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

07-31-2024 12:21 UTC+2

Hosseini Cracks Phiniotis' Queens

David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Three-handed on a flop of 2♥K♠2♠, Evgenii Tambovtsev bet 1,700 from middle position before Sepehr Hosseini raised to 5,000 in the hijack. Chrysi Phiniotis called under the gun, while Tambovtsev got out of the way.

The turn was the J♣ and Hosseini bet 10,000. Phiniotis again called and the 3♠ fell on the river. Both players then checked.

Phiniotis showed Q♣Q♠, but Hosseini had K♣Q♥ and took the pot with two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evgenii Tambovtsev	200,000 200,000	200,000
Sepehr Hosseini	140,000 140,000	140,000
Chrysi Phiniotis	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Chrysi Phiniotis Evgenii Tambovtsev

Level: 3

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

07-31-2024 12:29 UTC+2

Losev Building a Big Stack Early

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Alexey Losev three-bet to 7,600 in the small blind and Ramzi Karam called in early position.

The flop came Q♦8♣2♦ and Losev continued for 10,000. Karam called and the 3♥ fell on the turn.

Losev then moved all in and Karam, with around 33,000 remaining, quickly folded. Losev took the pot as he's nearly tripled his starting stack so far on Day 1c.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexey Losev	280,000
Ramzi Karam	33,000 57,000	57,000

Tags: Alexey Losev Ramzi Karam

07-31-2024 12:38 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Azamat Tulepbergenov	260,000 50,000	50,000
Maksim Skripkin	210,000 30,000	30,000
Hady El Asmar	180,000
Bernard Boutboul	150,000 42,000	42,000
Traian Stanciu	130,000 15,000	15,000
Pierre Jreige	110,000
Antoine Hasbani	110,000 10,000	10,000
Walid Bou Habib	105,000 5,000	5,000
Katherina Aristotelos	100,000
John Basta	100,000
Denis Zelenkin	100,000 82,000	82,000
Abdelrahman Moursy	90,000 90,000	90,000
Robert Burlacu	90,000 90,000	90,000
Ali Fazel	80,000
Jad Dandachi	80,000 36,000	36,000
Elie Farah	70,000 70,000	70,000

07-31-2024 12:46 UTC+2

Fast Start for Burtin

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Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Kirill Burtin opened to 2,000 in the cutoff and was called by the small blind. The big blind then three-bet to 7,700 and both calls were made.

Action check to Burtin on the 7♥J♣8♦ flop, firing a bet of 8,500 with only the big blind coming along. Another check on the 8♥ turn saw Burtin size up to 19,500, good enough to take down the pot as the big blind mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kirill Burtin	272,000 272,000	272,000

Tags: Kirill Burtin

07-31-2024 12:55 UTC+2

Utrobin Picks Off Karali

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Three players built a pot of around 20,000 as they went to the turn with the board showing J♣4♦3♥6♥. Zeki Karali then bet 12,000 from the big blind, Viktor Utrobin called in the hijack, while Hakan Pamukcu folded on the button.

The river was the 10♥ and Karali bet another 20,000. Utrobin snap-called and Karali showed 8♦8♠. Utrobin, though, turned over J♥8♥ for a pair of jacks to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Utrobin	170,000 170,000	170,000
Hakan Pamukcu	100,000 100,000	100,000
Zeki Karali	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Hakan Pamukcu Viktor Utrobin Zeki Karali

07-31-2024 13:00 UTC+2

Daniliuk Runs Into Ozgur's Kings

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Onur Ozgur tossed out a blue 5,000 chip to signify a raise before Andrei Daniliuk three-bet to 6,000 in the hijack. Ozgur then moved all in and Daniliuk called for his last 35,000.

Andrei Daniliuk: A♦K♠ All in
Onur Ozgur: K♣K♦

The last king in the deck fell on the K♥2♥2♦ flop to give Ozgur a full house. Daniliuk was already drawing dead after the 10♥ turn, while the J♠ completed the board on the river and Daniliuk made his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Onur Ozgur	120,000 120,000	120,000
Andrei Daniliuk	Busted

Tags: Andrei Daniliuk Onur Ozgur

07-31-2024 13:02 UTC+2

Break Time

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Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Players have been sent on the first 15-minute break of the day.

They'll return to Level 4, with blinds of 500/1,000 and a 1,000 big blind ante.

07-31-2024 13:07 UTC+2

PokerNews Podcast: LaptopGate at the 2024 WSOP Main Event; Gold Bracelet Goes Unsold

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Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

In the 849th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by 888poker, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Kyna England are at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to talk about the "Laptopgate" controversy that came out of Jonathan Tamayo's big win in the 2024 WSOP Main Event for $10,000,000.

How did solvers impact things? Does it constitute cheating? What comes next? Not only do the crew talk about it, but they also share clips from two interviews Doug Polk conducted, the first with runner-up Jordan Griff and the other with two prominent poker personalities Daniel Negreanu and Alan Keating. For those wondering what Tamayo had to say about the situation, check out this PokerNews article here.

Check Out Past Episodes of the PN Podcast Here!

Level: 4

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000