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

08-06-2025 12:23 UTC+2

Niste Was Calling a Shove

Tim Baker

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

Hassan Nashar made it 21,000 to go from early position with Mihai Niste calling from the small blind. Yuxi Huang squeezed to roughly 125,000 from the big blind, which both Nashar and Niste called.

Niste and Huang checked the 7♥10♣9♠ flop, and Nashar bet 75,000. Niste called, and Huang also stuck in the call.

Three checks followed the J♦ turn to see the 5♠ appear on the river. Niste and Huang checked for the last time, and Nashar went into the tank. After thinking for a while, Nashar checked behind. Niste turned over 10♠10♦ for a flopped set of tens to win the pot.

Nashar asked Niste, "You call all-in on the river?", Nitse nodded his head to indicate yes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mihai Niste	850,000 250,000	250,000
Yuxi Huang	265,000 198,000	198,000
Hassan Nashar	202,000 156,000	156,000

Tags: Hassan Nashar Mihai Niste Yuxi Huang

08-06-2025 12:13 UTC+2

Alalam Flips Out Papazian

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Kai Cocklin

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

Bakhos Alalam opened from under the gun and Alexandru Papazian put in a three-bet from middle position off a stack of around 150,000. When it got back to Alalam, he shoved, and Papazian called off.

Alexandru Papazian: J♠J♥ All in
Bakhos Alalam: A♥Q♠

Papazian was ahead with his pair of jacks, but swiftly fell behind as the Q♥7♣10♠ flop gave Alalam top pair. A little bit of help arrived on the turn for Papazian in the form of an 8♦, which gave him a gutshot, but the 5♦ river meant he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bakhos Alalam	840,000 104,000	104,000
Adrian State	820,000 179,000	179,000
Alexandru Papazian	Busted

Tags: Alexandru Papazian Bakhos Alalam

08-06-2025 12:12 UTC+2

Some Early Eliminations

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Tim Baker

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Traian Stanciu	Busted
Alexander Isachenko	Busted
Weiran Pu	Busted

Dakar1	Busted
Milos Skrbic	Busted
Kenar	Busted
Razvan Sabau	Busted
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	Busted
Nils Pudel	Busted

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

08-06-2025 11:58 UTC+2

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

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08-06-2025 11:53 UTC+2

Geiger Wins a Multi-Way Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Ravid Garbi opened from early position with Ivan Govorov calling in the cutoff, and Ohad Geiger defending the big blind.

After Geiger checked the 9♦K♥2♦ flop, Garbi continued with a bet of 15,000. Govorov called, but Geiger bumped it up to 65,000. Only Garbi stuck around with a call.

Heads-up to the J♥ turn, where Geiger bet out for 125,000. Garbi mulled it over for some time before sliding his cards back to the dealer and relinquishing the pot to Geiger.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ohad Geiger	700,000 175,000	175,000

Ravid Garbi	390,000 212,000	212,000

Ivan Govorov	270,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Ivan Govorov Ravid Garbi

08-06-2025 11:49 UTC+2

Lin In a Baccarat Mood

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Jordan Westmorland opened to 13,000 from early position and Ren Lin called from the hijack. Claudiu-Mihai Burlacu, the Day 1b chip leader, also came along from the big blind.

The flop fell 9♠2♥6♦ and when it got to Lin, he fired out 20,000. Burlacu and Westmorland both quickly folded, and Lin showed the Q♥ while he shouted "Good fold, good fold. Monkey!".

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Westmorland	1,250,000 75,000	75,000
Ren Lin	280,000 10,000	10,000

Claudiu-Mihai Burlacu	275,000 86,000	86,000

Tags: Claudiu-Mihai Burlacu Jordan Westmorland Ren Lin

08-06-2025 11:37 UTC+2

Kolotiuk's Flop Bet is Enough

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Roman Kolotiuk came in with a raise to 12,000 from early position only to be three-bet to 38,000 by Maroun Jazzar on the button. When it got back to Kolotiuk, he paused for a while before four-betting to 69,000. Jazzar slid in the call.

Kolotiuk put out a continuation-bet of 65,000 on the 5♣J♣7♠ flop. Jazzar didn't take long to lob his cards into the muck, and Kolotiuk pulled in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Kolotiuk	290,000 78,000	78,000
Maroun Jazzar	213,000 97,000	97,000

Tags: Maroun Jazzar Roman Kolotiuk

08-06-2025 11:36 UTC+2

Aimukhanov's River Bet Goes Uncalled

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With around 125,000 in the middle on a K♣9♦10♦ flop, Yesset Aimukhanov checked from the big blind and called a bet of 35,000 from Paris Dedes, who was on the button.

A 3♣ on the turn checked through to the 5♠ river, where Aimukhanov bet out 100,000. Dedes snap-folded, and Aimukhanov raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paris Dedes	1,200,000 134,000	134,000
Yesset Aimukhanov	500,000 210,000	210,000

Tags: Paris Dedes Yesset Aimukhanov

08-06-2025 11:28 UTC+2

Lin Shouts for a Monkey

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Antoine Hasbani raised to 68,000 from early position with just 2,000 behind. The table folded all the way around to Ren Lin in the big blind, who peeled back one card and then started shouting, "Monkey! Monkey! Monkey!" as he began to squeeze out his second card. He must have picked up something close to a monkey as he made the call.

Ren put Hasbani all in dark before the 6♠5♦5♠ flop came down, and Hasbani called.

Antoine Hasbani: A♣9♠ All in
Ren Lin: A♥J♥

Hasbani was in rough shape and needed a nine or the board to pair to stay in the tournament. The J♣ turn gave Lin top pair, leaving Hasbani drawing dead. The 2♣ fell on the river, and Hasbani headed for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	270,000 50,000	50,000

Antoine Hasbani	Busted

Tags: Antoine Hasbani Ren Lin