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

08-06-2025 20:29 UTC+2

Seckin Left With Crumbs

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Tim Baker

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Bakhos Alalam and Hulya Seckin got all in preflop with Alalam being the player who needed to win to stay alive.

Bakhos Alalam: A♦Q♥ All in
Hulya Seckin: A♠10♣

Seckin and Alalam had nearly identical stacks; therefore, if Seckin lost this pot, she would be left with just one big blind.

The A♣3♦5♦ flop gave both players top pair, but Alalam's queen-kicker was still in play. The remainder of the board came Q♦9♣ and Alalam earned the double-up with top two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bakhos Alalam	925,000 225,000	225,000
Hulya Seckin	30,000 520,000	520,000

Tags: Hulya Seckin Bakhos Alalam

08-06-2025 20:22 UTC+2

The Chips Are Always Going In

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Ren Lin just found himself on the right side of a cooler to double up!

Lin opened from under the gun to 60,000 and Krasimir Yankov three-bet the hijack to 125,000. When it got back to Lin, he shoved 345,000, and Yankov quickly called.

Ren Lin: A♦A♣ All in
Krasimir Yankov: K♠K♥

Two of the best starting hands in poker were about to see five cards, and the first three didn't change anything as Lin's aces stayed ahead on 4♠J♠10♥. A Q♥ on the turn did give Yankov an open-ended straight draw, but that didn't materialize as the 6♦ river bricked off, which meant Lin doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Krasimir Yankov	1,200,000 200,000	200,000
Ren Lin	765,000 315,000	315,000

Tags: Krasimir Yankov Ren Lin

08-06-2025 20:15 UTC+2

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Chernikov	5,100,000 600,000	600,000

Dawid Smolka	4,800,000 600,000	600,000
Adrian State	3,100,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Milos Miskovic	2,800,000 500,000	500,000

Yiannis Liperis	2,200,000 1,550,000	1,550,000
Petr Son	1,300,000 660,000	660,000
Mazalahedwa Bako	1,100,000 150,000	150,000
Cedric Schwaederle	950,000 150,000	150,000
Hulya Seckin	550,000 475,000	475,000

08-06-2025 20:09 UTC+2

Tommy G Wins a Pivotal Flip

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Tim Baker

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Tommy G and Tianyu Chen just got involved in a preflop all-in confrontation, with Tommy G being at risk for his stack of 875,000.

Tommy G: A♠K♣ All in
Tianyu Chen: Q♠Q♣

Chen's Ladies moved comfortably into pole position on the 5♠J♥2♦ flop, but the K♦ turn changed that, as Tommy G hit top pair to take the lead. The 7♣ came on the river to cement Tommy G 's double-up at the expense of Chen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tianyu Chen	2,900,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Tommy G	1,810,000 810,000	810,000

Tags: Tianyu Chen Tommy G

08-06-2025 20:04 UTC+2

Liu Eliminates Aydemir

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Tim Baker

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Changyang Liu raised to 60,000 under the gun and Recep Aydemir jammed for his last 100,000 from middle position. Liu called when the action folded back to him.

Recep Aydemir: K♠J♦ All in
Changyang Liu: A♣7♣

Aydemir was unable to improve from king-high on the 7♥2♣5♦10♥10♣ runout, and the last of his chips were sent over to Liu

Player	Chips	Progress
Changyang Liu	990,000
Recep Aydemir	Busted

Tags: Changyang Liu Recep Aydemir

08-06-2025 20:03 UTC+2

Chen Wins a Flip to Thin the Field

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Tianyu Chen opened from under the gun to 60,000 and got a call from the next seat before BLT Good shoved from the hijack for 620,000. Chen then reshoved, which got the other player out of the way.

BLT Good: 7♦7♣ All in
Tianyu Chen: A♦K♣

It wasn't good news for BLT Good as the K♦ was in the window, followed by 8♦10♣. A 6♠ on the turn did give him a straight draw, but the 2♠ hit the river, ending his run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tianyu Chen	4,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
BLT Good	Busted

Tags: Tianyu Chen

08-06-2025 19:50 UTC+2

More Departures

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Damir Gabdullin	Busted
Yiannakis Papapetrou	Busted
Mehmet Demirkol	Busted
Danielle Noja	Busted
Yossi Eluz	Busted
Paris Dedes	Busted
Alexander Sokolovsky	Busted
Ivan Zabiiakin	Busted
Timothy Chung	Busted
Samir Hayek	Busted
Mihai Niste	Busted

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

08-06-2025 19:48 UTC+2

Eracleous Melts Aydemir's Snowmen

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Tim Baker

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Gabriel Akiki made it 60,000 from the cutoff, and Marios Eracleous jammed for 340,000 from the small blind. Recep Aydemir moved all in over the top over out of the big blind, which caused Akiki to tank-folded

Marios Eracleous : A♦9♦ All in
Recep Aydemir: 8♣8♠

Aydemir's Snowmen were best on the 2♥3♥K♠ flop, but the 9♣ turn propelled Eracleous into the lead with a pair of nines. The J♥ river changed nothing, and Eracleous doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabriel Akiki	900,000 508,000	508,000
Marios Eracleous	730,000 329,000	329,000
Recep Aydemir	115,000 433,000	433,000

Tags: Gabriel Akiki Marios Eracleous Recep Aydemir

08-06-2025 19:42 UTC+2

Eliminations Throughout the Day

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ibrahim Cetiner	Busted
Gurcan Gungoren	Busted
Krystian Nalepka	Busted
Ivan Zabiiakin	Busted
Timothy Chung	Busted
Ilia Pyrkov	Busted
Samuel Dray	Busted
Ravid Garbi	Busted

Safi Haidar	Busted
Marcin Puczylowski	Busted
Giuliano Boellis	Busted
Iurii Okolovich	Busted
Kassem HMD	Busted
Mikolaj Zawadzki	Busted