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Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
2025 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series
$3,300 La Notte Degli Assi
Day: 1a
Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,823,480
Total Entries
1,023
Level
40
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Entries
262
Players Left
119
Players Left 1 / 1,023
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Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Normally at showdown, players need to expose their cards to show the strength of their hand, but not in the last instance involving Damir Gabdullin and Jianming Luo.
On a board of J♦2♦K♣6♥6♠, there were around 22,000 in the middle when Luo checked it over to Gabdullin, who fired 12,500. Luo sat motionless while he mulled it over for around two minutes, then eventually reached for chips and made the call.
Gabdullin just mucked his hand without showing, which meant Luo also didn't need to show his cards to claim the pot.
Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
On a board of 9♥5♦5♣J♣, Yury Salikaev checked and Traian Stanciu fired out a pot-sized bet of 13,500 from the cutoff. Salikaev called from middle position.
An 8♦ completed the board and after Salikaev tapped the table again, Stanciu went big with a bet of 48,000. Salikaev went into the tank for almost two minutes and eventually called.
Stanciu then flipped A♥5♥ for trip fives, and and Salikaev mucked.
Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level 1
: Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
With around 150 entries already recorded during the opening level of Day 1a, the $3,300 La Notte Degli Assi Main Event is off to a promising start. Last year's event attracted 1,133 entries and paid out $2,084,720, and the bar has been raised this time around with a $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Three more starting flights remain, including a turbo flight on Sunday evening, giving players plenty of chances to join the action. With late registration open until the end of Level 14 on Day 2 and unlimited reentries available, expectations are high for another strong turnout.
The road to Day 2 has officially begun as players take their first steps toward Merit Poker's biggest title of the summer.
Level 1
: Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
With around 25,000 in the pot on a J♣10♥Q♥9♦ board, Ilia Pyrkov fired out 18,000 from the hijack and Darius Neagoe called in the cutoff.
A 5♠ dropped on the river and after some thinking, Pyrkov shoved. Neagoe had just under 70,000 remaining and needed to put it all at risk if he wanted to take it to a showdown.
After thinking out loud for a while, Neagoe did call.
Pyrkov then revealed a missed flush draw with A♥4♥. and Neagoe's K♥J♥ was good for a straight.
Level 1
: Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
With around 40,000 in the middle already on a flop of 6♠J♦2♣, Seyed Mortazavi bet 15,000 from under the gun and Konstantin Voronin made it 55,000 to go from the next seat. Mortazavi called.
A 7♥ hit the turn and after Mortazavi checked, Voronin went for all of it and shoved around 50,000. Mortazavi had less and took just 10 seconds before he called.
Seyed Mortazavi: 9♥9♣ 
Konstantin Voronin: A♣J♠
Mortazavi needed a nine to survive, but instead the 4♦ rolled off, which meant Voronin's stack soared in the opening level.
Level 1
: Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
There were already around 60,000 chips in the pot on a 9♠8♥2♥8♣ board when Yuxi Huang checked from the hijack and then called a bet of 20,000 from Ilia Ubilava, who was on the button.
A 3♦hit the river and both decided to check it down, where Huang showed a missed straight draw with J♣10♥. Ubilava had that beat with K♥K♦ for a pair of kings, and he raked in the pot.
Level 1
: Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
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Level 1
: Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Soraya Estrada wasted no time in getting involved on Day 1a, as she reached the river on a board of Q♦2♠3♥A♥K♥ in a pot against Aleksandr Razinkov.
There were around 17,000 chips in the middle and Estrada bet 7,500. Razinkov thought it over for a while and elected to call.
Estrada then showed two pair with Q♠3♠, and Razinkov mucked.
