After a thrilling start to the $2,200 Luxon Pay Grand Final, the action resumes today at the stunning Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa with Day 1b of the marquee event at the 2025 Mediterranean Poker Party. Following yesterday’s strong turnout of 345 entries—with 53 players making it through—another wave of hopefuls will take their shot at building a stack toward the $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Players will start with 200,000 chips and play through 15 levels using the same progressive clock structure as Day 1a: 30-minute levels for the first ten, then 40-minute levels for the final five. The shot clock remains active from the first hand, with five 30-second time banks issued at registration.
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Konstantin Voronin | Russian Federation | 3,415,000 | 85 |
| 2 | Lars Kamphues | Germany | 3,145,000 | 79 |
| 3 | Dmitrii Kukhtarev | Serbia | 3,125,000 | 78 |
| 4 | Gabriel Georgia | Romania | 2,640,000 | 66 |
| 5 | Banksy | United Kingdom | 2,500,000 | 63 |
| 6 | Steven Radloff | South Africa | 2,495,000 | 62 |
| 7 | Danil Umrikhin | Russian Federation | 2,335,000 | 58 |
| 8 | Alvaro Gonza | Spain | 2,230,000 | 56 |
| 9 | Robert Fluereci | Romania | 2,050,000 | 51 |
| 10 | Almas Umarov | Kazakhstan | 2,000,000 | 50 |
A diverse group of players made the most of their opening flight runs, with Konstantin Voronin leading the way after bagging a massive 3,415,000 chips. He was closely followed by Germany’s Lars Kamphues and Serbia’s Dmitrii Kukhtarev, both of whom also cracked the 3-million mark. The top ten is stacked with international talent, including Steven Radloff of South Africa, UK’s Banksy, and Romanian duo Gabriel Georgia and Robert Fluereci, all of whom are well-positioned to make deep Day 2 runs.
With late registration open through the end of Level 10, a deep international field is expected once again, and players who survive the day will bag their largest stack and return for Day 2 on May 8.
$2,200 Luxon Pay Grand Final Remaining Schedule
| Day | Date | Time | Blind Levels |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1b | May 6 | 12:00 p.m. | 30 minutes (10 levels) + 40 minutes (5 levels) |
| Day 1c | May 7 | 12:00 p.m. | 30 minutes (10 levels) + 40 minutes (5 levels) |
| Day 1d | May 7 | 8:00 p.m. | 20 minutes |
| Day 2 | May 8 | 12:00 p.m. | 40 minutes (5 levels) + 50 minutes (5 levels) |
| Day 3 | May 9 | 12:00 p.m. | 50/45/40/35/30/30/25 minutes¹ |
¹Final table levels decrease as players are eliminated: 8 players = 50 min, 7 = 45 min, 6 = 40 min, 5 = 35 min, 4 = 30 min, 3 = 30 min, 2 = 25 min.
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