2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$2,200 Warmup
Day: 3
Event Info

2023 Merit Poker Western Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$181,200
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$962,320
Entries
523
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
102
Players Left
19

Valeriy Pak Leads the Way to the Money Bubble on Day 3 of the Warm Up

Valeriy Pak
Valeriy Pak

The race to the money bubble will be on when Day 3 of the Merit Poker Western Series $2,200 Warm Up begins at noon local time.

Belarus�� Valeriy Pak leads the 102 remaining players with 1,320,000. Right behind him are Ryan Mandara and Paul Browne with 1,200,000, both of whom have been near the top of the leaderboard for the entire tournament.

They are followed by Maxime Chilaud (1,121,000), Andrew Hulme (1,068,000), and Jamie Nixon (1,002,000). Further down the leaderboard are Day 1b chip leader Ermanno Di Nicola (847,000), Koray Korkmaz (846,000), Recep Aydemir (667,000), Timur Margolin (620,000), and Ran Ilani (580,000).

Top 10 chip counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Valeriy PakBelarus1,320,000132
2Ryan MandaraUnited Kingdom1,200,000120
3Paul BrowneUnited Kingdom1,200,000120
4Maxime ChilaudFrance1,121,000112
5Andrew HulmeUnited Kingdom1,068,000107
6Valentin TsoyUzbekistan1,021,000102
7Zaid Al-KhashabIran1,002,000100
8Jamie NixonUnited Kingdom1,002,000100
9Nariman YaghmaiIran993,00099
10Arie KliperIsrael934,00093

The first task of Day 3 is to burst the money bubble. Only the top 62 finishers will earn a piece of the $962,320 prize pool, so 40 players would have come all this way only to leave empty-handed.

Blinds will pick up on Level 17 at 5,000-10,000, with a 10,000 big blind ante. Levels will again be 60 minutes long, with a 15-minute break after every two levels.

The money bubble awaits. Then it��s a race to the final table and the eventual crowning of a champion. PokerNews will be following all the action and providing live updates throughout the day from the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino in North Cyprus.

Tags: Andrew HulmeErmanno Di NicolaJamie NixonKoray KorkmazMaxime ChilaudPaul BrowneRan IlaniRecep AydemirRyan MandaraTimur MargolinValeriy Pak