Good morning and welcome back to Merit Poker.
12.00Here is the schedule for today, and the day4 is about to begin now!
The Main Event is playing today till the final table.

ALEXANDER SAZHINOV WINNER OF 5-card OMAHA K.O.
110 people gathered to play #Omaha. Not just regular Omaha, but 5-card Omaha. And with knockouts!
The buy-in was $1650, and 500 for a knockout.
In the prizes were 13 people. And the winner is ALEXANDER SAZHINOV, for what he got $26.500 + knockouts.
As always, we asked the champion to share his impressions:
— I first came to EPT Cyprus a year and a half ago. And now it is the fourth time.
— I love it, more than anywhere else. I will definitely come to the March series as well.
— Love Omaha. I took 2nd place in Omaha HL at the EPT. There was also 3rd and 4th place. But the victory is the first.
— The final table was very good. It’s hard to win otherwise. It was difficult to play against Remy from France. But it was me who took him out and everything worked out from there.
— I love the weather. Even today I was swimming.
— I made 9 knockouts, plus my own knockout.
The official results:
1. Alexander Sazhinov – 26.500
2. Themistoklis Themistokleous – 17.840
3. Gursel Koca – 12.270
4. Walid Bou Habib – 9.090
5. Remy Sebastien Murcia – 6.810
6. Yuksel Celik – 5.450
7. Yarden Matan Dan – 4.540
8. Cagdas Ersoy – 3.630
9. Andrei Shpak – 2.730
10. Anton Rusev Markov – 1.985
11. Melkon Minassian – 1.985
12. Morad Qushqar – 1.985
13. Mario R. J. Fata – 1.985
15.00 Level 28, blinds 40K/80K/80K Average stack is 3500K Tamazi Skhirtladze opened 175K, Johan Guilbert from the button 3-bet allin 900K, Skhirtladze made the call. Johan Guilbert A♣️ Q♠️ Tamazi Skhirtladze K♠️ Q♦️ The board: K♥️10♠️7♣️ 4♣️ Q♣️ Tamazi Skhirtladze has around 5000K. Johan Guilbert is out. ***** Busted: 25. Johan Guilbert $14.055 26. Nichan Khorchidian $14.055 27. Joseph Houayek $12.305 ***** The redraw to 3 tables, 8-max each. Sit-Name-Stack Table 1 1. Muhtar Taysi – 2.600.000 2. Cagdas Ersoy – 700.000 3. Can Miral – 2.000.000 4. Andrey Litvinov – 500.000 5. Nils Pudel – 750.000 6. Tamazi Skhirtladze – 4.500.000 7. Renars Skanis – 6.300.000 8. Umberto Ruggeri – 3.400.000 Table 2 1. Edward Quinn – 4.000.000 2. Alexander Sokolovsky – 1.100.000 3. Adrian State – 4.400.000 4. Mihai Niste – 6.500.000 5. Ryan Mandara – 2.400.000 6. Ionut-Alexandru Moldovan – 7.400.000 7. Hassanin Hashim – 550.000 8. Hassan Sey – 1.300.000 Table 3 1. Mario Colavita – 2.400.000 2. Ahmad Abdelhadi – 1.900.000 3. Rashad Iskandarov – 2.500.000 4. Georgios Skarparis – 1.900.000 5. Xiaosheng Zheng – 4.800.000 6. Dmitry Gromov – 6.200.000 7. Pedro Munitis – 3.500.000 8. Tamer Kamel – 5.000.000 ***** One of those 24 players will be a champion very soon. The winner of $377,500 and the cup! 16.00 Level 29, blinds 50K/100K/100K Average stack is 4000K We are in top24. Nils Pudel with 700K preflop allin wth A-5 <<< against Tamazi Skhirtladze J-J. No aces on the board. ***** Hassanin Hashim and 550K preflop aliin with A-K <<< Ionut-Alexandru Moldovan Q-J. Q on the flop. ***** 23. Hassanin Hashim $16.020 24. Nils Pudel $16.020 ***** Tamazi Skhirtladze raised 160K from utg, Umberto Ruggeri 3-bet from hj 490K. Andrey Litvinov with a 1 million stack (5 minutes earlier he doubled up A-9>>>A-6 against Umberto Ruggeri), made allin, Skhirtladze folded and Ruggeri made a call. Andrey Litvinov J♣️ J♦️ Umberto Ruggeri K♠️ K♥️ The board: 9♦️2♠️2♣️ 9♠️ 4♣️ Umberto Ruggeri is a chipleader with around 7800K. Andrey Litvinov 22nd place $16.020 17.00 Level 29, blinds 50K/100K/100K Average stack is 4100K Rashad Iskandarov, K-10 and just 5 big blinds <<< 10-10 on a 10-high flop. ***** Ahmad Abdelhadi raised 600K from utg (with a one 50K chip behind), Renars Skanis made the call from hj, Cagdas Ersoy made his allin 1520K from the big blind, Abdelhadi put his last chip and Skanis also made the call. Ahmad Abdelhadi A♠️ 7♠️ Cagdas Ersoy A♣️ Q♠️ Renars Skanis A♦️ K♦️ The board: 10♥️8♠️2♠️ J♥️ 9♥️!!! Ahmad Abdelhadi is out, Cagdas Ersoy is up to 4000K, Renars Skanis down to 3400K. ***** Edward Quinn raised 200K from the cutoff, Adrian State made the call from the small blind. Flop: K♣️J♣️4♥️ State checked, Quinn bet 250K, State raised 625K, Quinn called. Turn: Q♥️ And State put allin 2300K, and Quinn will a slighty bigger stack made the call. Adrian State A♥️ 5♥️ Edward Quinn K♥️ J♠️ River: J♥️!!! Flush for one, and a fullhouse for another! Adrian State is out. And Edward Quinn doubled to 7 million chips. ***** Places and prizes: 19. Adrian State $17.985 20. Ahmad Abdelhadi $17.985 21. Rashad Iskandarov $17.985 18.00 Day4 Level 30, blinds 50K/125K/125K Average stack is 4300K Alexander Sokolovsky with 1400K and A-A >>> Edward Quinn A-Q allin preflop. Alexander Sokolovsky up to 3000K Edward Quinn down to 6000K ***** Mihai Niste raised 250K from the cutoff, Hassan Sey put allin from the big blind 2000K, Niste made the call. Hassan Sey K♣️ Q♥️ Mihai Niste K♦️ Q♦️ The board: Q♣️5♦️3♦️ 8♥️ 8♦️!!! Mihai Niste is up to 5800K. Hassan Sey, 18th place, $20.170 ***** Muhtar Taysi from the cutoff raised 250K, Tamazi Skhirtladze made allin 2200K from the big blind, Taysi called. Tamazi Skhirtladze A♥️ 9♦️ Muhtar Taysi J♠️ J♣️ The board: 6♣️5♦️2♦️ J♥️ 3♠️ Muhtar Taysi is up to 7000K. Tamazi Skhirtladze 17th place, $20.170 18:30 Level 30, blinds 50K/125K/125K Average stack is 4700K 2 tables, 8-max each. 16 players in the game. Dmitry Gromov opened 250K, Can Miral 3-bet 850K (with an only 25K chip behind) from the big blind, Gromov shoved, call. Can Miral A♦️ 4♠️ Dmitry Gromov Q♥️ Q♦️ The board: Q♠️8♣️7♥️ A♣️ 5♠️ Gromov is around 4300K. Can Miral 16th place, $20.170 20.00 Level 32 blinds 100K/200K/200K Average stack is 5280K For more than an hour we were playing 15-max. Georgios Skarparis from the cutoff put allin 2500K, Renars Skanis on the big blind made the call. Georgios Skarparis A♣️ 7♥️ Renars Skanis A♥️ A♦️ The board: K♦️Q♠️5♥️ 6♠️ J♠️ Renars Skanis has around 12500K. Georgios Skarparis the winner of the WarmUp 15th place, $23.440 20.30 Level 32 blinds 100K/200K/200K Cagdas Ersoy put allin from utg 1300K, Renars Skanis from the button made the call, Umberto Ruggeri from the small blind also made the call. Flop: 9♦️6♦️2♠️ Ruggeri bet 650K, Skanis folded. Cagdas Ersoy 3♥️ 3♦️ Umberto Ruggeri A♦️ 10♥️ Turn: 9♣️ River: A♠️!!! Umberto Ruggeri is up to 5700K. Cagdas Ersoy (on the photo) 14th place, $23.440 21.00 Level 32 blinds 100K/200K/200K Tamer Kamel from the small blind shoved 3500K, Mihai Niste on the big blind made the call. Tamer Kamel K♣️ K♦️ Mihai Niste A♠️ 10♥️ The board: A♣️8♣️5♦️ J♠️ 6♥️ Mihai Niste has around 7300K. Tamer Kamel 13th place, $23.440 21.30 New Level 33 blinds 125K/250K/250K Mihai Niste raised 500K from the cutoff, Pedro Munitis put allin 3000K from the big blind, Niste made the call. Mihai Niste A♥️ Q♦️ Pedro Munitis K♣️ Q♠️ The board: J♥️6♣️2♦️ 3♥️ J♣️ Mihai Niste is up to 11400K. Pedro Munitis 12th place, $28.900 ***** Firstly Ionut-Alexandru Moldovan with a bigger stack shoved from the button with J♦️ 10♦️, on the big blind Edward Quinn with 4400K made a call with A♣️ K♥️ The board: Q♦️6♦️5♥️ 6♠️ 4♠️ Quinn up to 9000K. Moldovan down to 2800K. ***** And after a couple of hands. Mihai Niste opened 500K from the button, Ionut-Alexandru Moldovan made the call from the big blind. Flop: A♦️Q♠️9♦️ Check, bet 400K from Niste, allin 1800K from Moldovan, call! Ionut-Alexandru Moldovan J♥️ 9♠️ Mihai Niste A♠️ 2♠️ Turn and river: 6♣️ 7♠️ Mihai Niste has 13300K! Ionut-Alexandru Moldovan 11th place, $28.900 22.00 New Level 33 blinds 125K/250K/250K Dmitry Gromov raised 800K from utg, Umberto Ruggeri 3-bet 1400K from the cutoff. Gromov used some timabanks and made the call (with less then 1M behind). Flop: J♠️9♦️4♥️ Ruggeri bet 1M, Gromov made the call for all his stack. Dmitry Gromov 8♦️ 8♣️ Umberto Ruggeri: Q♥️ Q♣️ Turn and river: 2♥️ 6♦️ Umberto Ruggeri is up to 11000K. Dmitry Gromov, the chipleader of Day3 10th place, $28.900 23.00Well, here we are at the finish line.
Nine more to go. But there can only be one winner.
The chipleader according to the results of the fourth game day is Renars Skanis – 14 600 000 chips!
Tomorrow they will meet at 13.00 to reveal the champion of the Western Series 2025!
1. Renars Skanis – 14.600.000
2. Xiaosheng Zheng – 12.225.000
3. Umberto Ruggeri – 11.000.000
4. Mario Antonio Colavita De La Grana – 10.875.000
5. Mihai Gabriel Niste – 9.725.000
6. Edward Reilly Quinn – 6.550.000
7. Muhtar Murat Taysi – 6.050.000
8. Alexander Sokolovsky – 4.550.000
9. Ryan Jonathan M Mandara – 3.500.000