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

08-01-2024 16:46 UTC+2

Di Wins the Flip

Josh Noy

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/3,500, 3,500 ante

Basem Abudavas moved all in for his last 52,000 from under the gun and found a call from Liansheng Di in middle position.

Basem Abudavas: A♥J♠ All in
Liansheng Di: Q♣Q♦

Abudavas was flipping by could not improve on the 2♦9♣2♠7♦3♥ board, with Di's queens holding for the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Basem Abudavas	168,000 152,000	152,000
Liansheng Di	168,000 53,500	53,500

Tags: Basem Abudavas Liansheng Di

08-01-2024 16:54 UTC+2

Fattahi Bombs the River

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/3,500, 3,500 ante

A player in middle position bet 17,000 on a flop of 5♥4♠J♥ and Ashkan Fattahi called in the hijack.

The turn was the 7♦ and the middle-position player bet another 40,000. Fattahi again called and the river was the 2♥.

Fattahi's opponent slowed down and checked this time. "I know he's calling," Fattahi said as he bet 165,000.

"Nobody folds against me," Fattahi added as his opponent went into the tank for several minutes. "Kings you have to say bon chance. You cannot fold kings," Fattahi told him.

The middle-position player eventually folded and Fattahi showed the Q♦ as he took the pot. "You are a very strong player," Fattahi said after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashkan Fattahi	500,000 335,000	335,000

Tags: Ashkan Fattahi

08-01-2024 16:55 UTC+2

Double Knockout for Basta

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Josh Noy

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/3,500, 3,500 ante

Hadi Khordbin and Basel Khabbazeh had their stacks in the middle, with John Basta covering both as the hands were turned up.

Hadi Khordbin: J♠J♣ All in
Basel Khabbazeh: Q♠Q♦ All in
John Basta: A♥K♦

Basta immediately found an ace and held through the A♦8♣9♣10♥6♥ runout, sending Khordbin and Khabbazeh to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Basta	556,000 310,000	310,000
Hadi Khordbin	Busted
Basel Khabbazeh	Busted

Tags: Basel Khabbazeh Hadi Khordbin John Basta

08-01-2024 16:55 UTC+2

Players On Break; Late Registration Closing

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/3,500, 3,500 ante

Level 14 has ended and players are going on a 15-minute break. Late registration ends once action resumes.

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

08-01-2024 17:29 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdallah Eddine	1,320,000 160,000	160,000

Shalev Halfa	1,300,000 590,000	590,000
Guillermo Gordo	1,040,000 190,000	190,000
Gregory Luttke	900,000 140,000	140,000
Georgios Skarparis	820,000 102,000	102,000

Hamza Ben Fkih Ali	750,000 150,000	150,000
Fausto Tantillo	720,000 452,000	452,000

Viktor Yugay	720,000 103,000	103,000
Gurcan Gungoren	710,000 160,000	160,000
Serkan Solak	600,000 120,000	120,000
Nicolas Chouity	550,000 550,000	550,000

Edgard Raffoul	550,000 216,000	216,000
Adel Naoun	450,000 270,000	270,000
Samir Nacer	450,000 450,000	450,000

Kemal Aslan	420,000 38,500	38,500
Maroun Jazzar	410,000 150,000	150,000
Ahmet Akyun	400,000 136,000	136,000
Raffaele Castro	380,000 20,000	20,000
Natan Chauskin	370,000 20,000	20,000
Recep Aydemir	360,000 270,000	270,000
Robert Burlacu	350,000 70,000	70,000
Candido Cappiello	350,000 110,000	110,000
Shuang Luo	320,000 100,000	100,000
Amir Saeid	320,000 225,000	225,000
Adrian State	300,000 240,000	240,000

Jazzar Shoves Out an Opponent

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Maroun Jazzar raised to 10,000 under the gun before a player in the hijack three-bet to 30,000. Jazzar called and they went heads-up to the A♠6♣5♠ flop.

The hijack then continued for 20,000 and Jazzar raised to 70,000. His opponent called and the 8♥ fell on the turn. Jazzar then moved all in.

His opponent had around 150,000 remaining and tanked for several minutes before folding as Jazzar took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maroun Jazzar	600,000 190,000	190,000

Tags: Maroun Jazzar

08-01-2024 17:38 UTC+2

Shvarev Slows Down Mahmoud

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Josh Noy

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action was three-way to the flop, with each player committing 31,000 before the dealer fanned out 3♣2♣J♠.

Vasilii Shvarev instantly moved all in from the hijack for his last 68,000, with Yassin Mahmoud making the call from the cutoff. The button got out of the way and the cards were tabled.

Vasilii Shvarev: Q♥J♥ All in
Yassin Mahmoud: 6♠6♣

Mahmoud was looking to add more chips to his growing stack, but could not connect on the K♠ turn or 10♦ river. Shvarev was left with a pair of jacks to double his short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yassin Mahmoud	991,000 291,000	291,000
Vasilii Shvarev	245,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Vasilii Shvarev Yassin Mahmoud

08-01-2024 17:42 UTC+2

Jacks Are Good For Spataru in Three-Way Pot

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Candido Cappiello raised to 8,000 in early position before Andrei Spataru three-bet to 32,000 in the small blind. Hassan Nashar called in the big blind, as did Cappiello.

All three players checked the A♦4♥2♣ flop. Spataru and Nashar checked the 2♠ turn and Cappiello bet 25,000.

Both opponents called and the 9♥ river was again checked through. Spataru turned over J♠J♥ and both Nashar and Cappiello mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Candido Cappiello	430,000 80,000	80,000
Andrei Spataru	350,000 225,500	225,500
Hassan Nashar	320,000 430,000	430,000

Tags: Andrei Spataru Candido Cappiello Hassan Nashar

08-01-2024 17:52 UTC+2

Nacer Shows the Nuts to Bust Nasiradinov

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Samir Nacer bet 55,000 from the cutoff on a flop of 6♥5♦4♥ before Mukhtar Nasiradinov raised to 115,000 in the hijack. Nacer then moved all in and Nasiradinov lowered his head, let out a deep sigh, and finally called for his last 100,000.

Mukhtar Nasiradinov: 10♠10♣ All in
Samir Nacer: 8♥7♣

Nacer had flopped the nut straight against Nasiradinov's pair of tens as Nasiradinov was at risk of elimination. The rest of the board came 9♦6♦ and Nacer took the pot to send Nasiradinov to the rail.