$2,200 IPO Master Day 2 | 2025 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series

07-30-2025 15:02 UTC+2

Nashar Wins a Small One

Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

When it folded to Hassan Nashar, he raised to 10,000 from the button and only the big blind player called.

The 7♠9♦4♣ flop checked through to see the 3♠ appear on the turn. The big blind checked again, but Nasahr threw out a bet of 15,000. Nashar's opponent called.

Another round of checks came after the 2♠ river and the big blind player revealed A♥2♣ for a pair of deuces. Nashar had that beat with Q♥7♥ for a pair of sevens, and the pot was sent to him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hassan Nashar	520,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Hassan Nashar

07-30-2025 14:48 UTC+2

Shornikau Puts Arkhipenkov in the Blender

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With roughly 40,000 in the pot already, Maksim Shornikau fired out a bet of 17,000 from the small blind on a flop of 7♥K♥J♥. Anton Arkhipenkov called from the cutoff and the headed to the turn.

Shornikau didn't slow down on the A♣ turn, as he tossed out a bet of 55,000. Arkhipenkov went into the tank for quite some time and was visibly distressed. In the end, he chose to fold and surrender the pot to Shornikau. Arkhipenkov tossed in his 'rabbit card', which meant the dealer showed that the river would have been the 8♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksim Shornikau	270,000 170,000	170,000
Anton Arkhipenkov	180,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Anton Arkhipenkov Maksim Shornikau

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

07-30-2025 14:39 UTC+2

Selected Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Fadi Nakhoul	950,000 50,000	50,000
Aren Bezhanyan	945,000 120,000	120,000
Roman Kolotiuk	810,000 10,000	10,000

Hassan Nashar	630,000 530,000	530,000

Damir Zhugralin	500,000 221,000	221,000
Michael Iakovlev	490,000 50,000	50,000

Soraya Estrada	480,000 10,000	10,000
Xiaosheng Zheng	450,000 330,000	330,000
Felipe Ketzer	440,000 30,000	30,000
Alexandros Kolonias	400,000 248,500	248,500

Uri Reichenstein	240,000 160,500	160,500
Roman Stoika	220,000 58,500	58,500
Alisa Sibgatova	190,000 57,500	57,500
Bogdan Jontulovic	150,000 57,000	57,000
Grzegorz Kozieja	125,000 115,000	115,000
Maksim Shornikau	100,000 100,000	100,000
Elie Farah	90,000 211,000	211,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	75,000 14,000	14,000
Andrei Spataru	70,000 30,000	30,000

07-30-2025 14:24 UTC+2

Biz Finds Aces at the Right Time

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Tim Baker

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

After some preflop raises back and forth, Mustafa Biz and Adem Agoudjil got all of their chips into the middle with Biz being the player at risk for around 153,000.

Mustafa Biz: A♦A♠ All in
Adem Agoudjil: A♥K♥

Agoudjil was up against the preflop nuts of Biz and needed a lot of help from the dealer to win the pot. A clean runout of 2♠3♠J♣6♦3♥ left Agoudjil drawing dead by the turn, and around half of his stack headed over to Biz.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustafa Biz	215,000 44,000	44,000
Adem Agoudjil	170,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Adem Agoudjil Mustafa Biz

07-30-2025 14:10 UTC+2

LeBlond Spikes to a Set to Send Abdo Home

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Tim Baker

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

OIeg Svintsov raised to 7,000 from early position with Benjamin LeBlond calling from the small blind. Naji Abdo bumped it up to 28,500 from the big blind, which was called by both of his opponents.

LeBlond knuckled the action over to Abdo on the 8♦4♣6♣ flop, and Abdo overbet jammed for around 150,000. Svintsov tank-folded before LeBlond snap-called with the covering stack.

Naji Abdo: K♠K♥ All in
Benjamin LeBlond: 4♠4♦

LeBlond flopped a set, and Abdo needed a Cowboy on the turn or river to survive. The 5♥ turn and 9♠ river didn't improve Abdo, and LeBlond won the pot with a set of fours.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin LeBlond	700,000 486,000	486,000
Oleg Svintsov	200,000 7,500	7,500
Naji Abdo	Busted

Tags: Benjamin LeBlond Naji Abdo

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,500

Ante: 3,500

07-30-2025 13:56 UTC+2

Mustafov Survives With a Straight Flush

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Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Fahredin Mustafov raised to 23,000 from early position with just one T-500 chip behind. The player in the hijack called and the rest of the table folded. The hijack player revealed A♣J♥ as he thought Mustafov was all-in.

Both players checked all the way to the river on the 3♠K♠7♥9♥8♥ runout before Mustafov bet his last 500. The hijack called and Mustafov revealed 6♥5♥ for a straight flush to earn him the much-needed double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fahredin Mustafov	57,000

Tags: Fahredin Mustafov

07-30-2025 13:47 UTC+2

Nurmuhammedov Forces Chernikov Out on the Turn

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Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Four players saw the dealer fan out a flop of 5♥5♣9♠, where Dmitry Gromov checked first from the big blind. Michel Habib bet 15,000 from under the gun with Aleksandr Chernikov calling out of the cutoff, and Parahat Nurmuhammedov calling from the button.

The K♠ rolled off on the turn, causing Habib to check. Chernikov now took the betting lead by firing out 15,000. Nurmuhammedov quickly raised to 65,000, which was enough to get two folds from his opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Parahat Nurmuhammedov	210,000
Aleksandr Chernikov	195,000
Michel Habib	101,000
Dmitry Gromov	56,000

Tags: Aleksandr Chernikov Dmitry Gromov Michel Habib Parahat Nurmuhammedov

07-30-2025 13:40 UTC+2

Don’t Miss the Onyx Super High Roller Series Cyprus

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Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

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There are 12 high-stakes tournaments, with buy-ins ranging from $10,400 to $102,000, all taking place inside a luxurious resort along the Mediterranean Sea.

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