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$2,200 MPP Warm Up
Day 1a Completed
2022 Mediterranean Poker Party
$2,200 MPP Warm Up
Day: 1a
Event Info
2022 Mediterranean Poker Party
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$1,924,640
Total Entries
1,046
Level
39
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Entries
182
Players Left
27
Players Left 1 / 1,046
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Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Day 1a of Event #7: $2,000 Warm Up from the Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party has concluded.
It took just 16 levels and 13 hours for Day 1a to come to a close, with 27 players returning from Day 1a to play in Day 2. 182 entrants came to the tables today, including 41 rebuys. All players remaining are now in the money and have locked up a min-cash. It’s worth mentioning those that made Day 2 will be playing with a 30-second shot clock in Day 2, with time bank cards they can use to give them extended time.
Many renowned and established players took to the tables today, including Chino Rheem, Bruno Fitoussi and Maxim Lykov. Some well knowns bagged and tagged for Day 2, including Uri Reichenstein (155,000) and Steve O’Dwyer (113,000). They will come in as two of the shortest stacks, however.
Top 10 Chip Stacks
| Position | Name | Count | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuriy Zakharov | 871,000 | Russia |
| 2 | Khodr Manana | 727,000 | Lebanon |
| 3 | Selahaddin Bedir | 588,000 | Turkey |
| 4 | Alexander Tkatschew | 588,000 | Autria |
| 5 | Soren Vohrs | 540,000 | Austria |
| 6 | Alessio Isaia | 458,000 | Italy |
| 7 | Andrea Ricci | 445,000 | Italy |
| 8 | Vitaliy Kim | 435,000 | Russia |
| 9 | Vladislav Ivanov | 408,000 | Russia |
| 10 | Alexandre Vuilleumier | 385,000 | Switzerland |
Two of the top three that made the final table from Event #1: The Open, Selahaddin Bedir (588,000) and Alessio Isaia (445,000) come back in this event with top 10 chip stacks. Your chip leader from Day 1 is Yuriy Zakharov, coming into Day 2 with 871,000 chips.
The bubble boy from the event was Osman Midik when he ran his short stack into Boris Kolev (266,000) and didn't improve to be sent out in 28th. He and anyone who didn't make Day 2, still have the opportunity to, with three more flights, each with a rebuy available to be played over the next two days. With a $2,000,000 guarantee, it looks highly likely that will be smashed.
PokerNews will have updates from all the remaining flights for the event, check here for all updates relevant to the Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party live from the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel & Casino in North Cyprus.
Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
With Osman Midik short stacked, he moved all in for 37,000 from the cutoff. The button of Boris Kolev called and the blinds folded putting Midik at risk.
Osman Midik: 
Boris Kolev: 
The Turkish player was at risk and behind. Though the flop of 
did give him a lot of outs, the 
turn and 
river completed the board sending him out in 28th, just before the money.
The other 27 players are through to Day 2 and bag their stacks. A full update of those remaining and the day's play will be available shortly.
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
On a board of 
with 60,000 chips in the pot, Soren Vohrs was betting 31,000 chips into Steve O'Dwyer on the button.
O'Dwyer responded by raising to 105,000 chips. Vohrs wasn't done in the hand though. His response to the aggression from the man with over $32,000,000 in live cashes was another raise. With both hands, Vohrs slid in 341,000 chips, as some fell into the pot from the stack as he attempted to move.
O'Dwyer went deep into thought, riffling his chips. Ultimately he let his hand go. Vohrs climbs up the chip ladder as the end of Day 1a comes near to a close.
Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Level 15
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Players are on a 15-minute break with just 33 players remaining in the field. 27 are to make the money and the day will end at that point.
When they return they'll be going into blind Level 16 with blinds at 3,000 / 6000 with a 6,000 big blind ante.
Level 15
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Alberto Meran was heads-up from the cutoff against Osman Midik in the big blind. The former had bet 25,000 into a 45,000 chip pot on a board of 
and Midik decided on a raise to 60,000. Meran made the call.
When the 
completed the board, Midik then bet 100,000. This is where things got a little bit heated. Meran put 100,000 to denote a call but when Midik turned over 
, Meren let go of his cards on to the table before picking them back up and turning them over to show 
for the winner. As his hand wasn't in the muck, his call stood. Midik was not happy about, as the floor was called.
The ruling was made and Meran wins a big pot to send himself across the half-million chip mark.
