Mystery Bounty Final Day Kicks Off at Noon
The $1,100 Mystery Bounty is back at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa as part of the 2025 Mediterranean Poker Party. With a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool, players flocked to the felt over the past two days to take their shot across five opening flights—all hoping to bag chips and go bounty hunting on Day 2.
A total of 1,496 entries were recorded across the five Day 1 flights, smashing the guarantee. Today marks Day 2, where the remaining 225 players will come together for the first time to battle it out all the way down to a winner.
Leading the charge today is Georgia’s Giorgiy Skhulukhiya, who bagged a towering 5,505,000 chips on Day 1d. Hot on his heels is Russia’s Mikhail Zavoloka with 5,185,000, while Altynbek Ashimov rounds out the top three with a healthy 5,085,000 in chips. These three were the only players to surpass the five-million chip mark.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giorgiy Skhulukhiya | Georgia | 5,505,000 |
| 2 | Mikhail Zavoloka | Russia | 5,185,000 |
| 3 | Altynbek Ashimov | Kyrgyzstan | 5,085,000 |
| 4 | Marcel Grubinger | Germany | 4,965,000 |
| 5 | Darius Neagoe | Romania | 4,190,000 |
| 6 | Roman Gadzhiev | Russia | 3,890,000 |
| 7 | Andrey Pateychuk | Russia | 3,460,000 |
| 8 | Konstantin Voronin | Russia | 3,165,000 |
| 9 | Emad Ghadamian | Iran | 3,095,000 |
| 10 | Juan Corral | Spain | 3,090,000 |
Day 2—the final day—kicks off at 12 p.m. local time, with all remaining players already guaranteed at least a min-cash. Levels will remain 30 minutes long until Level 30, after which they’ll increase to 40 minutes.
Mystery Bounties will be in play from the very first hand, with at least one envelope guaranteed to hold a $50,000 top bounty. The total prize pool and official payouts will be announced shortly after the cards get in the air.
In 2024, it was Aleksey Savenkov who rose above a 1,207-entry field to claim the $85,000 top prize, plus bounties. He defeated Kirill Burtin heads-up after a dominant final table showing that saw him eliminate six of the final nine players.
2024 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksey Savenkov | Russian Federation | $85,000 |
| 2 | Kirill Burtin | Russia | $57,800 |
| 3 | Konstantin Generalov | Russia | $41,200 |
| 4 | Vadzim Godzdanker | Belarus | $28,400 |
| 5 | Tamazi Skhirtladze | Georgia | $21,200 |
| 6 | Ebrahim Ehghaghi | Iran | $17,100 |
| 7 | Damir Gabdullin | Russia | $14,300 |
| 8 | David Boyaciyan | Netherlands | $11,300 |
The action will be streamed every day of the 2025 Mediterranean Poker Party on the DTDPlayer YouTube channel, so fans can follow the action live from wherever they are.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for full coverage throughout the day, including live updates, huge hands, big bounties, and the crowning of the 2025 Mediterranean Poker Party's Mystery Bounty champion.