$2,200 MPP Warm Up Day 1a | 2022 Mediterranean Poker Party

08-25-2022 22:23 UTC+3

Player	Chips	Progress
Damir Zhugralin	Busted
Aylar Lie	Busted
Vyacheslav Pak	Busted
Bruno Fitoussi	Busted
Andrea Radicchi	Busted
Maxim Lykov	Busted

Erkal Bergutay	Busted
Jeff Cormier	Busted
Mustafa Ercan	Busted
Irina Zheleznyak	Busted

O'Dwyer Is Here, Looking Like He's Here to Stay

Toogood32

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Steve O'Dwyer has been found. The American who resides in Dublin was found involved in a decent-sized pot. Action was picked up on the the turn with 83,000 chips already in the middle.

O'Dwyer checked on and he big blind opponent checked back.

An completed the board and O'Dwyer wasted no time moving all in for his last 60,000 and forced his opponent to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	143,000 143,000	143,000

08-25-2022 22:03 UTC+3

Selected Chip Counts and Bust Outs

Chris Bean

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ozan Koceroglu	312,500 72,500	72,500
Soren Vohrs	284,500 284,500	284,500
Alexandre Vuilleumier	218,000 18,000	18,000

Alessio Isaia	212,500 56,500	56,500

Orthodoxos Orthodoxou	207,000 83,100	83,100
Avichay Pinchas	161,000 -1,000	-1,000
Uri Reichenstein	151,000 -86,000	-86,000
Selahaddin Bedir	138,500 138,500	138,500
Marios Eracleous	82,000 32,000	32,000
Vadzim Godzdanker	81,000 -35,400	-35,400
Ferenc Deak	30,000 30,000	30,000

Jon Kalmar	Busted

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

08-25-2022 21:44 UTC+3

Break Time

Toogood32

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The remaining 58 players are now on a 15-minute break. When they return, it'll be Level 13, with blinds at 1,500 / 3,000 with a 3,000 chip big blind ante.

Currently 181 players have entered, including 41 reentries. Players can rebuy until the end of this break, then the remaining players will be playing until 15% of the field remains. At that point, the day will end and all remaining players will be in the money,

Average stack sits at just above 156,000 chips.

08-25-2022 21:40 UTC+3

Yu Runner Runners a Short Stack

Toogood32

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

After Ryan Yu (who sits 2nd among South Korea's all time money list) opened from the cutoff to 5,000, he called a 19,500 jam from the short stack out of the small blind and cards were on their backs.

Opponent:
Ryan Yu:

Yu was in bad shape but he did have his opponent well covered. The board ran out to give Yu the straight and sending a player to the rail. He now moves up above 100,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Yu	104,000

08-25-2022 21:25 UTC+3

Kuzin Doubles Up With Pocket Tens And Is Eliminated With Pocket Tens The Next Hand

Chris Bean

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Dmitrii Kuzin bet 5,500 from under the gun. Osman Midik in the hijack bet 12,000 and was called by Onur Ozgur on the button. The action went back to Kuzin who moved all in for 52,500. Midik made the call and Ozgur folded showing .

Dmitrii Kuzin:
Osman Midik:

Kuzin hit a set on the board of to secure a double up.

The very next hand Ozgur bet 5,500 and Tugce Hursoz called from the button. Kuzin in the big blind bet 27,000. Ozgur moved all in to put the other two players at risk. Hursoz made the fold but Kuzin put themselves at risk for the second hand in the row for 110,000.

Dmitrii Kuzin:
Onur Ozgur:

Unbelievably Kuzin had pocket tens once again but ran into Ozgur's ladies. Kuzin couldn't hit a set this time round however as the board came to eliminate Kuzin and give Ozgur a near double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Osman Midik	306,000 78,000	78,000
Onur Ozgur	245,000 195,000	195,000
Tugce Hursoz	72,500 10,200	10,200
Dmitrii Kuzin	Busted

Tags: Dmitrii Kuzin Onur Ozgur Osman Midik Tugce Hursoz

08-25-2022 21:23 UTC+3

Koceroglu Picks Off His Opponents Bluff

Toogood32

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ozan Koceroglu was heads-up from the big blind against an early position opponent. With 20,000 chips in the pot and the board reading , Koceroglu checked-called a 22,000 bet from his opponent.

A river completed the board and Koceroglu checked his option. The opponent fired 46,000 chips into the middle and Koceroglu didn't waste too much time making the call and turning over against the of his opponent, who missed their straight and flush draw.

Koceroglu now ascends up the chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ozan Koceroglu	240,000

08-25-2022 21:21 UTC+3

PN Pod: Phil Galfond Gives "Galfond Challenge" Update; He's Ready for High Stakes Duel

Chad Holloway

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

In the latest edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring, Chad Holloway, and Jesse Fullen welcome guest Phil Galfond to the show. The poker legend gives more details on his summer match against the poker dealer who stepped up to play him at some high-stakes online pot-limit Omaha (PLO) action, shares an update on the status of "The Galfond Challenge," and talks about the possibility of playing on PokerGO's High Stakes Duel, maybe against Phil Hellmuth or a PLO edition. He also talks about his recently-released PLO course.

Speaking of Hellmuth, the crew discusses Scott Seiver backing out of High Stakes Duel III and Jason Koon stepping up to fill his spot, as well as recap all the big stories coming out of the record-breaking PokerStars and Barcelona© Casino European Poker Tour including Michael Addamo claiming his first-ever EPT title and Giada Fang shipping a $30K Platinum Pass.

They also highlight Bobby Tieu's victory in the bestbet Jacksonville Summer Heater Event #1: $400 NLH, and launch the brand new PokerNews Bad Beat Hotline where listeners can call in (+1 702-625-0166) and share their bad beats, which may be featured on a future episode of the show.

Click here to listen to the new PN Podcast!

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500