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

08-06-2025 13:18 UTC+2

Some Big Stacks After Break

Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Milos Miskovic	1,800,000 200,000	200,000

Haydar Issa	1,700,000 412,000	412,000
Jordan Westmorland	1,420,000 170,000	170,000
Aleksandr Kirichenko	1,350,000 810,000	810,000
Maksim Shornikau	1,330,000 120,000	120,000
Basel Khabbazeh	1,300,000 375,000	375,000
Dawid Smolka	1,300,000 31,000	31,000
Ali Amirfatahi	1,280,000 404,000	404,000
Tian Hao Zheng	1,270,000 547,000	547,000
BLT Good	1,250,000 113,000	113,000
Vladimir Erceg	1,200,000 391,000	391,000
Ohad Geiger	1,150,000 450,000	450,000

Bassel Alanaz	1,125,000 677,000	677,000
Paris Dedes	1,100,000 100,000	100,000
Mustafa Ercan	1,075,000 601,000	601,000
Gianmarco Kovari	1,060,000 163,000	163,000
Hulya Seckin	1,025,000 481,000	481,000
Has Has	1,000,000 259,000	259,000
Mazalahedwa Bako	950,000 366,000	366,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

08-06-2025 13:03 UTC+2

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Players are on a 15-minute break.

08-06-2025 12:56 UTC+2

Son's Aces Turn into a Straight

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Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Petr Son made it 16,000 to go from under the gun with Ma calling from the next seat, and Adrian State defending his big blind.

State checked first on the 2♥4♠3♦ flop, and Son threw out a bet of 17,000. Ma immediately raised to 50,000, which only Son called.

The 9♥ turn and 5♥ river checked down and Ma turned over 7♦7♣ for a pair of sevens. However, this was second best to the A♦A♣ of Son for a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ma	1,100,000 65,000	65,000
Adrian State	820,000
Petr Son	640,000 99,000	99,000

Tags: Adrian State Petr Son

08-06-2025 12:56 UTC+2

M'Hiri Bluffs Into Chernikov's Set

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Aleksandr Chernikov made it 16,000 to go from hijack and Chakib M'Hiri three-bet the button to 42,000. When it got back to Chernikov, he called.

Both saw the 6♦5♣2♣ flop, where Chernikov checked it over and M'Hiri fired a continuation-bet of 32,000. Chernikov then raised to 77,000, which sent M'Hiri into the tank. M'Hiri had around 275,000 in his stack and decided he wanted to invest all of it and shoved. Chernikov snap-called.

Chakib M'Hiri: A♣J♠ All in
Aleksandr Chernikov: 5♠5♥

M'Hiri was drawing dead to a chop, but the 7♦ turn left him out the door. A meaningless K♥ hit the river, and M'Hiri wished his tablemates good luck as he departed.

Chernikov, on the other hand, is up to around 1,250,000!

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Chernikov	1,250,000 453,000	453,000

Chakib M'Hiri	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Chernikov Chakib M'Hiri

08-06-2025 12:47 UTC+2

Ruijs Figures it Out & Makes the Right Call

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Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With around 150,000 in the pot on a completed board of 5♣K♥3♠J♣8♥, Joris Ruijs checked from the small blind, and faced a shove from Rami Nohra out of the big blind.

Ruijs had the effective stack, so the bet was for all of his 153,000 chips. Ruijs did some inventory and was visibly distressed by the spot he had been put in. After looking at his cards one last time, Ruijs made the call.

Nohra revealed a bluff with A♦10♣ for ace-high, and lost the pot to Ruijs' K♠2♠ for a pair of kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joris Ruijs	460,000 35,000	35,000
Rami Nohra	220,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Joris Ruijs Rami Nohra

08-06-2025 12:45 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Grummitt	1,200,000 600,000	600,000
Andrei Spataru	780,000 51,000	51,000

Yilu Yuan	600,000 127,000	127,000
Ran Ilani	550,000 350,000	350,000
Cedric Schwaederle	520,000 88,000	88,000
Soraya Estrada	500,000 11,000	11,000
Milos Petakovic	360,000 8,000	8,000
Maciej Toma	160,000 34,000	34,000

08-06-2025 12:36 UTC+2

Sibgatova Sails to a Double-Up

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Alisa Sibgatova found a lucky four to stay alive after getting it in behind against Maksim Shornikau. Sibgatova shoved the button for 88,000 and Shornikau wasted no time in flicking the call from the big blind.

Alisa Sibgatova: A♣4♥ All in
Maksim Shornikau: A♥J♥

A flop of 7♠4♣5♣ saw Sibgatova take the lead, one that she would not relinquish as the Q♦10♣ runout kept her in the running.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksim Shornikau	1,450,000 204,000	204,000
Alisa Sibgatova	188,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Alisa Sibgatova Maksim Shornikau

08-06-2025 12:29 UTC+2

Razinkov Drills an Ace on the Turn

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Aleksandr Razinkov made it 16,000 to go from middle position and Meir Batyrkhanov three-bet the button to 43,000. When it got back to Razinkov, he called.

Both saw a flop of 3♣K♥J♦ flop, where Razinkov checked and Batyrkhanov continued with a bet of 21,000. Razinkov then put in a raise to 45,000, which Batyrkhanov called.

On the A♦ turn, Razinkov fired again for 30,000 and Batyrkhanov called to see the 8♠ fall on the river, where both quickly checked it down.

Razinkov showed A♣9♣ for a pair of aces, and Batyrkhanov was furious as he flipped K♣Q♣ for a pair of kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Razinkov	800,000 178,000	178,000
Meir Batyrkhanov	170,000 428,000	428,000

Tags: Aleksandr Razinkov Meir Batyrkhanov

08-06-2025 12:29 UTC+2

Wei Ends Svintsov's Tournament

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Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

OIeg Svintsov committed his last 32,000 into the middle from the hijack with only Guo Liang Wei making the call to try and bust him from the cutoff.

Oleg Svintsov: K♣Q♠ All in
Guo Liang Wei: A♣7♣

Wei was slightly ahead, but Svintsov had two Broadway cards working for him. However, the board of 7♥6♣2♥5♦A♥ contained no picture cards, and Wei's top two pair won the pot, sending Svintsov to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guo Liang Wei	675,000 64,000	64,000

Oleg Svintsov	Busted

Tags: Guo Liang Wei Oleg Svintsov