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
Total 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
Players Left 1 / 730
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Santamaria Limp-Shoves

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

In the first hand of the final table, Gerard Carbo Santamaria limped in from the small blind and Adem Agoudjil made it 750,000 from the big blind. Santamaria then shoved, and Agoudjil asked for a count.

Upon learning that it was 6,550,000, Agoudjil let it go, and Santamaria took it down.

Tags: Adem AgoudjilGerard Carbo Santamaria

Final Table Seat Draw

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Dolce Vita IPO Master FT
Dolce Vita IPO Master FT
SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Benjamin LeBlondCanada4,425,00018
2David BoyaciyanNetherlands1,475,0006
3Khalil JabraLebanon6,800,00027
4Joan CrespiSpain2,850,00011
5Xiaosheng ZhengChina9,675,00039
6Gerard Carbo SantamariaSpain6,550,00026
7Adem AgoudjilFrance15,750,00063
8Mahmut SanliTurkey10,250,00041
9Damir ZhugralinKazahkstan16,175,00065

Adil Tlimisov Eliminated in 10th Place ($18,500)

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Adil Tlimisov
Adil Tlimisov

Adil Tlimisov made it 3,000,000 from under the gun, leaving himself just 50,000 behind. Damir Zhugralin then shoved the button, and when it got back to Tlimisov, he called.

Adil Tlimisov: 1010 All in
Damir Zhugralin: KK

"Ten," said Zhugralin.

"You want a ten?" replied Joan Crespi.

"Yes," joked Zhugralin.

No ten arrived, though, as the Q7468 board kept Zhugralin's pocket kings in the lead, and sent Tlimisov to the rail in tenth.

Tags: Adil TlimisovDamir ZhugralinJoan Crespi

Updated Chip Counts

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Cedric Schwaederle Eliminated in 11th Place ($18,500)

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Cedric Schwaederle
Cedric Schwaederle

Cedric Schwaederle shoved from under the gun for 1,125,000 and Khalil Jabra called from the next seat.

Cedric Schwaederle: A8 All in
Khalil Jabra: A9

Schwaederle was behind, but took the lead on the Q87 flop with a pair of eights. However, his lead didn't last long as the 9 turn put Jabra back in front with one card to come.

The 5 river changed nothing, and Schwaederle exited in 11th.

Tags: Cedric SchwaederleKhalil Jabra

Level: 32

Blinds: 125,000/250,000

Ante: 250,000

Santamaria Rides the Wave Back to Five Million

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Gerard Carbo Santamaria
Gerard Carbo Santamaria

Despite being left with just 400,000, Gerard Carbo Santamaria managed to double up twice in quick succession and got his stack back to 2,500,000.

Then, Adem Agoudjil made it 425,000 from the hijack and Santamaria shoved the big blind for 2,300,000. Agoudjil didn't like it, but stuck in the call.

Gerard Carbo Santamaria: A10 All in
Adem Agoudjil: A7

Santamaria completed the comeback after the K106QQ runout gave him a pair of tens.

Tags: Adem AgoudjilGerard Carbo Santamaria