$5,300 MPP Main Event Day 2 | 2022 Mediterranean Poker Party

$5,300 MPP Main Event

Day 2 Started

09-01-2022 10:34 UTC+3

Day 1d Turbo Chip Counts

Jeff McMillan

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladislav Ivanov	445,000 445,000	445,000

Ivan Sakharov	366,500 366,500	366,500
Tom Talboom	355,000 355,000	355,000
Jordan Allan	345,500 345,500	345,500
Denis Vladimirov	308,000 308,000	308,000
Elias Talitie	276,000 276,000	276,000
Armin Rezaei	269,000 269,000	269,000
Raphael Schreiner	258,500 258,500	258,500
Bianca Cuomo	243,500 243,500	243,500
Viktor Gavrilov	233,500 233,500	233,500
Paul Zehetleitner	231,000 231,000	231,000
Timur Mussagambetov	226,000 226,000	226,000
Marios Zervoudis	215,000 215,000	215,000
David Peters	205,000 205,000	205,000

Johan Guilbert	203,500 203,500	203,500

James Harvey	202,000 202,000	202,000
Maroun Jazzar	197,500 197,500	197,500
Paul Fischill	195,500 195,500	195,500
Nikolay Fal	190,500 190,500	190,500
Musa Barindik	187,000 187,000	187,000
Vladimir Velikov	182,500 182,500	182,500
Vinzenz Fontaine	178,500 178,500	178,500
Ludovic Geilich	166,000 166,000	166,000
Andrew Hedley	163,500 163,500	163,500
Paul Grummitt	161,000 161,000	161,000

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09-01-2022 11:13 UTC+3

Russians Lead the Way to Start Day 2 of the MPP Main Event

Jeff McMillan

Day 2 of the $5,300 Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event is set to get underway today at 12 noon local time here at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel on the northern shores of North Cyprus.

There were a scheduled three starting flights but in the cover of night, a fourth turbo flight was added to the mix for Day 1b which attracted 111 entries and ended with 74 players remaining which brings the total number of entries to 715 and the remaining players count up to 448. Registration is still open for five levels into the day, through Level 13 meaning that there is still plenty of time for players to jump in.

Ending the Day 1d flight as chip leader was Russian Vladislav Ivanov, bagging 445,000. His chip lead confirmed that it is Russian domination so far all four as all four starting flights were led by a Russian at the end with Denis Vitchenko (538,500) leading after Day 1a, the overall chip leader Dmitry Yurasov with 543,500 after Day 1b and Andrey Litvinov (510,000) the Day 1c chip leader.

Some of the other big stacks outside of the four Russian end-of-day leaders include; Daniel Rezaei (516,500) of Austria, Bulgarian Yulian Bogdanov (511,500) and Moroccan Mehdi Chaoui (498,500).

Top 10 Day 2 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Dmitry Yurasov	Russia	543,500	272
2	Denis Vitchenko	Russia	538,500	269
3	Daniel Rezaei	Austria	516,500	258
4	Yulian Bogdanov	Bulgaria	511,500	256
5	Andrey Litvinov	Russia	510,000	255
6	Mehdi Chaoui	Morocco	498,500	249
7	Alexandre Vuilleumier	Switzerland	495,500	248
8	Shaul Meir	Israel	494,000	247
9	Benjamin Jones	United States	472,500	236
10	Patrick Clarke	Ireland	465,500	233

The Day 1b turbo flight added a few big names to an already stacked Day 2 as David Peters (205,000), Johan Guilbert (203,500) and none other than Phil Ivey (137,500) were able to make their way through the speedy flight into Day 2.

They will join the likes of Faraz Jaka (393,500), Freddy Deeb (328,000) and Pavel Plesuv (262,500) among many others on Day 2.

Live streaming of Day 2 will begin at 1:00 p.m. local time as the action will be available to be watched from the still early stages of this tournament. The plan is to play ten 60-minute levels today where the remaining players will bag and tag their chips for Day 3 which will be tomorrow.

PokerNews will be there from the start today to cover all of the Day 2 action.

Tags: Andrey Litvinov Daniel Rezaei David Peters Denis Vitchenko Dmitry Yurasov Faraz Jaka Freddy Deeb Johan Guilbert Mehdi Chaoui Phil Ivey Vladislav Ivanov Yulian Bogdanov

09-01-2022 12:02 UTC+3

Play About to Begin

David Salituro

Players are currently taking their seats and unbagging their chips, and Day 2 should begin momentarily.

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

09-01-2022 12:22 UTC+3

Razavi Gets Away Cheap

David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With around 30,000 in the middle on a board of , Melika Razavi bet 18,000 from the button and was called by small blind Alexey Badulin.

The river came the and Badulin checked over to Razavi, who checked behind. Badulin turned over for the nut flush and Razavi showed for a straight before mucking.

"Nice check, huh," Razavi said as Badulin took in the early pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Melika Razavi	295,000 -40,500	-40,500
Alexey Badulin	200,000 35,500	35,500

Tags: Alexey Badulin Melika Razavi

09-01-2022 12:29 UTC+3

Wellenbach Leaves Margolin Puzzled

David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of , Scott Wellenbach bet 10,000 from the hijack and was called by Timur Margolin in the cutoff.

The turn came the and Wellenbach shoved for his last 31,000.

"I don't know what to do," Margolin said as he went into the tank for several minutes. He eventually slid his cards into the muck as Wellenbach took in the pot.

"You can never be too careful," Margolin added after the hand.

"I had a pretty good hand," Wellenbach offered.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timur Margolin	185,000 -27,000	-27,000

Scott Wellenbach	65,000 18,500	18,500

Tags: Scott Wellenbach Timur Margolin

09-01-2022 12:29 UTC+3

Ricci's Top Two Pair Good

Jeff McMillan

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The board was completed to read . Andrea Ricci bet 35,000 and was called by Armin Rezaei.

Ricci tabled the for top two pair which was the winning hand as Rezaei mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrea Ricci	262,000 55,000	55,000
Armin Rezaei	229,000 -40,000	-40,000

Tags: Andrea Ricci Armin Rezaei

09-01-2022 12:36 UTC+3

Farrell Can't Resist Calling

Jeff McMillan

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The board read on the river. Niall Farrell was under the gun and bet 7,500 into a pot of 13,000. Dmitry Gromov was in the cutoff and raised to 25,000.