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

07-30-2025 13:33 UTC+2

Krusch Fades Terekek's Outs

Tim Baker

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

Dennis Krusch made it 6,000 from early position with the cutoff player making the call. Hussein Terekek jammed for 15,000 from the small blind, and Krusch moved in over the top for roughly 50,000. The cutoff player took a few moments before folding and revealing the A♦.

Hussein Terekek: A♣2♣ All in
Dennis Krusch: 10♣10♥

Terekek was far behind the pocket tens of Krusch, but the 3♣5♣3♥ flop provided him with a lot more outs to stay alive. However, the remainder of the board came Q♥6♥, and all of Terekek's stack was sent over to Krusch.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dennis Krusch	85,000 2,500	2,500
Hussein Terekek	Busted

Tags: Dennis Krusch Hussein Terekek

07-30-2025 13:18 UTC+2

Some Big Stacks After the Break

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Tim Baker

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Fadi Nakhoul	1,000,000 557,000	557,000
Aren Bezhanyan	825,000 530,000	530,000
Roman Kolotiuk	800,000 75,500	75,500

Alexey Savenkov	775,000 331,000	331,000
Uladzimir Zhyharau	680,000 175,000	175,000
Afshin Afsharorumieh	655,000 15,000	15,000
Maciej Toma	630,000 133,000	133,000
Samuel Dray	600,000 79,000	79,000
Yilu Yuan	590,000 123,000	123,000
Georgios Tsouloftas	590,000 377,000	377,000
Avraham Cohen	550,000 177,500	177,500
Osman Ihlamur	500,000 13,500	13,500
Soraya Estrada	490,000 13,500	13,500
Mehmet Dalkilic	450,000 73,000	73,000
Ludovic Periaux	380,000 9,000	9,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

07-30-2025 12:57 UTC+2

Break Time

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Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Players are now on a 20-minute break.

07-30-2025 12:54 UTC+2

Jabra Flops the Wheel

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Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Three players saw the flop come down A♥3♠2♠. Khalil Jabra checked from the big blind and Yuxi Huang bet 5,500 from under the gun. Dawid Smolka raised to 16,000 from the next seat, which just got called by Jabra.

Heads-up now to the 3♥ turn, Jabra checked again, and Smolka fired out 25,000. Jabra jammed for Smolka's remaining 65,000 or so and Smolka called.

Dawid Smolka: A♦Q♠ All in
Khalil Jabra : 5♣4♥

Jabra had flopped the wheel and just had to fade an ace or trey on the river to virtually double up and send Smolka to the rail. The J♥ dropped on the river and all of Smolka's chips headed over to Jabra.

Smolka immediately bought back into the tournament and is now seated with a fresh starting stack of 100,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Khalil Jabra	200,000 128,000	128,000
Yuxi Huang	200,000 200,000	200,000
Dawid Smolka	100,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Dawid Smolka Khalil Jabra

07-30-2025 12:38 UTC+2

Bezhanyan Gets the Better of Voronin

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Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Konstantin Voronin made it 5,000 from middle position and Rauf Avci called from the small blind. Aren Bezhanyan squeezed it to 22,500 out of the big blind, and only Voronin called.

Bezhanyan fired a continuation-bet of 16,500 on the 6♠4♣A♣ flop, and Voronin called.

The 7♦ fell on the turn, prompting Bezhanyan to check. Voronin bet 15,000 and was met by a check-raise to 100,000 by Bezhanyan. Voronin leaned back in his chair and went into the tank for quite some time. After over a minute of thinking, Voronin carved out the call.

Bezhanyan jammed for his last 14,000 on the 3♣ river, and after a few moments, Voronin reluctantly called.

Bezhanyan showed the winner with A♥10♣ for top pair, as Voronin only had 8♥6♦ for a pair of eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aren Bezhanyan	295,000 117,000	117,000
Konstantin Voronin	200,000 401,000	401,000

Rauf Avci	190,000 53,500	53,500

Tags: Aren Bezhanyan Konstantin Voronin Rauf Avci

07-30-2025 12:19 UTC+2

Zheng Loses Some to Zabiiakin

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Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Tamer Abdelzaher checked first from the small blind on a flop of 6♠8♦2♣. Xiaosheng Zheng bet 8,500 from under the gun with only Ivan Zabiiakin calling from middle position.

Heads-up now to the J♠ turn, where Zheng opted to slow down and check. Zabiiakin fired out 16,500 and Zheng flicked in the call.

Two checks followed the 10♦ river and Zheng revealed 9♦9♥ for a pair of nines. However, this was second best to the A♦J♦ of Zabiiakin for a turned pair of jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tamer Abdelzaher	230,000 15,000	15,000
Ivan Zabiiakin	200,000 45,000	45,000
Xiaosheng Zheng	120,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Ivan Zabiiakin Tamer Abdelzaher Xiaosheng Zheng

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

07-30-2025 12:07 UTC+2

Nashar Dusts Off His Big Stack In the First Level of the Day

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Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Hassan Nashar began Day 2 with the second-largest stack of 699,500, good for 280 big blinds. But just 30 minutes into the day, he was spotted making his way out of the tournament area. The details of his early exit remain unclear, but he wasted no time heading to the rebuy desk and is now back in action with a fresh starting stack of 100,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hassan Nashar	100,000 599,500	599,500

Tags: Hassan Nashar

07-30-2025 12:02 UTC+2

Daniliuk Stays Alive

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Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Kadir Altinbasak limped from middle position before Grzegorz Kozieja raised to 10,000 from the cutoff. Andrei Daniliuk jammed for 41,000 out of the big blind, which was only called by Altinbasak.

Andrei Daniliuk: K♥Q♠ All in
Kadir Altinbasak: K♣10♣

Daniliuk had Altinbasak dominated with the higher kicker and managed to stay in front on the A♦6♦5♠7♣5♣ runout.