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

08-04-2025 14:05 UTC+3

Dream River Allows Eliyusha to Triple His Stack

Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Eliyusha shoved for 13,100 from early position with Haydar Issa calling from the next seat, and the button player also coming along.

With Eliyusha all-in the dealer fanned out a flop of 7♥6♥J♦. Issa placed a bet of 40,000 out, which forced the button player to fold.

Eliyusha: A♦8♦ All in
Haydar Issa: Q♠Q♦

Eliyusha was behind to Issa's pocket queens and needed to find something on the board to triple up. The 5♣ turn gave Eliyusha a straight draw, but the A♠ river improved to a pair of aces, and he tripled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Haydar Issa	80,000 20,000	20,000
Eliyusha	40,000

08-04-2025 13:58 UTC+3

Deniz Flops Broadway to Bust Mayer

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Thomas Mayer, who started the hand under the gun, checked on the J♠10♦K♣ flop, and Mehmet Deniz fired out a bet of roughly 3,000 from the next position. Mayer stuck around with a call.

After Mayer checked for a second time on the 7♦ turn, Deniz bet 22,000. Mayer glanced at his neighbor before he check-jammed for about 75,000. Deniz instantly called.

Thomas Mayer: K♠10♥ All in
Mehmet Deniz: A♠Q♠

Deniz held the nut straight and just had to avoid a king or ten on the river to send Mayer out. The 2♠ appeared on the river, and all of Mayer's stack was absorbed into Deniz's.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehmet Deniz	220,000 220,000	220,000
Thomas Mayer	Busted

Tags: Mehmet Deniz Thomas Mayer

08-04-2025 13:41 UTC+3

Tan Back to Almost the Starting Stack

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Kirill Burtin raised to 2,000 from the hijack with Xiaohui Tan calling from the cutoff. The button player squeezed to 6,700, forcing Burtin to fold. Tan back-jammed for 39,300, and the button player reluctantly called.

Xiaohui Tan: 10♥10♦ All in
Button Player: 8♣8♠

Tan had the bigger pair and was in great shape to get her stack back to near its starting point. A clean runout of 2♣9♦J♦Q♣Q♠ fell for Tan, and she doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kirill Burtin	116,000 16,000	16,000
Xiaohui Tan	85,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Kirill Burtin Xiaohui Tan

08-04-2025 13:38 UTC+3

Some Late Arrivals

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Kataev	100,000
Mehmet Demirkol	100,000
Adrian State	100,000
Kirill Burtin	100,000 100,000	100,000
Giuliano Boellis	100,000
Ghassan Bitar	100,000
Carmen Zainescu	100,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

08-04-2025 13:27 UTC+3

Cetincakmak Outflops Seckin's Ladies

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With 90,000 having gone into the pot preflop, OIer Cetincakmak jammed for 40,500 from the big blind upon seeing the 4♦6♥9♣ flop. Hulya Seckin immediately called from middle position to put Cetincakmak at risk.

Omer Cetincakmak: 9♥9♦ All in
Hulya Seckin: Q♣Q♦

Cetincakmak had outflopped Seckin's Ladies with top set. The 7♣ turn and K♦ river didn't improve Seckin, and she sent a large portion of her stack over to Cetincakmak.

Player	Chips	Progress
Omer Cetincakmak	145,000 80,000	80,000
Hulya Seckin	105,000 105,000	105,000

Tags: Hulya Seckin Omer Cetincakmak

08-04-2025 13:11 UTC+3

Isaia's Kicker is in Play

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

After the dealer dealt out the A♣2♥3♠ flop, OIer Cetincakmak bet 3,000 from the hijack into two opponents. Alessio Isaia called from the cutoff before Renato Minicuci jammed for 17,800 from the blinds. Cetincakmak folded, but Isaia put in the call.

Renato Minicuci: A♦4♦ All in
Alessio Isaia: A♥9♥

Both players had paired their ace, but Isaia held the higher kicker. The rest of the board came Q♣A♠ to give both players trips. Isaia's nine-kicker played, and Minicuci was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alessio Isaia	180,000 80,000	80,000

Omer Cetincakmak	65,000 65,000	65,000
Renato Minicuci	Busted

Tags: Alessio Isaia Renato Minicuci

08-04-2025 13:00 UTC+3

El-Wely Backs into a Flush

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Three players saw the flop come down 10♣6♦2♠. An early position player bet 2,500, which Michael Iakovlev called in the cutoff and Mohamed El-Wely on the button.

The A♠ turn checked through for the 6♠ to hit the river. The early position player bet 2,500 again, and Iakovlev called again. El-Wely, however, bumped it up to 16,000, which only Iakovlev called.

El-Wely turned over a backdoor flush with J♠9♠ and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Iakovlev	160,000 60,000	60,000

Mohamed El-Wely	125,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Michael Iakovlev Mohamed El-Wely

Level: 2

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

08-04-2025 12:46 UTC+3

Sharky's Set Makes Trabulsi the First Day 1c Elimination

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Sharky opened from under the gun to 1,300 before George Trabulsi three-bet to 4,500 from the cutoff. When it got back to Sharky, he made the call.

Sharky checked the 8♠3♣2♥ flop, prompting Trabulsi to bet 2,500. Sharky check-raised to 8,000, only for Trabulsi to three-bet to 26,500. Sharky pondered for a few moments before making the call.

With over 55,000 in the middle, the two players saw the 10♠ roll off on the turn. Sharky led out for 15,000, and Trabulsi went into the tank. After some thinking, Trabulsi jammed for roughly 75,000. Sharky snap-called and the holdings were revealed.

George Trabulsi: A♦A♣ All in
Sharky: 3♠3♦

Trabulsi's pocket aces were behind to the flopped set of Sharky. Only a two-outer ace on the river could save Trabulsi. It wasn't meant to be as the 7♠ fell on the river, and Trabulsi was the first elimination of Day 1c.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sharky	200,000 100,000	100,000
George Trabulsi	Busted

Tags: George Trabulsi Sharky