$5,300 MPP Main Event
Day 4 Started
2022 Mediterranean Poker Party
$5,300 MPP Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
2022 Mediterranean Poker Party
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$4,747,200
Entries
1,032
Level
38
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Entries
21
Players Left
1
Day 4 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Steven Warburton | United Kingdom | 4,625,000 | 29 |
| 1 | 2 | - | |||
| 1 | 3 | Nuri Hadioglu | Turkey | 1,800,000 | 11 |
| 1 | 4 | Manuel Fritz | Austria | 5,800,000 | 36 |
| 1 | 5 | Erik Cajelais | Canada | 8,130,000 | 51 |
| 1 | 6 | Ghanim Dashti | Kuwait | 2,300,000 | 14 |
| 1 | 7 | Kyle Maguire | United Kingdom | 9,400,000 | 59 |
| 1 | 8 | Rachid Amamou | Switzerland | 3,000,000 | 19 |
| 2 | 1 | James Harvey | United States | 3,545,000 | 22 |
| 2 | 2 | Natalya Nikitina | Russia | 5,175,000 | 32 |
| 2 | 3 | Aleksei Petrov | Russia | 3,450,000 | 22 |
| 2 | 4 | Daniel Thaller | United Kingdom | 780,000 | 5 |
| 2 | 5 | Riccardo Saraniero | Italy | 7,260,000 | 45 |
| 2 | 6 | - | |||
| 2 | 7 | Arsenii Karmatckii | Russia | 9,100,000 | 57 |
| 2 | 8 | - | |||
| 3 | 1 | Hannes Jeschka | France | 11,045,000 | 69 |
| 3 | 2 | Koray Korkmaz | Turkey | 6,750,000 | 42 |
| 3 | 3 | Gabriel Akiki | Lebanon | 3,620,000 | 23 |
| 3 | 4 | Alexander Gofman | Russia | 7,100,000 | 44 |
| 3 | 5 | Yiannis Liperis | United Kingdom | 4,400,000 | 28 |
| 3 | 6 | Juozas Bizokas | Lithuania | 2,500,000 | 16 |
| 3 | 7 | Nikolay Fal | Russia | 1,150,000 | 7 |
| 3 | 8 | Oleg Netaliev | Russia | 1,975,000 | 12 |
Karmatckii Goes For Back to Back on Final Day of the MPP Main Event
It is time for the fourth and final day of the $5,300 Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel on the shores of Northern Cyprus. The day will get underway at 12 noon with 21 players still remaining out of a field of 1,032, all of which will be aiming for the $750,000 grand prize victory.
One of the top stories heading into the day is whether Arsenii Karmatckii can do the unthinkable and win two events during the MPP as he already captured the win in the MPP $2,200 Warm Up event which also had over 1,0000 players for $310,000. He enters today third in chips and with a win, would earn himself over $1 million for the series.
There are plenty looking to thwart his attempt, however, including the chip leader Hannes Jeschka who will secure his best-ever live score with any finish eleventh or better which would eclipse his previous best of $44,000.
Kyle Maguire enters the day second in chips as he is looking to continue his hot 2022 with another big score as almost 75% of his total career earnings came in April with a score of $212,000 for 2nd place in the Irish Open.
Erik Cajelais is one of the most accomplished players remaining with almost $4 million in career earnings. The Montreal native enters the day fourth in chips and is a real contender to take home the MPP trophy today as well as Alexander Gofman of Russia who has $3.2 million in career earnings and enters the day sixth in chips.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hannes Jeschka | Germany | 11,045,000 | 69 |
| 2 | Kyle Maguire | United Kingdom | 9,400,000 | 59 |
| 3 | Arsenii Karmatckii | Russia | 9,100,000 | 57 |
| 4 | Erik Cajelais | Canada | 8,130,000 | 51 |
| 5 | Riccardo Saraniero | Italy | 7,260,000 | 45 |
| 6 | Alexander Gofman | Russia | 7,100,000 | 44 |
| 7 | Koray Korkmaz | Turkey | 6,750,000 | 42 |
| 8 | Manuel Fritz | Austria | 5,800,000 | 36 |
| 9 | Natalya Nikitina | Russia | 5,175,000 | 32 |
| 10 | Steven Warburton | United Kingdom | 4,625,000 | 29 |
Natalya Nikitina is the last woman remaining in the final 21 and she is looking to make another splash on the poker world as her largest career score for ~ $330,000 came way back in 2011.
Other contenders include Steven Warburton, Yiannis Liperis , the lone American remaining James Harvey and Daniel Thaller who will try to claw his way back from being the short stack.
Play will start in Level 29 with blinds at 80,000/160,000 making most of the players fairly short-stacked in what should be a day of jockeying for better chip position and payouts. The plan is to play all the way down to a winner. And there will be a live stream of the action as well.
PokerNews will provide all the updates as the day goes on.
Level: 29
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 29
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
The remaining 21 players are in their seats and the final day of the Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event is now underway.
Nikolay Fal Eliminated in 21st Place ($30,000)
Level 29
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Niklay Fal jammed for about 1,250,000 from under the gun. Hannes Jeschka called in middle position and everyone else parted from the hand.
Fal had the 
vs the 
of Jeschka.
The flop came 
to give a wheel draw to Fal. The turn was the 
and the river came the to end his run early on Day 4.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,230,000
1,185,000
|
1,185,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Netaliev Doubles
Level 29
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Oleg Netaliev was all in preflop with the 
and in trouble vs the 
of Alexander Gofman.
The flop came 
to pair Netaliev and send him into the lead. The turn was the and the river the to give him a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,000,000
-2,100,000
|
-2,100,000 |
|
4,200,000
2,225,000
|
2,225,000 |
Hadioglu Triples Up, Dashti Gets Some From Cajelais
Level 29
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Nuri Hadioglu shoved all in for 1,610,000 from the cutoff. Erik Cajelais, in the small blind, reshoved. "All in," big blind Ghanim Dashti said as the players created a three-way all-in pot.
Nuri Hadioglu: 
Ghanim Dashti: 
Erik Cajelais: 
Hadioglu was ahead with his pair of kings as the board ran out 
, missing both Cajelais and Dashti. "Yeah," he yelled as he jumped out of his seat after securing the triple up. Dashti's queens beat Cajelais to double him up for 505,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,300,000
-1,830,000
|
-1,830,000 |
|
||
|
5,000,000
3,200,000
|
3,200,000 |
|
1,100,000
-1,200,000
|
-1,200,000 |
Korkmaz Bets Big Into Jeschka
Level 29
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Heads-up on a board of 
and with around 1,300,000 already in the middle, Koray Korkmaz bet 1,000,000 from under the gun and was called by big blind Hannes Jeschka.
The river came the 
and Jeschka checked over to Korkmaz, who used two time banks before sliding forward a bet of 1,200,000. Jeschka used his own time bank before folding.
"Not jacks. Sixes," tablemate Alexander Gofman said.
"I had a jack. Queen-jack," Jeschka replied.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,800,000
-1,430,000
|
-1,430,000 |
|
|
||
|
8,200,000
1,450,000
|
1,450,000 |
Netaliev Gets More From Gofman With Three-Bet Shove
Level 29
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Action was joined on the flop that read 
. From the cutoff, Oleg Netaliev bet 325,000 into a pot of around 825,000. Alexander Gofman raised to 980,000 from the big blind.
Netaliev took his time before three-bet jamming all in. Gofman used a time bank before folding and Netaliev continued his early momentum.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,100,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
3,950,000
-1,050,000
|
-1,050,000 |