2024 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series

$2,200 La Notte Degli Assi
Day: 1b
Event Info

2024 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
$355,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$2,084,720
Entries
1,133
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
369
Players Left
136

Symeon Alexandridis Bags Big on Day 1b of $2,200 La Notte Degli Assi

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Symeon Alexandridis
Symeon Alexandridis

Another action-packed day at the Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series saw 369 entrants take their shot at building a stack in the $2,200 La Notte Degli Assi. Day 1b of the event filled the poker room at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino for most of the day, leaving just 137 players bagging for Day 2 on Thursday, August 1.

Leading the way after the second flight is Symeon Alexandridis, a well-travelled poker pro from Athens, Greece. Alexandridis boasts career earnings of more than $1.2 million, and he��s already well-positioned for another deep run here in Cyprus bagging a massive stack of 917,500 chips. France's Gregory Luttke finished up close behind, the only other player to collect more than 300 big blinds on the day.

Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Symeon AlexandridisGreece917,500367
2Gregory LuttkeFrance897,000359
3Yassin MahmoudJordan747,000299
4Zvezdan TadicSerbia694,000278
5Caner GunesTurkey671,500269
6Maroun JazzarLebanon664,000266
7DashinkaIsrael650,000260
8Daniyar AubakirovKazakhstan639,000256
9Hamza AliTunisia590,500236
10Matteo ZanardiItaly588,000235

The event features a guaranteed prize pool of $1,500,000, which is clearly on track to be exceeded after two starting flights. Monday��s Day 1a saw 237 entries, which was surpassed today by the end of the third level of play. The total field has now climbed to 606 entries, with two more flights to come on Wednesday, July 31.

Jeremie Zouari
Jeremie Zouari

To this point, 224 players have qualified for Day 2, with Alexandridis in the driver��s seat. He was able to build a big stack early in the day thanks to a double knockout with pocket kings, continuing to add chips from there and finish with 367 big blinds.

Other notable names to collect a big stack on Day 1b include Shalev Halfa (540,500) Maher Achour (527,500), Viktor Yugay (449,000), Slaven Popov (431,000) and Jeremie Zouari (410,000).

The list of other players to bag more than a starting stack of 100,000 includes Nikolay Fal (145,500), Claudiu Burlacu (137,000), Simone Andrian (117,500) and Fabio Peluso (114,000).

Fabio Peluso
Fabio Peluso

$2,200 La Notte Degli Assi Remaining Schedule

DateDayTime
Wed. July 31Day 1c12:00 p.m.
Wed. July 31Day 1d7:00 p.m.
Thu. August 1Day 212:00 p.m.
Fri. August 2Day 312:00 p.m.
Sat. August 3Day 412:00 p.m.
Sun. August 4Final Day12:00 p.m.

Action continues on Day 1c at 12:00 p.m. local time, where players will navigate through 40-minute levels. That will be followed by the turbo Day 1d flight, which features 25-minute levels. All surviving players will then join together for Day 2 and battle towards the money.

The event features unlimited reentries, and late registration remains available until the end of Level 14 on Day 2.

Don��t miss any of the action, as the PokerNews live reporting team continues to provide full coverage until a champion is crowned on Sunday night.

Tags: Caner GunesClaudiu BurlacuDaniyar AubakirovFabio PelusoGregory LuttkeHamza AliJeremie ZouariMaher AchourMaroun JazzarMatteo ZanardiNikolay FalShalev HalfaSimone AndrianSlaven PopovSymeon AlexandridisViktor Yugay