Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
The resumption of action after the dinner break has been slightly delayed as the feature tables are switched out.
2024 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series
$1,100 IPO Master
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
2024 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$862,040
Entries
937
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
42
Players Left
1
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
The remaining 11 players are going on a 45-minute dinner break.
Action should resume around 8:55 p.m. local time.
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Robert Burlacu raised to 500,000 on the button and Bulent Kose called in the big blind.
The flop came A♦7♦2♣ and Burlacu bet another 500,000. Kose called to see the 10♠ turn.
Kose then led out for 1,000,000 and Burlacu moved all in. Kose called for his last 3,825,000.
Burlacu had A♥Q♣ for top pair, but Kose turned over 10♦7♥ for two pair. The river was the 2♦ and Burlacu improved to a better two pair to stun Kose and send him crashing to the exit in 12th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000,000
4,550,000
|
4,550,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Harout Ghazarian raised to 400,000 under the gun before Candido Cappiello three-bet to 1,300,000 on the button. Ghazarian then four-bet to 2,900,000.
Cappiello put in another raise to 8,325,000 and Ghazarian quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,000,000
14,700,000
|
14,700,000 |
|
5,425,000
-3,975,000
|
-3,975,000 |
Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Danesh Zargaran raised to 425,000 in the hijack, then called when Aleksandr Pak moved all in for 3,500,000 in the big blind.
Aleksandr Pak: A♦J♦ 
Danesh Zargaran: J♥J♣
Pak was looking for an ace to keep his tournament hopes alive, but he missed the 3♥2♦2♣5♥Q♦ board and was sent to the rail in 13th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000,000
8,500,000
|
8,500,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Candido Cappiello raised to 400,000 under the gun and was called by Bulent Kose on the button and big blind Hounam Sahafi.
Action checked to Kose on the K♦4♣3♥ flop and he bet 675,000. Sahafi folded, but Cappiello stuck around to see the 9♣ turn.
Kose then bet 775,000 and Cappiello again called. The river was the K♠ and Kose bet 1,075,000. Cappiello snap-called and Kose showed 6♥6♦. Cappiello, though, had K♥10♠ for trips to win the big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,025,000
-3,025,000
|
-3,025,000 |
|
2,675,000
-2,050,000
|
-2,050,000 |
|
|
1,300,000
-8,400,000
|
-8,400,000 |
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Carlos Aoun moved all in for 1,275,000 under the gun and Renato Minicuci called on the button.
Carlos Aoun: A♣5♦
Renato Minicuci: A♥J♣
"I only looked at this," Aoun said as he showed his ace first. He found out he was dominated, but the K♥5♥2♠ flop gave him the lead with a pair of fives. The 4♣ turn left him one card from a double up, but Minicuci spiked the J♠ on the river to win the pot and send Aoun to the rail in 14th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,800,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Jak Ferman raised to 450,000 under the gun and Bulent Kose called in the big blind.
The flop came Q♦8♥7♣ and Ferman continued for 500,000. Kose called and the 2♠ fell on the turn.
Ferman then bet 1,500,000 and Kose again called. Both players checked the 5♠ river and Kose showed 6♠6♥, but Ferman had K♠K♥ to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000,000
2,550,000
|
2,550,000 |
|
||
|
|
7,050,000
-975,000
|
-975,000 |
Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Carlos Aoun moved all in on the button and Mohamed Ameur Hammi snap-called for 2,375,000 in the big blind.
Mohamed Ameur Hammi: J♠J♦
Carlos Aoun: 7♥7♦
Aoun had run his sevens into Ameur Hammi's jacks and found no help on the A♠10♦6♦2♣A♦ board as Ameur Hammi doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,000,000
2,600,000
|
2,600,000 |
|
|
1,300,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Francesco Canzonieri raised to 450,000 on the button before Robert Burlacu reraised to 2,400,000 in the small blind, leaving himself just 125,000 behind. Canzonieri then moved all in and Burlacu committed his last chips.
Robert Burlacu: A♠4♦
Francesco Canzonieri: A♥J♥
The J♦10♣4♠ flop gave both players a pair, but Canzonieri was ahead with his jacks. The turn was the 2♥, but the 4♥ fell on the river to give Burlacu trips as he survived with a miraculous double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,700,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
|
5,450,000
1,750,000
|
1,750,000 |