Litvinov Tops the Heap on Day 1c of the MPP Main Event
Day 1c of the $5,300 Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event has reached the end of the day after eight one-hour levels of play here at the pristine Merit Royal Diamond Hotel on the northern shores of North Cyprus.
The third and final opening flight attracted a total of 240 entries, 133 of which remained at the end of the night after the eight levels of play.
The chip leader at the end of the night appeared to be Andrey Litvinov of Russia who bagged up an impressive total of 510,000.
Day 1c Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrey Litvinov | Russia | 510,000 | 255 |
| 2 | Shaul Meir | Israel | 494,000 | 247 |
| 3 | Benjamin Jones | United States | 472,500 | 236 |
| 4 | Patrick Clarke | Ireland | 465,500 | 233 |
| 5 | Emin Mugulov | Russia | 461,000 | 230 |
| 6 | Aleksandr Gofman | Russia | 376,500 | 188 |
| 7 | Dmitry Motorov | Russia | 371,500 | 186 |
| 8 | Suat Egilli | France | 371,000 | 185 |
| 9 | Timur Khamidullin | Russia | 370,000 | 185 |
| 10 | Vitalii Pankov | Russia | 363,500 | 182 |
Behind Litvinov was Shaul Meir who finished with just a little behind that with 494,000. Patrick Clarke rode a successful last level to bolster his stack to among the top counts with 465,500.
Day 1c attracted many familiar names within poker who made their way to the shores of the Mediterranean island as many decided to give a shot at the MPP Main Event and many of them advanced to Day 2 including Paulina Loeliger who bagged a healthy stack of 238,500 as well as Sofia Lovgren who bagged 217,000.
Camille Brown (88,500), Niall Farrell (73,500) and Steve O’Dwyer (41,500) also navigated their way to Day 2, albeit on the shorter side of the chip leaderboard.
The 133 players who advanced to Day 2 will return to action Thursday, September 1 at 12 noon where they will join up with the 71 survivors of Day 1a and the 123 survivors of Day 1b to make for a total amount of 327 on Day 2 where registration will still be open for other players to join them.
PokerNews will pick up coverage for Day 2 tomorrow at 12 p.m. local time for what is sure to be a big day of action.
and Clarke continued for 30,000. Only Tulin called to see the 
on the turn.
for a set of tens. Tulin shot up from his seat and slammed down 
for a set of sevens.
and Clarke doubled up in the massive pot to jump into contention for the chip lead.
for a flopped set. Sarkis stood up and showed the beaten 
as he was busted.
and around 80,000 in the middle, Karim Rebei shoved all in for his last 55,000 and Robert Cowen snap-called.
while Cowen had 
came on the river and Rebei was eliminated.
.
. Sboev showed 
. Bown announced a bet of 18,500. Farrell took a moment of hesitation before calling after a couple of seconds.
and he gathered the pot.
on the flop. From early position, Sofia Lovgren bet 2,000, Stephen Kehoe check-raised to 7,000 from the small blind and Lovgren called quickly.
and was called by Nikolai Tulin in the small blind. Sofia Lovgren made it 5,000 from the big blind and both opponents called.
. Tulin this time led out for 25,000 and his opponent called.
and was called by Karim Rebei in the big blind.
and Rebei checked to Gillon, who shoved all in. "How much," Rebei asked as he stuck in the rest of his stack.