$2,200 Luxon Pay Grand Final Day 1a | 2025 Mediterranean Poker Party

05-05-2025 13:59 UTC+2

Selected Chip Counts

Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Gromov	300,000 50,000	50,000

Sofia Merkulova	275,000 55,000	55,000
Niall Farrell	250,000

Alessio Isaia	240,000 40,000	40,000

Dan Borlan	200,000 125,000	125,000
Maxime Chilaud	200,000
Nenad Dukic	150,000 50,000	50,000
Aliaksandr Hirs	100,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

05-05-2025 13:47 UTC+2

Schwaederle Cracks Aces

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Cedric Schwaederle was seen pulling in a pot after he managed to crack the aces of Dai Ishibashi.

It seemed like the chips went into the middle on the K♠10♦9♦ flop with Schwaederle's 63,500 at risk.

Cedric Schwaederle: 9♣9♠ All in
Dai Ishibashi: A♥A♦

Schwaederle had binked his set and held onto the lead as the 8♠2♣ runout changed nothing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cedric Schwaederle	150,000 150,000	150,000
Dai Ishibashi	120,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Cedric Schwaederle Dai Ishibashi

05-05-2025 13:38 UTC+2

Peters Collects the Last of Chernikov's Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Aleksandr Chernikov had just 4,500 remaining in his stack and had them all in the middle with Tobias Peters looking to score a knockout.

Aleksandr Chernikov: 8♠3♠ All in
Tobias Peters: J♦J♥

Chernikov flopped a piece on 9♣K♣8♥ but couldn't find any more help as the 5♠4♣ runout meant one his two allowed entries for the day was gone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Peters	300,000 100,000	100,000

Aleksandr Chernikov	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Chernikov Tobias Peters

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

05-05-2025 13:15 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Generalov	800,000 350,000	350,000
Iurii Brechalov	500,000 500,000	500,000
Lucjan Jankowski	500,000 500,000	500,000
Ivan Bryksin	400,000 400,000	400,000
Herodotos Partakkis	350,000 350,000	350,000

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Players are on a 20-minute break.

05-05-2025 13:05 UTC+2

Cotescu Loses a Pot, Gromov Has Chips

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Sandra Cotescu just lost a small pot and her stack dwindled to around 100,000.

On a flop of 10♣J♣6♠, Cotescu check-called a bet of 7,000 from the button to the 8♥ turn. Again Cotescu checked, but this time she folded after the button bet 15,000.

On the same table is Merit Poker powerhouse Dmitry Gromov, who has built an early stack of around 350,000 as the first break approaches.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Gromov	350,000

Sandra Cotescu	100,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Sandra Cotescu Dmitry Gromov

05-05-2025 13:03 UTC+2

Generalov Makes Quads

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ehsan Amiri, Denis Vitchenko, and Konstantin Generalov had all put in 25,000 preflop to see a flop of 9♥4♥10♠, which checked around to Generalov in the cutoff. Generalov fired 40,000, Amiri folded from under the gun, and Vitchenko called in the hijack.

On the 10♦ turn, Vitchenko led for 55,000 and Generalov called to see the K♣ river. Vitchenko then immediately shoved for around 100,000, and Generalov snap-called

Vitchenko revealed K♥Q♠ for top pair, but that was no good as Generalov rolled over quads with 10♣10♥!

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Generalov	450,000 450,000	450,000
Denis Vitchenko	Busted

Tags: Denis Vitchenko Konstantin Generalov Ehsan Amiri

05-05-2025 12:50 UTC+2

Filonenko Finds a Double

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Illia Filonenko lost a bunch of his stack earlier on in the day but has clawed his way back and sits with around 300,000 after just doubling up.

Filinenko had his remaining 144,000 in the middle with J♣J♥ and was up against an opponent's A♣K♦ in a coinflip situation. A runout of 7♠3♥7♥6♠5♥ kept the pocket jacks in the lead, earning Filonenko a double.