2022 Mediterranean Poker Party

$5,300 MPP Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2022 Mediterranean Poker Party

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$542,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$4,747,200
Entries
1,032
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
1,032
Players Left
161

Peffly Shoves River

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Alex Peffly
Alex Peffly

Action was joined on the river with the board reading {3-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{a-Spades}{9-Clubs}. Into a pot of 140,0000, Kannapong Thanarattrakul bet 80,000 from the hijack.

Alex Peffly was on the button and jammed ll in for about 250,000. Thanarattrakul contemplated it for close to a minute before folding.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Peffly gb
Alex Peffly
635,000
360,000
360,000
Kannapong Thanarattrakul th
Kannapong Thanarattrakul
430,000
5,000
5,000

Tags: Alex PefflyKannapong Thanarattrakul

Reichenstein Getting Short

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of {5-Hearts}{8-Spades}{j-Diamonds}, Uri Reichenstein bet 60,000 from the cutoff as action moved to Sebastian Hoyos in the small blind.

Hoyos tanked for several minutes before shoving all in. Reichenstein, with around 220,000, remaining, quickly gave up his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Sebastian Hoyos co
Sebastian Hoyos
500,000
70,000
70,000
Uri Reichenstein il
Uri Reichenstein
220,000
-120,000
-120,000

Tags: Sebastian HoyosUri Reichenstein

Post-Break Chip Update

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dawid Smolka pl
Dawid Smolka
1,750,000
-325,000
-325,000
Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
1,250,000
774,000
774,000
Zolbayar Batbold mn
Zolbayar Batbold
1,200,000
Nikolai Tulin ru
Nikolai Tulin
1,040,000
770,000
770,000
Natalya Nikitina ru
Natalya Nikitina
880,000
719,000
719,000
Simon Higgins gb
Simon Higgins
840,000
260,000
260,000
Patrick Clarke ie
Patrick Clarke
780,000
120,000
120,000
David Peters us
David Peters
760,000
-90,000
-90,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
StakeKings
Bruno Volkmann br
Bruno Volkmann
750,000
675,000
675,000
Gabriel Akiki lb
Gabriel Akiki
730,000
475,000
475,000
Kyle Maguire gb
Kyle Maguire
690,000
340,000
340,000
Konstantinos Nanos gr
Konstantinos Nanos
640,000
-550,000
-550,000
WPT 1X Winner
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
620,000
170,000
170,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Phillip Nagy us
Phillip Nagy
580,000
280,000
280,000
Steven Warburton gb
Steven Warburton
550,000
200,000
200,000
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
440,000
-290,000
-290,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Paulina Loeliger at
Paulina Loeliger
350,000
50,000
50,000
StakeKings
Uri Reichenstein il
Uri Reichenstein
340,000
-40,000
-40,000
Jonathan Kalmar gb
Jonathan Kalmar
250,000
-23,500
-23,500
Dmitry Yurasov ru
Dmitry Yurasov
200,000
-535,000
-535,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner

Smolka Smoking Field

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Dawid Smolka was one of the players spotted with a big stack as he was involved on a flop of {5-Hearts}{q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}. He made a bet of 12,000 from the big blind.

His opponent in the small blind took a few moments before folding and Smolka raked in the modest pot to add to his gargantuan stack.

Player Chips Progress
Dawid Smolka pl
Dawid Smolka
2,075,000
825,000
825,000

Tags: Dawid Smolka

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Aydemir Slays Kolev

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

On the very next hand after the lengthy one vs Wael Sarkis, Recep Aydemir raised preflop and got two callers.

The flop came {9-}{j-}{7-}. Aydemir bet and was called by Boris Kolev. The turn was the {a-} where action was lost until the river which came the {4-}. Aydemir moved all in and Kolev called.

Aydemir tabled the {9-}{9-} for a flopped set while Kolev was busted with the {a-}{j-} as Sydemir was able to immediately recover from his wounds and gather the chips.

Player Chips Progress
Recep Aydemir tr
Recep Aydemir
780,000
265,000
265,000
Boris Kolev bg
Boris Kolev
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Boris KolevRecep AydemirWael Sarkis

Bobrik Contending For Chip Lead After Busting Seckin

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Hulya Seckin
Hulya Seckin

With around 150,000 in the pot, Sergey Bobrik bet 80,000 on a flop of {7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} before Hulya Seckin raised to 375,000, leaving herself about 40,000 behind.

Bobrik called and went to turn over his hand, thinking Seckin was all in. He was forced to just call her bet, and they got the rest of her chips in the middle on the {6-Clubs} turn.

Bobrik turned over {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}, while Seckin was on a flush draw with {a-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}. The river came the {7-Hearts} and Seckin shot out of her seat and made a quick exit while Bobrik is now approaching 2,000,000.

Player Chips Progress
Sergey Bobrik ru
Sergey Bobrik
1,900,000
1,708,500
1,708,500
Day 2 Chip Leader
Hulya Seckin tr
Hulya Seckin
Busted

Tags: Hulya SeckinSergey Bobrik

Sarkis and Aydemir Hold a Symposium

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Wael Sarkis
Wael Sarkis

Action was on the turn as the board read {9-Clubs}{9-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}. Wael Sarkis bet 155,000 into a pot of about 205,000 from the button. Recep Aydemir was in the hijack and had a decision to make.

Sarkis started to talk it out as Aydemir tanked. "You all can go take a break" he said to his table. "I know what will happen. he will call and then I go all in on the river and he will take another 20 minutes".

The rest of the table seemed to be amused by Sarkis and Aydemir's back and forth as the two talked and played loose with discussing the content of their hands.

"What is your instinct" asked Sarkis. "I want to call" replied Aydemir. "Then call!" Sarkis shot back.

Aydemir continued to tank for several more minutes as onlookers started to watch the hand and tablemates started to comment on the hand and what was going on.

Finally, after a tank of about a full seven minutes, the clock was called. The floor counted it down and the hand was declared dead.

"For the media" said Sarkis and showed the {8-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for nothing. Aydemir claimed to have folded king high as he regretted the fold and watched as the chips went over to Sarkis.

Player Chips Progress
Wael Sarkis lb
Wael Sarkis
820,000
-60,000
-60,000
Recep Aydemir tr
Recep Aydemir
515,000
515,000
515,000

Tags: Recep AydemirWael Sarkis

Frank Wins Another Monster

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Christopher Frank
Christopher Frank

A massive pot of around 400,000 developed on a {2-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs} flop between Christopher Frank and Thomas Pearn.

The turn came the {j-Hearts} and both players slowed down and checked. On the {5-Spades} river, Frank led out for 260,000 and sent Pearn deep into the tank.

Several minutes went by as Pearn cut the chips from his stack while Frank continued to rest his head on the table. Pearn eventually slid the chips forward and Frank popped up and showed {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for a pair of jacks. Pearn mucked and Frank raked in the pot to climb up to more than 1,300,000.

Player Chips Progress
Christopher Frank de
Christopher Frank
1,340,000
480,000
480,000
Thomas Pearn gb
Thomas Pearn
640,000
-400,000
-400,000

Tags: Christopher FrankThomas Pearn