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2022 Mediterranean Poker Party
PokerNews Cup
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2022 Mediterranean Poker Party
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$250,000
Entries
332
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
108
Players Left
16
PokerNews Cup
Day 1a Started
Day 1a of the PokerNews Cup About to Begin
Welcome to opening-day coverage of the PokerNews Cup here at the Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party held at the incredible Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Casino in North Cyprus.
After a successful June event at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, the PokerNews Cup is back and starts with Day 1a today.
The tournament features a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool and a winner will be crowned on September 1st. Today is the first of three Day 1 starting flights, with the second on August 30th at noon, and the third, a turbo flight with 20-minute levels, that same night beginning at 8 p.m.
Players will start tournament play with 30,000 chips and play 40-minute blind levels except in the turbo flight. There will be a 15-minute break every three levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 9. Players may re-enter the tournament as many times as they want up until the end of Level 12. The top 15% of all players will all be in the money and qualify for Day 2, which will commence on August 31st at noon.
Back in June, Gary Gelman was crowned champion and awarded $202,725 for his efforts after beating out an event-record field of 1,245 entrants. The event boasted a $1 million guarantee and eventually the prize pool ballooned to $1,207,650.
This is the 12th edition of the Pokernews Cup, with the first being held in Australia all the way back in 2007, when Dory Zayner bested a field of 428 entries to take down $266,959.
PokerNews Cup Historical Results
| Year | Event | Entries | Prize Pool (USD) | Winner | Prize (USD) |
| 2007 | A$2,800 PokerNews Cup Australia | 428 | $1,066,410 | Dory Zayner | $266,959 |
| 2008 | A$2,000 PokerNews Cup Australia | 410 | $563,079 | Nali Kaselias | $171,670 |
| 2008 | $3,353 PokerNews Cup South African Poker Open | 175 | $502,233 | Darren Kramer | $140,575 |
| 2009 | A$2,000 PokerNews Cup Australia | 381 | $661,045 | Con Tsapkounis | $140,537 |
| 2009 | €1,500 PokerNews Cup Alpine (Austria) | 129 | $233,585 | Marc Naalden | $63,094 |
| 2015 | €250 PokerNews Cup King’s Casino Rozvadov | 689 | $213,004 | Daniel Can | $17,898 |
| 2016 | €270 PokerNews Cup King’s Casino Rozvadov | 1,082 | $364,833 | Timur Caglan | $67,541 |
| 2016 | $2,000 PokerNews Cup Borgata | 120 | $222,324 | Ryan Van Sanford | $68,676 |
| 2017 | €225 PokerNews Cup King’s Casino Rozvadov | 617 | $234,684 | Holger Banswe | $28,277 |
| 2019 | €550 PokerNews Cup Kulata Spring | 141 | $102,136 | Panagiotis Panagiotidis | $20,708 |
| 2021 | $1,100 PokerNews Cup Golden Nugget Las Vegas | 1245 | $1,207,650 | Gary Gelman | $202,725 |
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site here in North Cyprus and will deliver updates on the PokerNews Cup as well as many other events during the series.