$1,100 Mystery Bounty | 2025 Mediterranean Poker Party

05-05-2025 23:34 UTC+2

FInal Table Redraw

Tim Baker

Level 32 : 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Andrey Pateychuk	Russia	23,300,000	19
2	Alexander Goulder	United Kingdom	62,900,000	52
3	Mazen Halabi	Lebanon	23,300,000	19
4	Yilu Yuan	China	31,400,000	26
5	David Vinayagamoorthy	Norway	29,500,000	25
6	Roman Stoika	Russia	38,800,000	32
7	Emad Ghadamian	Iran	33,300,000	28
8	Mekan Yusupov	Turkey	12,100,000	10
9	Jakub Sterba	Czech Republic	43,700,000	36

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Goulder	62,900,000
Jakub Sterba	43,700,000 31,700,000	31,700,000
Roman Stoika	38,800,000 15,200,000	15,200,000
Emad Ghadamian	33,300,000 7,300,000	7,300,000
Yilu Yuan	31,400,000 400,000	400,000
David Vinayagamoorthy	29,500,000 17,500,000	17,500,000
Andrey Pateychuk	23,300,000 10,700,000	10,700,000

Mazen Halabi	23,300,000 300,000	300,000
Mekan Yusupov	12,100,000 1,700,000	1,700,000

05-05-2025 23:22 UTC+2

Salim Usmanov Eliminated in 10th Place ($7,000)

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Tim Baker

Level 32 : 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

Salim Usmanov put his 1,700,000 chips into the middle from under the gun with Mazen Halabi making the call from the small blind. Alexander Goulder jammed from the big blind, forcing Halabi to fold.

Salim Usmanov: 8♦4♦ All in
Alexander Goulder: A♠9♠

If Usmanov could find some assistance from the dealer, he would be back up to five big blinds. The flop came down 6♣J♣3♦, and the turn was the 9♦ giving Usmanov a flush draw. However, the 6♠ landed on the river, and Usmanov was the final table bubble boy of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Goulder	62,900,000 5,700,000	5,700,000
Mazen Halabi	23,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Salim Usmanov	Busted

Tags: Alexander Goulder Mazen Halabi Salim Usmanov

05-05-2025 23:12 UTC+2

Yuan's Ladies Leave Usmanov with Virtually Nothing

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Tim Baker

Level 32 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

Salim Usmanov shoved from the button for 14,325,000 and Yilu Yuan called from the big blind with slightly less chips than Usmanov.

Yilu Yuan: Q♠Q♦ All in
Salim Usmanov: A♣6♠

Usmanov needed to find an ace or he would be left with crumbs. Usmanov was asking for an ace, but instead the flop came down J♠10♥5♣, keeping Yuan's queens ahead. The 8♥ on the turn meant only an ace on the river could save Usmanov. However, the 7♠ fell and Yuan doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yilu Yuan	31,000,000 22,000,000	22,000,000
Salim Usmanov	125,000 5,825,000	5,825,000

Tags: Salim Usmanov Yilu Yuan

Level: 32

Blinds: 800,000/1,600,000

Ante: 1,600,000

05-05-2025 23:00 UTC+2

Nariman Yaghmai Eliminated in 11th Place ($7,000)

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Tim Baker

Level 31 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Alexander Goulder shoved from the cutoff and Nariman Yaghmai called from the button for his last 10,575,000.

Nariman Yaghmai: K♣10♥ All in
Alexander Goulder: K♥Q♠

Goulder was in a perfect spot with king-queen against the king-ten of Yaghmai. The flop of A♣5♦3♦ didn't help either player and Goulder remained in the lead. The 2♠ turn offered some chop outs for Yaghmai, but the 7♥ river didn't help him.

Yaghmai was out in eleventh place, and now it was the final table bubble time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Goulder	57,200,000 3,200,000	3,200,000
Nariman Yaghmai	Busted

Tags: Alexander Goulder Nariman Yaghmai

05-05-2025 22:47 UTC+2

Ghadamian's Turn Raise Gets Stoika to Fold

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Tim Baker

Level 31 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Roman Stoika min-raised from the button and Emad Ghadamian defended out of the big blind.

Ghadamian check-called a bet of 1,800,000 from Stoika on the K♠J♥9♠ flop.

The turn came the 5♦ prompting Ghadamian to check again. Stoika fired a second barrel of 4,700,000, which was met with a raise to 11,000,000 from Ghadamian. Stoika didn't take long to fold and forfeit the pot to Ghadamian.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Stoika	54,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Emad Ghadamian	26,000,000 11,500,000	11,500,000

Tags: Emad Ghadamian Roman Stoika

Level: 31

Blinds: 600,000/1,200,000

Ante: 1,200,000

05-05-2025 22:35 UTC+2

Maksim Bura Eliminated in 12th Place ($7,000)

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Tim Baker

Level 30 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Maksim Bura and Mekan Yusupov both got their chips in the middle preflop, with Nariman Yaghmai making the call, looking to potentially score a double knockout.

Maksim Bura: 4♥4♦ All in
Mekan Yusupov: A♥J♥ All in
Nariman Yaghmai: 8♥8♦

If Yaghmai were to lose this hand to both players, he would be left with just four big blinds. The board ran out 7♣J♣Q♥3♦A♣, giving Yusupov a triple up with two pair, and sending Bura out in twelfth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nariman Yaghmai	14,000,000 2,600,000	2,600,000
Mekan Yusupov	13,800,000 7,300,000	7,300,000
Maksim Bura	Busted

Tags: Maksim Bura Mekan Yusupov Nariman Yaghmai

05-05-2025 22:21 UTC+2

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya Eliminated in 13th Place ($5,900); Nemanja Lukovic Eliminated in 14th Place ($5,900)

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Tim Baker

Level 30 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Roman Stoika came in with a raise to 2,000,000 from early position and Giorgiy Skhulukhiya three-bet jammed his 13,000,000 from the button. Nemanja Lukovic called his last 7,500,000 from the big blind and Stoika instantly called to put both players at risk.

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya: A♦5♦ All in
Nemanja Lukovic: 10♠10♦ All in
Roman Stoika: K♦K♣

Skhulukhiya and Lukovic had gotten it in behind against Stoika's two Cowboys.

The flop came down Q♦J♠5♠ to give Skhulukhiya bottom pair and some backdoor draws. The J♦ landed on the turn to provide Skhulukhiya with a flush draw. However, the 2♣ appeared on the river, meaning Stoika's kings won him the pot, while Skhulukhiya and Lukovic were out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Stoika	57,000,000 23,000,000	23,000,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	Busted
Nemanja Lukovic	Busted

Tags: Giorgiy Skhulukhiya Nemanja Lukovic Roman Stoika

05-05-2025 22:15 UTC+2

Ace-Nine Must Be Goulder's Favorite Hand

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Tim Baker

Level 30 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

With 6,500,000 in the middle on a flop of 8♠2♠2♣, Yilu Yuan checked from early position and Alexander Goulder checked out of the hijack.

The 3♣ turn checked through for the 10♣ to fall on the river. Yuan led out for 1,500,000 and was met by a raise to 6,500,000 from Goulder. Yuan decided to make the call and was shown the ace-high flush by Goulder with A♣9♣. Yuan mucked A♠K♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Goulder	54,000,000 23,000,000	23,000,000
Yilu Yuan	9,000,000 5,500,000	5,500,000

Tags: Alexander Goulder Yilu Yuan