$2,200 La Notte Degli Assi Day 3 | 2024 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series

08-02-2024 15:10 UTC+3

Voronin Shows Quads

Josh Noy

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The dealer had already dealt the river of the K♠6♠7♥6♦8♦ board, with Konstantin Voronin leading out for a pot-sized bet of 230,000 from middle position.

Samir Nacer went into the tank on the button, facing a bet for virtually all of his stack. The Day 1a chip leader took off his sunglasses to further study his opponent, taking several minutes before opting to let his hand go.

Voronin flipped over 6♣6♥ to show the table his quad sixes, leaving Nacer feeling better about his decision as the chips were sent to his right.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Voronin	880,000 180,000	180,000
Samir Nacer	235,000 165,000	165,000

Tags: Konstantin Voronin Samir Nacer

08-02-2024 15:04 UTC+3

Matti Picks Up Aces in Massive Three-Way All In

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David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

A big crowd was gathering around start-of-day chip leader Ermanno Pacini's table as a massive pot was taking place. Dore Hajjar was all in for his last 90,000 in the small blind, Armand Matti shoved for 519,000 under the gun, and Pacini put both opponents at risk on the button.

Dore Hajjar: Q♣Q♥ All in
Armand Matti: A♥A♣ All in
Ermanno Pacini: K♠K♦

It was a huge cooler as all three players woke up with big pocket pairs, while Matti was ahead with his aces. The board ran out J♣6♣J♠7♦A♦ and Matti improved to a full house on the river, sending Hajjar to the rail while earning a double up off Pacini.

"What a hand. The Main Event is like PokerStars. Aces versus kings versus queens," tablemate Safi Haidar said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Armand Matti	1,200,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Ermanno Pacini	850,000 710,000	710,000

Dore Hajjar	Busted

Tags: Armand Matti Dore Hajjar Ermanno Pacini

08-02-2024 14:58 UTC+3

Nader Spikes a Two-Outer to Double Off Achour

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David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

On a flop of J♦9♥A♠, Amjad Nader got his last 246,000 in the middle from the hijack and was up against Maher Achour on the button.

Amjad Nader: K♦Q♣ All in
Maher Achour: A♥J♣

Achour was ahead with top two pair, while Nader was looking to complete a straight draw to stay alive. The 4♣ turn was no help, but the 10♥ fell on the river to give Nader his straight. Nader jumped out of his seat and let out a big fist pump as Achour snapped a photo of the board before surrending the pot.

"I had two tens," a tablemate told Nader, suggesting he had hit one of the last two in the deck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maher Achour	920,000 120,000	120,000
Amjad Nader	900,000 616,000	616,000

Tags: Amjad Nader Maher Achour

08-02-2024 14:54 UTC+3

Alexandridis Flops a Flush

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Josh Noy

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

With action heads-up to the 10♠9♠4♠ flop, Symeon Alexandridis was all in for 239,000 and at risk against Tanios Kanaan.

Symeon Alexandridis: K♠J♠ All in
Tanios Kanaan: A♠10♥

Alexandridis flopped a flush and was looking to dodge another spade. The 6♣ turn and 3♣ river were no help to Kanaan, who was left with just 4,000 chips and busted to Alexandridis on the very next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Symeon Alexandridis	658,000 238,000	238,000

Tanios Kanaan	Busted

Tags: Symeon Alexandridis Tanios Kanaan

08-02-2024 14:49 UTC+3

Drokin Picks Up Aces to Bust Dumitru

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David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Cristinel Dumitru was already all in from the hijack as Volodymyr Drokin and Stefan Toderita saw a flop of 9♣7♣5♠ with around 400,000 in the pot.

Both players checked to the 3♠ turn, where Drokin announced he was all in from the small blind. Toderita quickly folded in middle position and Drokin turned over A♥A♠.

Dumitru tossed A♦Q♦ into the muck even before the Q♠ fell on the river as he made his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Volodymyr Drokin	1,220,000 795,000	795,000
Stefan Toderita	620,000 173,000	173,000
Cristinel Dumitru	Busted
Aleksandr Kirichenko	Busted
Vasilii Shvarev	Busted

Tags: Cristinel Dumitru Stefan Toderita Volodymyr Drokin

08-02-2024 14:47 UTC+3

State Leads Into Pascucci on the River

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David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Around 150,000 was in the pot as Adrian State and Simone Pascucci went heads-up to a flop of K♦8♦2♥. Pascucci then bet 45,000 from the hijack and State called in middle position.

The turn was the K♠ and Pascucci bet 120,000. State again called and the J♦ fell on the river. State then led out for 50,000.

Pascucci spent a few minutes in the tank before folding as State took down the big pot without a showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian State	1,850,000 350,000	350,000
Simone Pascucci	330,000 190,000	190,000

Tags: Adrian State Simone Pascucci

08-02-2024 14:41 UTC+3

Busy Weekend at Merit Poker

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Josh Noy

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The final weekend of the Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series is ahead. Don't miss any of the exciting events that remain on the schedule.

Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series Schedule

Date	Time	Event	Buy-in	Guarantee
Fri 2 Aug	7:00 p.m.	#21 NLHE OPE Poker Cup Day 1C	$550	$200,000
	9:00 p.m.	#22 Double Board PLO Bomb Pot 8-Handed	$1,100	$50,000
Sat 3 Aug	11:00 a.m.	#21 NLHE OPE Poker Cup Day 1D Turbo	$550	$200,000
	12:00 p.m.	#12 NLHE La Notte Degli Assi Day 4		$1,500,000
	5:00 p.m.	#21 NLHE OPE Poker Cup Day 2		$200,000
	7:00 p.m.	#24 NLHE Honor Poker Kung Fu Cup Day 1	$880	$60,000
Sun 4 Aug	12:00 p.m.	#24 NLHE Honor Poker Kung Fu Cup Final Day	$880	$60,000
	12:30 p.m.	#21 NLHE OPE Poker Cup Final Day		$200,000
	1:00 p.m.	#12 NLHE La Notte Degli Assi Final Day		$1,500,000
	6:00 p.m.	#25 NLHE Deep Stack Bounty 6-Handed $300 KO	$660	$25,000

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

08-02-2024 14:14 UTC+3

Break Time

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The remaining 165 players are going on the first 20-minute break of the day.

08-02-2024 14:04 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ermanno Pacini	1,560,000 60,000	60,000

Adrian State	1,500,000 250,000	250,000
Naji Abdo	1,460,000 297,000	297,000
Zaid Al-Khashab	1,450,000 541,000	541,000
Guillermo Gordo	1,420,000 118,000	118,000
Dashinka	1,400,000 100,000	100,000

Matteo Zanardi	1,160,000 67,000	67,000
Shalev Halfa	1,100,000 95,000	95,000
Gregory Luttke	985,000 342,000	342,000
Elie Farah	960,000 32,000	32,000
Daniel Henriques	950,000 276,000	276,000
Fausto Tantillo	940,000 129,000	129,000

Vlad Darie	760,000 270,000	270,000

Raffaele Castro	740,000 118,000	118,000
Maroun Jazzar	700,000 325,000	325,000
Nicolas Chouity	700,000 62,000	62,000

Dmitry Gromov	650,000 165,000	165,000

Daniel Gavish	650,000 201,000	201,000
Zorlu Er	620,000 232,000	232,000
Candido Cappiello	570,000 126,000	126,000
Maksim Skripkin	550,000 61,000	61,000
Daniyar Aubakirov	540,000 692,000	692,000
Simone Pascucci	520,000 431,000	431,000
Aleksandr Kirichenko	520,000 40,000	40,000
Edgard Raffoul	510,000 330,000	330,000

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