2022 Mediterranean Poker Party

$2,200 MPP Warm Up
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2022 Mediterranean Poker Party
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$310,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$1,924,640
Total Entries
1,046
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
258
Players Left
42
Players Left 1 / 1,046
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Petleshkov Doubles Through Goulder With Pocket Rockets

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

All the chips went into the middle with Viliyan Petleshkov at risk for 57,600 in the big blind. The Bulgarian was up against Alex Goulder on the button.

Viliyan Petleshkov: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Alex Goulder: {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}

Goulder ran into the best starting hand in poker and could not beat it as the runout came [jh9c4c4s5] to give Petleshkov aces and fours and a big double-up.

Player Chips Progress
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Viliyan Petleshkov
117,700
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Alex Goulder
112,500

Tags: Alex GoulderViliyan Petleshkov

Lykov Saved By The River

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

Maxim Lykov had shoved all in for his last 28,800 over a button open. The button snapped it off and cards were on their backs.

Maxim Lykov: {a-Spades}{7-Diamonds}
Opponent: {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

With Lykov at risk, the board ran out {j-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{a-Hearts} to clutch Lykov the double from the jaws of defeat.

Player Chips Progress
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Maxim Lykov
58,600
58,600
58,600
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Maxim Lykov

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Soika In The Hunt

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With 12,000 in the middle on a {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} flop, the button bet 5,000 and was met with a bet of 12,000 from Ihar Soika in the big blind. The button made the call.

Both players checked the {6-Diamonds} turn, but the button bet 27,000 on the {8-Diamonds} river, which was called in an instant by Soika. The button opted to muck their cards and Soika took a sizable pot without challenge.

Player Chips Progress
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Ihar Soika
198,000
25,000
25,000

Rheem Semi-Bluff Shove Gets Through

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Chino Rhem
Chino Rhem

With 48,000 in the middle on a flop of {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}{10-Spades}, George Metei bet 23,000 from the big blind.

Chino Rheem took less than 30 seconds to announce all-in which would put Metei at risk for 87,000.

Metei weighed things up for around a minute and folded their hand. Cheem took the pot but showed that they semi-bluffed with {5-Spades}{4-Spades}. Rheem quipped "I only show for PokerNews!"

Player Chips Progress
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Chino Rheem
230,000
90,000
90,000
WPT 3X Winner
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George Matei
64,000

Tags: Chino RheemGeorge Metei

Groofi Sends Uhara To The Rail

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Asaf Groofi
Asaf Groofi

After Asaf Groofi had opened in the hijack to 4,000, the cutoff and button both called. With action Motokatsu Uhara in the small blind, he moved all in for 31,700. Groofi smooth called and the other two players folded, putting Uhara at risk.

Motokatsu Uhara: {a-Spades}{6-Spades}
Asaf Groofi: {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

Uhara was in bad shape. A {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{j-Clubs} board ran out and the dealer accidentally mistakenly called it a shop, but the players pointed out Groofi had made a flush and Uhara took his exit graciously.

Player Chips Progress
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Asaf Groofi
180,000
28,800
28,800
Profile photo of Motokatsu Uhara jp
Motokatsu Uhara
Busted

Tags: Asaf GroofiMotokatsu Uhara

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Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
PN Bad Beat Hotline
PN Bad Beat Hotline

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Notable Stacks and Bustouts

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Georgios Skarparis cy
Georgios Skarparis
320,000
38,000
38,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Damir Zhugralin kz
Damir Zhugralin
205,000
16,800
16,800
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Chino Rheem
140,000
55,000
55,000
WPT 3X Winner
Profile photo of Aylar Lie no
Aylar Lie
135,000
85,000
85,000
Profile photo of Ryan Yu ca
Ryan Yu
130,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
110,000
110,000
110,000
Profile photo of Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
100,000
40,000
40,000
EPT 1X Winner
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Ian Gascoigne
100,000
20,000
20,000
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Vittorio Maugini
Busted
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Simon Higgins
Busted
Profile photo of Motokatsu Uhara jp
Motokatsu Uhara
Busted

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000