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

Jul 31, 2025

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.

Tags: Parahat Nurmuhammedov Renato Minicuci Samir Hayek

Jul 31, 2025

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.

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Jul 31, 2025

The Departed

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Kai Cocklin

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

Jul 31, 2025

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.

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Jul 31, 2025

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.

Tags: Adem Agoudjil Joan Crespi Khalil Chami

Jul 31, 2025

Recent Eliminations

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Kai Cocklin

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

Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

Jul 31, 2025

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.

Tags: Adem Agoudjil Konstantin Voronin

Jul 31, 2025

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

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

Jul 31, 2025

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.

Tags: Semih Aras Soraya Estrada