Final Seven-Figure Guarantee of 2025 MPP Awaits as $10,400 Onyx High Roller Gets Underway
The highest buy-in of the 2025 Mediterranean Poker Party is set to commence at 2 p.m. local time today at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa. The $10,400 Onyx High Roller boasts a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000, providing players with deep pockets a final opportunity for a big six-figure score.
Last year, Serbia's Jovan Kenjic took down the top prize of $365,000 in a field of 159 entries, which is still his largest cash to date. While Kenjic has not been spotted in Cyprus yet this time, 2024's runner-up Aleksandr Kirichenko has. Time will tell if he will hop in this year, looking to improve on his $250,000 score. Other players who might be eyeing back-to-back final tables include Michel Molenaar, Nikita Kalinin, and Dmitry Zakharov.
2024 $10,400 Mediterranean Poker Party High Roller Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jovan Kenjic | Serbia | $365,000 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Kirichenko | Russian Federation | $250,000 |
| 3 | Marcin Dziubdziela | Poland | $165,000 |
| 4 | Michel Molenaar | Netherlands | $122,000 |
| 5 | Nikita Kalinin | Russian Federation | $95,000 |
| 6 | Anvar Muratov | Russian Federation | $75,000 |
| 7 | Dmitry Zakharov | Russian Federation | $58,000 |
| 8 | Stoyan Madanzhiev | Bulgaria | $45,000 |
| 9 | Ehsan Amiri | Australia | $34,400 |
The $10,400 High Roller has a starting stack of 400,000 chips, equaling 200 big blinds when play begins. All levels in this two-day event will be 40 minutes long, with 12 being played on Day 1. Registering late is possible until the end of Level 10, around 10:10 p.m. local time. During this period, unlimited reentries can be fired by those who fall early.
Breaks are scheduled after every three levels, with a 60-minute dinner break set to happen after Level 9, around 8:30 p.m. The full Day 1 structure is listed below.
$10,400 Onyx High Roller Day 1 Structure
| Level | Length (Minutes) | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| 2 | 40 | 2,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| 3 | 40 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| Break | 15 | |||
| 4 | 40 | 2,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| 5 | 40 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| 6 | 40 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| Break | 15 | |||
| 7 | 40 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| 8 | 40 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| 9 | 40 | 10,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Dinner Break | 60 | |||
| 10 | 40 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 11 | 40 | 10,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| 12 | 40 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
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