$3,300 La Notte Degli Assi Day 2 | 2025 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series

08-05-2025 12:42 UTC+2

Guler Pays Off Isaia's Value Bet

Tim Baker

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Three players saw the flop come down 9♣5♠10♥. Joseph Sabe checked from the big blind, and Suhan Guler knuckled the table from under the gun. Alessio Isaia bet 10,000 from the button, which only Guler called.

Guler checked the 3♠ turn and Isaia bet again, this time for 21,000. Guler briefly thought, and then made the call.

The 9♦ appeared on the river and Guler checked for the last time. Isaia fired out 20,000 and Guler called.

Isaia turned over just a pair of tens with J♥10♠, which was enough to win him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alessio Isaia	500,000 260,000	260,000

Joseph Sabe	390,000 39,500	39,500
Suhan Guler	30,000 55,500	55,500

Tags: Alessio Isaia Joseph Sabe Suhan Guler

08-05-2025 12:36 UTC+2

Christoforou Bets the River

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Kai Cocklin

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

With around 55,000 in the pot already, Andreas Christoforou in the small blind and Richard Broda in the cutoff both checked it to the river on the 6♦K♠9♣3♦2♠ board.

Christoforou played with his chips for a while, then threw in 35,000. Broda elected to fold, and Christoforou added to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Broda	210,000 10,000	10,000
Andreas Christoforou	130,000 41,000	41,000
Kirill Burtin	75,000 8,500	8,500

Tags: Andreas Christoforou Richard Broda

08-05-2025 12:30 UTC+2

Chip Counts from the Around the Room

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Tim Baker

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	485,000 221,500	221,500
Xiaosheng Zheng	470,000 24,000	24,000
Mohamed Mokrani	415,000 8,500	8,500
Kenar	400,000 92,500	92,500
Mihai Niste	370,000 1,500	1,500
Dawid Smolka	360,000 137,000	137,000
Roman Stoika	300,000 17,500	17,500
Sharky	290,000 113,500	113,500
Konstantin Voronin	290,000 112,000	112,000
Soraya Estrada	275,000 99,500	99,500
Felipe Ketzer	139,000 89,000	89,000
Danielle Noja	130,000 102,500	102,500
Ren Lin	95,000 11,000	11,000

Joan Crespi	65,000 5,000	5,000
Andres Vasquez	40,000 25,500	25,500

08-05-2025 12:24 UTC+2

Szammer Collects Kopyl's Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Dmitrii Kopyl had shoved around 90,000 preflop and was put at risk by Thomas Szammer, who had just a few more chips than his opponent.

Dmitrii Kopyl: 7♠7♥ All in
Thomas Szammer: A♠Q♦

Kopyl was ahead with his pair of sevens, but the 5♠3♦Q♥ flop gave Szammer top pair. A 6♠ on the turn did give Kopyl a gutshot, but the 2♦ river bricked off, sending him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Szammer	185,000 97,000	97,000
Dmitrii Kopyl	Busted

Tags: Thomas Szammer Dmitrii Kopyl

08-05-2025 12:21 UTC+2

Ma Folds a Straight to Bekil

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Tim Baker

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Metin Bekil checked from under the gun on the 6♠8♠8♣ flop and Ma placed out a bet of 11,000 from middle position. Bekil made the call.

The 5♠ appeared on the turn and Bekil led out for 27,500. Ma flicked in the call.

Bekil slowed down and checked the K♣ river, prompting Ma to bet 55,000. Bekil mustered together a check-raise to 212,000, causing Ma to throw his hands up and go into the tank.

After doing some inventory and pondering for a while, Ma folded while showing 9♥7♥ for a straight. Bekil refused to show and Ma said to him, "Nice bluff, be careful".

Player	Chips	Progress
Metin Bekil	520,000 157,000	157,000
Ma	300,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Metin Bekil

08-05-2025 12:12 UTC+2

Afsharorumieh and Burlacu Chop

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Kai Cocklin

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Claudiu-Mihai Burlacu came through Day 1b as the chip leader and was tangling in a pot with Afshin Afsharorumieh early on Day 2.

The board read 10♦2♦A♠2♠ and Burlacu had fired a pot-sized bet of 17,000 on the turn from the hijack, which Afsharorumieh called on the button.

A 7♣ filled out the board and Burlacu fired again, this time for 50,500. Afsharorumieh didn't need to think for too long before he called.

Burlacu then flipped A♦Q♣, and Afsharorumieh showed the same hand with A♣Q♠, which meant they chopped up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Claudiu-Mihai Burlacu	700,000 63,500	63,500

Bakhos Alalam	690,000 19,500	19,500
Afshin Afsharorumieh	170,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Afshin Afsharorumieh Claudiu-Mihai Burlacu

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

08-05-2025 12:05 UTC+2

Lin Joins the Field and Wins a Small Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Having just joined the tournament a few moments ago, Ren Lin was still working out the denomination of the chips as he announced a raise to 4,000 from middle position. The rest of the table folded around to Aleksandr Kirichenko in the big blind, who opted to call.

Lin and Kirichenko were happy to check the runout of 8♥2♦7♠3♠2♣ all the way down. Kirichenko showed 9x4x for nine-high, and lost the pot to Lin's A♣10♣ for ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Kirichenko	135,000
Ren Lin	106,000

Tags: Aleksandr Kirichenko Ren Lin

08-05-2025 12:03 UTC+2

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Kai Cocklin

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

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08-05-2025 11:52 UTC+2

Musinyan Claws Back Some Chips After Slow Start

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Kai Cocklin

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Gor Musinyan got off to a bad start in Day 2 after he lost a chunk of his chips, but he did just claw some back.

Yossi Eluz opened from under the gun to 4,000 and Antonio Califano called in the next seat. Lavrentiy Ni called in the hijack before Musinyan three-bet to 26,000 from the cutoff. Eluz called, then Califano shoved for 40,500. Both Musinyan and Eluz called, while Ni got out of the way.

On the 7♦Q♦6♦ flop, Musinyan's bet of 21,000 saw Eluz quickly folded.

Antonio Califano: K♦10♥ All in
Gor Musinyan: A♦J♥

Califano was in trouble, and was left drawing dead when the 3♦ landed on the turn, completing the nut flush for Musinyan. The irrelevant 4♣ fell on the river, and Califano hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yossi Eluz	270,000 32,500	32,500
Gor Musinyan	250,000 178,000	178,000
Lavrentiy Ni	170,000 28,500	28,500
Antonio Califano	Busted

Tags: Antonio Califano Lavrentiy Ni Gor Musinyan Yossi Eluz