$2,200 MPP Warm Up
Day 1a Started
2022 Mediterranean Poker Party
$2,200 MPP Warm Up
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2022 Mediterranean Poker Party
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$1,924,640
Entries
1,046
Level
39
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Entries
182
Players Left
27
The MPP Warm Up Is Ready To Kick-Off
The action is ramping up at Merit Royal Diamond Hotel & Casino in beautiful North Cyprus with the Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party in full swing with the second feature event of the festival, Event #7 $2,200 MPP Warm Up guaranteed for a phenomenal $2,000,000.
Global superstars of poker have been spotted in the resort including the 2022 World Series Of Poker Main Event winner Espen Jorstad. Many more are expected to check in over the next couple of days.
They will be clashing with players who have been at the series from the start including Chino Rheem, Aylar Lie, Selahaddin Bedir, and the winner of Event #1 MPP Open, Belarus's Vadzim Godzdanker, who won a cool $150,000 after outlasting 900 competitors.
Cards will be in the air at noon, local time with late registration closing at 9.45 p.m. Each player will receive a starting stack of 50,000 and blinds will increase after every 40-minutes. Players will have the option of one reentry if they bust before late registration closes, failing that there are three more Day 1's they can enter to allow them to advance to Day 2.
There will be a 15-minute break after every three levels, apart from the 60-minute dinner break at approximately 7 p.m. local time. From Day 2, which is on Sunday, August 28th, a 30-second shot clock will be introduced with players receiving eight time bank cards.
Play will continue until the field is whittled down to 15% of the total entrants that day, with play expecting to conclude in the early hours of tomorrow morning. If they make the 15% they are guaranteed a minimum cash.
PokerNews will provide regular live updates from Merit Royal Diamond Hotel & Casino for this tournament and selected events in the series including the $5,500 Main Event guaranteed for a gigantic $5,000,000.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 100
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 100/200, 100 ante
After a short delay play is now underway at Merit Royal Diamond with 39 players kicking off the action.
Early Entries
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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Hursoz Hot Out Of The Blocks
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 100 ante
With 3,500 in the middle on a turn board of 
, the hijack made a bet of 1,800, which was called by Tugce Hursoz.
The 
paired the board on the river and the hijack fired again for 3,600. Hursoz once again made the call and the hijack threw their cards in the muck and Hursoz took the pot without having to reveal their cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,300 |
MPP Open Champion Enters The Fray
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 100 ante
Two days after the biggest poker success of their career, MPP Open champion Vadzim Godzdanker has sat down in the MPP Warm Up.
Godzdanker, from Belarus, was the chip leader of the turbo flight and capitalized on this advantage by navigating a field of 900 players to lift the trophy and win a cool $150,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Hassan Doubles Through Domin
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
With around 20,000 in the middle, Ali Hassan in the big blind moved all in for 25,000 on a completed board of 
.
Rudolf Domin from under the gun considered their options and flicked in a solitary chip to call.
Ali Hassan: 
Rudolf Domin: 
Hassan flopped a set, while Domin had top pair. Hassan got a double up after a shaky start and Domin is left with just over a third of the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,400
75,400
|
75,400 |
|
14,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
Ivanov Chipping Up
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
With 9,600 in the middle on a completed board of 
, the hijack bet 7,500. Vladislav Ivanov in middle position took their time before sliding in a raise of 26,000.
The hijack thought about their decision for about 30 seconds before making the call. Ivanov turned over 
for the nut straight and the hijack tapped the table and mucked their cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,400
92,400
|
92,400 |