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

08-02-2024 20:45 UTC+2

Achour Spikes the River to Bust Zanardi

David Salituro

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Simone Andrian raised to 80,000 in early position and was called by Matteo Zanardi in middle position, Maher Achour on the button, and big blind Basel Khabbazeh.

Action checked to Zanardi on the 9♠5♠2♣ flop and he bet 125,000. Only Achour called. The turn was the 8♥ and Zanardi bet another 280,000.

Achour again called and the 7♥ fell on the river. Zanardi then moved all in for 580,000 and Achour called with 9♦7♦ for two pair. Zanardi mucked K♥K♦ as Achour took the pot to climb up near 6,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maher Achour	5,800,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Simone Andrian	3,600,000 1,350,000	1,350,000

Basel Khabbazeh	2,700,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Matteo Zanardi	Busted

Tags: Basel Khabbazeh Maher Achour Matteo Zanardi Simone Andrian

08-02-2024 20:45 UTC+2

Voronin Flips Rocci to the Rail

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David Salituro

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Andrea Rocci moved all in for 280,000 in middle position and Konstantin Voronin called in early position.

Andrea Rocci: J♥J♣ All in
Konstantin Voronin: A♦K♦

The K♥ fell right in the window, followed by 6♥4♣ as Voronin hit a pair of kings to take the lead. The rest of the board came 6♣7♠ and Rocci was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Voronin	3,200,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Andrea Rocci	Busted

Tags: Andrea Rocci Konstantin Voronin

08-02-2024 20:50 UTC+2

Sargsian Sends Out Nastasi

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Josh Noy

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Eros Nastasi had a raise to 375,000 sitting in front and was facing a decision for the rest of his stack after Nerses Sargsian moved all.

Nastasi made the call and the hands were turned up.

Eros Nastasi: A♣6♦ All in
Nerses Sargsian: A♠A♦

Nastasi could not catch Sargsian's aces through the 5♥3♦J♠9♥8♦ runout, ending his tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nerses Sargsian	2,725,000 75,000	75,000
Eros Nastasi	Busted

Tags: Eros Nastasi Nerses Sargsian

08-02-2024 20:56 UTC+2

Haiduk Spikes a Queen to Bust Basta; Akyun Folds Queens to Henriques

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David Salituro

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

John Basta moved all in for 520,000 in early position and Vadzim Haiduk called on the button.

John Basta: 8♦8♣ All in
Vadzim Haiduk: A♣Q♠

The flop came Q♥4♦3♦ and Haiduk took the lead with a pair of queens. The rest of the board ran out 4♠2♠ and Basta was sent to the rail.

At the same time at another table, Daniel Henriques had a raise of 160,000 in front of him on the button before Ahmet Akyun reraised to 350,000 in the small blind. Henriques then moved all in.

Akyun had around 900,000 remaining and tanked for several minutes before folding Q♥Q♦. Henriques showed him A♠K♠ as he took the pot.

"That's the best case scenario. You're not doing that with jacks," Akyun said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vadzim Haiduk	3,300,000 400,000	400,000
Daniel Henriques	1,500,000 500,000	500,000
Ahmet Akyun	900,000 720,000	720,000
John Basta	Busted

Tags: Ahmet Akyun Daniel Henriques John Basta Vadzim Haiduk

08-02-2024 21:00 UTC+2

Garrido Gets a River Shove Through

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David Salituro

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Ignacio Garrido raised to 80,000 in the hijack, George Rabahie three-bet to 250,000 on the button, and Garrido called.

The flop came J♥8♣8♥ and Rabahie bet 225,000. Garrido called and both players checked the 4♥ turn.

The river was the 4♠ and Garrido moved all in for 560,000. The rest of the field had gone off on break as Rabahie continued to tank for a few minutes. He eventually mucked and Garrido took down the pot without a showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ignacio Garrido	1,500,000 510,000	510,000
George Rabahie	1,300,000 1,300,000	1,300,000

Tags: George Rabahie Ignacio Garrido

08-02-2024 21:01 UTC+2

Break Time

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Josh Noy

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Players have been sent on the final break of the night.

Just 61 players remain at the moment.

Level: 26

Blinds: 20,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

08-02-2024 21:31 UTC+2

Level 25 Eliminations

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Josh Noy

Level 26 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matteo Zanardi	Busted
Kemal Aslan	Busted
Gurcan Gungoren	Busted
Wim ben Verhaegen	Busted
Alexander Savchenko	Busted
Valentino Alesiani	Busted
Maroun Jazzar	Busted
Joseph Choufani	Busted
Antonio De Lucia	Busted
Charbel Salloum	Busted
Daniel Gavish	Busted

08-02-2024 21:38 UTC+2

Voronin Hits the River to Bust Sbrzesny

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David Salituro

Level 26 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Bodo Sbrzesny moved all in for 345,000 in the cutoff and Konstantin Voronin tanked for a moment before calling in the big blind.

Bodo Sbrzesny: Q♥J♥ All in
Konstantin Voronin: K♣Q♦

Sbrzesny let out a loud sigh after finding out he was dominated. The flop came A♣5♣6♥, but Sbrzesny hit the J♦ on the turn to take the lead. The river, though, was the 10♠ and Voronin completed a straight to send Sbrzesny to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Voronin	3,000,000 200,000	200,000
Bodo Sbrzesny	Busted

Tags: Bodo Sbrzesny Konstantin Voronin

08-02-2024 21:40 UTC+2

Al-Khashab Doubles Off Eddine

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David Salituro

Level 26 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Abdallah Eddine raised to 115,000 under the gun, Zaid Al-Khashab moved all in for 495,000 in the cutoff, and Eddine quickly called.

Zaid Al-Khashab: A♦J♦ All in
Abdallah Eddine: K♠7♠

The flop came Q♠6♦9♦, while the A♣ turn gave Al-Khashab top pair and left Eddine already drawing dead. The 8♥ completed the board on the river and Al-Khashab doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zaid Al-Khashab	1,000,000 500,000	500,000
Abdallah Eddine	700,000 900,000	900,000

Tags: Abdallah Eddine Zaid Al-Khashab