$2,200 IPO Master Day 3 | 2025 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series

07-31-2025 17:30 UTC+2

Nurmuhammedov Stays Alive in Three-Way All-In

Kai Cocklin

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Samir Hayek raised from under the gun and Renato Minicuci shoved around 600,000 from the next seat. Parahat Nurmuhammedov had his last 80,000 in from the big blind, and Hayek called to put bot players at risk.

Parahat Nurmuhammedov: 10♠7♥ All in
Renato Minicuci: A♣Q♣ All in
Samir Hayek: 9♦9♥

The board ran out 4♣7♠5♥Q♥10♦, which earned Minicuci the side pot, and Nurmuhammedov spiked two pair on the river to claim the main pot and stay alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samir Hayek	2,100,000 700,000	700,000
Renato Minicuci	1,150,000 300,000	300,000
Parahat Nurmuhammedov	330,000 870,000	870,000

Tags: Parahat Nurmuhammedov Renato Minicuci Samir Hayek

07-31-2025 17:18 UTC+2

Hayek Doubles With Aces

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Kai Cocklin

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The action was picked up on a 7♦Q♣5♣2♦ board, with Samir Hayek having his stack in the middle against Jalal Jafari, for a pot worth around 2,800,000.

Samir Hayek: A♣A♥ All in
Jalal Jafari: K♠7♠

Jafari needed a king or a seven, but couldnt find it as the A♦ on the river improved Hayek to a set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samir Hayek	2,800,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Jalal Jafari	400,000 450,000	450,000

Tags: Jalal Jafari Samir Hayek

07-31-2025 17:14 UTC+2

The Departed

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Kai Cocklin

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Zorlu Er	Busted
Basel Khabbazeh	Busted
Fang Zhang	Busted
Aren Bezhanyan	Busted
Maxime Chilaud	Busted

07-31-2025 17:10 UTC+2

Zheng Dents Crespi's Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

On a board of 9♠4♠3♥5♦, there were around 450,000 chips in the pot when Xiaosheng Zheng fired 225,000 from the big blind and Joan Crespi called from under the gun.

A 9♥ paired the board on the river and Zheng didn't show any signs of slowing down as he made it 650,000. Crespi needed a minute to think it over and took a long stare at his opponent before flicking in a call.

Zheng then rolled over a wheel with A♣2♥, and Crespi tapped the table as he mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joan Crespi	6,100,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Xiaosheng Zheng	5,000,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Tags: Xiaosheng Zheng Joan Crespi

07-31-2025 17:02 UTC+2

Agoudjil Check-Raises Crespi

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Kai Cocklin

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Joan Crespi raised the cutoff to 125,000 and got called by Adem Agoudjil in the small blind & Khalil Chami in the big blind.

They went to a flop of 10♦K♣3♣, where the action checked to Crespi, who bet 125,000. Agoudjil then raised to 350,000, and that was enough to earn the pot as both Chami and Crespi folded.

It was no harm done, though, for Crespi as he has around 7,200,000 in front of him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joan Crespi	7,200,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Adem Agoudjil	5,500,000 300,000	300,000
Xiaosheng Zheng	3,800,000 800,000	800,000
Danielle Noja	1,200,000 150,000	150,000
Khalil Chami	1,100,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Adem Agoudjil Joan Crespi Khalil Chami

07-31-2025 16:54 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations

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Kai Cocklin

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dawid Smolka	Busted
Gor Musinyan	Busted
Semih Aras	Busted
Konstantin Voronin	Busted

Milos Miskovic	Busted

Natan Chauskin	Busted
Roman Kolotiuk	Busted

Cosmas Zantis	Busted
Andrei Kozin	Busted
Christos Leantzis	Busted
Mazen Halabi	Busted
Maciej Toma	Busted

Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

07-31-2025 16:43 UTC+2

Agoudjil Flops a Set to Crack Voronin's Cowboys

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Kai Cocklin

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Adem Agoudjil just won a huge pot to eliminate Konstantin Voronin and surge up the counts.

The hand was recalled where it was learned that Agoudjil made it 100,000 from middle position and Voronin three-bet to 250,000 out of the big blind. Agoudjil called.

The flop came Qx3x2x and Voronin continued for 150,000, which Agoudjil called to the 9x turn. Again Voronin bet, this time for 375,000, and Agoudjil once again called.

A 6x fell on the river and Voronin shoved 550,000, which was met with a quick call by Agoudjil.

Voronin flipped KxKx, but that was no good as Agoudjil flopped a set holding 3x3x.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adem Agoudjil	5,200,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Konstantin Voronin	Busted

Tags: Adem Agoudjil Konstantin Voronin

07-31-2025 16:38 UTC+2

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Afshin Afsharorumieh	4,700,000 3,550,000	3,550,000
Mohamed El-Wely	2,400,000 100,000	100,000
Dragos-Florin Anton	2,300,000 250,000	250,000
Benjamin LeBlond	2,100,000 100,000	100,000
Leonid Orman	2,000,000 450,000	450,000
Cedric Schwaederle	1,600,000 1,150,000	1,150,000
Jingxuan Zhu	1,500,000 710,000	710,000
Hassanin Hashim	1,300,000 250,000	250,000
Danielle Noja	1,050,000 550,000	550,000
Dawid Smolka	710,000 890,000	890,000
Maxime Chilaud	600,000 850,000	850,000
Fang Zhang	500,000 110,000	110,000

07-31-2025 16:30 UTC+2

Aras Falls to Estrada

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Kai Cocklin

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Soraya Estrada opened the cutoff to 100,000 and Semih Aras shoved the small blind for around 450,000. When it got back to Estrada, she thought for a while before putting in the call.

Semih Aras: A♠2♥ All in
Soraya Estrada: J♦10♦

Aras was ahead, but certainly didn't like seeing the holding of Estrada, especially when the flop came J♠4♠9♣. No ace arrived for Aras on the K♥8♥ runout, and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Soraya Estrada	2,400,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Semih Aras	Busted

Tags: Semih Aras Soraya Estrada