$2,200 MPP Warm Up
Day 1b Completed
2022 Mediterranean Poker Party
$2,200 MPP Warm Up
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
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
258
Players Left
42
Day 1b of Event #7: $2,200 Warm Up Completed; Rheem Remains
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Day 1b of Event #7: $2,200 Warm Up from the Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party has been completed with all remaining players in the money.
After 18 levels on Day 1b, it has come to a close with 258 entrants (including 50 reentries) sitting down throughout the day. Only 39 of them will return with chips for Day 2. It’s worth mentioning, that for those that did make Day 2, there will be an enforced 30-second shot clock in play. Players will have time extension cards they can use during the day's play.
Some great and well known players came and went today, including Pavlo Veksler, Florian Duta, Melika Razavi, Dzmitry Urbanovich, and two-time bracelet winner Manig Loeser just to name a few.
Some of of the most notable players returning with chips for Day 2 are Chino Rheem (237,000), Pavel Plesuv (980,000), and Artur Martirosyan (401,000).
Simon Higgins (870,00) busted his first bullet and then with what seemed like a blink of an eye, span his 50,000 starting stack after reentering to almost 500,000 at one point. Rheem had some good fortune midway through the day after he went on a busting spree, getting three of them in quick succession. Ian Gascoigne also enjoyed an excellent second half of the day, returning with 368,000 chips.
$2,000 Warm Up Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova | 980,000 |
| 2 | Milos Skrbic | Serbia | 974,000 |
| 3 | Simon Higgins | United Kingdom | 870,000 |
| 4 | Denis Vitchenko | Russia | 822,000 |
| 5 | Chady El Ojeil | Lebanon | 541,000 |
| 6 | Erdal Gulseven | Turkey | 530,000 |
| 7 | Ihar Soika | Belarus | 457,000 |
| 8 | Denis Pisarev | Russia | 456,000 |
| 9 | Andrey Litvinov | Russia | 435,000 |
| 10 | Abdullah Alajmi | Lebanon | 421,000 |
The bubble ended when the field went down from 42 to 39, with three players apparently busting in one hand to take all the remaining players to Day 2.
With a $2,000,000 guarantee, it looks highly likely that will be smashed as there are still two flights remaining and they’ve already had 440 entrants. Anyone that busted Day 1a or Day 1b can jump back into the action (and reenter once per flight) for Day 1c and 1d, which will both run on Saturday, August 27.
PokerNews will bring you all the Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party updates live from the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel & Casino in North Cyprus.
Full Chip Counts (full)
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
980,000
363,000
|
363,000 |
|
||
|
974,000
754,000
|
754,000 |
|
870,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
822,000
607,000
|
607,000 |
|
541,000
541,000
|
541,000 |
|
530,000
373,000
|
373,000 |
|
457,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
456,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
|
435,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
421,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
412,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
401,000
401,000
|
401,000 |
|
||
|
368,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
342,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
|
341,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
328,000
-171,000
|
-171,000 |
|
319,000
319,000
|
319,000 |
|
303,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
293,000
293,000
|
293,000 |
|
250,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
|
237,000
-113,000
|
-113,000 |
|
||
|
237,000
237,000
|
237,000 |
|
233,000
-82,000
|
-82,000 |
|
|
200,000
137,000
|
137,000 |
|
199,000
199,000
|
199,000 |
The Bubble Has Been Burst
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
PokerNews missed the action but apparently three players on one table busted in a four-way all in involving Aces, Queens and Eights, taking the field from 42 players to 39 and putting all remaining players in the money.
There will be a full recap of the days action posted shortly.
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Play Stalls
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Players are stalling as we are 4 players from the money, with multiple small stacks across the room.
Blinds are increasing to take play even shorter.
Veksler Sent to The Rail Before The Money; Plesuv The Beneficiary
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
After Pavlo Veksler opened from the button to 17,000, Pavel Plesuv moved all in from the small blind. The big blind folded and Veksler called off for his last 170,000 or so, putting the Ukrainian at risk.
Pavlo Veksler: 
Pavel Plesuv: 
It was a classic flip, with the board of 
benefitting Plesuv, as he held up to send Veksler to the rail. The man that sits atop the Moldova all-time money list has increased his stack to a very healthy amount. He will be certainly one to watch if he makes it to Day 2 with a stack like he currently has. His fellow compatriot, Dragos Trofimov (who sits second on that list) was pictured next to Chino Rheem earlier today, but has since bust.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
617,000
247,000
|
247,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Martirosyan Calls The River 'Bluff'
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
After the board read 
with 30,000 in the pot, Artur Martirosyan had lead from the small blind 15,000 into Simon Higgins.
Higgins responded by raising to 65,000 and the Russian pro called him down and showed for a pair of fives. Higgins turned over 
and was surprised as he thought he had a straight apparently.
''I thought I had three-six! I would've called you if you shoved...Though I probably would have checked my cards first'', claimed Higgins.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
|
360,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Shagulyamov Says No, You May Not Lead Out
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
After Sardor Shagulyamov had opened from middle position, action folded to the big blind of Denis Golomedov who called.
The two saw a flop of 
but Golomedov decided to lead out for 20,000. Shagulyamov responded by raising to 60,000. With not much more than that behind, Golomedov decided to let his hand go and live to fight on. The Swiz player has a little more breathing room now, being just under the 200,000 chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000 | |
|
85,000 |