 seconds before opting to fold and Tantillo took down a sizable pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Fausto Tantillo	196,000 44,000	44,000
Shuang Luo	152,500 152,500	152,500

Tags: Fausto Tantillo Shuang Luo

2024-01-18 22:35 UTC+3

Lin Picks Off a Bluff

Livello 3 : Blinds 300/700, 700 ante

Gang Zhao opened to 1,400 from middle position and Jianwei Lin defended from the big blind.

Both players checked the 10♥9♣2♣ flop leading to the Q♦ turn. Lin bet 2,000, Zhao raised to 4,500 and Lin made the call.

The river was the Q♥. Lin checked, Zhao bet 11,000 and Lin made the call.

Zhao immediately mucked his hand allowing Lin to take the pot without having to reveal his hole cards.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Gang Zhao	90,800
Jianwei Lin	42,000

Tags: Gang Zhao Jianwei Lin

Livello: 3

Bui: 300/700

Ante: 700

2024-01-18 22:11 UTC+3

Guo Gets Some Value

Livello 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jia Guo opened to 1,400 from the hijack and Aleksandr Kirichenko defended from the big blind.

The flop came K♠8♥4♦ and Kirichenko check-called a 1,400 continuation bet from Guo.

Both players checked the 6♥ turn leading to the 7♣ river. Kirichenko bet 6,500 and Guo snap-called.

Kirichenko could only show A♣4♠ for a pair of fours while Guo tabled A♥A♦ for a pair of aces to take the pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Aleksandr Kirichenko	199,000 99,000	99,000

Jia Guo	104,000 104,000	104,000

Tags: Aleksandr Kirichenko Jia Guo

2024-01-18 21:55 UTC+3

Lampropoulos Takes From Kerim

Livello 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Nikos Lampropoulos opened to 1,000 from under the gun and Alper Kerim defended from the big blind.

The flop came 9♥8♠3♥. Kerim checked, Lampropoulos bet 2,000 and Kerim called.

Lampropoulos bet again for 7,000 when checked to on the K♠ turn and this time Kerim quickly folded.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Alper Kerim	93,600 -6,400	-6,400
Nikos Lampropoulos	87,000 87,000	87,000

Tags: Alper Kerim Nikos Lampropoulos