2025 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series

$2,200 IPO Master
Day: 4
Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$225,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$1,343,200
Entries
730
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 4
Entries
15
Players Left
1
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Sanli Doubles Through Santamaria

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Gerard Carbo Santamaria in the small blind and Mahmut Sanli in the big blind had their chips in the middle preflop, with the latter at risk for his stack of around 7,200,000.

Mahmut Sanli: A10 All in
Gerard Carbo Santamaria: 98

Sanli fell behind on the 797 flop, but made an emphatic comeback as the AA runout gave him a full house and the double-up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Gerard Carbo Santamaria es
Gerard Carbo Santamaria
36,000,000
8,000,000
8,000,000
Profile photo of Mahmut Sanli tr
Mahmut Sanli
15,000,000
5,800,000
5,800,000
Day 3 Chip Leader

Tags: Gerard Carbo SantamariaMahmut Sanli

Damir Zhugralin Eliminated in 4th Place ($74,000)

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Damir Zhugralin
Damir Zhugralin

Just like that. Damir Zhugralin is out in fourth!

Gerard Carbo Santamaria opened the button to 1,000,000 and Zhugralin called in the big blind.

The flop came 628, where Zhugralin check-called a bet of 925,000 from Santamaria.

A J hit the turn and again Zhugralin checked, and again Santamaria bet, this time for 2,400,000. Zhugralin took some time and eventually called.

When the Q hit the river, Zhugralin checked for a third time and Santamaria went for the trifecta of bets with a sizing of 5,700,000. Zhugralin burned through a time bank before he made it 16,500,000, leaving himself just 75,000 behind.

Santamaria looked to have the covering stack and around a minute later, he shoved. Zhugralin snap-folded, leaving himself with a speck in his stack.

In the next hand, Zhugralin had his chips in from the small blind and was up against Santamaria again, who was looking to finish the job.

Damir Zhugralin: A10 All in
Gerard Carbo Santamaria: QQ

Zhugralin fell further behind on the Q58 flop, and caught no miracle as the 39 runout left him out in fourth.

Damir Zhugralin
Damir Zhugralin
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Gerard Carbo Santamaria es
Gerard Carbo Santamaria
44,000,000
24,000,000
24,000,000
Profile photo of Damir Zhugralin kz
Damir Zhugralin
Busted

Tags: Damir ZhugralinGerard Carbo Santamaria

Family Pot Goes Zheng's Way

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Damir Zhugralin made it 1,000,000 from under the gun and everybody called, creating the first family pot of the final table.

All four checked the 2103 flop to the J turn, where it got to Zhugralin, who bet 3,500,000. Xiaosheng Zheng called on the button, and both Gerard Carbo Santamaria & Mahmut Sanli folded in the blinds.

The river brought a 4 and both quickly checked it down, with Zhugralin showing Q4 for a pair of fours. Zheng had that beat, though, as he showed QJ for a pair of jacks to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Damir Zhugralin kz
Damir Zhugralin
24,000,000
2,500,000
2,500,000
Profile photo of Xiaosheng Zheng cn
Xiaosheng Zheng
21,000,000
4,500,000
4,500,000
Profile photo of Gerard Carbo Santamaria es
Gerard Carbo Santamaria
20,000,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
Profile photo of Mahmut Sanli tr
Mahmut Sanli
9,200,000
1,800,000
1,800,000
Day 3 Chip Leader

Tags: Damir ZhugralinGerard Carbo SantamariaMahmut SanliXiaosheng Zheng

Sanli Bets Out Zheng

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Mahmut Sanli raised the button to 1,000,000 and Xiaosheng Zheng defended his big blind.

They saw a flop of 109K, where Zheng check-called a bet of 550,000 from Sanli to see the K fall on the turn.

Both checked it through to the 2 river and after Zheng checked, Sanli fired 1,200,000. Zheng thought for a while, but decided on a fold after around 30 seconds.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Damir Zhugralin kz
Damir Zhugralin
26,500,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
Profile photo of Gerard Carbo Santamaria es
Gerard Carbo Santamaria
18,000,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
Profile photo of Xiaosheng Zheng cn
Xiaosheng Zheng
16,500,000
Profile photo of Mahmut Sanli tr
Mahmut Sanli
11,000,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
Day 3 Chip Leader

Tags: Mahmut SanliXiaosheng Zheng

Santamaria Eating Into Zhugralin's Chip Lead

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Damir Zhugralin raised the button to 1,000,000 and Gerard Carbo Santamaria called in the big blind.

Santamaria check-called 525,000 on the 4A9 flop and then checked to showdown on the 58 runout, where he showed J9 for a pair of nines to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Damir Zhugralin kz
Damir Zhugralin
28,500,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
Profile photo of Gerard Carbo Santamaria es
Gerard Carbo Santamaria
19,500,000
4,500,000
4,500,000
Profile photo of Xiaosheng Zheng cn
Xiaosheng Zheng
16,500,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
Profile photo of Mahmut Sanli tr
Mahmut Sanli
9,000,000
4,000,000
4,000,000
Day 3 Chip Leader

Tags: Damir ZhugralinGerard Carbo Santamaria

Zheng's Kicker Plays

Level 35 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Xiaosheng Zheng
Xiaosheng Zheng

Xiaosheng Zheng raised from under the gun to 1,000,000 and Damir Zhugralin called in the big blind.

They saw a flop of J210, where Zhugralin check-called a bet of 700,000 from Zheng to the 5 turn, where both checked.

A Q on the river saw Zhugralin throw out 500,000, which Zheng called quickly.

Zhugralin then showed a pair of tens with K10, but Zheng's A10 had a better kicker and won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Damir Zhugralin kz
Damir Zhugralin
30,000,000
2,500,000
2,500,000
Profile photo of Xiaosheng Zheng cn
Xiaosheng Zheng
15,500,000
3,000,000
3,000,000

Tags: Damir ZhugralinXiaosheng Zheng

Level: 35

Blinds: 250,000/500,000

Ante: 500,000

Zheng Folds the River

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Gerard Carbo Santamaria opened from under the gun to 800,000 and Xiaosheng Zheng called from the big blind.

Zheng check-called a bet of 600,000 on the 2K6 flop from Santamaria to the A turn, where both checked.

A 4 filled out the board and after Zheng checked, Santamaria bet 2,225,000. Zheng thought it over for some time, but ultimately elected to fold, earning Santamaria the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Damir Zhugralin kz
Damir Zhugralin
32,500,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
Profile photo of Gerard Carbo Santamaria es
Gerard Carbo Santamaria
15,000,000
2,400,000
2,400,000
Profile photo of Mahmut Sanli tr
Mahmut Sanli
13,000,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Xiaosheng Zheng cn
Xiaosheng Zheng
12,500,000
2,000,000
2,000,000

Tags: Gerard Carbo SantamariaXiaosheng Zheng

Zheng Four-Bet Shoves

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Damir Zhugralin raised the button and Gerard Carbo Santamaria three-bet to 2,500,000 from the big blind. Zhugralin called.

They saw a flop of 4Ax2, where Santamaria's continuation-bet of 650,000 got the job done as Zhugralin folded.

Not long after, Xiaosheng Zheng raised to 800,000 on the button and Santamaria three-bet the small blind to 2,400,000. Zheng then shoved, and Santamaria quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Damir Zhugralin kz
Damir Zhugralin
34,000,000
4,000,000
4,000,000
Profile photo of Xiaosheng Zheng cn
Xiaosheng Zheng
14,500,000
2,500,000
2,500,000
Profile photo of Gerard Carbo Santamaria es
Gerard Carbo Santamaria
12,600,000
1,600,000
1,600,000

Tags: Damir ZhugralinXiaosheng ZhengGerard Carbo Santamaria