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"John Doe" Rides Off With All the Loot in the Merit Poker Western Series $2,200 Warm Up ($181,200)

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The Merit Poker Western Series celebrates an age of cowboys, gunfights, and highway robbers, so it’s only fitting that the masked man was the last one standing in the $2,200 Warm Up.

The mysterious “John Doe,” who requested anonymity and played the final table covering his face with a hoodie, sunglasses, and a mask, prevailed after a marathon final table and defeated Turkey’s Recep Aydemir heads-up to win $181,200 and the title at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino in North Cyprus

Doe employed his own unique style to match his persona.