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

2024-01-20 03:39 UTC+3

Kaukua Falls to Amsellem, Kirichenko Takes the Lead

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Niveau 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Paul Amsellem opened to 25,000 from the hijack and Toni Kaukua moved all in for roughly 160,000 from the hijack. Amsellem called to put Kaukua at risk.

Toni Kaukua: A♥10♥
Paul Amsellem: Q♦Q♥

The board ran out 6♥5♣4♦3♥J♠. Amsellem's pocket-queens held up and he scored nearly a full double up while sending Kaukua to the rail.

Also seated at this table is Aleksandr Kirichenko, who recently took a massive lead over the rest of the field. According to the other players at his table, Kirichenko was involved in a colossal preflop raising war with another opponent that lead to both players being all in preflop for a pot worth roughly 1,500,000. Kirichenko held pocket-aces against his opponent's pocket-kings and remained ahead to capture the biggest pot of the tournament so far.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Aleksandr Kirichenko	1,770,000 1,132,000	1,132,000

Paul Amsellem	342,000
Toni Kaukua	Eliminé

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2024-01-20 02:55 UTC+3

Held and Luo Over One Million

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Niveau 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Justus Held had opened from the hijack and received calls from Giorgiy Skhulukhiya in the small blind and Ghassan Bitar in the big blind.

The flop came K♣3♦7♣ and Bitar lead out with a bet of 16,000. Skhulukhiya folded and Held raised to 45,000. Bitar made the call.

Bitar check-called another bet from Held on the 10♣ turn, this time for 42,000.

On the 6♣ river Bitar checked and Held bet 175,000. Bitar, who had 320,000 left in his stack, went deep into the tank.

After several minutes had gone by Bitar flicked in a call and tabled 3♣3♥ for a flopped set turned into a small flush on the river. Held turned over A♣A♠ for an overpair, turned into the nut-flush on the river to scoop a gargantuan pot.

Meanwhile at another table, Fausto Tantillo was recently eliminated at the hands of Xixiang Luo, who is the only other player in the field with over one million chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Justus Held	1,145,000 565,000	565,000
Xixiang Luo	1,125,000 400,000	400,000
Ghassan Bitar	145,000 -285,000	-285,000
Fausto Tantillo	Eliminé

Tags: Fausto Tantillo Ghassan Bitar Giorgiy Skhulukhiya Justus Held Xixiang Luo

2024-01-20 00:37 UTC+3

Hrabec Pays Off Yang

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Niveau 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of 8♥9♥A♠Q♥3♠ and roughly 90,000 already in the middle, Peng Yang bet 93,000 from the hijack. Roman Hrabec, seated in the cutoff, went into the tank.

After roughly two minutes Hrabec flicked in a call. Yang tabled J♥10♣ for a queen-high straight which was good enough to take down a massive pot while making a serious dent in Hrabec's stack.

Elsewhere in the tournament area, Nina Krasilnikova was recently eliminated.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Peng Yang	430,000 40,000	40,000
Roman Hrabec	182,000 -139,000	-139,000
Nina Krasilnikova	Eliminé

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2024-01-19 23:41 UTC+3

Hrabec Reduces the Field by One

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Niveau 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.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Justus Held	290,000 174,000	174,000
Roman Hrabec	270,000 39,500	39,500
Jianwei Lin	Eliminé

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2024-01-19 23:08 UTC+3

Sun Running Cold Against Yang

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Niveau 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.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Peng Yang	435,000 25,000	25,000
Yunsheng Sun	Eliminé

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2024-01-19 22:28 UTC+3

Skrbic Coolers Chilaud

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Niveau 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.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Milos Skrbic	382,000 170,000	170,000
Maxime Chilaud	Eliminé

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