2025 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series

$3,300 La Notte Degli Assi
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
83
Prize
$460,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,823,480
Total Entries
1,023
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
229
Players Left
50
Players Left 1 / 1,023
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Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

First to Collect a Payout

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Day 1b Chip Leader Burlacu Becomes Bubble Boy

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Claudiu-Mihai Burlacu
Claudiu-Mihai Burlacu

Claudiu-Mihai Burlacu put in a chunk of his stack from the small blind and Aleksandr Razinkov shoved from the big blind. With just a few chips left, Burlacu called off his stack of 170,000.

Claudiu-Mihai Burlacu: 88 All in
Aleksandr Razinkov: AK

Burlacu was ahead with his snowmen, but any chance he had of making the money started to heavily melt away as the JA6 flop gave Razinkov a pair of aces.

Only an eight would do for Burlacu, but neither the 3 turn nor 4 river could save him, which meant everybody else had made the money.

Claudiu-Mihai Burlacu Bubbles
Claudiu-Mihai Burlacu Bubbles

Tags: Aleksandr RazinkovClaudiu-Mihai Burlacu

Ates & Luo Exit on the Bubble

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Orhan Ates
Orhan Ates

On a flop of A47, Jianming Luo got his stack of roughly 100,000 into the middle with Alexandru Cinca making the call to try and bust him.

Jianming Luo: AQ All in
Alexandru Cinca: AK

Both players had top pair, but Cinca's king-kicker meant he was in the lead. The 3 turn and 8 river didn't change anything and Luo headed to the rail.

At the same time on a different table, Orhan Ates got all in preflop, and Tommy G was the player trying to bust him, and send everyone just one spot away from the money.

Orhan Ates : AxQx All in
Tommy G: AK

Neither player improved on the runout, which meant Tommy G won the pot with ace-king high. The pot was pushed to Tommy G and Ates headed to the exit empty-handed.

Jianming Luo
Jianming Luo

Tags: Alexandru CincaJianming LuoOIhan AtesOrhan AtesTommy G

Some of Smolka's Fortune Heads Over to Spataru

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Dawid Smolka
Dawid Smolka

On a board of 9K76, Andrei Spataru checked from the big blind and Dawid Smolka threw out a pot-sized bet of 150,000 from middle position. Spataru called.

A Q filled out the board and after Spataru checked it over, Smolka shoved. Spataru snap-called for his stack of 642,000.

Smolka then flipped over a bluff with AJ, and Spataru's KQ was good for the pot with two pair.

Tags: Andrei SpataruDawid Smolka

Nurmuhammedov Doubles Through Shornikau

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Maksim Shornikau opened from the hijack and Parahat Nurmuhammedov shoved from the small blind for 120,000. Shornikau called.

Parahat Nurmuhammedov: KQ All in
Maksim Shornikau: Q6

Nurmuhammedov was in a dominating position and took full advantage of it as the 9Q8J8 runout earned him a double-up.

Tags: Maksim ShornikauParahat Nurmuhammedov

Issa's Sailboats Drift Everyone Closer to the Money

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Haydar Issa
Haydar Issa

Haydar Issa opened from the cutoff and Sandro Zarriello shoved for 223,000 from the small blind. Issa made the call with the covering stack to put Zarriello at risk.

Sandro Zarriello: AK All in
Haydar Issa: 44

It was a flip for Zarriello's tournament, and he needed to connect with the board in some way to survive.

The flop fell 1076, which was horrible for Zarriello as Issa had a flush draw. The 5 turn meant only an ace or king on the river that wasn't a spade would help him. The river was the J and Zarriello exited in 155th place.

Tags: Haydar IssaSandro Zarriello

Eliminations Throughout the Day

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

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Chen Gets the Double

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Peng Chen
Peng Chen

Sergiu Covrig raised from the hijack and Peng Chen jammed the small blind for 105,000. After the big blind folded, Cobrig called.

Peng Chen: 55 All in
Sergiu Covrig: 73

Chen was ahead with pocket fives and just needed to avoid a horrible runout to double up. The board came 10Q43K, and Chen's pair of fives won the pot, earning him the much-needed double-up.

Tags: Peng ChenSergiu Covrig

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