$2,200 La Notte Degli Assi Day 1b | 2024 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series

07-30-2024 13:33 UTC+2

Sarouphim KO's Kuscu

Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Philippe Sarouphim opened to 2,000 in early position and saw four callers to the 3♦6♠2♣ flop.

Action checked to Sarouphim, who continued for 5,000. Hakan Kuscu then moved all in for 34,400, with everyone folding back to Sarouphim.

After taking some time, the call was made and the hands were turned up.

Hakan Kuscu: 7♠7♣ All in
Philippe Sarouphim: 4♠4♣

Kuscu was ahead until the 5♣ turn saw Sarouphim make a straight. The J♦ river was a brick, sending Kuscu to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philippe Sarouphim	122,000
Hakan Kuscu	Busted

Tags: Hakan Kuscu Philippe Sarouphim

07-30-2024 13:46 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Ettore Cuzzone	212,000 112,000	112,000
Henry Dupont	174,000 74,000	74,000
Nikolay Fal	154,000 54,000	54,000
Walid Bou Habib	134,000 34,000	34,000
Cheng Zhao	123,000 23,000	23,000
Charbel Salloum	103,000 103,000	103,000
Shuang Luo	100,000 100,000	100,000
Artur Adelberg	97,000 3,000	3,000
Joseph Houayek	96,000 4,000	4,000
Artem Metelskiy	92,000 92,000	92,000
Alisa Sibgatova	84,000 16,000	16,000
Jingxuan Zhu	68,000 32,000	32,000
Claudiu Burlacu	57,000 43,000	43,000

Double Knockout for Alexandridis

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Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Three-way action saw two players all in with Symeon Alexandridis covering both.

Alexandridis held K♥K♦ and was facing A♠Q♥ and 7♠7♣.

The board ran out 3♠6♣4♦2♣J♣, leaving Alexandridis ahead to score the double elimination and build a massive stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Symeon Alexandridis	427,000 327,000	327,000

Tags: Symeon Alexandridis

07-30-2024 14:05 UTC+2

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Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

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07-30-2024 14:11 UTC+2

Field Continues to Grow

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Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

It took only three levels of play for the second flight to surpass the entry total from Day 1a.

The field has climbed above 240 entries already, with 200 players remaining at this point.

07-30-2024 14:16 UTC+2

Sadek Sends Two Out

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Josh Noy

Level 3 : 400/800, 800 ante

Gabriel Akiki limped from under the gun before Esper Sadek raised to 3,000 in middle position. Ahmad Rami Naall quickly three-bet to 11,000 on his left and Konstantin Voronin moved all in for his last 20,000.

Akiki folded and Sadek four-bet enough to put Naall all in. The call was made and the cards were tabled.

Konstantin Voronin: A♣3♠ All in
Ahmad Rami Naall: K♣Q♦ All in
Esper Sadek: K♥K♦

Sadek was well ahead with pocket kings, holding through the 10♣4♦10♠2♠3♥ runout to send Naall and Voronin to the rail. Voronin was quickly off to the reentry desk for his third bullet of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Esper Sadek	221,000
Gabriel Akiki	110,000
Konstantin Voronin	100,000 44,000	44,000
Ahmad Rami Naall	Busted

Tags: Ahmad Rami Naall Esper Sadek Gabriel Akiki Konstantin Voronin

Level: 4

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

07-30-2024 14:30 UTC+2

Achour Bluffs into El-Helou

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Maher Achour opened to 1,200 and made the call after Bassam El-Helou three-bet to 7,500 in the cutoff.

Achour checked the J♦3♠2♠ flop, with El-Helou continuing for 7,000. Achour then check-raised to 20,000 and El-Helou tossed in the call.

The 5♣ turn saw Achour move all in, with El-Helou snap-calling.

Bassam El-Helou: J♠J♥ All in
Maher Achour: K♥10♠

The board was completed with the 7♥ river, as El-Helou's set of jacks confirmed his double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bassam El-Helou	142,000
Maher Achour	32,000

Tags: Bassam El-Helou Maher Achour

07-30-2024 14:43 UTC+2

Biz Checks a Flush

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was heads-up to the K♠3♥J♥ flop, where Mustafa Biz checked in the big blind and Paul Runcan did the same on the button.

Biz led out for 3,500 on the 9♥ turn, with Runcan making the call. The dealer flipped over the 10♣ river, with Biz checking.

Runcan checked back and Biz showed Q♥5♥ for a flush to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustafa Biz	132,000
Paul Runcan	78,000

Tags: Mustafa Biz Paul Runcan

07-30-2024 14:57 UTC+2

Aoun Makes a Move

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

After an early position limp and a raise in middle position, Carlos Aoun three-bet and found one call.

Action checked to Aoun on the 9♣9x3♣ flop, who fired 6,500 into the middle. The call was made to the 9x turn, where another check-call followed a bet of 17,000 from Aoun.

The middle position player led out for 21,000 on the 3x river before Aoun moved all in for around 50,000 more. That produced a fold, as Aoun showed QxJx while taking down the pot.