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Big Names Through After Day 1a at the Perla Poker Festival Main Event
Perla Casino Poker Room The dust has just settled after Day 1a in the Perla Poker Festival Main Event, and what a day it was. With a later start, 19:00 CET, players came into Perla Casino in Nova Gorica filled with energy, ready to take it to the tables and do their best to advance to Sunday’s Day 2 along with the survivors from the other three opening flights.
Players who got into the mix took advantage of the early bird discount with just a €300 buy-in level.
Olivo, Zarić And More Through
A total of 123 entries were made during Day 1a to add €34,400 to the prize pool. The action ended after Level 13, which meant roughly seven hours of play. After the last hand was dealt, 55 players bagged their chips.
Some familiar names in the field were present, for example, Dragan Zarić. The Slovenian poker legend has delivered good poker results from live events worldwide since 2015, and now he’s chasing the Perla Poker Festival title. He’s given himself good prerequisites; with his 415,000 stack, he’s second in chips after Day 1a, only trailing Italian Davide Ceglia.
Davor Bojovic and Erik Olivo. Naturally, Zarić has company from many compatriots on Day 2. Davor Bojovic and Erik Olivo both made it through Day 1a, and it felt somewhat special seeing them sitting next to each other on Table 18 for most of the day. Bojovic is one of the best MTT Slovenian players of all time, and Olivo could be referred to as a rising star in Slovenian poker.
Other names that made it through to Day 2 were poker mental coach Thais Dresch, president of the Slovenian Poker Association Zoran Špindler, and Sejdefa Hodžič, who ended 2024 by winning a big event in Zagreb.
Place Player Chips Big Blinds 1 
Davide Ceglia492,000 246 2 
Dragan Zarić415,000 208 3 Luigi Schiano314,000 157 4 Erik Olivo287,000 144 5 Alessandro Campedelli270,000 135 
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Day 1b Begins Friday at 7 PM
While the Day 1a survivors can take tomorrow off and get some proper rest, it’s time for Day 1b to commence. The second opening flight boasts a €360 buy-in, similar to Day 1c on Saturday. Players entering on Day 1d and on Day 2 will be required to pay the full price of €500, so there is still fantastic value to those entering on Friday’s Day 1b.
The tournament kicks off at 19:00, and just like today, 13 levels with 30-minute blind levels will be played before the survivors get to experience the best thing in poker—putting chips in a plastic bag.
In addition, the Perla Poker Festival will boast a well-structured €300 Omaha ETOP at 17:00, with 35-minute blind levels and nine levels of late registration.
The PokerPro will be back on the floor to cover the action of Day 1b of the Main Event. Follow Perla Poker Festival live blog here to witness the action unfold.
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Chip Counts Day 1a
Less than half the 123 entries survived the first of four opening flights with 55 players advancing from Day 1a in the Perla Poker Festival Main Event at Perla Casino. Check out the chip counts from the opening flight below:
Place Player Chips Big Blinds 1 Davide Ceglia 492,000 246 2 Dragan Zarić 415,000 208 3 Luigi Schiano 314,000 157 4 Erik Olivo 287,000 144 5 Alessandro Campedelli 270,000 135 6 Elvis Kallashi 264,000 132 7 Franceso Cricelli 261,000 131 8 Toni Batinjan 250,000 125 9 Ivan Somma 249,000 125 10 Drago Rescic 244,000 122 11 Ivan Siljeborg 237,000 119 12 Alija Beširević 209,000 105 13 Silvestro Dozzo 201,000 101 14 Sejdefa Hodžič 192,000 96 15 Kestutis Januškevičius 183,000 92 16 Thais Dresch 162,000 81 17 Roman Gomboši 142,000 71 18 Mario Mošnja 140,000 70 19 Andrea Darduin 135,000 68 20 Paolo Junior Savegnago 135,000 68 21 Tomaž Vodnik 134,000 67 22 Giovanni Apicella 131,000 66 23 Lorenzo Acampora 129,000 65 24 Mauro Monfera 128,000 64 25 Giuseppe Cripta 123,000 62 26 Andrea Messina 104,000 52 27 Ivan Srezović 98,000 49 42 Jason Glatzer 98,000 49 28 Marinko Marko Papac 97,000 49 29 Alberto Follador 90,000 45 30 Matej Kolar 88,000 44 31 Davide Cojaniz 87,000 44 32 Iacopo Brandi 83,000 42 33 Enzo Cirillo 82,000 41 34 Roberto Bono 79,000 40 35 Jan Župec 77,000 39 36 Davide Marchioro 70,000 35 37 Paolo Bellocchi 60,000 30 38 Davor Bojovič 60,000 30 39 Andrea Brentan 60,000 30 40 Pietro Giuseppe Bulfon 60,000 30 41 Emilio De Angelis 60,000 30 43 Marko Jovanović 60,000 30 44 Gennaro Lomasti 60,000 30 45 Luca Maiorano 60,000 30 46 Marco Montecuollo 60,000 30 47 Nicolo Palermo 60,000 30 48 Federico Privitera 60,000 30 49 Antonio Pugliese 60,000 30 50 Dario Quattrucci 60,000 30 51 Veljko Glavičić 52,000 26 52 Pietro Piraino 51,000 26 53 Rajko Blagojević 47,000 24 54 Manuel Zaza 44,000 22 55 Žiga Babič 24,000 12 -
Play has Concluded for Day 1a
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 50/123That’s a wrap for Perla Poker Festival Main Event Day 1a. The remaining 50 players have now bagged their chips and will return to Day 2.
We’ll soon compile the chip counts and publish them in the next post.
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A Classic Confrontation
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 48/120During the last level of the day, Mauro Monfera limped from UTG. Drago Rescic continued the trend, before small blind player Roman Gomboši raised to 27,000. Surprisingly enough, Andrea Brendan went all in from the big blind for around 90,000. It was folded to Gomboši who made the call after recieving a count.
Andrea Brendan: A♥K♥
Roman Gomboši: A♠Q♣No dice for Gomboši on the 6♦5♦9♦3♠2♥ board. He survived, but most of his chips went to Brendan.
Andrea Brendan: 250,000
Roman Gomboši: 69,000 -
Battle Of the Queens
Level 12: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 54/118At Table 23, Niki Prela has gone all in for roughly 120,000 on a 6♣Q♦J♥7♣ board. There’s about 60,000 in the pot and the decision is on Davide Ceglia whether to make the call or not.
Prela seemed comfortable even making a little dance moves sitting down, whilst Ceglia faced a tough decison. Eventually, Ceglia was called clock on and when time ran out, his hand was automatically dead.
When folding, he showed his opponents a queen. Prela then revealed his Q♣8♠ as he scooped the pot. You could tell from Ceglia’s face that his kicker was better than an 8.
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Prela and Dresch Still in the Mix
Level 12: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 60/117
Thais Dresch (seat 4) and Niki Perla (Seat 5) during the Perla Poker Festival. Level 12 began recently and we’re beginning to see more and more pre-flop shoves in the room.
Two very dangerous players who are still in the mix are Niki Prela and Thais Dresch, who are actually seated next to eachother at Table 23.
Prela’s been cashing steady in live poker events since 2021, and it’s evident the Italian came to Perla with his eyes on the trophy.
Dresch is a poker mental coach who came to Perla all the way from Brazil; we’re thrilled to see so many players coming from around the world to participate in the Perla Poker Festival!
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Cricelli Eliminates Radovic
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 62/117We’ve reached a stage where a players busts out every other minute. Just a couple of minutes ago, we lost Andro Radovic from table 23.
Radovic raised to 4,000 from hi-jack and when action had folded to Francesco Cricelli in the big blind, he re-raised to 15,000. Radovic went all in for 49,000 and Cricelli called almost instantly.
Andro Radovic: A♦Q♠
Francesco Cricelli: A♥K♣The board ran out 6♠7♥J♦5♦10♠ and Cricelli had just a smudge more than Radovic in his stack, meaning Radovic’s Day 1a adventure came to an end.
Francesco Cricelli: 104,000
Andro Radovic: 0 -
Babic Doubles Through Fear
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 65/115At Table 28, Giovanni Chiofalo limped from UTG. 2 seats behind him, Ciga Babic went all in for his last 19,000. It was folded back to Chiofalo who decided to call of Chiofalo’s shove.
Ciga Babic: A♦6♣
Giovanni Chiofalo: 10♠9♥Although a scary match-up, Babic managed to survive after the K♦2♠5♠7♣6♠ runout.
Ciga Babic: 41,000
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Second & Last Break For the Day; Here Are the Chip Counts
Level: break
Entries: 68/114Players are on their second and last break for today. We took a sweep across the floor and identified some bigger stacks:
Table-Seat Player Chips 22-5 Ivan Somma242,000 23-8 Antonio Pugliese222,000 14-4 Drago Rescic220,000 25-2 
Toni Batinjan205,000 20-1 
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…Or Maybe Aces Are Cracked?
Level 10: 780/1,600 (1,600)
Entries: 68/114It was preflop when Alija Besirevic went all in for roughly 74,000 and got quickly called by Andrea Darduin.
Alija Besirevic: 10♣10♦
Andrea Darduin: A♠A♦Presumeably, Darduin wasn’t pleased with the J♣10♠K♠6♥9♣ runout as his aces were cracked. All the chips went the way of Besirevic and Darduin’s stack took an arrow to the knee.
Alija Besirevic: 149,000
Andrea Darduin: 63,000 -
Aces Not Cracked
Davor Bojovič. Level 9: 700/1,400 (1,400)
Entries: 72/114During the last hand of Level 9, Veljko Glavičić opened to 3,500 from UTG+1. He was called solely by Davor Bojovič on the button, who’s one of Slovenias most successful MTT players ever.
The 2 players were treated with a 2♥3♥3♦ flop. Glavičić checked, Bojovič bet 3,000 and Glavičić called.
On turn 4♠, Glavičić checked again and Bojovič now sized up to 10,000. Glavičić now went all in for his remaining 26,400. Bojovič made the call.
Glavičić: A♠A♥
Bojovič: 9♠9♥River was a blank and the pot went the way of Glavičić.
Glavičić: 71,000
Bojovič: 55,000 -
The Glatzer Hand
Jason Glatzer (seat 2). Level 8: 600/1,200 (1,200)
Entries: 72/107PokerPro representant Jason Glatzer is now in Day 1a, seated at table 18. He’s given us a hand from his player perspective.
It was a limped pot and Glatzer looked down at A♥J♣ in the small blind. He joined the fun and the 4 participants were treated with a 3♦5♣9♣ flop. It was checked around and turn fell J♥. Glatzer and 2 other players checked to the fourth one who bet 6,600 into the 9,000 in the middle. Glatzer made the call and the other 2 players folded.
River was 7♠ and after a Glatzer-check, player X bet 11,000. Glatzer reviewed his options in his head. After a while, he said “I’m either really good or really not good” and made the call.
Sad news for him as player X showed J♦7♦ for a rivered two pair.
Glatzer: 50,000
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One Diamond Short
Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000)
Entries: 78/105We’re roughly halfway through Level 7 and we paid a visit to table 29. From UTG+1, Michael Toninello raised to 2,500 and got called by Roman Gomboši (small blind) and Giovanni De Minicis (big blind).
Gomboši and De Minicis both checked the K♦10♦9♥ flop, prior to Toninello betting 2,500. Both players called and turn revealed the 6♣. Once again action was checked to Toninello who now threw out a bet of 6,200. Gomboši folded but De Minicis made the call.
8♣ fell on the river and both players checked.Toninello: A♣10♥
De Minicis: 5♦8♦De Minicis didn’t hit his flush and thus, all the chips went to way of Toninello.
Toninello: 42,000
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Selected Chip Counts at the Break
Level: break
Entries: 76/95Level 5 is finished and the players are on a 15-minute break. Meanwhile, we did our best identifying some noteable stacks in the room:
Table-Seat Player Chips 23-8 Antonio Pugliese230,000 22-6 Tomi Vodnik189,000 20-3 Elvis Kallashi167,000 14-6 Giovanni Glessi150,000 25-2 Toni Batinjan147,000 -
Schiano Wins Big
Level 5: 300/600 (600)
Entries: 79/95We arrived to table 20 when to board read 2♥A♣J♣4♦. Marko Pročec moved all in on the turn for roughly 18,000, getting called by both Cvetko Petrovčič and Luigi Schiano. The pot was brewing.
On river 8♥, Petrovčič went all in for his remaining 30,000 and Schiano couldn’t have made the call any faster.
Petrovčič: A♠Q♠
Schiano: A♥A♦Thus, Schiano eliminated 2 players at once, increasing his stack.
Schiano: 120,000
Petrovčič: 0
Pročec: 0 -
Table of Champions
Level 4: 200/500 (500)
Entries: 80/91There are some recognizeable names in the field, and some of them are seated on table 18. For example, Matic Klarič and Ivan Siljeborg; Klarič won Perla Poker Festival in January 2024, while Siljeborg claimed the title in April; this means that the two most recent Perla Poker Festival winners are seated at the same table.
We did capture a hand at the table, however without any of the aformentioned players involved. It was Veljko Glavičić who called from early position, before Jernej Hrovat raised to 1,400. Vaccaro Antonino and Siljeborg called the raise and so did Glavičić.
The flop spelled out 5♥7♥Q♦ and it was checked to Siljeborg who bet 2,400. Glavičić and Antonino called, while Hrovat did not.
All three players checked the 4♥ turn, resulting in river 8♣ being revealed. Action was checked to Siljeborg who bet 7,000. The remaining players folded and the former champ improved his stack.
Siljeborg: 95,000
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Things Starting to Heat Up
Level 3: 200/400 (400)
Entries: 77/82With the Blinds increasing, the pots naturally start becoming a bit bigger.
On table 23, Giorgio Silvestrin limped under the gun. Marco Bellomo raised to 1,500 from middle position and was called by Tiziano Fasan in the big blind as well as from Silvestrin.
On flop 8♠10♠5♣, it was checked to Bellomo who bet 1,500. Fasan and Silvestrin both made the call.
It was again checked to Bellomo on the J♦ turn. He bet 5,000 and was called by Fasan, prior to Silvestrin moving all in for roughly 40,000. Bellomo twisted and turned before eventually going all in himself for 32,000. Fasan folded and the players turned over their cards.
Giorgio Silvestrin: J♥8♥
Marco Bellomo: K♠9♠Bellomo didn’t get the help he needed from the 4♥ river, meaning his first bullet in the Perla Poker Festival Main Event came to an end.
Giorgio Silvestrin: 140,000
Marco Bellomo: 0 -
Jacks Are No Good
Level 2: 100/300 (300)
Entries: 73/74From the Cut-off, Ivan Utelija raised to 700 and was called by Giorgio Bembo (Small Blind) and Davide Ceglia (Big Blind).
The flop came 3♥10♦6♦. Bembo bet 1,100 and after Ceglia folded, Utelija made the call.
Action repeated itself on the 8♦ turn as Utelija now called a 1,800 bet from Bembo. Both players checked the A♣ river.
Bembo turned over J♥J♦ which wasn’t enough to beat Utelija’s 8♣6♣.
Giorgio Bembo: 58,000
Ivan Utelija: 64,000 -
Pot Goes the Way of Vodnik
Level 2: 100/300 (300)
Entries: 51/51From the Cut-off, Loris Brunelli raised too 600. It was folded to Toma Vodnik who defended his Big Blind.
On the flop 3♣2♣10♦ Vodnik bet 1,500 and Brunelli made the call, revealing the 8♠ turn. Both player checked and river A♥ completed the board. Vodnik bet 1,900 and Brunelli made the call.
Vodnik turned over Q♥10♥ which was enough to win the pot as Brunelli mucked his hand.
Loris Brunelli: 63,000
Toma Vodnik: 64,000 -
Familiar Faces as More Players Register
Level 1: 100/200 (200)
Entries: 46/46More players have entered the tournament, and there are some familiar faces in the room, including Sejdefa Hodžić seated at Table 28. At the end of 2024, the Slovenian won the €100,000 GTD XMAS Main Event at Luckia Casino Zagreb. Will she be able to start 2025 in a similar fashion here at Perla?
Sejdefa Hodžić – 60,000
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We’re Off To the Races
Level 1: 100/200 (200)
Entries: 35/35The first hand has been dealt in the tournament, and we’re officially up and running at Perla. So far, 35 players have entered the tournament.
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The Calm Before the Storm
Perla Poker Room. As we’re setting up at the Perla Poker Room, more and more people are registering for Day 1a of the Perla Poker Festival Main Event. First hand will be dealt in about 10 minutes.
The structure for Day 1a is as follows (all levels are 30 minutes):
Level Small Blind Big Blind Ante Level 1 100 200 200 Level 2 100 300 300 Level 3 200 400 400 Level 4 200 500 500 Level 5 300 600 600 Break (15 minutes) N/A N/A N/A Level 6 400 800 800 Level 7 500 1,000 1,000 Level 8 600 1,200 1,200 Level 9 700 1,400 1,400 Level 10 800 1,600 1,600 Break (15 minutes) N/A N/A N/A Level 11 1,000 2,000 2,000 Level 12 1,500 3,000 3,000 Level 13 2,000 4,000 4,000 -
It’s Time for Perla Poker Festival to Commence!
Ladies and gentlemen, the day is finally here! Today, January 9, is the first day of the Perla Poker Festival. The atmosphere here at Perla Nova Gorica is electrifying, and we have five days of exciting poker action in front of us.
Today, play will start at 19:00 local time (CET). Day 1a of the Main Event is the sole dish on today’s poker menu and it will be a spicy one. The players who buy-in for the tournament today will do so at the lowest price, €300. As mentioned in our previous article, the buy-in will increase the later flight the player choose to participate in. Players can register for the Main Event until the end of level 3 on Day 2.
The main event is a re-entry tournament, in which players will get 60,000 chips. For today and the rest of the Day 1 flights, each level will be 30 minutes long. Play will end after Level 13 is concluded. The first level starts on blinds 100/200 with a 200 ante.
Day 1b will be played tomorrow, January 10, also starting at 19:00. The only difference from today’s flight is that the buy-in for 1b is €360.
Day 1c and 1d will both be played on the January 11. Day 1c kicks off at 13:00 with the same buy-in as 1b, whilst Day 1d starts 19:00 for the price of €500.
When the surviving players return to Day 2 on Sunday 12, the levels will be at 40 minutes length. After day 2 the survivors will rest and come back on monday, battling it out for the title.
Of course, PokerPro will cover each flight from start to finish. At the start of each day we will post a preview of what’s to come. We hope you’ll have as much enjoyment following our coverage as we have delivering it.
Best of luck to all participants in the Perla Poker Festival. See you at 19:00!
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14 Players Advanced From the Exciting Day 1b
Day 1b of the Perla Poker Festival Main Event has come to an end. The field of participants may not have been as big as Day 1a, but the quality of poker today was – from time to time – absolutely phenomenal. There’s no doubt about it: Perla Poker Festival attracts all the top poker players within a reasonable distance, and there’s a certain prestige within the tournament.
Let’s summarize Day 1b and see what were the highlights.
Barnabo – Big Stack After Big Show
During Day 1 b, many players displayed great poker skills and a fair share of charisma. One of the players who became familiar was Jacopo Barnabo. From being at risk of elimination—being all-in in the dark with 4 other players in the pot—he survived and built a great stack for day 2; in fact, he’s the one who accumulated the second most chips from Day 1b.
After winning a big pot with pocket kings, Jacopo Barnabo played the rush and partially bluffed his way to a big stack. Of course, another hand from today is when Enrico Pezzotti’s aces were cracked within the last 30 minutes of the day. Most of his chips went to Simone Alati, but he still managed to bag several big blinds.
Day 1b had 42 entries in total, meaning €14,280 was collected and will go to the prize pool. 14 players advanced to Day 2 with Italian player Emilio Cimmaruta bagging the chip lead.
Top 5 stacks from Perla Poker Festival 2025 Main Event Day 1b:
Player Chips Emilio Cimmaruta479,000 Jacopo Barnabo352,000 
Marko Cvetanović278,000 Giovanni Chiofalo250,000 Carlo Sant219,000 The PokerPro team thanks you all for joining us today during our live coverage. Tomorrow, we’ll be back following the action from Day 1c. The tournament starts at 13:00 CET, and the buy-in is €360, just as today. At 19:00, there will also be the last Day 1-flight, as 1d is apparent on the schedule (buy-in €500).
See you all tomorrow!
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Day 1b – Chip Counts
Place Player Chips Big Blinds 1 Emilio Cimmaruta479,000 240 2 Jacopo Barnabo352,000 176 3 Marko Cvetanović278,000 139 4 Giovanni Chiofalo250,000 125 5 Carlo Sant219,000 110 6 Simone Alati200,000 100 7 Andrea Donati187,000 94 8 Germano Russo127,000 64 9 Jordan Srebrnič106,000 53 10 
Slobodan Janković97,000 49 11 Niki Prela86,000 43 12 Pasquale Plevano71,000 36 13 Aldo Enrico Pezzotti70,000 35 14 Matic Klarič60,000 30 -
That’s a Wrap
Francesco Di Florio. With Level 13 concluded, Day 1b is now finished. The survivors are currently bagging their chips, and we’ll get back to youwith a chip count as soon as possible!
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Now THAT’s Brutal
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 14/42 Prizes: €14,280 Halfway through the last level of the day, Simone Alati raised to 10,000 from the cut-off. Enrico Pezzotti insta-raised to 30,000 from the button. Alati went all-in with his remaining 85,000 and was called by Pezzotti.
Simone Alati: 7♣7♥
Enrico Pezzotti: A♦A♣The 9♥Q♠7♦10♥8♥ runout meant that Pezzotti took a big blow to his stack within the last 30 minutes of Day 1b. Poker can be a brutal game sometimes!
Simone Alati: 200,000
Enrico Pezzotti: 30,000 -
Sant And His Trips
Level 12: 1,000/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 19/42 Prizes: €14,280 We joined the action on Table 20 when the board read K♦J♣5♥K♠Q♣. Carlo Sant had bet 18,000 into 35,000 and Aldo Monteleone contemplated a call. Eventually, he threw in the chips and when Sant turned over K♣3♣ for trips, Monteleone ‘s cards hit the much fast.
Carlo Sant: 247,000
Aldo Monteleone: 30,000 -
The Barnabo Show Continues
Level 12: 1,000/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 19/42 Prizes: €14,280 Jacopo Barnabo opened to 8,000 from the cut-off. It was folded to Aldo Pezzotti who raised to 25,000 from the big blind. Barnabo called and the flop came 5♥A♦5♣. Both players checked and the turn was 10♣.
Barnabo bet 10,000 after Pezzotti had checked, and Pezzotti made the call as fast as humanly possible. On the river 10♥, Pezzotti checked again and Barnabo now put his opponent all-in for roughly 65,000.
It didn’t take too long for Pezzotti to fold and when he did, Barnabo showed K♣Q♣ as he stacked his new-won chips.
Jacopo Barnabo: 340,000
Aldo Pezzotti: 90,000 -
“Non-believer”
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 20/41 Prizes: €13,940 Action folded to Jacopo Barnabo on the button who raised it up to 5,000. Simone Alati decided to defend his big blind.
On the flop J♦9♦2♦, it was Alati who led out for 3,000. Barnabo called and the turn 5♠ presented itself. Action went check-check and on J♥ Alati fired a 10,000 bet. Barnabo went into the tank for a minute or two before finally calling.
Simone Alati: K♦7♦
Jacopo Barnabo: 10♥2♥Alati and his flopped flush raked in the chips as Jacopo leaned back in his chair and announced that he was a “non-believer”.
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Alati Setting the Trap
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 22/41 Prizes: €13,940 
Germano Russo. Alati Simone opened to 4,000 from UTG and the sole caller was Germano Russo from the button.
Both players checked the 5♦3♣4♦ flop. It was on the 10♠ turn Alati bet 6,000, a bet which was called by Russo fairly quickly.
Both players checked the A♥ river. Alati Simone turned over A♣10♥; it became evident his trap didn’t work but nevertheless, the pot belonged to him.
Alati Simone: 70,000
Germano Russo: 88,000 -
Second And Last Break; Top Stacks Identified
Giovanni Chiofalo appears to be the chip leader going into Level 11. Break N/A Entries: 24/41 Prizes: €13,940 Level 10 has ended, and the players are on their second and last 15-minute break of the day. When they return, they will play 3 more levels before play is concluded. We’ve found 5 of the biggest stacks in the room right now:
Giovanni Chiofalo340,000 Slobodan Jankovič250,000 Niki Prela189,000 Emilio Cimmaruta156,000 Carlo Sant94,000 -
Barnabo Gets There On the River
Level 10: 800/1,600 (1,600) Entries: 24/41 Prizes: €13,940 Jacopo Barnabo. Jacopo Barnabo opened from UTG and 5 players called him, including X. Being first to act, Barnabo checked the K♠Q♥8♣ flop. X then bet 25,000 into the 30,000 pot. It was folded to Barnabo who felt that X been trying to make moves and that it was time to put him in his spot.
Such, Barnabo went all-in for 120,000 sending X into the tank. Eventually he found the call and they both turned over their cards.
Jacopo Barnabo: A♠10♥
Marco Testa: Q♦9♦Barnabo wasn’t in good shape after Testa’s call, but lucky for him the board completed 10♦A♥. Barnabo had Testa covered which meant Testa’s Day 1b adventure came to an end.
Jacopo Barnabo: 250,000
Marco Testa: 0 -
10 High Is Always Good
Level 10: 800/1,600 (1,600) Entries: 25/41 Prizes: €13,940 Mariano Sessa opened to 4,500 from UTG+1. From the next seat, a short-stacked Dario De Toffoli went all-in for 8,000. The remaining players folded and when action came back to Sessa, he made the call.
Dario De Toffoli: 10♦7♦
Mariano Sessa: 9♦8♦The completed board spelled out 4♣5♣6♣5♥K♠. De Toffoli’s 10 high was enough to take down the pot and he completed a very important double-up.
Dario De Toffoli: 21,000
Mariano Sessa: 67,000 -
Action as Barnabo’s All-in
Level 8: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 25/37 Prizes: €12,580 Jacopo Barnabo. From UTG+1, Aldo Enric Pezzotti opened up to 2,500. Mariano Sessa, Dario De Toffoli, and Bojan Jerman all called.
The action was on small blind player Jacopo Barnabo, who raised to 10,500. All the aformentioned players called him, and before the flop, Barnabo went all in in the dark for 33,000.
The flop was 6♦3♣10♥; Pezzotti and Mariano folded to Barnabo’s all-in fairly quickly. De Toffoli thought for 2 minutes before he mucked.
The decision was now on Bojan Jerman, who calculated whether he got a good price or not to call. Eventually, he threw in the chips for a call, and the players turned over their cards.
Jacopo Barnabo: K♥K♠
Bojan Jerman: 9♦7♠Barnabo was the player at risk, but he survived on the 6♠7♦ runout. It’s fair to say he got quite some value with his pocket kings.
Jacopo Barnabo: 135,000
Bojan Jerman: 74,000 -
Battle Of the Jacks
Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 28/37 Prizes: €13,320 The board read 3♥7♦3♠J♣ when Carlo Sant bet 8,000 into the 16,000 already accumulated in the middle. Andrea Donati called and the dealer showed the 7♠ river. Both players checked.
Carlo Sant: J♦10♦
Andrea Donati: J♠8♠Sant’s 10♦ played as the kicker, and he won the pot, improving his already decent stack even more.
Carlo Sant: 129,000
Andrea Donati: 34,700 -
Aces Galore
Level 6: 400/800 (800) Entries: 29/37 Prizes: €13,320 
Perla Poker Room. Dino Bahtijarev opened to 1,800 from the lo-jack. Marko Cvetanovič (button) and Salvatore Lorello (small blind) called.
The flop was A♦A♠10♠. Lorello checked, Bahtijarev bet 5,000, Cvetanovič called and Lorello folded.
On the turn 7♥, Bahtijarev bet 10,500 which was enough to make Cvetanovič fold.
Dino Bahtijarev: 85,000
Marko Cvetanovič: 91,000 -
Two Pair On the River
Level 6: 400/800 (800) Entries: 32/37 Prizes: €13,320 
Pasquale Plevano. Pasquale Plevano raised to 1,700 from the lo-jack and was called by Carlo Sant on the button.
The flop came J♣2♦Q♥. After Plevano had checked, Sant bet 2,200. Plevano called and players were treated with the turn 2♥. Plevano once again checked and Sant now sized up betting 7,500.
Plevano once again called, and the river was the K♠. Both players checked, which meant it was time for a showdown. Plevano turned over K♣J♦, which seemed to be enough as Sant mucked his hand.
Pasquale Plevano: 59,000
Carlo Sant: 100,000 -
More Day 1b Photos
Giovanni Chiofalo Germano Russo Perla Poker Room 
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Andrea Scarmagnan Francesco Di Florio 
Paolo Savio 
Cataldo Valletta 
Jordan Srebrnic 
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Chip Counts During the First Break
Break N/A Entries: 31/35 Prizes: €12,600 Dealer and the deck. Level 5 has come to an end and the players are on a 15-minute break. Meanwhile, we identified some of the bigger stacks in the room:
Player Chips Enric Aldo Pezzotti101,000 Niki Prela123,000 Giovanni Chiofalo155,000 Carlo Sant124,000 Francesco Di Florio103,000 -
Marko Makes his Mark
Level 5: 300/600 (600) Entries: 31/34 Prizes: €12,240 Neatly stacked chips before Day 1b began. Niki Prela opened to 1,500 from the lo-jack, and he immediately got raised by hi-jack player Marko Adam. After the other the button and the blinds folded, Prela made the call and the players continued to the flop.
On 8♣4♦5♦, Prela check-called Adam’s 3,500 bet. Action went check-check on both the A♦ turn and the Q♠ river.
Niki Prela: J♥8♠
Marko Adam: 9♥9♦Thus, Adam increased his stack during the last level before the first break.
Niki Prela: 93,000
Marko Adam: 74,000 -
Early Day 1b Photos
Slobodan Jankovic Pasquale Plevano 
Aldo Plevano 
Aldo Plevano 
Perla Poker Room 
Andrea Donati 
Pasan Hasimovic Perla Casino Poker Room 
Diego Testa 
Bojan Jerman 
Matic Klaric 
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Our First Causualty
Level 4: 200/500 (500) Entries: 29/30 Prizes: €11,160 The board read 4♣10♠J♦ as Fabio Angelo Marandola went all in for 25,000, hoping to pick up the 20,000 in the middle. Roberta Lu Stagni folded, Emilio Cimmaruta made the call and Salvatore Lorello decided to get out of the way.
Fabio Angelo Marandola: 9♣8♠
Emilio Cimmaruta: A♣K♦Board continued 4♥10♣; Cimmaruta’s ace high was good and Marandola sadly became the first person to bust out from Day 1b.
Emilio Cimmaruta: 74,000
Fabio Angelo Marandola: 0 -
The Six of Diamonds
Level 4: 200/500 (500) Entries: 29/29 Prizes: €10,440 On a 10♥10♣9♦ board, Marco Testa bets 3,000 into 9,000 in the middle. Paolo Savio calls before Andrea Scarmignan raises to 7,000. Testa and Savio both fold; as Scarmignan stacks his chips, he reveals the 6♦ with a cheeky smile.
Marco Testa: 44,000
Paolo Savio: 73,000
Andrea Scarmignan: 65,000 -
Things Are Heating Up
Level 3: 200/400 (400) Entries: 28/28 Prizes: €10,080 We’re roughly one and a half hours into Day 1b, and as the blinds increase, the pots naturally become bigger and bigger.
On Table 23, Dino Bahtijarev raised to 800 from UTG. After Francesco Di Florio and Giacomo Maisto called, Enric Pezzotti Aldo raised it up to 5,400 from the big blind. Bahtijarev folded, Di Florio called, and Giacomo decided to fold.
Flop came Q♣4♥8♠, and Pezzotti Aldo bet 10,000. Di Florio called pretty quickly, and the revealed 6♠. Pezzotti Aldo pulled the trigger and went all in for 56,000. Being covered, Di Florio folded fairly quickly.
Enric Aldo: 95,000
Francesco Di Florio: 30,000 -
PLO On the Side
Level 3: 200/400 (400) Entries: 28/28 Prizes: €10,080 Perla Casino Dealer Button. While the players in Day 1b of the Main Event are battling it out, the first side event of Perla Poker Festival is also running in the poker room. 18 out of 29 players are remaining in the €300 PPF Omaha ETOP event; late registration is open until the end of Level 9; if you’re in the mood for some 4-card action, head down to Perla Casino right now.
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Zizzling Sessa
Level 2: 100/300 (300) Entries: 26/26 Prizes: €9,360 Niki Prela opened limped from UTG+1. He was called by Marko Cvetanovič and Danilo Colomba, before Mariano Sessa decided to pump it up to 1,700 from the small blind. Prela and Colomba called whilst Cvetanovič threw his hand into the muck.
It was checked around on the 8♦2♦K♠ flop, but on turn 7♥, Sessa bet 1,200. Perla folded but Colomba wasn’t going anywhere yet.
River revealed J♠. Sessa now bet 5,000 which resulted in an insta-fold from Colomba.
Mariano Sessa: 51,500
Danilo Colomba: 61,000 -
Klaric Still Seeking To Bag
Level 2: 100/300 (300 Entries: 26/26 Prizes: €9,360 
Matic Klarič. The winner of Perla Poker Festival Main Event in January 2024, Matic Klarič, was present yesterday during Day 1a but wasn”t able to secure his Day 2 spot. Today, he’s back in the mix hoping to bag a stack after Level 13.
On a K♠6♥K♦ board with 15,000 in the middle, Klarič was faced with a 5,000 bet from Carlo Sant. Eventually Klarič folded, and Sant revealed A♠A♣ as he scooped the pot.
Carlo Sant: 72,000
Matic Klarič: 45,500 -
Battle Of the Jacks
Level 1: 100/200 (200) Entries: 20/20 Prizes: €7,200 Emilio Cimmaruta raised to 500 from UTG and got called by Mariano Sessa, Alati Simone, Niki Prela and Roberta Lu Stagni.
Being first to act, Prela led out for 1,200 on the 7♣4♥J♦. Stagni called, and Cimmaruta then raised to 3,100. It was folded to Prela who was the only one who called.
Turn came K♣ and Prela checked-called the 7,000 bet from Cimmaruta. Action slowed down as both players checked the 10♠ river.
Emilio Cimmaruta: J♥8♥
Niki Prela: J♣9♥Prela’s kicker played and his journey to Day 2 is off to a good start.
Emilio Cimmaruta: 57,700
Niki Prela: 69,000 -
Colombo Starts his Ascend
Level 1: 100/200 (200) Entries: 18/18 Prizes: €6,480 Roughly halfway through Level 1, Roberta Stagni raises to 400 from the hi-jack. She gets called by Danilo Colomba from the button, and Simone Alati also decides to defend his big blind.
Alati checked the 8♠7♦8♥ flop before Stagni led out for 800. Colomba called, and Alati decided to fold.
The turn came 10♦, and the action went check-check. On river K♥, Roberta checked and Colombo fired a bet of 1,900, enough for Stagni to fold.
Danilo Colomba: 62,000
Roberta Stagni: 58,000 -
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1: 100/200 (200) Entries: 10/10 Prizes: €3,600 
Day 1b of the Perla Poker Festival Main Event has now begun. 10 players are with us from the start and we’re expecting many more players to join the action; yesterday, 123 players took their shot in Day 1a and 55 of them were lucky enough to bag their chips. Will we see similar numbers today?
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Day 1b of Perla Poker Festival Main Event is Upon Us
Saddle your horses, ladies and gentlemen; it’s time for Day 1b in the Perla Poker Festival Main Event.
The atmosphere at Perla Casino was electrifying yesterday during Day 1a. 129 entries were made and after roughly 7 hours of play, 50 players were fortunate enough to bag their chips for Day 2
Today it’s Friday, which means it’s possible that we’ll see an even larger field than yesterday. The tournament kicks off at 19:00 and the structure is of course as follows (every level is 30 minutes long):
Level Small Blind Big Blind Ante Level 1 100 200 200 Level 2 100 300 300 Level 3 200 400 400 Level 4 200 500 500 Level 5 300 600 600 Break (15 minutes) N/A N/A N/A Level 6 400 800 800 Level 7 500 1,000 1,000 Level 8 600 1,200 1,200 Level 9 700 1,400 1,400 Level 10 800 1,600 1,600 Break (15 minutes) N/A N/A N/A Level 11 1,000 2,000 2,000 Level 12 1,500 3,000 3,000 Level 13 2,000 4,000 4,000 We at PokerPro are so happy to be here in Nova Gorica and at Perla Casino, following all the action from a close distance. We’re beyond excited to see Day 1b unfold, and how many players that will make yesterday’s advancers company on Day 2 (which will be played on Sunday 12).
Good luck to all of you who’re playing today; we’ll see you at the Perla poker room at 19:00!
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Big Names Through After Day 1a at the Perla Poker Festival Main Event
Perla Casino Poker Room The dust has just settled after Day 1a in the Perla Poker Festival Main Event, and what a day it was. With a later start, 19:00 CET, players came into Perla Casino in Nova Gorica filled with energy, ready to take it to the tables and do their best to advance to Sunday’s Day 2 along with the survivors from the other three opening flights.
Players who got into the mix took advantage of the early bird discount with just a €300 buy-in level.
Olivo, Zarić And More Through
A total of 123 entries were made during Day 1a to add €34,400 to the prize pool. The action ended after Level 13, which meant roughly seven hours of play. After the last hand was dealt, 55 players bagged their chips.
Some familiar names in the field were present, for example, Dragan Zarić. The Slovenian poker legend has delivered good poker results from live events worldwide since 2015, and now he’s chasing the Perla Poker Festival title. He’s given himself good prerequisites; with his 415,000 stack, he’s second in chips after Day 1a, only trailing Italian Davide Ceglia.
Davor Bojovic and Erik Olivo. Naturally, Zarić has company from many compatriots on Day 2. Davor Bojovic and Erik Olivo both made it through Day 1a, and it felt somewhat special seeing them sitting next to each other on Table 18 for most of the day. Bojovic is one of the best MTT Slovenian players of all time, and Olivo could be referred to as a rising star in Slovenian poker.
Other names that made it through to Day 2 were poker mental coach Thais Dresch, president of the Slovenian Poker Association Zoran Špindler, and Sejdefa Hodžič, who ended 2024 by winning a big event in Zagreb.
Place Player Chips Big Blinds 1 Davide Ceglia492,000 246 2 Dragan Zarić415,000 208 3 Luigi Schiano314,000 157 4 Erik Olivo287,000 144 5 Alessandro Campedelli270,000 135
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Day 1b Begins Friday at 7 PM
While the Day 1a survivors can take tomorrow off and get some proper rest, it’s time for Day 1b to commence. The second opening flight boasts a €360 buy-in, similar to Day 1c on Saturday. Players entering on Day 1d and on Day 2 will be required to pay the full price of €500, so there is still fantastic value to those entering on Friday’s Day 1b.
The tournament kicks off at 19:00, and just like today, 13 levels with 30-minute blind levels will be played before the survivors get to experience the best thing in poker—putting chips in a plastic bag.
In addition, the Perla Poker Festival will boast a well-structured €300 Omaha ETOP at 17:00, with 35-minute blind levels and nine levels of late registration.
The PokerPro will be back on the floor to cover the action of Day 1b of the Main Event. Follow Perla Poker Festival live blog here to witness the action unfold.
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Day 1c Is Over – 95 Players Will Start Day 2
Time moves fast when you’re having fun, they say. The three Day 1-flights of the Perla Poker Festival Main Event passed by as fast as the speed of lightning, and we’re ready to enter Day 2 action tomorrow, January 12.
However, before we get to Day 2, let’s dissect the Day 1c live blog and see what went down at the Perla poker room today.
Hašimovič Overcomes
From a live reporter’s perspective, it feels like I saw pocket aces 100 times today. Each hand seemed to be an all-in showdown, with one player having the goods. One that we particularly remember is, of course, when Pašan Hašimovič called Gianluca Lingeris’ shove on the flop, resulting in his aces getting cracked. However, Hašimovič kept his cool and bounced back quickly; he climbed back to the top of the rankings and secured the Day 1c chip lead.
Pašan Hašimovič. There are, of course, many memorable moments from Day 1c, one of them being Danilo Colomba channeling his inner Doyle Brunson and flopping the nut flush with 10♥2♥. Colomba bagged 140,000 chips and we’ll see him again tomorrow.
Here you can see the top 5 stacks moving on from Day 1c:
1 Pašan Hašimovič313,000 157 2 Juric Naponiello302,000 151 3 Dino Bahtijarević297,000 149 4 Gaetano Fiore221,000 111 5 Riccardo Asquini201,000 101 Playtime’s Over
Day 2 kicks off tomorrow, January 12, at 13:00, and players are now entering the more crucial part of the tournament. All in all, 95 players will enter Day 2 coming from the various Day 1 flights, but late registration is open until the end of Level 3 during Day 2. The buy-in during Day 2 is €500.
Day 2 will start on blinds 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante. The level length will be 40 minutes instead of 30 as it was during the Day 1 flights. Day 2 will play down to the final table.
So far, €69,780 has been collected towards the prize pool, and a handful of entries are expected to be done during Day 2.
The PokerPro team is beyond excited to give you live updates from Day 2 of the Perla Poker Festival Main Event. We wish all players a good night’s rest, and we’ll see you in the Perla poker room tomorrow!
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Chip Counts Day 1c
56 entries were made during Day 1c of the Perla Poker Festival 2025 Main Event, and 26 of them were lucky enough to bag their chips for Day 2. The chip counts from Day 1c are as follows:
Place Player Chips Big Blinds 1 Pašan Hašimovič313,000 157 2 Juric Naponiello302,000 151 3 Dino Bahtijarević297,000 149 4 Gaetano Fiore221,000 111 5 Riccardo Asquini201,000 101 6 Niki Prela195,000 98 7 Diego Testa193,000 97 8 Giancula Lingeri183,000 92 9 Maria Elena Giunchi154,000 77 10 Danilo Colomba140,000 70 11 
Aldo Monteleone135,000 68 12 Roberta Stagni130,000 65 13 Andrea Iaconcig124,000 62 14 Giacomo Maisto120,000 60 15 Giovanni Rusto120,000 60 16 Loris Scattolin119,000 55 17 Armando Masci105,000 53 18 Andrea Gavelli63,000 32 19 Andrea Scarmignan60,000 30 20 
Paolo Savio60,000 30 21 Marco Perra60,000 30 22 Alessandra Orsi Smittarello60,000 30 23 Claudio Maddii60,000 30 24 Stefanoo Crepaldi60,000 30 25 Manuel Ferrari45,000 23 26 Andrea Cardinali31,000 16 -
Bag N’ Tag
Break Entries: 24/56 Prizes: €69,780 And with that, Day 1c is in the books. 24 players are bagging their chips and will return to Day 2 tomorrow (January 12) alongside the Day 1a- and 1b-survivors.
We’ll come back with the chip counts from Day 1c within the hour.
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That’s One Scary Board
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 21/52 Prizes: €68,420 
Maria Elena Giunchi. Maria Elena Giunchi raised to 10,000 from the hi-jack and Andrea Iaconcig re-raised to 25,000 from the small blind. Giunchi made the call and the players headed to the flop.
Both players checked the 4♦5♥4♠ flop. On the turn 6♦, Iaconcig check-called Giunchi’s 10,000 bet. Iaconcig checked the 7♦ river prior to Giunchi betting 70,000. The suspension was immense around Table 23; eventually Iaconcig folded and Giunchi won the pot.
Maria Elena Giunchi: 170,000
Andrea Iaconcig: 120,000 -
Homage To the Godfather
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 21/52 Prizes: €68,420 Claudio Bettamin and Danilo Colomba clashed all in against eachother in a blind VS blind-scenario:
Danilo Colomba: 10♥2♥
Claudio Bettamin: A♦6♦“Doyle Brunson, Doyle Brunson”, Colomba sang even before the 5♥9♥6♥Q♥3♦ board was dealt. Such, Bettamin busted during the last level of the day.
Danilo Colomba: 108,000
Claudio Bettamin: 55,000 -
Flip It
Level 12: 1,000/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 22/52 Prizes: €68,420 
Dino Bahtijarev. Danilo Colomba raised to 7,000 and 2 players called before Niki Prela went all in for 129,000. He was called by Dino Bahtijarev and the players turned over their cards.
Niki Prela: 9♥9♠
Dino Bahtijarev: K♦J♦It was Bahtijarev who was on the right side of this coinflip as the board suggested 5♠2♥2♣K♣2♠. He won valueable chips entering Level 13.
Dino Bahtijarev: 130,000
Niki Prela: 94,000 -
Aces To the Rescue
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 24/51 Prizes: €68,080 Giacomo Masto. Tension at Table 24 as Aldo Monteleone was all in for 190,000 and the decision was on Giacomo Maisto, with Gaetano Fiore still to act after him. Maisto eventually folded and Fiore made the call for his last 30,000.
Aldo Monteleone: A♦K♦
Gaetano Fiore: A♠A♥Scary runout, but Fiore won the pot on the 3♦6♥5♠9♦3♠ board.
Gaetano Fiore: 105,000
Aldo Monteleone: 120,000 -
How the Tables Have Turned
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 24/51 Prizes: €68,080 Big stack Pašan Hašimovič faced an all-in from Gianluca Lingeri om a Q♥6♥8♠ board. He called pretty quickly and saw the bad news.
Gianluca Lingeri: A♠A♣
Pašan Hašimovič: A♥Q♦The board continued 6♠2♠ and previous chip leader Hašimovič took a big blow to his stack, whilst Lingeri now is looking healty.
Gianluca Lingeri: 290,000
Pašan Hašimovič: 100,000 -
Five Big Stacks During the Break
Break N/A Entries: 24/49 Prizes: €67,400 
Roberta Stagni. It’s the second and last break of Day 1c and while the players are regaining their focus, we did our best identifying the 5 biggest stacks.
Player Chips Diego Testa350,000 Pašan Hašimovič265,000 Juric Naponiello180,000 Aldo Monteleone175,000 Riccardo Asquini160,000 -
Saturday Night Fever as Main Event Enters Level 10
Level 10: 800/1,600 (1,600) Entries: 26/48 Prizes: €67,060 
Pierpaolo Fiorentale. As Day 1c of the Main Event has entered Level 10, the side event €200 Saturday Night Fever has begun.
There will be even more side event action during the remainder of the Perla Poker Festival. Tomorrow, Sunday 12, is the €100+100+30 EVBets Knockout, and Monday 13 is the €120 Perla Last Dance.
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Testa Leads the Way
Level 9: 800/1,600 (1,600) Entries: 26/45 Prizes: €66,040 Diego Testa. There’s action at Table 23 – and then some. Diego Testa bet 5,900 into 10,000 when the board was 8♦7♣9♥. Jurij Naponiello raised to 12,700, and then Niki Prela went all in for 48,800. There were laughs around the table and joyful banter as Testa smooth-called Prela’s shove. Naponiello, however, went out of the way, and it was time for ashowdown.
Diego Testa: 7♦7♥
Niki Prela: 8♥9♦Prela didn’t improve on the Q♣3♠ runout and lost another bullet, while Testa’s stack has reached impressive highs.
Diego Testa: 330,000
Niki Prela: 0 -
Table 23 – A Quick Overview
Level 8: 800/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 27/44 Prizes: €65,700 
Andrea Cardinali. We’ve met many wonderful players so far during the Perla Poker Festival, and there’s without a doubt some really good poker players here. Today, we find some of them at Table 23:
Player Chips Comment Maria Elena Giunchi 200,000 Runner-up in the €330 ISOP Stage 2 Main Event 2018 (€11,500) Andrea Cardinali 84,000 Pokerplayer/coach, third place in the €550 ESPT Cup 2022 (€127,197) Diego Testa 100,000 Winner of the €225 Tana Delle Tigri Main Event October 2024 (€26,350) We just visited the table and witnessed as Maria Elena Giunchi bet 4,500 into 10,000 on a J♥5♠8♥ flop. Francesco di Florio raised to 16,000 and Giunchi decided to call.
Di Florio continued the aggression on the K♣ turn, now firing 15,000. This was enough to make Giunchi fold, but she can feel calm with her 200,000 stack.
Maria Elena Giunchi: 200,000
Francesco di Florio: 72,000 -
Nut Flush On the Turn
Level 8: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 27/44 Prizes: €65,700 
Niki Prela. On a 10♠Q♣4♣ board, Diego Testa went all in for 27,000 with 10,000 already in the middle. Niki Prela decided to make the call.
Diego Testa: Q♦5♦
Niki Prela: A♣2♣Testa wasn’t ahead for long as the board continued 7♣4♦. The nut flush for Prela meant Testa busted his first bullet of the day.
Niki Prela: 84,000
Diego Testa: 0 -
Suspence Like a Hitchcock Film
Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 28/43 Prizes: €65,360 
Francesco Tarantino. There was 21,000 in the middle when the board read 7♦5♦9♥9♠. After Giovanni Zapparrata bet 6,000, Francesco Tarantino went all in for 26,600. Zapparrata took his time thinking over the decision while Tarantino vas visably uncomfortable. Zapparrata was called the clock on before he decided to fold. As the dealer pushed the chips towards Tarantino, he showed A♦ to Zapparrata; did he have a nine to go along with his ace?
Francesco Tarantino: 50,000
Giovanni Zapparrata: 89,000 -
Russo Repping the Flush
Level 6: 400/800 (800) Entries: 27/42 Prizes: €65,020 
Giovanni Russo. The cards spelled out 2♦3♥5♥A♦ when Pierpaolo Fiorentale bet 5,100 into 15,000. Jurij Naponiello folded, but Giovanni Russo raised it to 15,000, a bet that Fiorentale called quickly.
On river J♥ Russo went all in for 30,000. Fiorentale considered his options for a minute or two before folding.
Giovanni Russo: 90,000
Pierpaolo Fiorentale: 52,000 -
Back On Track
Level 6: 400/800 (800) Entries: 30/40 Prizes: €64,340 On a Q♠A♣2♠2♣ board, Goran Kovaćevič bet 13,000 into the 29,000 pot. Loris Scattolin decided to call and the K♥ fell on the turn. A 15,000 bet from Kovaćevič made the trick and Scattolin folded.
Goran Kovaćevič: 79,000
Loris Scattolin: 190,000 -
First Break Of the Day; Big Stacks Identified
Break N/A Entries: 27/36 Prizes: €62,980 Pašan Hašimovič is the chipleader at the first break of Day 1c. The players are on the first of 2 15-minute breaks. Meanwhile, we’ve identified some big stacks in the room:
Player Chips Pašan Hašimovič280,000 Loris Scattolin195,000 Niki Prela125,000 Armando Masci125,000 Maria Elen Giunchi123,000 -
There Are Worse Flops
Level 5: 300/600 (600) Entries: 27/34 Prizes: €62,300 Dino Bahtijarev. From UTG+1, Carlo Arrigoni raised to 1,500 and got called by Gregor Bauman, Dino Bahtijarev, Danilo Colomba and Armando Masci.
The flop came 9♦7♦8♦. It was checked to Arrigoni who bet 2,500; everyone except Colomba decided to call.
Everyone checked the A♣ turn. On the river 2♣, Arrigoni bet 2,000 after Masci checked. Bahtijarev was the only one who decided to call.
Arrigoni turned over 10♦10♠; he may have missed his straight flush-draw, but his hand was still good seeing as Bahtijarev threw his two cards into the muck.
Cari Arrigoni: 61,000
Dina Bahtijarev: 60,000 -
“Grande Giocatore”
Level 4: 200/500 (500) Entries: 26/30 Prizes: €60,940 Niki Prela. Niki Prela limped UTG, Giovanni Russo called before Maria Giunchi decided to raise to 2,400. Prela and Russo both called and before the flop was dealt, Prela checked in the dark.
Action was checked around on the flop J♦8♣8♥. On the turn K♣, Prela bet 3,000 and was immideately raised 8,500 by Russo. Giunchi contemplated for about 3 minutes before folding and action was back on Prela. He engaged in some Italian table talk before going all in for 66,000. Russo scratched his head but eventually made the call.
Niki Prela: J♠8♦
Giovanni Russo: 8♠7♠“Grande giocatore”, Prela sang as the river 10♣ completed the board.
Niki Prela: 139,000
Giovanni Russo: 22,000 -
Three Way All In
Level 3: 200/400 (400) Entries: 23/26 Prizes: €8,840 The board read 9♠7♥A♥ and there was 15,000 in the pot. Pašan Hašimovič bet 12,000, Gaetano Fiore went all-in for 20,000 and Giacomo Masto repeated the move with his 35,400.
Hašimovič asked for counts and after a minute or two, he made the call.
Gaetano Fiore: 10♠8♥
Giacomo Masto: A♣2♠
Pašan Hašimovič: A♠J♦The board ran out 7♦J♣ resulting in Masto busting his first bullet of the day; Fiore won the main pot and Hašimovič took home the chips on the side.
Gaetano Fiore: 67,000
Giacomo Masto: 0
Pašan Hašimovič: 102,000 -
Aggression is Key
Level 2: 100/300 (300) Entries: 23/23 Prizes: €7,820 
Jurij Naponiello. Giovanni Russo raised to 700 from the hi-jack and got called by Jurij Naponiello in the big blind.
On the flop 5♣8♥3♣, Naponiello check-called the 800-bet from Russo. He checked again on the K♣ turn, Russo now bet 2,000 which was enough to make Naponiello fold.
Giovanni Russo: 64,000
Jurij Naponiello: 59,000 -
Isolating the Limpers
Level 2: 100/300 (300) Entries: 22/22 Prizes: €7,480 Claudio Bettamin limped from UTG+1; Pašan Hašimovič and GGaetano Fiore both followed the trend before Giacomo Miasto raised to 2,500 from the small blind. Fiore was the sole caller and the players were treated with a J♥10♦5♥ flop.
Maisto bet 3,000 and was called quickly by Fiore. On the turn 2♥, Maisto checked and Fiore took over the aggression with a 8,000 bet. This was enough to make Maisto fold and Fiore improved his stack.
Gaetano Fiore: 72,000
Giacomo Miasto: 47,000 -
Early Photos From Day 1c
Jurij Naponiello 
Riccardo Asquini Niki Prela Giovanni Russo Maria Elen Guinchi Andrea Cardinali Pierpaolo Fiorentale 
Giovanni Zapparrata Roberta Stagni Dino Bahtijarev 
Gregor Bauman Francesco Tarantino -
Decent Start For Bauman
Level 2: 100/300 (300) Entries: 22/22 Prizes: €7,480 There haven’t been any earth-shaking hands so far, but Gregor Bauman has improved his stack to 79,000 through smaller pots.
He opened to 700 UTG+1 and got 4 callers. It was checked to him on the 4♣6♦A♥ flop; he bet 1,000, and 3 players called him.
The turn was the 9♦, and when it came to Bauman, he now bet 3,000, enough to make everyone else fold. As Bauman collected the pot, he revealed A♦10♣ for top pair.
Gregor Bauman: 79,000
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Counterfeited On the River
Level 1: 100/200 (200) Entries: 20/20 Prizes: €6,800 As players are entering Day 1c by the minute, Claudio Bettamin raised to 500 from UTG+1. He was called by Aldo Monteleone (small blind) and Gaetano Fiore (big blind).
It was checked around on the flop 8♣9♦9♠, and action repeated on the J♦ turn. It was on the J♠ river Fiore bet 1,600 after Monteleone had checked. Bettamin called and Monteleone folded.
Gaetano Fiore: 8♥7♣
Claudio Bettamin: A♠Q♠Bettamin’s ace played as a kicker for the two pair on the board and he took home the pot.
Gaetano Fiore: 51,000
Claudio Bettamin: 66,000
Aldo Monteleone: 60,000 -
Off To the Races
Level 1: 100/200 (200) Entries: 9/9 Prizes: €3,060 Perla Poker Room. The first hand of Day 1c has been dealt. There are 9 players registered from the get-go but of course, more players are expected to enter the tournament during the day.
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Day 1c Lies Ahead Of Us
PokerPro banner at the Perla Poker Room. It’s Saturday, and it’s time for the third day 1-flight in the Perla Poker Festival Main Event. So far, 69 players have advanced to tomorrow’s Day 2-flight (55 players from Day 1a and 14 from Day 1b), and today’s participants will also fight for their Day 2 seat.
Play will start at 13:00 CET – roughly one and a half hours from now – and the buy-in is €360. The structure of Day 1c is precisely like it’s been on previous flights; each level is 30 minutes long, and play will end after Level 13:
Level Small Blind Big Blind Ante Level 1 100 200 200 Level 2 100 300 300 Level 3 200 400 400 Level 4 200 500 500 Level 5 300 600 600 Break (15 minutes) N/A N/A N/A Level 6 400 800 800 Level 7 500 1,000 1,000 Level 8 600 1,200 1,200 Level 9 700 1,400 1,400 Level 10 800 1,600 1,600 Break (15 minutes) N/A N/A N/A Level 11 1,000 2,000 2,000 Level 12 1,500 3,000 3,000 Level 13 2,000 4,000 4,000 PokerPro will be with you until the end of Day 1c, following all the action live. It should also be mentioned that Day 1d is also scheduled today; this final start flight begins at 19:00 and has a €500 buy-in.
Good luck to all players, and we’ll see you around!
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Results From Day 2
The following players cashed in the Perla Poker Festival Main Event during Day 2:
Position Player Payout 9 Alija Berišević€1,800 10 Silvestro Dozzo€1,500 11 Paolo Savegnaco€1,500 12 Emilio Cimmaruta€1,500 13 
Thais Dresch€1,250 14 Giovanni Apicella€1,250 15 Andrea Donati€1,250 16 Manuel Zaza€1,000 17 Jan Župec€1,000 18 Diego Testa€1,000 19 Marko Cvetanović€1,000 20 Luigi Schiano€900 21 Andrea Darduin€900 22 Roberta Stagni€900 23 Lorenzo Acampora€900 24 Marco Montecuollo€900 -
Final Table Seat Draw
Place Player Country Chips 1 Gianluca Lingeri Italy 1,650,000 2 Dragan Zarić Slovenia 2,250,000 3 Jurij Naponiello Italy 1,280,000 4 Pasquale Plevano Italy 1,130,000 5 Simone Alati Italy 3,230,000 6 Davide Ceglia Italy 1,640,000 7 Gaetano Fiore Italy 2,370,000 8 Jacopo Barnabo Italy 530,000 -
Live Coverage To Return Monday 13
Due to unforeseen sickness, the live updates from Day 2 of the Perla Poker Festival Main Event will have to be cut short today. We’ll be back when the Final Table starts tomorrow, Monday 13, at13:00 CET!
When we left the Perla poker room, 17 players remained and play will continue until there are only 8.
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Dinner Break And Chip Counts
Break N/A Entries: 17/236 Prizes: €73,050 The players are now on a 1-hour dinner break. The chip counts for the remaining 18 players look something like this:
Table-Seat Player Chips Big Blinds 23-1 Andrea Donati530,000 21 23-2 Jurir Naponiello515,000 21 23-5 Pasquale Plevano600,000 24 23-6 Gaetano Fiore315,000 13 23-7 Paolo Savegnago1,155,000 46 23-8 Alija Becirevic745,000 30 23-9 Jacopo Barnabo705,000 28 23-10 
Thais Dresch795,000 32 25-1 Zaza Manuel295,000 12 25-2 Dragan Zarić2,300,000 92 25-3 Giancula Lingeri1,835,000 73 25-4 Giovanni Apicella1,380,000 55 25-6 Jan Župec140,000 6 25-7 Silvestro Dozzo725,000 29 25-8 Davide Ceglia765,000 31 25-9 Emilio Cimmaruta395,000 16 25-10 Simone Alati795,000 32 -
Everybody Loves a Chop Pot
Level 20: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 20/236 Prizes: €73,050 Diego Testa moved all in for 180,000 and got called by Pasquale Plevano.
Diego Testa: A♦J♣
Pasquale Plevano: K♦Q♦The board 10♥2♥A♥9♥8♥ felt overdue, and the players shared the pot in a friendly manner.
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Stagni Signing Out
Level 19: 8,000/16,000 (16,000) Entries: 22/236 Prizes: €73,050 Roberta Stagni. Roberta Stagni really has enhanced the experience that is Perla Poker Festival; she always has a smile on her face and engages in friendly chatter at the table.
Andrea Donati raised to 32,000 from UTG. Stagni went all in for 48,000 and it was time for showdown after Donati made the call:
Roberta Stagni: K♦Q♣
Andrea Donati: K♥K♠No help for Stagni on the 6♥3♣5♥A♠7♣ runout. For her feat, she won €900.
Andrea Donati: 730,000
Roberta Stagni: 0 -
The Remaining Players
Level 19: 8,000/16,000 (16,000) Entries: 24/236 Prizes: €73,050 Player Table-Seat Andrea Donati 23-1 Juric Naponiello 23-2 Giancula Lingeri 23-3 Pasquale Plevano 23-5 Gaetano Fiore 23-6 Roberta Stagni 23-7 Lorenzo Acampora 23-8 Jacopo Barnabo 23-9 Thias Dresch 23-10 Marko Cvetanovic 24-1 Diego Testa 24-2 Manuel Zaza 24-3 Andrea Darduin 24-4 Paolo Savegnago 24-6 Alija Becirevic 24-7 Simone Alati 24-10 Dragan Zarić 25-2 Giovanni Apicella 25-4 Luigi Schiano 25-5 Jan Župec 25-6 Silvestro Dozzo 25-7 Davide Ceglia 25-8 Emilio Cimmaruta 25-9 Marco Montecuoll 25-10 -
Top Stacks On Break
Break N/A Entries: 24/236 Prizes: €73,050 After the bubble the 24 players went on a 15-minute break. These are 5 of the biggest stacks in the room right now:
Dragan Zarić1,600,000 Simone Alati1,500,000 Giancula Lingeri1,200,000 Alija Beciveric950,000 Silvestro Dozzo950,000 -
The Bubble Has Burst!
Break N/A Entries: 24/236 Prizes: €73,050 It was folded to Armando Masci who jammed his final 67,000 from the small blind. He got called by Simone Alati and the players went to showdown.
Armando Masci: K♥2♣
Simone Alati: A♦5♠Board ran out 3♥10♠5♥Q♥8♣ which meant Masci became the bubble boy. The remainding 24 players are all in the money!
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3-Hand Penalty On the Bubble
Level 19: 7,000/14,000 (14,000) Entries: 25/236 Prizes: €73,050 On the bubble, Manuel Zaza went all in for 260,000 on a 10♦7♦9♠ flop – after Marko Cvetanović initially bet 35,000.
Cvetanović contemplated a call, and as he was reviewing his options, he showed his opponent the J♦. The floor came over and informed Cvetanović that after the hand, he’d recieve a 3-hand penalty for doing this.
Cvetanović eventually folded his hand and when he did, Zaza showed 8♥6♠, being a good sport.
Manuel Zaza: 280,000
Marko Cvetanović: 500,000 -
We’re On the Bubble
Level 19: 7,000/14,000 (14,000) Entries: 25/236 Prizes: €73,050 As Draga Zarić eliminated Alberto Follador in position 26, the remaining 25 players are now on the bubble and playing hand by hand.
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Hitchcock Suspension
Level 19: 7,000/14,000 (14,000) Entries: 26/236 Prizes: €73,050 The players are now on the semi-bubble; only two more players need to get eliminated before the remaining players are in the money.
On a 10♦6♥A♣ board, Emilio Cimmaruta moves all in for 490,000 into the 600,000 pot. Giovanni Apicella went into the tank for around five minutes before showing A♦J♥ and folding. As Cimmaruta scooped the pot, he revealed his own ace.
Emilio Cimmaruta: 1,000,000
Giovanni Apicella: 1,000,000 -
Monfera’s Queens No Good
Level 19: 7,000/14,000 (14,000) Entries: 28/236 Prizes: €73,050 Just as Level 19 kicked off, Mauro Monfera raised to 25,000 from UTG+1. He got called by Giovanni Apicella and Jan Župec.
Župec checked the 9♠6♦5♠ flop prior to Monfera betting 125,000. Apicella wasted little to no time before he went all in for 700,000. Župec folded, Monfera called.
Giovanni Apicella: K♠K♥
Mauro Monfera: Q♠Q♣The full board read 9♠6♦5♠2♠9♦. Kings won and Monfera busted out of the tournament.
Giovanni Apicella: 1,300,000
Mauro Monfera: 0 -
Lingeri’s Over the Million
Level 18: 7,000/14,000 (14,000) Entries: 32/236 Prizes: €73,050 After Giancula Lingeri had opened to 24,000, Davide Marchioro went all in for 120,000 from the big blind. Lingeri decided to call.
Davide Marchioro: K♥J♣
Giancula Lingeri: 7♣7♠The board was 6♠A♠Q♣4♣5♠ meaning Lingeri’s pocket sevens were good. Marchioro was eliminated from the tournament.
Giancula Lingeri: 1,300,000
Davide Marchioro: 0 -
Palermo Bids Farewell
Level 18: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 33/236 Prizes: €73,050 Nicolo Palermo went all in from the hi-jack with his last 109,000. He got called by Roberta Stagni in the big blind.
Nicolo Palermo: 10♦9♦
Roberta Stagni: J♥J♣The board 3♥K♥3♣J♠6♣ saw Stagni improving to a full house as Palermo’s tournament life came to an end.
Roberta Stagni: 380,000
Nicolo Palermo: 0 -
Cvetanović Calls It Off
Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 34/236 Prizes: €73,050 From the cut-off, Tomaž Vodnik went all in for 94,000. Marko Cvetanović called it off from the big blind.
Tomaž Vodnik: K♦8♠
Marko Cvetanović: A♣10♣The board ran out J♦2♣6♦4♠J♠ meaning ace high was good and Vodnik was eliminated.
‘Marko Cvetanović: 450,000
Tomaž Vodnik: 0 -
EVBets Knockout Starts
Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 36/236 Prizes: €73,050 Perla Poker Room. While the bubble is approaching in the main event, the €230 EVBets Knockout Tournament has begun at the other end of the Perla Poker Room. So far 47 players have registered for the tournament, and the atmosphere at Perla is electric.
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Chip Counts During Second Break
Break N/A Entries: 40/236 Prizes: €73,050 These are 5 of the biggest stacks during the second break of the day:
Dragan Zarić1,200,000 Alija Beširević1,100,000 Simone Alati950,000 Giancula Lingeri850,000 Manuel Zaza700,000 -
Zarić’s In the Lead
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 41/236 Prizes: €73,050 There was roughly 100,000 in the middle when Dragan Zarić bet 50,000 on a 3♣3♠6♠9♣ board. Giovanni Apicella and Luigi Schiano called him; a pot was brewing.
The river made its appearance and completed the 3♣3♠6♠9♣5♦. Apicella and Schiano checked to Zarić who bet 135,000. Apicella called while Schiano folded.
Zarić showed 9♥9♠ for the second nuts; Apicella didn’t show his hand.
Dragan Zarić: 820,000
Giovanni Apicella: 540,000
Luigi Schiano: 380,000 -
Stagni Eliminates Bellocchi
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 46/236 Prizes: €73,050 Roberta Stagni is one of the few women remaining in the Perla Poker Festival Main Event. Roberta Stagni opened to 16,000, and Paolo Bellocchi saw his opportunity and went all in for 58,000. Stagni made the call.
Roberta Stagni: 6♦6♠
Paolo Bellocchi: K♦10♣The board articulated Q♠3♦9♦8♠5♦ which meant Stagni’s sixes were good.
Roberta Stagni: 340,000
Paolo Bellocchi: 0 -
Recent Casualties
Level: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 49/236 Prizes: €73,050 The players are deep into Level 16 and these were the last 10 players to bust out from the tournament:
Position Player 50 Antonio Pugliese 51 Niki Prela 52 Andrea Brentan 53 Veljko Glavičić 54 Enzo Cirillo 55 Alessandro Campedelli 56 Mario Movnja 57 Aldo Monteleone 58 Matej Kolar 59 Claudio Maddii -
Payouts
Level: 16 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 50/236 Prizes: €73,050 The payouts in the Perla Poker Festival Main Event is as follows:
Place Payout 1 €17,000 2 €11,000 3 €8,000 4 €6,000 5 €4,300 6 €3,300 7 €2,700 8 €2,200 9 €1,800 10 €1,500 11 €1,500 12 €1,500 13 €1,250 14 €1,250 15 €1,250 16 €1,000 17 €1,000 18 €1,000 19 €1,000 20 €900 21 €900 22 €900 23 €900 24 €900 -
Siljeborg Still In the Mix
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 53/236 Prizes: €73,050 Ivan Siljeborg won the Perla Poker Festival Main Event in April 2024, and he is one of the players who’s still in the mix chasing the 2025 inagural title.
Slijeborg recently found himself in a blind VS blind-scenario where he defended his big blind after Alessandro Campedelli had opened from the small blind.On flop 9♠10♥8♣, all the chips went in.
Ivan Siljeborg: 10♠9♥
Alessandro Campedelli: K♥K♦The full board was 9♠10♥8♣2♦10♣ meaning Siljeborg eliminated Campedelli.
Ivan SIljeborg: 290,000
Alessandro Campedelli: 0 -
Flush VS Flush
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 55/236 Prizes: €73,050 The board read 7♣K♦9♦Q♠7♦ at Table 22 when Mario Movnja went all in for 290,000. Before his shove, there were 110,000 in the middle, and the decision was madeon Davide Ceglia. He took his time before calling.
Mario Movnja: 8♦6♦
Davide Ceglia: A♦J♦Ceglia was obviously afraid of the full house, but he eventually made the call leaving Movnja with only 1,000 behind. Ceglia could be the chip leader at this point.
Davide Ceglia: 690,000
Mario Movnja: 1,000 -
24 Places Paid
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 57/236 Prizes: €73,050 The top 24 players in the Perla Poker Festival Main Event will be paid. The tournament management is calculating the payouts right now, and they will be published on PokerPro when they’re done.
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14,000 Abandoned
Level 14: 2,000/5,000 (5,000) Entries: 60/236 Prizes: €73,050 Manuel Zaza and Aldo Monteleone went all in against each other, blind versus blind:
Manuel Zaza: A♠A♦
Aldo Monteleone: A♥Q♥The board ran out 7♦4♠7♣4♣6♦, and suffering the bad beat, Monteleone left the table instant. However, after the dealer counted the stacks, it became evident Monteleone actually had Zaza covered. Such, a 14,000-stack is now looking for its owner at Table 25.
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Decent One For Donati
Level 14: 2,000/5,000 (5,000) Entries: 61/236 Prizes: €73,050 Andrea Donati. On the flop 2♠J♦8♣, Simone Alati bets 17,000 and gets called by Andrea Donati. The turn is the 3♣ and this time, Alati sizes up to 36,000. Donati decided to call.
On the river 7♦, Alati requested a count of Donati’s stack before he bet 55,000. Donati made the call after a minute’s consideration.
Simone Alati: 9♥8♥
Andrea Donati: A♣J♥Top pair top kicker was enough for Donati to take down the pot.
Andrea Donati: 460,000
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Kings Are Good
Level 14: 2,000/5,000 (5,000) Entries: 64/236 Prizes: €73,050 Andrea Donati opened to 10,000 from the lo-jack. Luigi Schiano raised to 25,000 from the hi-jack, prior to Armando Masci going all in for 110,000. Donati folded but Schiano decided to call.
Luigi Schiano: A♦Q♥
Armando Masci: K♥K♠Kings hold on the 2♣9♦6♦9♣5♣ board, meaning Masci doubled up.
Luigi Schiano: 370,000
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Late Registration is Over; Here Are Big Stacks
Break Entries: 68/236 Prizes: €73,050 Late registration in the Perla Poker Festival 2025 Main Event is now closed. These are 5 of the biggest stacks in the room as of now:
Player Chips Big Blinds Giovanni Apicella540,000 108 Alinja Bećirević510,000 102 Dragan Zarić480,000 96 Gaetano Fiore450,000 90 Emilio Cimmaruta430,000 86 -
Aces Are Good
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 71/236 Prizes: €73,050 As the conclusion of Level 13 is approaching, Roberto Bono went all in on a J♥5♥10♦ flop, getting called by Toni Batinjan.
Roberto Bono: A♦A♥
Toni Batinjan: Q♠J♠The full board was J♥5♥10♦8♥3♠; aces were good and Bono earned himself an important double-up.
Roberto Bono: 220,000
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Every Pot Matters
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 75/236 Prizes: €73,050 On a 4♥10♣7♥2♠ board with 160,000 in the middle, Marco Montecuoll went all in for 90,000. The decision was on Giancula Lingeri who got called the clock on after a few minutes. Eventually he folded and Montecuoll took home the pot.
Marco Montecuoll: 250,000
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Babic Doubles Up
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 76/236 Prizes: €73,050 Ziga Babic went all in for 27,000 from hi-jack. From the big blind, Emilio Cimmaruta made the call.
Ziga Babic: J♥10♥
Emilio Cimmaruta: 8♥8♠The board ran out A♥10♣6♣A♣10♠; the short-stacked Babic is now back on starting terms while Cimmaruta still is healthy.
Ziga Babic: 60,000
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Roberta And Her Nines
Level 12: 1,000/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 80/236 Prizes: €73,050 Roberta Stagni. On the flop 2♣3♣9♠, Elvis Kallashi put Roberta Stagni all in for 99,000. Roberta couldn’t have made the call any quicker.
Roberta Stagni: 9♦9♣
Elvis Kallashi: A♣7♣The board completed 2♣3♣9♠7♦2♠; Kallashi didn’t hit his flush and Roberta doubled up.
Roberta Stagni: 260,000
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Runner-runner Straight
Level 12: 1,000/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 81/236 Prizes: €73,050 On the flop 7♦5♥4♣, Mario Movnja and Pietro Piraino clashed all in against eachother:
Mario Movnja: 9♠9♣
Pietro Piraino: Q♠Q♣Things looked great for Piraino – until the board continued 8♠6♣. The runner-runner straight was a fact and Piraino got stacked by Movnja.
Mario Movnja: 270,000
Pietro Piraino: 0 -
Aces Cracked
Level 12: 1,000/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 85/236 Prizes: €73,050 On the board 8♠7♣2♥Q♦5♥, Giovanni Apicella and Elvis Kallashi clashed all in; Jordan Srebrnic was also all in for a side pot.
Giovanni Apicella: 6♠4♥
Elvis Kallashi: A♦A♥Apicella won a big pot with his straight; Kallashi survived while Srebrnic didn’t reveal his losing hand.
Giovanni Apicella: 430,000
Elvis Kallashi: 210,000
Jordan Srebrnic: 0 -
Maisto’s Comeback Comes To An End
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 90/235 Prizes: €72,600 Giacomo Maisto has been present in the Perla Poker Festival Main Event. The Italian hasn’t played much during the last couple of years, but poker enthusiasts may remember that he won the EPT Copenhagen back in 2011.
Maisto opened to 5,000 from the cut-off and was called by Francesco Cricelli and Federico Privitera. It was checked to Maisto on the 8♣J♣A♦ flop and he then bet 8,000. Cricelli called, while Privitera decided to get out of the way.
Both players checked the 10♦ turn. On the river 10♥, Maisto went all in after Cricelli checked, and Cricelli called instantly.
Giacomo Maisto: K♠7♥
Francesco Cricelli: A♣4♣Since the bluff didn’t work, Maisto’s live poker comeback cash will have to wait a little longer.
Francesco Cricelli: 290,000
Giacomo Maisto: 0 -
Day 2 To Begin In 15 Minutes
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 95/233 Prizes: €69,780 Perla Poker Room. After three initial days, it’s now time for Day 2 of the Perla Poker Festival Main Event.
First hand will be dealt in just one hour, and Day 2 won’t be over until a final table is set. All and all, 95 players have advanced from the Day 1 flights and will take it to the tables today. However, late registration is open during the first 3 40-minute levels, meaning the €69,780 prize pool could grow even larger.
The payouts will be available once late registration is over and posted on the PokerPro live blog. Due to some unforeseen happenings, the live blog will start around 13:30 CET today.
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Day 2 Seat Draw
Table-Seat Player Chips Big Blinds 12-1 Emilio De Angelis 60,000 30 12-2 Žiga Babič 24,000 12 12-3 Alberto Follador 90,000 45 12-4 Andrea Scarmignan 60,000 30 12-5 Andrea Iaconcig 124,000 62 12-6 Roman Gomboši 142,000 71 12-7 Riccardo Asquini 201,000 101 12-8 Emilio Cimmaruta 479,000 240 14-1 Marinko Papac 97,000 49 14-2 Gennaro Lomasti 60,000 30 14-3 Marco Perra 60,000 30 14-4 Iacopo Brandi 83,000 42 14-5 Danilo Colomba 140,000 70 14-6 Alessandro Campedelli 270,000 135 14-7 Toni Batinjan 250,000 125 14-8 Simone Alati 200,000 100 19-1 Giovanni Apicella 131,000 66 19-2 Francesco Cricelli 261,000 131 19-3 Federico Privitera 60,000 30 19-4 Elvis Kallashi 264,000 132 19-5 Veljko Glavičić 52,000 26 19-6 Enzo Cirillo 82,000 41 19-7 Andrea Brentan 199,000 100 19-8 Jordan Srebrnič 106,000 53 20-1 Marko Jovanović 60,000 30 20-2 Jan Župec 77,000 39 20-3 Erik Olivo 287,000 144 20-4 Ivan Somma 249,000 125 20-5 Andrea Donati 187,000 94 20-6 Andrea Messina 104,000 52 20-7 Claudio Maddii 60,000 30 20-8 Andrea Darduin 135,000 68 21-1 Gianluca Lingeri 183,000 92 21-2 Dino Bahtijarević 297,000 149 21-3 Tomaž Vodnik 134,000 67 21-4 Drago Rescic 244,000 122 21-5 Marco Montecuollo 60,000 30 21-6 Davide Cojaniz 87,000 44 21-7 Ivan Srezović 98,000 49 21-8 Paolo Savio 60,000 30 22-1 Mario Mošnja 140,000 70 22-2 Giuseppe Cripta 123,000 62 22-3 Pietro Piraino 51,000 26 22-4 Luca Maiorano 60,000 30 22-5 Silvestro Dozzo 201,000 101 22-6 Andrea Cardinali 31,000 16 22-7 Davide Ceglia 492,000 246 22-8 Matej Kolar 88,000 44 23-1 Loris Scattolin 119,000 60 23-2 Pašan Hašimović 313,000 157 23-3 Nicolo Palermo 60,000 30 23-4 Manuel Ferrari 45,000 23 23-5 Pasquale Plevano 71,000 36 23-6 Gaetano Fiore 221,000 111 23-7 Sejdefa Hodžić 192,000 96 23-8 Lorenzo Acampora 129,000 65 24-1 Marko Cvetanović 278,000 139 24-2 Prela Niki 86,000 43 24-3 Prela Niki 195,000 98 24-4 Giovanni Chiofalo 250,000 125 24-5 Paolo Savegnago 135,000 68 24-6 Pietro Bulfon 60,000 30 24-7 Jason Glatzer 98,000 49 24-8 Matic Klarič 60,000 30 25-1 Andrea Gavelli 63,000 32 25-2 Dragan Zarić 415,000 208 25-3 Manuel Zaza 44,000 22 25-4 Alija Beširević 209,000 105 25-5 Maria Elena Giunchi 154,000 77 25-6 Slobodan Janković 97,000 49 25-7 Germano Russo 127,000 64 25-8 Alessandro Smittarello 60,000 30 28-1 Mauro Monfera’ 128,000 64 28-2 Giovanni Russo 120,000 60 28-3 Luigi Schiano 314,000 157 28-4 Paolo Bellocchi 60,000 30 28-5 Diego Testa 193,000 97 28-6 Rajko Blagojević 47,000 24 28-7 Aldo Pezzotti 70,000 35 28-8 Carlo Sant 219,000 110 29-1 Aldo Monteleone 135,000 68 29-2 Kestutis Januškevičius 183,000 92 29-3 Armando Masci 105,000 53 29-4 Ivan Siljeborg 237,000 119 29-5 Dario Quattrucci 60,000 30 29-6 Jurij Naponiello 302,000 151 29-7 Roberto Bono 79,000 40 29-8 Davor Bojovič 60,000 30 30-1 Antonio Pugliese 211,000 106 30-2 Giacomo Maisto 120,000 60 30-3 Roberta Stagni 130,000 65 30-4 Stefano Crepaldi 60,000 30 30-5 Thais Dresch 162,000 81 30-6 Davide Marchioro 70,000 35 30-7 Jacopo Barnabo 352,000 176
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Davide Ceglia Triumphs at 2025 Perla Poker Festival Main Event (€17,000)
Davide Ceglia, winner of 2025 Perla Poker Festival Main Event – Winter Edition Congratulations to Davide Ceglia on winning the 2025 Perla Poker Festival – Winter Edition! The Italian triumphed over Slovenia’s Dragan Zarić in a heads-up battle, earning €17,000 and the PPF winner’s trophy.
Read the full report from the 2025 Perla Poker Festival – Winter Edition Main Event.
2025 Perla Poker Festival Main Event – Winter Edition Final Table Results
Place Player Country Prize 1 Davide CegliaItaly €17,000 2 Dragan ZarićSlovenia €11,000 3 Gaetano FioreItaly €8,000 4 Simone AlatiItaly €6,000 5 Gianluca LingeriItaly €4,300 6 Jacopo BarnaboItaly €3,300 7 Pasquale PlevanoItaly €2,700 8 Jurij NaponielloItaly €2,200 -
Dragan Zarić Eliminated in 2nd Place (€11,000)
Level 31: 70,000/140,000 (140,000) Entries: 1/236 Prizes: €73,050 
Dragan Zaric. Fireworks erupted on the second hand after the break. Davide Ceglia opened to 320,000 from the button before Dragan Zarić three-bet jammed for 6,000,000. Ceglia snap-called and Zaric needed some help to survive in a cooler of a spot.
Dragan Zarić: A♠J♣
Davide Ceglia: A♣Q♣The board spelled out 10♥8♣4♥K♥K♠, meaning Zarić was eliminated in second place for €11,000. Meanwhile, congratulations to Davide Ceglia for winning the 2025 Perla Poker Festival Winter Edition Main Event for €17,000!
Stay tuned for the winner’s photos, full results, and a recap of the three-day 2025 Perla Poker Festival Winter Edition Main Event within the next couple of hours.
Davide Ceglia: 14,160,000
Dragan Zarić: 0Stay tuned for a full recap and payouts; it will be up on the site in about one hour!
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Ceglia Keeps on Climbing
Level 30: 60,000/120,000 Entries: 2/236 Prizes: €73,050 
Davide Ceglia. Heads-up play has been going on for about one hour, and it’s been a rollercoaster ride. Since a few hands ago, Davide Ceglia is now the chip leader after winning some semi-large pots here and there.
Ceglia limped and Dragan Zarić raised to 320,000. Ceglia called, and the players were treated with a J♣3♦9♣ flop. Zarić bet 200,000 but was immediately raised to 500,000 from Ceglia.
Zarić called, and the dealer revealed the 8♠ turn. Zarić checked, and Ceglia now bet 900,000. Zarić called, and 7♣ fell on the river. Both players checked, and it was enough for Ceglia to show the J♥to take down the pot.
Davide Ceglia: 7,900,000
Dragan Zarić: 6,180,000 -
Ceglia Gains Breathing Room
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 2/236 Prizes: €73,050 Davide Ceglia. Davide Ceglia lost some chips to start heads-up play before he called off his stack of 2.5 million after Dragan Zarić jammed the button.
Davide Ceglia: A♠5♠
Dragan Zarić: Q♥10♣Zarić had two live cards, but he doubled up Ceglia instead of hoisting the trophy after he bricked on the K♦7♥2♥6♠9♦ board.
Dragan Zarić: 9,000,000
Davide Ceglia: 5,000,000
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Gaetano Fiore Eliminated in 3rd Place (€8,000)
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 Entries: 2/236 Prizes: €73,050 
Gaetano Fiore. The action was down to heads-up play, with Dragan Zaric holding nearly quadruple the stack of Davide Ceglia to start play after Gaetano Fiore hit the rail in third place for €8,000.
Fiore opened to 425,000 from the button before Zarić three-bet shoved from the small l
Dragan Zarić: A♥K♦
Gaetano Fiore: K♠6♠Fiore needed a bit of help, but none was on his way after the 3♥2♣J♥5♥9♦ ran out on the board. Meanwhile, Zaric and Ceglia each locked up €11,000 with the €17,000 top prize and the trophy on the line for the winner.
Dragan Zarić: 11,000,000
Davide Ceglia: 3,000,000
Gaetano Fiore: 0 -
Fiore Leads at Break
Break N/A Entries: 3/236 Prizes: €73,050 Players headed on a 15-minute break. Gaetano Fiore held the lead with 59 big blinds, followed by Dragan Zaric with 43 big blinds, and Davide Ceglia, who was once on crumbs, with 39 big blinds.
The blinds will increase to 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 big blind ante when the action resumes.
Position Player Chips Big Blinds 1 Gaetano Fiore5,920,000 59 2 Dragan Zaric4,260,000 43 3 Davide Ceglia3,900,000 39 Gaetano Fiore Dragan Zaric 
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Simone Alati Eliminated in 4th Place (€6,000)
Level 28: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 3/236 Prizes: €73,050 
Simone Alati. Just before the break, the action was down to three players, with each player locking up at least a €8,000 payday after Simone Alati, who recently doubled up, lost his stack on a bad beat to Davide Ceglia.
Alati three-bet jammed for more than a dozen big blinds from the big blind and was called by Ceglia, who originally opened from under the gun.
Simone Alati: J♦J♣
Davide Ceglia: A♠J♥Alati was safe on the 9♥10♦7♣ flop with Ceglia’s ace still alive and also outs for a chop. The safety factor increased for Alati on the 2♥ turn. However, that all changed when the brutal A♥ river completed the board to end the start of the final table chip leader Alati’s run in fourth place.
Davide Ceglia: 3,900,000
Simone Alati: 0 -
Another Double for Ceglia
Level 28: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 4/236 Prizes: €73,050 Davide Ceglia. Simone Alati jammed from the small blind. Davide Ceglia was short again before he called off his 10 big blind stack from the big blind.
Davide Ceglia: K♠Q♥
Simone Alati: 10♠6♠Ceglia pulled far ahead after his king-connected on the A♥K♥2♠ but seemed quite nervous about hitting the rail after Alati had some hope with a flush draw on the Q♠ turn. Ceglia relaxed after his top two pair were good after the blank 2♦ river completed the board.
Davide Ceglia: 2,100,000
Simone Alati: 500,000
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Ceglia Doubles Through Alati
Level 28: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 4/236 Prizes: €73,050 Davide Ceglia. There was no significant action to report during Level 27. However, the first double-up at the final table occurred during the first half of Level 28 as follows:
Davide Ceglia was down to under 10 big blinds when he jammed his stack of 720,000 from under the gun. Simone Alati paused from the big blind before finding a call. The hands were tabled and, despite Ceglia was flipping for his tournament life, perhaps the best-case scenario once called.
Davide Ceglia: 10♥9♣
Simone Alati: 6♠6♣Ceglia pulled ahead after his nine connected on the flop and won the hand with a full house to double his stack instead of hitting the rail after the 5♠8♦9♦9♠5♦ ran out on the board.
Simone Alati: 3,100,000
Davide Ceglia: 1,500,0002025 Perla Poker Festival Winter Edition Main Event Trophy -
Fiore Leads at First Break
Break N/A Entries: 4/236 Prizes: €73,050 
Final Four Players at the 2025 Perla Poker Festival Main Event The remaining four players headed to a 15-minute break after two one-hour blind levels. Gaetano Fiore took the lead near the end of Level 26 and remained on top at the break followed by Dragan Zarić.
Check out the full chip counts at the break below:
Player Chips Big Blinds Dragan Zarić4,230,000 60 Simone ALati2,530,000 36 Davide Ceglia1,510,000 22 Gaetano Fiore5,810,000 83 
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Gianluca Lingeri Eliminated in 5th Place (€4,300)
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 4/236 Prizes: €73,050 
Gianluca Lingeri. Gianluca Lingeri open-jammed for about 1.5 million from the small blind. Dragan Zarić tanked for more than a minute before he found a call.
Gianluca Lingeri: A♣5♥
Dragan Zarić: Q♣J♠Zarić hit his third straight of the day on the 6♥A♦J♥10♠K♦ board. Lingeri busted in fifth place and got €4,300 for his feat. The final four players each locked up €6,000 and counting.
Dragan Zarić: 4,000,000
Gianluca Lingeri: 0 -
Big One for Fiore
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 5/236 Prizes: €73,050 Gaetano Fiore. From the cut-off, Dragan Zarić raised to 120,000. He got called by Simone Alati and Gaetano Fiore.
The flop came K♠10♥6♠. Fiore checked; Zarić bet 110,000 and was called by both Alati and Fiore.
Fiore checked again on the 8♠ turn before Zarić bet 200,000. Alati decided to fold, while Fiore mad the call.
On the river 5♥, Fiore now led out for 1,200,000. Zarić made the call.
Fiore turned over Q♠4♠, which was enough to take down this considerable pot.
Gaetano Fiore: 3,900,000
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Jacopo Barnabo Eliminated in 6th Place (€3,300)
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 5/236 Prizes: €73,050 
Jacopo Barnabo. Jacopo Barnabo came in as the short stack to start the day and managed to ladder up two spots before running out of gas. He jammed his short stack and was flipping after he got called by Dragan Zarić.
Jacopo Barnabo: 7♥7♦
Dragan Zarić: A♥10♠The board J♣4♣Q♦9♣K♦ was a brutal reality for Barnabo as Zarić hit his straight. Barnabo left with €3,300 as Zarić keeps adding to his already impressive stack. The final five players each locked up a €4,300 payout with much more to come, with €17,000 on the line for today’s winner.
Dragan Zarić: 4,500,000
Jacopo Barnabo: 0 -
Pasquale Plevano Eliminated in 7th Place (€2,700)
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 6/236 Prizes: €73,050 Pasquale Plevano. Pasquale Plevano and Simone Alati clashed all in pre-flop.
Simone Alati: A♥9♣
Pasquale Plevano: J♠J♣Plevano hit the rail on a bad beat with his short stack as Alati connected with his ace on the 6♥2♣A♠8♥4♣ board. While Plevano earned €2,700 for his impressive performance, the rest of the field laddered up to an at least a €3,300 payout.
Simone Alati: 3,200,000
Pasquale Plevano: 0 -
Jurij Naponiello Eliminated in 8th Place (€2,200)
Level 25: 20,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 7/236 Prizes: €73,050 
Jurij Naponiello. Jurij Naponiello opened for 110,000 from under the gun. The action folded to Dragan Zarić, who decided to defend his big blind.
Both players checked the 2♥J♥5♦ flop. On the turn 7♦, Zarić bet 240,000 and Naponiello made the call.
Zarić went all in in the dark before the river 3♠. Zarić had Naponiello covered, and Naponiello thought for about four minutes before making the call.
Dragan Zarić: 6♥4♠
Jurir Naponiello: A♦J♦Zarić improved to a straight on the river to eliminate the first player of the day in Naponiello. Naponiello earned €2,200 for his eighth-place performance, while the final seven players locked up at least €2,700.
Dragan Zarić: 4,800,000
Jurir Naponiello: 0 -
Final Table Photos
The final table just kicked off of the Perla Poker Festival Main Event at Perla Casino on the Italian border in Nova Gorica, Slovenia.
Check out the photos below as play as the action was getting underway.
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2025 Perla Poker Festival Winter Edition Main Event Final Table 
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2025 Perla Poker Festival Winter Edition Main Event Final Table Gianluca Lingeri 
Gianluca Lingeri 
Dragon Zaric 
Jurij Naponiello 
Jurij Naponiello Jurij Naponiello 
SImone Alati 
Simone Alati Simone Alati Pasquale Plevano Davide Ceglia Davide Ceglia Gaetano Fiore Jacopo Barnabo 
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Aggressive Start
Level 25: 20,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 8/236 Prizes: €73,050 Gaetano Fiore Simone Alati raised to 110,000 from UTG. Gaetano Fiore re-raised him to 450,000, and he decided to call.
Alati checked the J♠2♣8♠ flop, and Fiore fired a bet of 800,000. Alati asked for a count, but eventually, he decided to fold his hand.
Simone Alati: 2,800,000
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Cards in the Air
Level 25: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 8/236 Prizes: €73,050 The final eight players have arrived at the Perla poker room, and the first hand is about to be dealt.
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Alati Chip Leader As A Main Event Winner Will Be Crowned
After four thrilling days of poker, it’s time for the final table in the Perla Poker Festival 2025 Main Event. Yesterday’s Day 2 action witnessed 24 players advance to the ITM stage, and play continued until eight players remained.
These eight will make it to the Perla poker room in about an hour and battle it out for the trophy and the €17,000 top prize. The stacks and the seat draw for today look like this:
Table-Seat Player Chips Big Blinds 28-1 Gianluca Lingeri1,650,000 33 28-2 Dragan Zarić2,250,000 45 28-3 Jurij Naponiello1,280,000 26 28-4 Pasquale Plevano1,130,000 23 28-5 Simone Alati3,230,000 65 28-6 Davide Ceglia1,640,000 33 28-7 Gaetano Fiore2,370,000 47 28-8 Jacopo Barnabo530,000 11 Simone Alati is leading the way, but there are many players with healthy stacks, so anything can happen on this final day. Dragan Zarić will decide if the trophy will stay in Slovenia, seeing he’s the only one not repping the Italian flag.
Do not miss out on PokerPro’s live coverage of the final table with the action beginning at 14:00.
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Final Table Seat Draw
Place Player Country Chips 1 Gianluca Lingeri Italy 1,650,000 2 Dragan Zarić Slovenia 2,250,000 3 Jurij Naponiello Italy 1,280,000 4 Pasquale Plevano Italy 1,130,000 5 Simone Alati Italy 3,230,000 6 Davide Ceglia Italy 1,640,000 7 Gaetano Fiore Italy 2,370,000 8 Jacopo Barnabo Italy 530,000
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