2022 Mediterranean Poker Party

$1,100 NLH MPP Open
Day: 1c
Event Info

2022 Mediterranean Poker Party

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
$150,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Entries
900
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
391
Players Left
59

Zhugralin Found Jamming Once Again

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Damir Zhugralin
Damir Zhugralin

It seems like through out the tournament, across multiple days, you can find Damir Zhugralin putting his opponents to the test. This hand was no different.

Picking up the action on the turn on a board of {k-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{2-Spades}{7-Hearts}, the big blind checked to the Kazakhstani player, heads-up. He fired 29,000 chips into a pot of approximately 35,000. The big blind made the call.

The {5-Hearts} river fell and the big blind checked it over to Zhugralin who pondered before firing all in, covering his big blind counterpart for their last 90,000 chips. The big blind thought for well over a minute, ultimately folding.

Player Chips Progress
Damir Zhugralin kz
Damir Zhugralin
270,000
45,000
45,000

Tags: Damir Zhugralin

Ryabkov With Ace Magnets

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Anatoly Nikitin
Anatoly Nikitin

Mikhail Ryabkov had moved all in from middle position over a 6,000 open from early position. Next to act Anatoly Nikitin called the all in and the other players, including the original raiser, folded, putting cards on their backs.

Mikhail Ryabkov: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Anatoly Nikitin: {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}

Ryabkov was in great shape and the {7-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{9-Spades}{k-Spades}{a-Spades} run out secured him the clean double up.

Player Chips Progress
Anatoly Nikitin ru
Anatoly Nikitin
140,000
-40,000
-40,000
Mikhail Ryabkov ru
Mikhail Ryabkov
93,500

Tags: Anatoly NikitinMikhail Ryabkov

Lie Storms Up The Rankings

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Aylar Lie
Aylar Lie

With 210,000 in the middle on a completed board of {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{4-Spades}{8-Hearts}{5-Clubs}, Kursat Bayrakci in the small blind bet 50,000 leaving around 41,000 behind.

Aylar Lie in the cutoff took a moment before moving all in to put Bayrakci at risk. The Turk took about a minute before making the call. Lie turned over {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} for a flopped boat of fours full of queens.

Bayrakci tried to muck their cards but the dealer turned over {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}. Lie raked in a huge pot and is among the chip leaders.

Player Chips Progress
Aylar Lie no
Aylar Lie
420,000
205,000
205,000

Tags: Aylar Lie

Reichenstein Loses Out to Farhat

Level 10 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Uri Reichenstein
Uri Reichenstein

Uri Reichenstein is in the building and was dueling in a pot with Antoine Farhat. After an early position open, Reichenstein called in the hijack, before Farhat made it 11,000 from the small blind. The original raiser folded and the Israeli, who is 2nd on Israel's all time money list, made the call.

The flop of {7-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{2-Clubs} was continued into by Farhat and Reichenstein quickly slide his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Antoine Farhat lb
Antoine Farhat
125,000
Uri Reichenstein il
Uri Reichenstein
42,000

Tags: Antoine FarhatUri Reichenstein

Kings Make King The King

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Greg King
Greg King

The under-the-gun player bet 2,500 and was met with a raise by Greg King in the hijack to 8,500. The under-the-gun player fired back with a bet of 22,000.

King responded with a five-bet to 55,000. The under-the-gun player moved all in for 93,000 and King made the call.

Under-The-Gun: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Greg King: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

A cooler for the under-the-gun player as their ladies ran into King's pocket kings. The board of {2-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{9-Spades}{6-Clubs}{8-Spades} was clean for the Irishman who is among the chip leaders in the room and sent the under-the-gun player to the exit.

Player Chips Progress
Greg King ie
Greg King
249,500
109,500
109,500

Tags: Greg King

Day 1c Of Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party - Event #1 $1,100 MPP Open Set To Start

MPP Felt
MPP Felt

Welcome to Day 1c coverage of Event #1: $1,100 MPP Open at the Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party held at Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Casino in North Cyprus.

Players competing in The MPP Open will start with 50,000 chips and will play until the field is whittled down to 15% of the field which will advance to Day 2 which will be played on Monday, August 22nd where they will compete for the prize pool worth at least $1,000,000.

Players that don't make it have the option of reentering once per flight and if needed they can enter the turbo flight to be held later today

So far 47 players have advanced to Day 2 and have locked up at least a min-cash, with 9 players advancing from Day 1a and 38 players moving forward from Day 1b.

Cards will be in the air at noon, local time with late registration closing at 9:45 p.m. There will be a 15-minute break after every three levels, with the 60-minute dinner break at approximately 7 p.m. local time.

Prestigious events like The One Drop, The PokerNews Cup, and the MPP Main Event will follow the event here in North Cyprus before it heads into the Triton Series where the best players on the planet will battle in big money stakes tournaments.

As always PokerNews will provide all of the vital updates you'll need throughout the event and coming events.