The players came in droves, packing the poker room inside the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino through the first three starting flights and building a field already approaching 700. Now they’ll find out what they’ll be playing for when Day 2 of the Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series $1,100 IPO Master begins at 12:30 p.m. local time.
A total of 653 players entered over three flights held in the last two days, with 317 returning for Day 2. There is also a turbo Day 1d flight still to come. Hassan Nashar leads the pack as the only player with over 1,000,000 as he takes a massive stack of 1,025,000 into the day. Seyedali Hosseinirami (921,500), Abdallah Eddine (857,000), Ettore Cuzzone (756,000), and Atilla Saracoglu (726,500) round out the top five.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Counts | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Hassan Nashar | Senegal | 1,025,000 | 410 |
| 2 | Seyedali Hosseinirami | Iran | 921,500 | 369 |
| 3 | Abdallah Eddine | Lebanon | 857,000 | 343 |
| 4 | Ettore Cuzzone | Italy | 756,000 | 302 |
| 5 | Atilla Saracoglu | Turkey | 726,500 | 291 |
| 6 | Muhammed Hakim | Morocco | 648,500 | 259 |
| 7 | Rayan Aljawhari | Lebanon | 587,500 | 235 |
| 8 | Bakhos Joumaa | Lebanon | 568,000 | 227 |
| 9 | Azat Jafarov | Kazakhstan | 531,000 | 212 |
| 10 | Assyl Tleuzhanov | Kazakhstan | 518,000 | 207 |
Other top stacks include Aleksandr Chernikov (417,000), Merit Poker’s Vytautas Milbutas (376,000), Fabio Peluso (374,500), Selahaddin Bedir (366,000), and Danut Chisu (330,000). Further down the leaderboard are Maher Achour (296,500), Fausto Tantillo (260,000), Natan Chauskin (259,000), Elie Farah (248,000), and Koray Korkmaz (248,000).
The action on Day 2 picks up on Level 10 with blinds of 1,000-2,500 and a 2,500 big blind ante. Late registration remains open through the end of Level 14, with a starting stack still worth 40 big blinds at the start of the day. The schedule calls for nine 45-minute levels to be played today.
Stay tuned to PokerNews throughout the day for live updates as the field continues to expand until the prize pool is finally announced.
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Abdallah EddineAleksandr ChernikovBakhos JoumaaDanut ChisuElie FarahEttore CuzzoneFabio PelusoFausto TantilloHassan NasharKoray KorkmazMaher AchourNatan ChauskinSelahaddin BedirSeyedali HosseiniramiVytautas Milbutas
