$5,300 MPP Main Event
Day 3 Started
2022 Mediterranean Poker Party
$5,300 MPP Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
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
161
Players Left
21
Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Armin Rezaei | 348,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Sebastian Hoyos | 610,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Yulian Bogdanov | 730,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Bruno Volkmann | 544,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Pedro Garagnani | 917,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Rassul Abdukhalilov | 301,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Andrei Kaigorodtcev | 184,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Dario Quattrucci | 448,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Christian Zachar | 273,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Basel Khabbazeh | 729,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Giuliano Boellis | 542,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Igor Baliner | 300,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Alexey Badulin | 807,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Samuel Mullur | 489,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Sofia Lovgren | 1,250,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Natalia Nikitina | 741,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Ihar Soika | 221,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Charbel Ibrahim | 1,074,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Hannes Jeschka | 1,035,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Jordan Woodall | 351,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Osman Ihlamur | 932,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Milos Petakovic | 309,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Kyle Maguire | 913,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Yury Salikaev | 130,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Vladislav Naumov | 334,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Tony G | 305,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Joseph Haddad | 405,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Jonas Plaar | 614,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Ravil Khamatgareev | 318,000 |
| 4 | 6 | In Ho Song | 601,000 |
| 4 | 7 | [Removed:446] | 541,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Colin Gillon | 259,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Berc Sindiroglu | 322,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Saar Wilf | 572,000 |
| 5 | 3 | Christopher Frank | 1,710,000 |
| 5 | 4 | Edgard Raffoul | 438,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Viktor Mukhin | 102,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Florian Duta | 1,351,000 |
| 5 | 7 | Artem Voziianov | 753,000 |
| 5 | 8 | David Peters | 913,000 |
| 6 | 1 | Christos Leantzis | 1,137,000 |
| 6 | 2 | Rustam Khamatgareev | 522,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Nadar Kakhmazov | 338,000 |
| 6 | 4 | Yiannis Liperis | 567,000 |
| 6 | 5 | Justus Held | 1,610,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Mihai Niste | 316,000 |
| 6 | 7 | Dean Hutchison | 700,000 |
| 6 | 8 | Maximiliano Gallardo | 80,000 |
| 7 | 1 | Ivan Sakharov | 617,000 |
| 7 | 2 | Vladimir Shabalin | 689,000 |
| 7 | 3 | Lennart Strauch | 145,000 |
| 7 | 4 | Alexander Tkatschew | 308,000 |
| 7 | 5 | Viktor Kudinov | 1,540,000 |
| 7 | 6 | Paul Phua | 161,000 |
| 7 | 7 | Daniel Thaller | 867,000 |
| 7 | 8 | Ludovic Periaux | 294,000 |
| 8 | 1 | Grigoli Liklikadze | 296,000 |
| 8 | 2 | Jordan Allan | 732,000 |
| 8 | 3 | Tom Talboom | 612,000 |
| 8 | 4 | Sergey Bobrik | 2,366,000 |
| 8 | 5 | Siarhei Chudapal | 1,380,000 |
| 8 | 6 | Alex Peffly | 772,000 |
| 8 | 7 | Bruno Fitoussi | 261,000 |
| 8 | 8 | Gabriel Akiki | 1,018,000 |
| 9 | 1 | Alberto Meran | 595,000 |
| 9 | 2 | Ahmed Savas | 762,000 |
| 9 | 3 | Vladimir Dobrovolski | 347,000 |
| 9 | 4 | Christian Rudolph | 156,000 |
| 9 | 5 | Nikolay Fal | 720,000 |
| 9 | 6 | Emrah Cakmak | 942,000 |
| 9 | 7 | Lavrentiy Ni | 727,000 |
| 9 | 8 | Halil Baybars | 664,000 |
| 10 | 1 | Halil Tasyurek | 690,000 |
| 10 | 2 | Kannapong Thanarattrakul | 903,000 |
| 10 | 3 | Dragos Trofimov | 620,000 |
| 10 | 4 | Paul Zehetleitner | 544,000 |
| 10 | 5 | Daniel Rezaei | 881,000 |
| 10 | 6 | Oleg Netaliev | 942,000 |
| 10 | 7 | Paulina Loeliger | 269,000 |
| 10 | 8 | James Harvey | 1,158,000 |
| 11 | 1 | Filippo Lazzaretto | 1,208,000 |
| 11 | 2 | Thomas Mayer | 116,000 |
| 11 | 3 | Nikolai Tulin | 1,294,000 |
| 11 | 4 | Ran Ilani | 1,920,000 |
| 11 | 5 | Ravid Garbi | 136,000 |
| 11 | 6 | Garik Tamasian | 291,000 |
| 11 | 7 | Ghanim Dashti | 635,000 |
| 11 | 8 | Dmitry Gromov | 326,000 |
| 12 | 1 | Rudolf Domin | 249,000 |
| 12 | 2 | Vladislav Ivanov | 162,000 |
| 12 | 3 | Alexander Gofman | 882,000 |
| 12 | 4 | Elias Abou Saleh | 132,000 |
| 12 | 5 | Irina Zheleznyak | 679,000 |
| 12 | 6 | Rafael Aslanli | 242,000 |
| 12 | 7 | Riccardo Saraniero | 247,000 |
| 12 | 8 | Anton Markov | 330,000 |
| 13 | 1 | Andrei Berinov | 474,000 |
| 13 | 2 | Faraz Jaka | 192,000 |
| 13 | 3 | Aleksei Petrov | 769,000 |
| 13 | 4 | Hakan Tatli | 485,000 |
| 13 | 5 | Mehdi Chaoui | 125,000 |
| 13 | 6 | Eleftherios Kavvadas | 392,000 |
| 13 | 7 | Dmitry Yurasov | 527,000 |
| 13 | 8 | Juan Jose Membreno Orellana | 1,497,000 |
| 14 | 1 | Alexandre Vuilleumier | 695,000 |
| 14 | 2 | Nuri Hadioglu | 593,000 |
| 14 | 3 | Kerem Akartuna | 323,000 |
| 14 | 4 | Vadim Volkhonskiy | 645,000 |
| 14 | 5 | Koray Korkmaz | 1,069,000 |
| 14 | 6 | Symeon Alexandridis | 724,000 |
| 14 | 7 | Joseph Mouwad | 869,000 |
| 14 | 8 | Nejat Erman | 158,000 |
| 15 | 1 | Aleksandr Pak | 590,000 |
| 15 | 2 | Alexey Losev | 615,000 |
| 15 | 3 | Ran Azor | 188,000 |
| 15 | 4 | Ioannis Zoitsas | 499,000 |
| 15 | 5 | Aleksandr Kirichenko | 820,000 |
| 15 | 6 | Andrea Ricci | 285,000 |
| 15 | 7 | Dimitrios Farmakoulis | 200,000 |
| 16 | 1 | Dawid Smolka | 2,050,000 |
| 16 | 2 | Emil Mattsson | 297,000 |
| 16 | 3 | Dmitriy Reznikov | 576,000 |
| 16 | 4 | Erik Cajelais | 373,000 |
| 16 | 5 | Carlos Shiu | 455,000 |
| 16 | 6 | Dmitrii Kopyl | 700,000 |
| 16 | 7 | Andrey Litvinov | 2,173,000 |
| 17 | 1 | Gytis Lazauninkas | 1,020,000 |
| 17 | 2 | Simon Higgins | 1,365,000 |
| 17 | 3 | Emin Mugulov | 197,000 |
| 17 | 4 | Evgeny Zakharov | 672,000 |
| 17 | 5 | Matthias Lipp | 1,180,000 |
| 17 | 6 | Recep Aydemir | 779,000 |
| 17 | 7 | Anatoly Nikitin | 610,000 |
| 18 | 1 | Alexandr Poberjnii | 473,000 |
| 18 | 2 | Joseph Sabe | 134,000 |
| 18 | 3 | Milen Stefanov | 528,000 |
| 18 | 4 | Rachid Amamou | 403,000 |
| 18 | 5 | Steven Warburton | 575,000 |
| 18 | 6 | Vasyl Palandiuk | 918,000 |
| 18 | 7 | Michele D'Angelo | 309,000 |
| 19 | 1 | Pavlo Veksler | 326,000 |
| 19 | 2 | Huseyin Akgul | 786,000 |
| 19 | 3 | Wael Sarkis | 1,141,000 |
| 19 | 4 | Zolbayar Batbold | 1,472,000 |
| 19 | 5 | Tamazi Skhirtladze | 631,000 |
| 19 | 6 | Phillip Nagy | 559,000 |
| 19 | 7 | Arsenii Karmatckii | 629,000 |
| 20 | 1 | Patrick Clarke | 653,000 |
| 20 | 2 | Konstantinos Nanos | 420,000 |
| 20 | 3 | Tobias Anttila | 417,000 |
| 20 | 4 | Adi Aizin | 266,000 |
| 20 | 5 | Viktor Gavrilov | 352,000 |
| 20 | 6 | Edoardo Landi | 408,000 |
| 20 | 7 | Ludovic Geilich | 652,000 |
| 21 | 1 | Juozas Bizokas | 1,004,000 |
| 21 | 2 | Niall Farrell | 613,000 |
| 21 | 3 | Yuriy Zakharov | 1,020,000 |
| 21 | 4 | Volodymyr Drokin | 663,000 |
| 21 | 5 | Felix Wei Lix Sim | 1,101,000 |
| 21 | 6 | Manuel Fritz | 320,000 |
| 21 | 7 | Thomas Pearn | 459,000 |
Frank, Lovgren, and Peters Headline Final 161 of the MPP Main Event as the Bubble Looms
The race to the money is on when Day 3 of the $5,300 Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event begins at noon local time.
Just 161 players out of a starting field of 1,032 will return inside the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel, but only 155 will finish in the money. Six players will leave North Cyprus empty-handed.
Christopher Frank is in no danger of being one of them. The German pro with more than $2,500,000 in career live winnings surged toward the end of the night yesterday and enters Day 3 in the top five with 1,710,000. Sergey Bobrik is the chip leader with 2,366,000, followed by Andrey Litvinov (2,173,000), Dawid Smolka (2,050,000), and Ran Ilani (1,920,000).
Day 3 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergey Bobrik | Russia | 2,366,000 | 148 |
| 2 | Andrey Litvinov | Russia | 2,173,000 | 136 |
| 3 | Dawid Smolka | Poland | 2,050,000 | 128 |
| 4 | Ran Ilani | Israel | 1,920,000 | 120 |
| 5 | Christopher Frank | Germany | 1,710,000 | 107 |
| 6 | Justus Held | Austria | 1,610,000 | 101 |
| 7 | Viktor Kudinov | Russia | 1,540,000 | 96 |
| 8 | Juan Jose Membreno Orellana | Panama | 1,497,000 | 94 |
| 9 | Zolbayar Batbold | Mongolia | 1,472,000 | 92 |
| 10 | Siarhei Chudapal | Belarus | 1,380,000 | 86 |
Also near the top of the leaderboard are Sofia Lovgren (1,250,000) and David Peters (913,000). Further down the counts are Niall Farrell (613,000), Phillip Nagy (559,000), Tony G (305,000), Bruno Fitoussi (261,000), Faraz Jaka (192,000), and Paul Phua (161,000).
Action will pick up on Level 19, with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and a 16,000 big blind ante. There will be a 20-minute break after every two levels, and a 60-minute dinner break following Level 24. The plan for today is to play 10 hour-long levels.
The money bubble is near and the final table awaits for the surviving 161 players. PokerNews will be on hand throughout the day as the field inches its way towards crowning a champion at this seaside resort in the eastern Mediterranean.
Level: 19
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The remaining 161 players are in their seats and Day 3 is now underway after a slight delay as play kicks off at 12:11 local time.
Garbi Falls Victim to the River
Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
On the first hand of Day 3, Ravid Garbi shoved for his last 135,000 from middle position and Dmitry Gromov reshoved on the button. The rest of the table got out of the way.
Ravid Garbi: 
Dmitry Gromov: 
Garbi took the lead on the 
flop with two pair and stayed in front as the 
fell on the turn. The river came the 
and Garbi shot out of his seat and made a quick exit as Gromov made queens and sevens to win the pot and bring the field one closer to the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Losev Takes Out Azor
Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Ran Azor was all in for 156,000 from the small blind and up against Alexey Losev on the button.
Ran Azor: 
Alexey Losev: 
Losev hit a set on the 
flop, while Azor picked up a straight draw. The Israeli couldn't connect with the 
turn and river and hit the rail just short of the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
680,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
Busted |
Smolka Fires Three Streets to Take Chip Lead
Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The flop read 
. From the small blind Dawid Smolka bet 125,000 and was called by Andrey Litvinov who was in the cutoff to grow the pot to around 600,000.
The turn brought the to bring three to a royal flush. Smolka led for 400,000 and Litvinoc called after some thought to swell the pot to well over a million.
The river came a blank looking . Smolka used a time extension before putting together a bet of 1,200,000 and sliding the assortment of stacks forward.
Litvinov went into the tank and used up three time banks before eventually folding his hand to send a chunk of his stack over to the new chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,950,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
1,430,000
-743,000
|
-743,000 |
|
||
Hand-for-Hand Begins
Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The tournament clock currently shows 158 players remaining and play is now going hand-for-hand three spots away from the money.
Lipp Shoves on Higgins in Massive Pot
Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Simon Higgins raised to 32,000 from the cutoff before Matthias Lipp three-bet to 125,000 in the small blind. Higgins called and the flop came 
.
Lipp continued for 75,000 and Higgins again called to see the 
on the turn. Lipp went into his time banks before pushing forward a bet of 350,000.
Higgins quickly called and the river came the . Lipp again used a time bank before moving all in for around 600,000. Higgins snap-folded.
"I can beat ace-king," Higgins said.
"You can beat ace-king and you folded," Lipp responded as he dragged in the pot.
The first three hands of hand-for-hand play haven't resulted in any eliminations so far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,750,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
|
650,000
-715,000
|
-715,000 |