2025 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series

$2,200 IPO Master
Day: 4
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Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦j♦
Prize
$225,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$1,343,200
Total Entries
730
Places Paid
105
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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Estrada Rises From the Ashes

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 30 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante
Soraya Estrada
Soraya Estrada

Soraya Estrada started the day with just 600,000 to her name, but now has around 5,500,000!

After getting a few shoves through, Estrada made it 300,000 from the hijack and Adem Agoudjil shoved from the big blind. Estrada had 2,625,000 and put them all into the middle.

Soraya Estrada: A♣J♣ All in
Adem Agoudjil: Q♦Q♥

Estrada was behind to the pocket queens of Agoudjil, and stayed behind on the 7♥4♦10♣ flop. However, things turned in her favor when the A♥ hit the turn as she vaulted into the lead. A K♠ on the river changed nothing, and Estrada got right back into it.

Tags: Adem AgoudjilSoraya Estrada

Table #2 Chip Counts

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 30 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Mohamed El-Wely Eliminated in 14th Place ($14,500)

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 30 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante
Mohamed El-Wely
Mohamed El-Wely

Adem Agoudjil raised to 350,000 from the hijack and Mohamed El-Wely called in the big blind.

Both checked the A♣4♥6♦ flop to the 8♠ turn, where El-Wely check-called a bet of 300,000 from Agoudjil to the 2♦ river. El-Wely checked again and then Agoudjil fired 600,000.

"You have queen-jack," said El-Wely before he called.

Agoudjil then showed A♠5♠ for a pair of aces, and El-Wely mucked.

Shortly after, with just 225,000 remain, El-Wely shoved from the cutoff and both David Boyaciyan & Agoudjil called in the blinds.

It was checked to the river on the 2♥4♦7♥10♦8♥ board, where Boyaciyan check-folded to Agoudjil's bet of 200,000.

El-Wely showed a pair of tens with J♠10♥, but he was eliminated as Agoudjil showed a flush with Q♥6♥.

Tags: Adem AgoudjilDavid BoyaciyanMohamed El-Wely

Boyaciyan Decimates El-Wely's Stack

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 30 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante
Danyel Boyaciyan
Danyel Boyaciyan

David Boyaciyan opened from middle position and Mohamed El-Wely three-bet to 725,000 from the big blind. Boyaciyan then four-bet to 1,400,000, and El-Wely called.

They saw a flop of 4♥Q♦5♥, where El-Wely checked and Boyaciyan shoved 1,600,000. El-Wely had a little more than that and called.

David Boyaciyan: A♠A♥ All in
Mohamed El-Wely: 9♠9♦

EL-Wely was at risk of having his stack decimated, and that's what happened as the 6♠6♥ runout left him with just 250,000 in his stack.

Fortunately for El-Wely, he was able to quadruple up shortly after and got his stack back to 1,000,000. but it still in the danger zone.

Tags: David BoyaciyanMohamed El-Wely

Level: 30

Blinds: 75,000/150,000

Ante: 150,000

El-Wely Keeps Falling

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Mohamed El-Wely limped in from under the gun and Gerard Carbo Santamaria made it 475,000 to go from the next seat. When it got back to El-Wely, he called.

On the A♦8♠3♣ flop, EL-Wely bet 125,000 and Santamaria called to the 4♥ turn, where again El-Wely bet, this time for 375,000. Santamaria called again.

A 5♠ filled out the board and El-Wely fired out a bet of 1,000,000, which Santamaria called.

El-Wely then mucked without showing, and Santamaria scooped in the pot.

Adem Agoudjil is keeping the pressure on and has taken multiple small pots from El-Wely, boosting his stack to around 16,000,000.

Tags: Adem AgoudjilGerard Carbo SantamariaMohamed El-Wely

Tlimisov Doubles Through Crespi

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Joan Crespi opened the button to 250,000 and Adil Tlimisov shoved for 1,425,000 from the big blind. Crespi called.

Adil Tlimisov: Q♦10♦ All in
Joan Crespi: J♣10♣

Tlimisov was way ahead with his queen-high, and remained in the lead through the 4♥4♣K♠8♥3♠ runout, which earned him a double-up.

Tags: Adil TlimisovJoan Crespi

Bahattin Eser Eliminated in 15th Place ($14,500)

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante
Bahattin Eser
Bahattin Eser

Bahattin Eser shoved from the small blind and around 2,100,000 and Damir Zhugralin called from the big blind with a covering stack.

Bahattin Eser: K♣J♦ All in
Damir Zhugralin: 10♠10♥

Eser needed to win a flip, and got off to a great start on the 9♠5♠J♣ flop as he paired his jack. A K♥ on the turn improved him to two pair, but also gave Zhugralin a straight draw.

No straight draw came in on the river, but the 10♦ did give Zhugralin a set, which ended Emer's run.

Tags: Bahattin EserDamir Zhugralin

Short Stacks

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

El-Wely's Stack Goes Up and Down

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Mohamed El-Wely raised to 275,000 from early position and got from David Boyaciyan in the hijack before Adem Agoudjil three-bet to 800,000 in the cutoff. El-Wely responded with a four-bet to 2,275,000, which got Boyaciyan to fold. Agoudjil then moved in, and El-Wely folded.

It wasn't all bad news for El-Wely, as he then raised under the gun and got a call from Adil Tlimisov in the big blind.

On the 5♦4♥2♦ flop, Tlimisov check-called a bet of 125,000 from El-Wely to the 3♣ turn, where again he check-called for 400,000.

An 8♣ hit the river and after Tlimisov checked, El-Wely went with a sizing of 1,225,000. Tlimisov had around 2,000,000 behind and elected to call.

El-Wely then showed the top end of the straight with 8♦6♠, and Tlimisov mucked.

Tags: Adem AgoudjilAdil TlimisovDavid BoyaciyanMohamed El-Wely