{"id":1501,"date":"2025-01-23T15:25:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T23:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/russian-captures-merit-cyprus-western-poker-series-high-roller-title\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T15:25:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T23:25:46","slug":"russian-captures-merit-cyprus-western-poker-series-high-roller-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/russian-captures-merit-cyprus-western-poker-series-high-roller-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Captures Merit Cyprus Western Poker Series High Roller Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-body\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cardplayer.com\/assets\/000\/037\/894\/SV_feat.jpeg\" style=\"width:520px;height:278px;margin:0px 0px;border:3px solid;\" class=\" caption\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 2025 <em>Western Poker Series<\/em> at Merit Crystal Cove Hotel features a number of massive tournaments, including the ongoing $1.5 million guaranteed $3,300 buy-in main event. While that event has yet to crown a champion, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardplayer.com\/poker-tournaments\/11509-2025-western-poker-series\/1158474\/results\">$5,000 high roller<\/a> wrapped up earlier this week with Russia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardplayer.com\/poker-players\/433584-sergei-varnaev\">Sergei Varnaev<\/a> coming out on top.<\/p>\n<p>This was the largest score yet for Varnaev, topping the $156,808 he earned as the third-place finisher in the 22024 <em>World Series of Poker Online<\/em> $1,500 monster stack event. He now has nearly $509,000 in recorded scores to his name.<\/p>\n<p>The win also came with 624 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardplayer.com\/poker-players\/player-of-the-year\/%20\"><em>Card Player<\/em> Player of the Year<\/a> points, which were enough to move Varnaev inside the top 50 in the 2025 <span class=\"caps\"><span class=\"caps\">POY<\/span><\/span> standings presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/globalpoker.com\/redirect?utm_source=cardplayer&amp;utm_medium=logo&amp;utm_campaign=logo\">Global Poker.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This event drew 174 total entries, surpassing the $500,000 guarantee to create a final prize pool of $800,400.<\/p>\n<p>Merit Poker regular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardplayer.com\/poker-players\/284886-maxime-chilaud\/results\/overall?c=winnings&amp;d=desc\">Maxime Chilaud<\/a> also made a deep run in this event. The Frenchman, who has secured four of his five largest tournament paydays at this venue, finished third for $89,900. As a result, he now has nearly $1.9 million in total cashes on his r\u00e9sum\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Check out a video from Merit Poker highlighting the final table of this high roller event:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmeritpokerlive%2Fvideos%2F9035820873199379%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a look at the payouts and <span class=\"caps\"><span class=\"caps\">POY<\/span><\/span> points awarded at the final table:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\t<strong>Place<\/strong>\t<\/td>\n<td>\t<strong>Player<\/strong>\t<\/td>\n<td>\t<strong>Earnings<\/strong>\t<\/td>\n<td>\t<strong><span class=\"caps\"><span class=\"caps\">POY<\/span><\/span> Points<\/strong>\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\t1\t<\/td>\n<td>\tSergei Varnaev\t<\/td>\n<td>\t$200,000\t<\/td>\n<td>\t624\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\t2\t<\/td>\n<td>\tLyudmil Ivanov\t<\/td>\n<td>\t$134,000\t<\/td>\n<td>\t520\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\t3\t<\/td>\n<td>\tMaxime Chilaud\t<\/td>\n<td>\t$89,900\t<\/td>\n<td>\t416\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\t4\t<\/td>\n<td>\tMaher Achour\t<\/td>\n<td>\t$65,000\t<\/td>\n<td>\t312\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\t5\t<\/td>\n<td>\tBogdan Jontulovic\t<\/td>\n<td>\t$50,000\t<\/td>\n<td>\t260\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\t6\t<\/td>\n<td>\tMehmet Demirkol\t<\/td>\n<td>\t$39,000\t<\/td>\n<td>\t208\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\t7\t<\/td>\n<td>\tLudovic Uzan\t<\/td>\n<td>\t$30,000\t<\/td>\n<td>\t156\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\t8\t<\/td>\n<td>\tSachin Joshi\t<\/td>\n<td>\t$23,000\t<\/td>\n<td>\t104\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\t9\t<\/td>\n<td>\tXin Tang\t<\/td>\n<td>\t$18,000\t<\/td>\n<td>\t52\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/meritpokerlive\">Merit Poker<\/a> Facebook page.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardplayer.com\/poker-news\/29746-russian-captures-merit-cyprus-western-poker-series-high-roller-title\" marked=\"1\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The 2025 Western Poker Series at Merit Crystal Cove Hotel features a number of massive tournaments, including the ongoing $1.5 million guaranteed $3,300 buy-in main event. 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