$3,300 La Notte Degli Assi Day 1cd | 2025 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series

08-04-2025 17:18 UTC+3

Selected Chip Counts

Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed Mokrani	340,000 70,000	70,000
Alessio Isaia	230,000 50,000	50,000

Angelo Mancini	180,000 80,000	80,000
Adrian State	180,000 110,000	110,000
Andres Vasquez	95,000 15,000	15,000
Osman Ihlamur	95,000 95,000	95,000
Natan Chauskin	85,000 85,000	85,000
Dakar1	45,000 85,000	85,000
Bassel Moussa	30,000
Hulya Seckin	25,000 153,000	153,000

08-04-2025 17:04 UTC+3

Demirkol Doesn't Want to Show Both

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Alexandru Cinca checked from the small blind after the dealer fanned out the flop of 6♥6♦A♥ and Mehmet Demirkol fired out 5,000 from early position. Cinca stuck around with a call.

The K♦ turn checked through for the 2♣ to hit the river. Cinca checked, and Demirkol instantly jammed for around 70,000. Cinca folded and pleaded to Demirkol to show his cards. Demirkol offered to show one, but Cinca only wanted both. Demirkol refused, and he slid his cards face down back to the dealer as he pulled in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehmet Demirkol	101,000 89,000	89,000
Alexandru Cinca	85,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Alexandru Cinca Mehmet Demirkol

08-04-2025 16:56 UTC+3

Deniz Folds to the Big River Bet

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Mehmet Deniz raised from the hijack with the button player and big blind making the call.

Once it checked to Deniz on the 9♦J♥10♠ flop, he put out a continuation-bet of 5,500. The button player raised to 17,000, which only Deniz called.

Deniz check-called a bet of 31,000 from his opponent on the A♥ turn.

Deniz checked for the last time when he saw the 3♣ roll off on the river. The button player bet 75,000, which was enough to force Deniz to return his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehmet Deniz	110,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Mehmet Deniz

08-04-2025 16:40 UTC+3

Some Chip Counts After Break

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sharky	450,000 30,000	30,000
Peng Chen	315,000 315,000	315,000
Fahad Banaeeshihvan	300,000 70,000	70,000
Alexandru Ciureanu	290,000 290,000	290,000
Richard Broda	280,000 180,000	180,000
Gerard Carbo Santamaria	270,000 35,000	35,000
Mohamed Mokrani	270,000 270,000	270,000
Ionut-Alexandru Moldovan	260,000 260,000	260,000
Mekan Yusupov	250,000 250,000	250,000
Giuliano Boellis	180,000 80,000	80,000
Mehmet Deniz	160,000 65,000	65,000
Kirill Burtin	160,000 44,000	44,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

08-04-2025 16:24 UTC+3

Break Time

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break

08-04-2025 16:12 UTC+3

Roman Turns Big Slick into a Bluff

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

Ma raised to 4,000 from the cutoff before Jose Roman three-bet to 15,500 from the small blind. After the big blind folded, Sen made the call.

Roman continued with a bet of 5,500 on the 2♣2♥7♠ flop, and Ma responded by min-raising to 11,000. Roman immediately called.

Both players checked the Q♦ turn to see the 9♥ roll off on the river. Roman checked, and Ma went into the tank. While thinking, Roman said to Ma "You can check". This caused Ma to gather together a bet of 20,000.

The usually chatty Roman now went silent and stared at the board while riffling his chips. After a little while, Ma said, "You have ace-king?". Roman didn't respond.

Another 30 seconds passed before Roman check-raised to 60,000. Ma asked to see Roman's remaining 40,000 or so before turning over the 10♠ and folding. Roman proudly revealed A♦K♠ for just ace-high, and the two laughed and fist-bumped each other

Player	Chips	Progress
Ma	180,000 180,000	180,000
Jose Roman	165,000 165,000	165,000

Tags: Jose Roman

08-04-2025 15:57 UTC+3

Zainescu Pays to See Dermikol's Flush

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

Heads-up to the river on a completed board of 4♣7♠5♣A♠7♣ and with around 35,000 in the middle, Mehmet Demirkol bet 21,000 from middle position, causing Carmen Zainescu to go deep into thought. After mulling it over for around a minute, Zainescu threw in the call.

Demirkol tabled a rivered flush with Q♣8♣, and Zainescu returned her cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehmet Demirkol	190,000 90,000	90,000
Carmen Zainescu	80,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Carmen Zainescu Mehmet Demirkol

08-04-2025 15:48 UTC+3

Dakar1 Loses to a Rivered Flush

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

Dakar1 fired out a bet of around 10,000 on the monotone flop of 2♣8♣4♣, and his opponent jammed for 27,500 from late position. Dakar1 happily put in the call.

Late Position Player: A♣10♠ All in
Dakar1: K♠K♥

Dakar1's Cowboys were currently ahead, but he had to dodge a lot of outs on the turn and river to win the pot. Dakar1 improved to a set on the K♦ turn, but the 3♣ river gave his opponent a flush and the pot was awarded to him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dakar1	130,000 130,000	130,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 800/1,500

Ante: 1,500