2025 Mediterranean Poker Party

$2,200 Luxon Pay Grand Final
Day: 1a
Event Info
2025 Mediterranean Poker Party
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$375,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$2,787,840
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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Final Stretch Begins with 110 Players Still Battling

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

With Level 12 nearly in the books, just 110 players remain from the 345 who started Day 1a of the $2,200 Luxon Pay Grand Final. The field has thinned considerably over the last few hours, and the pressure is mounting as players eye a coveted Day 2 bag.

Once Level 13 wraps up, the field will head out on a 20-minute break, leaving just two more levels to play before chips are sealed for the night. The full Day 1a structure—15 total levels with a progressive clock—will conclude tonight, and only the largest stack for each player will move forward to Day 2.

Easy Come, Easy Go For Tsouloftas

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

On a board of 9JAQ, there were 135,000 chips in the pot when Cedric Schwaederle checked from under the gun and Georgios Tsouloftas bet 55,000 from the next seat. Schwaederle then check-shoved for 249,000, and after some thinking, Tsouloftas called.

Cedric Schwaederle: A9 All in
Georgios Tsouloftas: J8

Tsouloftas had outs to a flush draw and trips but Schwaederle had the best of it with two pair. Both players improved on the A river as Tsouloftas hit a flush, but that same card gave Schwaederle a full house and the double-up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Cedric Schwaederle fr
Cedric Schwaederle
650,000
490,000
490,000
Profile photo of Georgios Tsouloftas cy
Georgios Tsouloftas
300,000
340,000
340,000

Tags: Cedric SchwaederleGeorgios Tsouloftas

Tsouloftas With the Deck on His Side

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Georgios Tsouloftas
Georgios Tsouloftas

Georgios Tsouloftas raised to 30,000 and the player to his left put in a three-bet to 100,000. When it got back to Tsouloftas, he four-bet shoved for 304,000, and was quickly called.

Georgios Tsouloftas: 109 All in
Opponent: QQ

Tsouloftas needed a lot of help from the dealer and managed to find it when the flop came down J910, giving him two pair. His opponent had an overpair with an open-ender but couldn't connect as the runout of 52 kept Tsouloftas' two pair in the lead.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Georgios Tsouloftas cy
Georgios Tsouloftas
640,000
215,000
215,000

Tags: Georgios Tsouloftas

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Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
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Level: 12

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

Zebarjad's Flop Bet Gets the Job Done

Level 11 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Azamat Tulepbergenov opened from early position to 24,000 and Ali Zebarjad called from two seats over. A player on the button also called.

When the flop came 964, Tulepbergenov elected not to continue and checked, then Zebarjad fired 51,000. The button folded, and Tulepbergenov's cards also followed into the muck.

Zebarjad is a regular at Merit events and picked up his career-best score in January when he finished sixth in the Warm Up at the Merit Poker Western Series.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ali Zebarjad au
Ali Zebarjad
325,000
Profile photo of Azamat Tulepbergenov kz
Azamat Tulepbergenov
250,000

Tags: Ali ZebarjadAzamat Tulepbergenov

Late Registration Closes with 345 Entries on Day 1a

Level 11 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
MPP
MPP

The numbers are in—345 total entries have been recorded in Day 1a of the $2,200 Luxon Pay Grand Final, making it a strong opener for one of the Mediterranean Poker Party’s flagship events. With 155 players still in the hunt as Level 11 begins, the pace is picking up as the field narrows toward the finish line.

Late registration is officially closed, and the remaining players will battle through five more 40-minute levels before bagging up for Day 2.

Wei's Nines Win a Three-Way All-In

Level 11 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Guo Liang Wei just scored an effective triple-up to bring his stack towards the half a million mark.

Wei shoved for 155,000 from middle position and Elvijs Kergalvis called for a bit less in the hijack. A player on the button also shoved for 217,000, and the rest of the table folded.

Elvijs Kergalvis: AJ All in
Guo Liang Wei: 99 All in
Button: AQ

Wei held the lead with his nines and took a huge leap toward claiming the pot when the flop came down 923, giving him top set. A 5 on the turn did give the other two players a gutshot, but the K river bricked out, earning Wei the pot and eliminated Kergalvis.

Player Chips Progress
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Guo Liang Wei
450,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Elvijs Kergalvis lv
Elvijs Kergalvis
Busted

Tags: Elvijs KergalvisGuo Liang Wei

Level: 11

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000