$5,300 High Roller Giorno 2 | 2024 Merit Poker Western Series

2024-01-19 23:41 UTC+3

Hrabec Reduces the Field by One

Livello 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Justus Held limped in from under the gun and Jianwei Lin raised to 13,000 from the button. Roman Hrabec four-bet to 32,000 and after about one minute of consideration Lin moved all in for roughly 80,000. Hrabec snap-called to put Lin at risk.

Jianwei Lin: A♠8♠
Roman Hrabec: A♦Q♥

Lin was in rough shape with a dominated ace but did pull ahead on the 8♦6♦J♦ flop, although Hrabec did pick up the nut-flush draw. The flush came in on the 5♦ turn leaving Lin drawing dead and after the 10♠ river he was sent to teh rail while Hrabec collected the last of his chips.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Justus Held	290,000 174,000	174,000
Roman Hrabec	270,000 39,500	39,500
Jianwei Lin	Eliminato

Tags: Jianwei Lin Justus Held Roman Hrabec

2024-01-19 23:26 UTC+3

Krasilnikova Runs into Cowboys

Livello 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Xiang Lian opened from early position and Nina Krasilnikova moved all in for 45,000 from the button. Maher Achour called in the big blind with a covering stack and Lian got out of the way.

Nina Krasilnikova: A♣10♥
Maher Achour: K♥K♠

Krasilnikova could not catch an ace on the J♠7♣4♦3♥6♣ runout and was sent to the rail while Achour took down a healthy pot. Krasilnikova would exercise her option to reenter shortly afterwards.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Maher Achour	192,500 118,500	118,500
Xiang Lian	180,000 49,000	49,000
Nina Krasilnikova	100,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Maher Achour Nina Krasilnikova Xiang Lian

Livello: 12

Bui: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

2024-01-19 23:08 UTC+3

Sun Running Cold Against Yang

Livello 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Peng Yang opened to 10,000 from the cutoff and Yunsheng Sun moved all in for 50,000 from the big blind. Yang thought for about 30 seconds before calling with a covering stack to put Sun at risk.

Yunsheng Sun: 9♠9♣
Peng Yang: J♥10♥

Sun was in good shape on the 5♦6♥7♠ flop but the 10♣ turn left him drawing to six outs. The 4♦ river was a brick and Sun made his exit from the tournament area while Yang continued to accumulate chips.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Peng Yang	435,000 25,000	25,000
Yunsheng Sun	Eliminato

Tags: Peng Yang Yunsheng Sun

2024-01-19 22:50 UTC+3

Assorted Chip Counts after First Break

Livello 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Milos Skrbic	455,000 73,000	73,000
Peng Yang	410,000 410,000	410,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	409,000 71,500	71,500
John Doe	402,000 37,000	37,000

Guoliang Wei	380,000 380,000	380,000

Aleksandr Kirichenko	341,000 23,000	23,000

Roman Gadzhiev	327,000 64,000	64,000
Shuang Luo	275,000 10,000	10,000
Aleksandar Tot	275,000 202,500	202,500
Mark Smith (UK)	270,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	245,000 13,000	13,000
Monika Zukowicz	135,500 -11,500	-11,500
Dmitry Gromov	65,000 -17,500	-17,500

Livello: 11

Bui: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

2024-01-19 22:29 UTC+3

Break

Livello 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break. The field has grown to 141 entrants of which 89 players remain.

2024-01-19 22:28 UTC+3

Skrbic Coolers Chilaud

Livello 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Maxime Chilaud opened to 4,000 from the hijack and Milos Skrbic three-bet to 12,000 from the button. Skrbic made the call.

The flop came Q♥7♥3♣ and Chilaud check-called a 6,000 continuation bet from Skrbic.

Chilaud check-called another bet on the 5♠ turn, this time for 28,000.

On the 7♠ river Chilaud checked once more and Skrbic moved all in, covering Chilaud's remaining stack of roughly 110,000. Chilaud snap-called and turned over 7♣8♣ for rivered trips only to be shown the bad news when Skrbic fliped over Q♦Q♠ for a full house to take down a pot worth over 200 big blinds and send Chilaud to the rail.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Milos Skrbic	382,000 170,000	170,000
Maxime Chilaud	Eliminato

Tags: Maxime Chilaud Milos Skrbic

2024-01-19 22:13 UTC+3

Zebarjad Calls Down Troyanovskiy

Livello 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened to 4,500 from the button and Ali Zebarjad defended from the big blind.

The flop came A♥J♦10♣ and Zebarjad check-called a 5,000 continuation bet from Troyanovskiy.

Zebarjad check-called another bet from Troyanovskiy on the 5♦ turn, this time for 15,000.

Both players checked the 6♣ river. Zebarjad tabled 10♦7♦ for just third pair and Troyanovskiy's hand hit the muck.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	337,500 -64,500	-64,500
Ali Zebarjad	223,000 4,500	4,500

Tags: Ali Zebarjad Vladimir Troyanovskiy

2024-01-19 21:54 UTC+3

Zukowicz Catches a Bluff

Livello 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Feng Qu opened from middle position and Monika Zukowicz called from the hijack.

Both players checked the Q♠10♥4♦ flop leading to the 2♥ on the turn. Qu bet 4,000, Zukowicz check-raised to to 10,500 and Qu made the call.

The 3♥ river completed the potential backdoor flush draw and Qu bet 32,000. Zukowicz thought for roughly 45 seconds before making the call.

Qu could only show A♠9♠ for a pure bluff while Zukowicz tabled 2♠2♦ for bottom set to take down a sizable pot.

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya also recently sat down at this table and is off to a good start on his second bullet, having already doubled up from his starting stack.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	232,000 232,000	232,000
Monika Zukowicz	147,000 68,500	68,500
Feng Qu	64,000 64,000	64,000

Tags: Feng Qu Monika Zukowicz