Over $3 Million Guaranteed During the Merit Poker Dolce Vita Festival

Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor

Jul 12, 2024
4 min read

$1,500,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Full Merit Poker Dolce Vita Schedule

Have the CelestialPoker updates from the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas got you itching to play live poker? Are you yearning to get away to sunny climes? The upcoming Merit Poker Dolce Vita festival could be just what you are looking for if you answered yes to one of those questions.

The Merit Dolce Vita festival, which translates as life is sweet, runs from July 24 through August 3 at the five-star all-inclusive Merit Crystal Cove Hotel-Casino in Kyrenia, North Cyprus. The busy schedule features 25 tournaments and satellites with combined guarantees of over $3 million.

Those heading to North Cyprus don’t have long to wait before the first big tournament shuffles up and deals because the very first event is the $1,100 buy-in IPO Master, a $500,000 guaranteed No-Limit Hold’em affair with four flights to choose from, including a turbo-structured Day 1D.

$1,500,000 Guaranteed Main Event

Almost half of the festival’s guaranteed amount is reserved for the La Notte Degli Assi, or the Night of the Aces tournament, which serves as the Dolce Vita festival’s Main Event. Buying into any of the four Day 1s costs $2,200 but for that princely sum you get to play for a share of a guaranteed $1,500,000!

Merit Poker’s events have a habit of obliterating their guarantees, and there’s no reason to think the La Notte Degli Assi will be any different.

Don’t worry of the $2,200 buy-in is outside the constraints of your bankroll because Merit Poker is running several satellites throughout the Dolce Vita festival. These come with buy-ins of $250, $350, and $550, with three, ten, and fifteen guaranteed seats, respectively.

Full Merit Poker Dolce Vita Schedule

Date	Time	Event	Buy-in	Guarantee
Wed 24 Jul	12:00 p.m.	#1 NLHE IPO Master Day 1A	$1,100	$500,000
	5:30 p.m.	#2 NLHE Turbo Bounty $200 KO	$550	$20,000
	8:00 p.m.	#3 NLHE Joker Mystery Bounty Day 1A	$1,650	$150,000
Thu 25 Jul	12:00 p.m.	#1 NLHE IPO Master Day 1B	$1,100	$500,000
	5:30 p.m.	#4 NLHE Hyper Turbo Seep Stack	$440	$20,000
	8:00 p.m.	#3 NLHE Joker Mystery Bounty Day 1B	$1,650	$150,000
	8:30 p.m.	#1 NLHE IPO Master Day 1C	$1,100	$500,000
Fri 26 Jul	10:00 a.m.	#1 NLHE IPO Master Day 1D Turbo	$1,100	$500,000
	12:30 p.m.	#1 NLHE IPO Master Day 2	$1,100	$500,000
	7:00 p.m.	#5 NLHE Vamos Poker Cup Day 1	$550	$200,000
	9:00 p.m.	#3 NLHE Joker Mystery Bounty Final Day		$150,000
	10:00 p.m.	#6 NLHE Qualifier to LNDA Day 1A	$350	10 seats
Sat 27 Jul	12:00 p.m.	#1 NLHE IPO Master Day 3		$500,000
	12:30 p.m.	#5 NLHE Vamos Poker Cup Day 1B	$550	$200,000
	7:00 p.m.	#5 NLHE Vamos Poker Cup Day 1C	$550	$200,000
	8:00 p.m.	#7 NLHEOPE Classic 8-Handed Day 1	$3,300
	10:00 p.m.	#8 NLHE Qualifier to LNDA Day 1A	$350	10 seats
Sun 28 Jul	11:00 a.m.	#5 NLHE Vamos Poker Cup Day 1D Turbo	$550	$200,000
	12:00 p.m.	#9 NLHE Bounty $400 KO 8-Handed	$880	$30,000
	1:00 p.m.	#1 IPO Master Final Day		$500,000
	5:00 p.m.	#5 NLHE Vamos Poker Cup Day 2		$200,000
	8:00 p.m.	#7 NLHE OPE Classic Cup 8-Handed Final Day	$3,300
	10:00 p.m.	#10 NLHE Qualifier to LNDA Day 1A	$500	15 seats
Mon 29 Jul	11:00 a.m.	#11 NL Qualifier to LNDA Day 1A	$250	3 seats
	12:00 p.m.	#5 NLHE Vamos Poker Cup Final Day		$200,000
	12:00 p.m.	#12 NLHE La Notte Degli Assi Day 1A	$2,200	$1,500,000
	6:00 p.m.	#13 NLHE Ladies Championship	Free/$100 rebuys	$10,000
	10:00 p.m.	#14 NLHE Qualifier to LNDA Dat 1B	$500	15 seats
Tue 30 Jul	11:00 a.m.	#15 NLHE Qualifer to LNDA Day 1B	$250	3 seats
	12:00 p.m.	#12 NLHE La Notte Degli Assi Day 1B	$2,200	$1,500,000
	6:00 p.m.	#16 NLHE Qualifer to LNDA Day 1C	$350	5 seats
	10:00 p.m.	#17 NLHE Mix-Max 9-Handed Day 1	$1,100	$80,000
Wed 31 Jul	11:00 a.m.	#18 NLHE Qualifier to LNDA Day 1C	$250	3 seats
	12:00 p.m.	#12 NLHE La Notte Degli Assi Day 1C	$2,200	$1,500,000
	2:00 p.m.	#19 PL Omaha Bounty 8-Handed $500 KO	$1,100	$50,000
	5:00 p.m.	#20 NLHE to LNDA Day 1D	$350	5 seats
	7:00 p.m.	#12 NLHE La Nott Degli Assi Day 1D Turbo	$2,200	$1,500,000
	10:00 p.m.	#17 NLHE Mix-Max 7-Handed Day 1	$1,100	$80,000
Thu 1 Aug	12:00 p.m.	#12 NLHE La Notte Degli Assi Day 2	$2,200	$1,500,000
	7:00 p.m.	#21 NLHE OPE Poker Cup Day 1A	$550	$200,000
	10:00 p.m.	#17 NLHE Mix-Max 6-Handed Final Day		$80,000
Fri 2 Aug	12:00 p.m.	#12 NLHE La Notte Degli Assi Day 3		$1,500,000
	12:30 p.m.	#21 NLHE OPE Poker Cup Day 1B	$550	$200,000
	7:00 p.m.	#21 NLHE OPE Poker Cup Day 1C	$550	$200,000
	9:00 p.m.	#22 Double Board PLO Bomb Pot 8-Handed	$1,100	$50,000
Sat 3 Aug	11:00 a.m.	#21 NLHE OPE Poker Cup Day 1D Turbo	$550	$200,000
	12:00 p.m.	#12 NLHE La Notte Degli Assi Day 4		$1,500,000
	5:00 p.m.	#21 NLHE OPE Poker Cup Day 2		$200,000
	7:00 p.m.	#24 NLHE Honor Poker Kung Fu Cup Day 1	$880	$60,000
Su 4 Aug	12:00 p.m.	#24 NLHE Honor Poker Kung Fu Cup Final Day	$880	$60,000
	12:30 p.m.	#21 NLHE OPE Poker Cup Final Day		$200,000
	1:00 p.m.	#12 NLHE La Notte Degli Assi Final Day		$1,500,000
	6:00 p.m.	#25 NLHE Deep Stack Bounty 6-Handed $300 KO	$660	$25,000