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

07-30-2024 15:08 UTC+2

All Diamonds for Khabbazeh

Josh Noy

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

Fabio Peluso in the hijack and Basel Khabbazeh in the cutoff traded raises until each had committed 18,000 to see the 9♦K♦2♦ flop.

Peluso led out for 13,000 and was called by Khabbazeh. The J♦ fell on the turn, with Peluso check-calling a bet of 22,000.

The dealer turned over the 6♦ river, where Peluso bet around 70,000 while leaving just 500 chips behind. Khabbazeh snap-called and showed A♦4♦ to take down a big pot.

Peluso tabled Q♦J♣ for an inferior flush, and was soon headed to the reentry desk for a fresh stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Basel Khabbazeh	238,000
Fabio Peluso	100,000

Tags: Fabio Peluso Basel Khabbazeh

07-30-2024 15:19 UTC+2

Break Time

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Josh Noy

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

Players have been sent on a 15-minute break, returning to blinds of 600/1,200 on Level 5.

Level: 5

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

07-30-2024 15:43 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Symeon Alexandridis	794,000 367,000	367,000

Zvezdan Tadic	198,000 98,000	98,000
Yassin Mahmoud	193,000 193,000	193,000
Meisam Emami	182,000 182,000	182,000
Mihai Niste	172,000 172,000	172,000
Tugce Hursoz	146,000 46,000	46,000
Elie Farah	131,000 131,000	131,000
Sergio Leon	129,000 129,000	129,000
Fadi Nakhoul	128,000 128,000	128,000
Azamat Tulepbergenov	100,000 100,000	100,000
Roman Stoica	78,000 78,000	78,000
Robert Burlacu	72,000 72,000	72,000
Mehmet Demirkol	55,000 55,000	55,000
Traian Stanciu	48,000 48,000	48,000

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Josh Noy

Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

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07-30-2024 16:02 UTC+2

Emami Asks for It All

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Josh Noy

Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Three players committed 22,500 before the flop, including Meisam Emami in middle position.

Emami fired 25,000 into the middle on the A♠J♥7♥ flop, with Artem Metelskiy making the call. Emami checked the 2♣ turn before Metelskiy slid out a bet of 55,000.

After a moment, Emami check-raised enough to put Metelskiy all in. That sent Metelskiy into the tank, taking several minutes before another player at the table called the clock.

As the clock counted down, Metelskiy let the time run out and his hand was declared dead. Emami raked in the pot as players at the table tried to guess what he held.

Player	Chips	Progress
Meisam Emami	315,000 133,000	133,000
Artem Metelskiy	111,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Artem Metelskiy Emami Asks

07-30-2024 16:12 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Kalidou Sow	100,000 100,000	100,000
Vlad Darie	100,000 100,000	100,000

Simone Andrian	100,000 100,000	100,000

Jeremie Zouari	100,000 100,000	100,000
Adrian State	100,000 100,000	100,000
Ali Hassan	100,000 100,000	100,000
Chakib M'Hiri	100,000 100,000	100,000
Kirill Burtin	100,000 100,000	100,000

Bad to Worse for Atallah

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Josh Noy

Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was heads-up between Amirreza Roudsari and Michel Atallah through the J♦K♠2♥7♦ turn. With a sizeable pot already built, Atallah asked which one of them was going to move all in first.

After seeing the 9♠ river, Roudsari did just for his last 21,600. Atallah called instantly and saw the bad news. Roudsari tabled 10♦8♦ for a straight, while Atallah showed his 7♠7♥ for a set that was no longer good.

That left Atallah short-stacked, and he proceeded to lose the rest of it when he ran A♠4♦ into A♣A♥ a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amirreza Roudsari	114,000 114,000	114,000
Michel Atallah	Busted

Tags: Amirreza Roudsari Michel Atallah

Level: 6

Blinds: 700/1,500

Ante: 1,500

07-30-2024 16:46 UTC+2

Walid Bou Crowned $3,300 OPE Classic Cup Champion

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Josh Noy

Level 6 : Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante

Lebanon’s Walid Bou Habib defeated a field of 193 entries to claim the trophy in the $3,300 OPE Classic Cup

Habib lifted his total career earnings above $2.3 million, with each of his last ten recorded cashes coming right here at Merit.

“It is one amongst the major results which I have made,” Habib told PokerNews moments after the win. “To get the trophy, it’s always nice because I’m trying to make a nice collection of trophies. I have already three PokerStars trophies, and also four or five from Merit so it will be my, maybe, tenth trophy.”

The tournament needed an extra day to complete, as players battled for a piece of the massive $532,680 prize pool.

$3,300 OPE Classic Cup Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize (USD)
1	Walid Bou Habib	Lebanon	$132,000
2	Julien Liarte	France	$90,000
3	Antoine Hasbani	Lebanon	$60,000
4	Konstantin Voronin	Russian Federation	$41,500
5	Iurii Saiapin	Russian Federation	$32,500
6	Jeremie Zouari	France	$26,500
7	Fadi Nakhoul	Lebanon	$21,700
8	Azamat Tulepbergenov	Kazakhstan	$17,150