2025 Mediterranean Poker Party

$2,200 Luxon Pay Grand Final
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2025 Mediterranean Poker Party
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♥2♠
Prize
$375,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$2,787,840
Total Entries
1,452
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
345
Players Left
53
Players Left 1 / 1,452
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Troyanovsky Left Short by Bako

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 14 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Mazalahedwa Bako
Mazalahedwa Bako

Mazalahedwa Bako opened to 50,000 from under the gun and was three-bet by a player in middle position to 125,000. Vladimir Troyanovsky then shoved his stack of around 650,000 in from the hijack, and when it got back to Bako, he called off his stack of 415,000. The other player folded.

Mazalahedwa Bako: K♣K♦ All in
Vladimir Troyanovsky: A♣K♠

Bako was in the lead with his Cowboys and remained ahead after the 3♦3♥9♠ flop. A 9♥ on the turn put him one step closer to scooping the pot, which was confirmed when Bako improved to a boat on the K♥ river.

Tags: Mazalahedwa BakoVladimir Troyanovsky

Selected Chip Counts

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 14 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Level: 14

Blinds: 15,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

Flashback: Azamat Lamkov Wins 2024 Mediterranean Poker Party $5,300 Main Event

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Azamat Lamkov
Azamat Lamkov

Last May, Azamat Lamkov became the newest $5,300 Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event champion as he defeated a massive field of 1,260 entries at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel.

Fifth in chips at the beginning of the final table, Lamkov made his way to first place, surpassing players like Mihai Niste (6th, $170,000) and Leon Sturm (3rd, $440,000). Ultimately, Lamkov claimed victory over Kirill Shcherbakov, who finished in second for $680,000. Thanks to this win, Lamkov is not only the proud owner of a trophy, but he's also a millionaire with the $1,000,000 first-place prize.

2024 Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Azamat LamkovRussian Federation$1,000,000
2Kirill ShcherbakovRussian Federation$680,000
3Leon SturmGermany$440,000
4Iurii SuvorovRussian Federation$320,000
5Birger LarsenNorway$225,000
6Mihai NisteRomania$170,000
7Gamir GabdullinRussian Federation$125,000
8Assyl TleuzhanovKazakhstan$100,000

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Zainescu Continues to Build

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Carmen Zainescu
Carmen Zainescu

Carmen Zainescu is continuing to grow her stack and has around 1,500,000 after just stacking an opponent.

Zainescu held A♠10♠ and backdoored the nut flush to send her opponent packing just before the final break of the night.

Tags: Carmen Zainescu

Banksy With a Mountain of Chips

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Banksy has held the chip lead for the majority of Day 1a and has just added yet more chips to his ever-growing stack, which is becoming hard to count.

The board read 7♣6♣6♥10♥ and with over 400,000 in the middle, the small blind checked. Banksy, in the big blind, counted out a bet of 365,000 and slid it across the line. After some consideration, the small blind folded, allowing Banksy to collect more chips.

Selected Chip Counts

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Level: 13

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

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