$5,300 High Roller | 2025 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series

08-02-2025 20:44 UTC+2

Unfortunate Runout for Demirkol

Tim Baker

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Mohamed El-Wely raised to 450,000 from the cutoff and Mehmet Demirkol jammed for 700,000 from the button. El-Wely called when it folded back to him.

Mehmet Demirkol: A♣K♥ All in
Mohamed El-Wely: K♣9♣

Demirkol had patiently waited and found the perfect spot to most likely double up. The K♠8♣8♦ flop gave both players a pair of kings. The J♠ turn didn't change anything, but the K♦ river presented both players with the same boat, and they chopped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed El-Wely	8,400,000 2,965,000	2,965,000
Mehmet Demirkol	850,000 450,000	450,000

Tags: Mehmet Demirkol Mohamed El-Wely

08-02-2025 20:31 UTC+2

Qi Steals the Pot from Schwaederle

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Tim Baker

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Xuming Qi raised to 425,000 under the gun and Cedric Schwaederle three-bet to 1,015,000 on the button. Qi called to see a flop.

Qi knuckled the action over to Schwaederle on the 6♣9♣J♠ flop, and Schwaederle bet 550,000. Qi looked back at his cards and then meticulously gathered together a check-raise to 1,600,000. Schwaederle didn't long to fold his cards and surrender the pot to Qi.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuming Qi	10,000,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Cedric Schwaederle	3,500,000 3,500,000	3,500,000

Tags: Cedric Schwaederle Xuming Qi

Level: 30

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

08-02-2025 20:15 UTC+2

Sakis Adrianopoulos Eliminated in 8th Place ($35,000)

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Tim Baker

Level 29 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Sakis Adrianopoulos jammed for 1,385,000 from the hijack and Aren Bezhanyan called from the small blind. Xuming Qi looked at his cards in the big blind and immediately jammed for Bezhanyan's remaining 2,750,000. Bezhanyan went into the tank for a while before he reluctantly folded and showed 8x8x.

Sakis Adrianopoulos: K♥Q♠ All in
Xuming Qi: A♣A♥

Adrianopoulos was in rough shape against the aces of Qi. But if he found a way to win, he would triple his stack.

The board of 9♦10♦2♥7♦2♦ was clean for Qi's aces, as neither player held a diamond. The pot was pushed to Qi, and Adrianopoulos exited in eighth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuming Qi	7,300,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Aren Bezhanyan	2,750,000 1,350,000	1,350,000
Sakis Adrianopoulos	Busted

Tags: Aren Bezhanyan Sakis Adrianopoulos Xuming Qi

08-02-2025 20:02 UTC+2

State Gets Aggressive on Demirkol

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Tim Baker

Level 29 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Mehmet Demirkol checked from the big blind on the K♦J♥6♣ flop, and Adrian State bet 150,000 from the button. Demirkol check-raised to 450,000, and State carved out the call.

Both players checked the 4♥ turn for the 7♥ to drop on the river. Demirkol bet 150,000, and after a few moments, State raised to 1,200,000. Demirkol's stack would be decimated if he made this call and was wrong, as he only had 1,300,000 behind. In the end, Demirkol folded, and State won another pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian State	5,200,000 900,000	900,000
Mehmet Demirkol	1,300,000 1,835,000	1,835,000

Tags: Adrian State Mehmet Demirkol

08-02-2025 19:52 UTC+2

State's Min-Bet Gets Adrianopoulos to Fold

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Tim Baker

Level 29 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

With quite a lot in the pot on a flop of 6♦K♥J♣, Sakis Adrianopoulos had a bet of 225,000 placed out in front of him from middle position. Adrian State called from the big blind.

The 5♦ turn went check-check for the 2♠ to appear on the river. State bet the minimum of 150,000, which caused Adrianopoulos to tank-fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian State	4,300,000 785,000	785,000
Sakis Adrianopoulos	1,500,000 700,000	700,000

Tags: Adrian State Sakis Adrianopoulos

08-02-2025 19:51 UTC+2

Bezhanyan Steals the Pot from Schwaederle

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Tim Baker

Level 29 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Cedric Schwaederle raised the button to 300,000 and Aren Bezhanyan called from the big blind.

Bezhanyan check-called a bet of 200,000 from Schwaederle on the A♦3♣2♣ flop.

The 9♣ turn checked through for the 4♠ to roll off on the river. Bezhanyan bet 225,000, which was enough to win him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cedric Schwaederle	7,000,000 400,000	400,000
Aren Bezhanyan	4,100,000 460,000	460,000

Tags: Cedric Schwaederle Aren Bezhanyan

08-02-2025 19:40 UTC+2

Qi Wins His First Hand

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Tim Baker

Level 29 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Xuming Qi opened from early position to 300,000 with Sakis Adrianopoulos calling on the button, and Salah Assi defending his big blind.

After Assi checked the 4♦2♦10♣ flop, Qi bet 350,000. This was enough to get both of his opponents to fold, and Qi won his first hand of the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuming Qi	5,200,000 435,000	435,000
Salah Assi	2,950,000 850,000	850,000
Sakis Adrianopoulos	2,200,000 470,000	470,000

Tags: Sakis Adrianopoulos Salah Assi Xuming Qi

Level: 29

Blinds: 75,000/150,000

Ante: 150,000

08-02-2025 19:23 UTC+2

Roman Pshyk Eliminated in 9th Place ($27,500)

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Tim Baker

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Roman Pshyk raised to 280,000 from the hijack before Cedric Schwaederle three-bet to 750,000 out of the cutoff. When it folded back to Pshyk, he used four of his time bank cards before four-bet jamming for 2,000,000. Schwaederle immediately called.

Roman Pshyk: 9♣9♦ All in
Cedric Schwaederle: J♦J♣

Pshyk's two nines were behind to the pocket jacks of Schwaederle. Pshyk received no help on the 10♠3♠Q♥A♦2♦ runout, and he was the first elimination of the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cedric Schwaederle	7,400,000 1,985,000	1,985,000
Roman Pshyk	Busted

Tags: Cedric Schwaederle Roman Pshyk