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

08-02-2024 13:03 UTC+3

Kaddouri Finds an Ace to Double Off Khabbazeh

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Mounim Kaddouri moved all in for 175,000 in early position and Basel Khabbazeh called in the cutoff.

Mounim Kaddouri: A♠K♣ All in
Basel Khabbazeh: K♦K♠

Khabbazeh had woken up with kings to leave Kaddouri at risk of elimination, but the flop brought A♦J♥8♦ to give Kaddouri the lead with a pair of aces. Khabbazeh was left looking for just one out, but Kaddouri held up through the 10♠ turn and 8♠ river to earn the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Basel Khabbazeh	680,000 21,000	21,000
Mounim Kaddouri	360,000 129,000	129,000

Tags: Basel Khabbazeh Mounim Kaddouri

08-02-2024 12:57 UTC+3

Strong Start for Skhulukhiya

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Josh Noy

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya opened to 16,000 in the hijack and called after Omar Lakhdari three-bet to 46,000 in the cutoff.

Skhulukhiya checked the 9♥J♦2♠ flop, with Lakhdari continuing for 26,000. The call was made to see the 8♣ turn, where Skhulukhiya checked again.

Lakhdari slid out a bet of 130,000 and Skhulukhiya took some time before raising to 253,000.

Lakhdari went into the tank, pondering his next move for several minutes before calling the clock on himself. As the time ticked down, Lakhdari let his hand go and Skhulukhiya took down a nice pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	655,000 468,000	468,000
Omar Lakhdari	534,000 196,000	196,000

Tags: Giorgiy Skhulukhiya Omar Lakhdari

08-02-2024 12:54 UTC+3

Pichierri Waits For the River to Commit His Last Chip

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Abdelrahman raised to 45,000 in the small blind before Alessandro Pichierri reraised to 135,000 on the button, leaving himself just 1,000 behind. Moursy just called and they saw a flop of 9♠J♥7♦.

Both players checked the flop and K♦ turn. The river was the 6♠ and Pichierri finally tossed in his last chip. Moursy called and Pichierri showed him A♦K♥ for a pair of kings to win the pot and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdelrahman Moursy	450,000 148,000	148,000
Alessandro Pichierri	280,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Alessandro Pichierri Abdelrahman Moursy

08-02-2024 12:49 UTC+3

Voronin Gets a Warm Welcome to the Table

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Konstantin Voronin had just been moved to this table and was still unracking his chips when he raised to 20,000 in early position. Only Tugce Hursoz called on the button.

Voronin continued for 15,000 on the 10♣J♣3♦ flop and Hursoz called. The turn was the 7♦ and Voronin bet another 25,000. Hursoz again called.

The river came the 2♣ and Voronin bet 90,000. Hursoz gave the decision some thought before folding as Voronin slammed K♣Q♣ onto the table while taking in the pot.

"Welcome, my friend, to the table," a tablemate told him after the hand.

Kalidou Sow was recently eliminated at another table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Voronin	700,000 288,000	288,000
Tugce Hursoz	230,000 2,000	2,000
Kalidou Sow	Busted

Tags: Konstantin Voronin Tugce Hursoz

08-02-2024 12:45 UTC+3

Boutboul Spikes a Set

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Josh Noy

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Chady Ojelli opened to 16,000 from under the gun and made the call when Bernard Boutboul moved all in from the small blind.

Bernard Boutboul: 5♠5♣ All in
Chady Ojelli: 6♠6♦

Ojelli was in great shape to score the knockout before the 7♣K♣5♦ flop gave Boutboul a set of fives. The rest of the J♦7♥ runout changed nothing, as Boutboul earned the unlikely double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernard Boutboul	278,000 65,000	65,000
Chady Ojelli	186,000 108,000	108,000

Tags: Bernard Boutboul Chady Ojelli

08-02-2024 12:41 UTC+3

Senno Wins a Classic Flip to Bust Fedyaev

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Sergey Fedyaev raised to 17,000 under the gun and Recep Aydemir called in early position. Fredrico Senno then three-bet to 60,000 on the button.

Fedyaev came back with a four-bet to 160,000 and Aydemir folded. Senno then moved all in and Fedyaev called for around 300,000.

Sergey Fedyaev: Q♣Q♥ All in
Fredrico Senno: A♥K♠

The K♣ fell right in the window to give Senno a pair, followed by the 7♦9♥. The rest of the board ran out 3♥2♦ and Fedyaev was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fredrico Senno	950,000 442,000	442,000
Recep Aydemir	150,000 98,000	98,000
Sergey Fedyaev	Busted

Tags: Fredrico Senno Recep Aydemir Sergey Fedyaev

08-02-2024 12:35 UTC+3

Guven Shoves on Nacer in Four-Way Pot

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Samir Nacer raised to 20,000 in middle position and received three callers to the 7♦6♣2♥ flop.

Nacer then bet another 75,000 and action folded to Ege Guven in the small blind, who moved all in for 273,000. The table folded back to Nacer who asked for a count and tanked for several minutes before eventually surrendering the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samir Nacer	400,000 110,000	110,000

Ege Guven	360,000 64,000	64,000

Tags: Ege Guven Samir Nacer

08-02-2024 12:28 UTC+3

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Josh Noy

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

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08-02-2024 12:22 UTC+3

Prize Pool and Payouts Confirmed

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Josh Noy

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Payouts have been set to begin Day 3, with the 1,133 entries creating a massive prize pool of $2,084,720.

The top 134 players will make the money, while Sunday's champion will take home the trophy and $355,000.

Place	Prize (USD)	Place	Prize (USD)
1	$355,000	19-21	$16,600
2	$240,000	22-24	$14,500
3	$160,000	25-26	$12,600
4	$115,000	27-35	$11,000
5	$90,000	36-44	$9,400
6	$72,000	45-53	$8,000
7	$57,700	54-62	$6,800
8	$45,000	63-71	$5,800
9	$34,450	72-80	$5,000
10-12	$26,600	81-89	$4,300
13-15	$22,000	90-98	$3,650
16-18	$19,000	99-134	$3,020