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

08-28-2022 12:59 UTC+3

Macugins With Huge Hero Call

Chris Bean

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With 170,000 in the middle on a completed board of , Melika Razavi in the big blind bet 104,000.

Stanislav Macugins in the cutoff went deep into the tank and burned three time bank cards. With ten seconds left on the clock, Macugins made the call. Razavi turned over for ace-high with missed draws for a wheel and a flush. Macugins breathed a sigh of relief when they tabled to win the pot.

The entire table gave different exasperations from "wow" to "sick". Macugins takes a huge pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanislav Macugins	570,000
Melika Razavi	143,000 143,000	143,000

08-28-2022 12:48 UTC+3

Early Double Up For Golomedov

Chris Bean

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

All of the chips went into the middle preflop when Denis Golomedov in the cutoff moved all in from the cutoff for 110,000. The big blind covered them and made the call.

Denis Golomedov:
Big Blind:

The big blind started to count out the chips they owed to Golomedov as soon as they saw the jack in the window on the board of .

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis Golomedov	255,000 176,000	176,000

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

08-28-2022 12:21 UTC+3

End Of Day 1d Chip Counts

Chris Bean

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Amarbayasgalan Sainjargal	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Daniel Rezaei	716,000 716,000	716,000
Gabi Livshitz	655,000 655,000	655,000
Gabriel Akiki	650,000 650,000	650,000
Dmitrii Kuzin	630,000 630,000	630,000
Artem Vezhnekov	500,000 500,000	500,000
Jakub Michalak	483,000 483,000	483,000
Timur Mukhamedaminov	480,000 480,000	480,000
Zolbayar Batbold	444,000 444,000	444,000
Colin Gillion	422,000 422,000	422,000
Edgard Raffoul	372,000 372,000	372,000
Aleksandr Kinzhalov	336,000 336,000	336,000
Ravil Khamatgareev	301,000 301,000	301,000
Giovanni Giudice	273,000 273,000	273,000
Nikolai Tulin	250,000 250,000	250,000
Ruslan Nasirov	250,000 250,000	250,000
Viliyan Petleshkov	227,000 227,000	227,000
Asaf Groofi	224,000 224,000	224,000
Semen Kravets	191,000 191,000	191,000
Ufuk Erkmen	184,000 184,000	184,000
Pedro Garagnani	176,000 176,000	176,000
Irena Macesovic	161,000 161,000	161,000
Panayiotis Vassiliou	156,000 156,000	156,000
Imad Saab	146,000 146,000	146,000
Erik Cajelais	145,000 145,000	145,000

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08-28-2022 12:10 UTC+3

Shuffle Up And Deal!

Chris Bean

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Cards are in the air after a short delay at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Casino.

There are nine minutes remaining on the clock at blinds of 3,000/6,000 and a big blind ante of 6,000. Levels will increase every 40-minutes from then on.

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

08-28-2022 12:07 UTC+3

Delay To Start

Chris Bean

Play has been delayed. We expect cards to be in the air shortly.

08-28-2022 11:19 UTC+3

Get Ready To Start Your Engines - Day 2 Of The MPP Warm Up Begins

Chris Bean

It is moving day at Event #7 The MPP Warm Up at the Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party, where short-stacks can become heroes and chip-leaders can have their hopes crushed on Day 2 of this tournament held at the beautiful Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Casino in North Cyprus.

A total of 177 players have locked up at least a min-cash and will be whittled down to nine players who will return on Tuesday, August 29th at midday to win the MPP Warm Up trophy.

Some of the world's top players have arrived in North Cyprus and are on the hunt for victory in the Warm-Up including Dzmitry Urbanovich (440,000), Chino Rheem (237,000), and Steve O'Dwyer (113,000).

Returning on Day 2 as chip leader is Ferenc Deak with a gargantuan stack of 1,152,000. The Hungarian Omaha specialist who had two final tables at the World Series of Poker secured the number one position after finishing top on Day 1c.

MongolianAmarbayasgalan Sainjargal is in second place with exactly 1,000,000. Sainjargal was top in chips in the turbo flight which concluded deep into the early hours of this morning. Not far behind is Pavel Plesuv from Moldova with 980,000 who was top of the rankings after Day 1b.

Cards will be in the air at midday local time with 40-minute levels with blinds starting at 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante with nine minutes left on the clock. After every three levels, there will be a 15-minute break. After the ninth level of the day, there will be a 60-minute dinner break. A 30-second shot clock will be introduced today with players given time bank cards if they require additional thinking time.

As always PokerNews will provide all the latest updates at the Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party and more.

08-28-2022 11:00 UTC+3

Day 2 Seat Draw

Shirley Ang

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Ihar Soika	Belarus	457,000	76
1	2	Bakhtiyar Nizamov	Kazakhstan	174,000	29
1	3	Andrei Kaigorodtcev	Russia	116,000	19
1	4	Plamen Pashov	Bulgaria	170,000	28
1	5	Zolbayar Batbold	Mongolia	444,000	74
1	6	Georgy Filippovich	Russia	250,000	42
1	7	Arutiun Saakian	Armenia	120,000	20
1	8	Viliyan Petleshkov	Bulgaria	227,000	38

2	1	Arnaud Enselme	France	626,000	104
2	2	Huseyin Akgul	Turkey	500,000	83
2	3	Demosthenes Kiriopoulos	Greece	125,000	21
2	4	Alain Zeidan	Lebanon	49,000	8
2	5	Nikolai Tulin	Russia	250,000	42
2	6	Alireza Tannazi	Iran	423,000	71
2	7	Uri Reichenstein	Israel	155,000	26
2	8	Arsenii Karmatckii	Russia	305,000	51

3	1	Jordan Fisch	Canada	233,000	39
3	2	Amjad Nader	Syria	303,000	51
3	3	Bauyrzhan Shaukenov	Kazakhstan	447,000	75
3	4	Sabrin Habtemichael	Germany	224,000	37
3	5	Ugur Secilmis	Turkey	315,000	53
3	6	Aylar Lie	Norway	175,000	29
3	7	Yulian Bogdanov	Bulgaria	758,000	126
3	8	Andrey Litvinov	Russia	435,000	73

4	1	Henrik Brockmann	Netherlands	237,000	40
4	2	Denis Golomedov	Russia	79,000	13
4	3	Melika Razavi	Iran	415,000	69
4	4	Andrea Ricci	Italy	444,000	74
4	5	Asaf Yehiel Groofi	Israel	224,000	37
4	6	Vladislav Ivanov	Russia	408,000	68
4	7	Ruslan Galiullin	Russia	421,000	70
4	8	Stanislav Macugins	Latvia	308,000	51

5	1	Juozas Bizokas	Lithuania	138,000	23
5	2	Antonio De Lucia	Italy	107,000	18
5	3	Alexander Nemtcov	Russia	183,000	31
5	4	Oleg Netaliev	Russia	243,000	41
5	5	Edoardo Landi	Italy	119,000	20
5	6	Ufuk Erkmen	Turkey	184,000	31
5	7	Daniel Rezaei	Germany	716,000	119
5	8	Askar Nuridenov	Russia	200,000	33

6	1	Dauren Zhaparov	Kazakhstan	93,000	16
6	2	Ionut Voinea	Romania	115,000	19
6	3	Garik Tamasian	Russia	310,000	52
6	4	Eduard Barsegian	Russia	190,000	32
6	5	Nuri Hadioglu	Turkey	194,000	32
6	6	Alessio Isaia	Italy	445,000	74
6	7	Ravil Khamatgareev	Russia	301,000	50
6	8	Denis Vitchenko	Russia	822,000	137

7	1	Aleksandr Kinzhalov	Russia	336,000	56
7	2	Alexandr Lakhov	Russia	177,000	30
7	3	Denis Vladimirov	Russia	130,000	22
7	4	Naor Slobodskoy	Israel	270,000	45
7	5	Mikhail Zavoloka	Russia	131,000	22
7	6	Ozan Koceroglu	Turkey	153,000	26
7	7	Jeffrey Comier	Canada	122,000	20
7	8	Damir Zhugralin	Kazakhstan	386,000	64

8	1	Panayiotis Vassiliou	Cyprus	156,000	26
8	2	Michel Habib	Lebanon	97,000	16
8	3	Semen Kravets	Russia	191,000	32
8	4	John Doebs	Turkey	170,000	28
8	5	Dmitrii Kopyl	Russia	167,000	28
8	6	Chadi Ojelli	Lebanon	541,000	90
8	7	Voziianov Artem	Russia	382,000	64
8	8	Tugce Hursoz	North Cyprus	300,000	50

9	1	Fausto Tantillo	Italy	209,000	35
9	2	Boris Kolev	Bulgaria	266,000	44
9	3	Dmitry Vitkind	Russia	450,000	75
9	4	Mark Saad	Egypt	346,000	58
9	5	Oguzhan Kasar	Turkey	117,000	20
9	6	Artem Vezhnekov	Russia	500,000	83
9	7	Colin Ronald Gillon	United Kingdom	422,000	70
9	8	Amarbayasgalan Sainjargal	Mongolia	1,000,000	167

10	1	Imad Saab	Lebanon	146,000	24
10	2	Sergey Bortsov	Russia	145,000	24
10	3	Milen Stefanov	Bulgaria	111,000	19
10	4	Erik Cajelais	Canada	145,000	24
10	5	Giorgii Shkulukhiia	Georgia	120,000	20
10	6	Alexandre Vuilleumier	France	385,000	64
10	7	Sardor Shagulyamov	Sweden	152,000	25
10	8	Maroun Jazzar	Lebanon	790,000	132

11	1	Edgard Raffoul	Lebanon	372,000	62
11	2	Erdal Gulseven	Turkey	530,000	88
11	3	Alexander Tkatschew	Germany	540,000	90
11	4	Alexey Badulin	Russia	86,000	14
11	5	Manana Khodr	Lebanon	727,000	121
11	6	Fadi Abi Nakhoul	Lebanon	221,000	37
11	7	Charis Sisou	Cyprus	211,000	35
11	8	Evgenii Sboev	Russia	157,000	26

12	1	Nejat Erman	Turkey	78,000	13
12	2	Vohrs Soreningwart	Netherlands	458,000	76
12	3	Yiannakis Papapetrou	Cyprus	524,000	87
12	4	Serghei Lisii	Moldova	960,000	160
12	5	Pavel Plesuv	Moldova	980,000	163
12	6	Denis Pisarev	Russia	456,000	76
12	7	Dzmitry Urbanovich	Belarus	440,000	73
12	8	Marco Carravieri	Italy	342,000	57

13	1	Ruslan Nasirov	Russia	250,000	42
13	2	Emrah Cakmak	France	172,000	29
13	3	Ferenc Deak	Hungary	1,152,000	192
13	4	Dogan Dinler	Turkey	321,000	54
13	5	Aleksandr Pak	Uzbekistan	628,000	105
13	6	Giovanni Giudice	Italy	273,000	46
13	7	Koray Korkmaz	Turkey	47,000	8
13	8	Vitalii Pankov	Russia	133,000	22

14	1	Cristian Campan	Romania	140,000	23
14	2	Selahaddin Bedir	Turkey	588,000	98
14	3	Abdullah Alajmi	Kuwait	421,000	70
14	4	Milos Skrbic	Serbia	974,000	162
14	5	Anatoly Nikitin	Russia	225,000	38
14	6	Sari Haddad	Lebanon	89,000	15
14	7	Daniel Thaller	Austria	516,000	86
14	8	Recep Aydemir	Turkey	293,000	49

15	1	Ian Gascoigne	United Kingdom	368,000	61
15	2	Luca Stenavato	Italy	94,000	16
15	3	Gabi Livshitz	Israel	655,000	109
15	4	Sebastian Hoyos	Colombia	199,000	33
15	5	Ludovic Periaux	France	544,000	91
15	6	David Rheem	United States	237,000	40
15	7	Charbel Ghorayeb	Lebanon	85,000	14
15	8	Natalia Nikitina	Russia	319,000	53

16	1	Meraj Mirzaei	Iran	147,000	25
16	2	Jakub Michalak	Poland	483,000	81
16	3	Tamazi Skhirtladze	Georgia	118,000	20
16	4	Dmitrii Kuzin	Russia	630,000	105
16	5	Umut Yukselir	Turkey	67,000	11
16	6	Dmitry Yurasov	Russia	538,000	90
16	7	Vitaliy Kim	Kazakhstan	435,000	73
16	8	Francis Pena	Dominican Republic	247,000	41

17	1	Timur Khamidullin	Russia	155,000	26
17	2	Andrea Radicchi	Italy	811,000	135
17	3	Alper Kerim	Turkey	618,000	103
17	4	Rudolf Domin	Russia	412,000	69
17	5	Ahmed Slimen	Tunisia	154,000	26
17	6	Marios Eracleous	Cyprus	288,000	48
17	7	Nariman Yaghmai	Iran	204,000	34
17	8	Georgio Azar	Lebanon	328,000	55

18	1	Nadar Kakhmazov	Russia	252,000	42
18	2	Baurzhan Akimov	Kazakhstan	430,000	72
18	3	Sergey Baranski	Belarus	203,000	34
18	4	Onur Ozgur	Turkey	128,000	21
18	5	Ran Ilani	Israel	341,000	57
18	6	Artur Martirosian	Russia	401,000	67
18	7	Irena Macesovic	Lithuania	161,000	27

19	1	Ivan Zhechev	Bulgaria	250,000	42
19	2	Dragos Trofimov	Moldova	196,000	33
19	3	Steven Warburton	United Kingdom	60,000	10
19	4	Pedro Garagnani	Turkey	176,000	29
19	5	Alberto Meran	Italy	588,000	98
19	6	Gabriel Akiki	Lebanon	650,000	108
19	7	Claudio Gangemi	Italy	350,000	58

20	1	Iurii Zakharov	Russia	871,000	145
20	2	Yury Salikaev	Russia	609,000	102
20	3	Mihai Niste	Romania	202,000	34
20	4	Simon Higgins	United Kingdom	870,000	145
20	5	Abdullah Al Shanti	Egypt	388,000	65
20	6	Stephen Odwyer	Ireland	113,000	19
20	7	Timur Mukhamedaminov	Uzbekistan	480,000	80

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