$2,200 Luxon Pay Grand Final
Day 1b Started
2025 Mediterranean Poker Party
$2,200 Luxon Pay Grand Final
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 Mediterranean Poker Party
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$2,787,840
Entries
1,452
Level
36
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Entries
383
Players Left
65
Players Left 1 / 1,452
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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.
Stay with PokerNews throughout the day for all your live updates, chip counts, key hands, and stories from the tournament floor in Northern Cyprus.
Level: 1
Blinds: 1,000/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Cards are in the air for Day 1b of the $2,200 Luxon Pay Grand Final!
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000 | |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
What a start for Kaarle Parikka!
The action was picked up on a 9♦8♣5♦ flop with around 8,000 in the middle where the big blind checked and Matthew Pitt bet 2,500. Kaarle Parikka then raised to 8,000 from the cutoff, which got the big blind to fold. Pitt called.
A 7♦ hit the turn and after Pitt checked, Parikka fired out 12,500. A short while later, Pitt called.
The J♣ completed the runout and again Pitt checked, then Parikka slid forward a time bank, which gave him an extra 30 seconds to think. Parikka then made a bet of 32,500 and without much hesitation, Pitt called.
Parikka then rolled over 8♦6♦ for a STRAIGHT FLUSH!
"What a river. Horrible river," said Pitt as he flipped J♠J♥ for a set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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260,000
260,000
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260,000 |
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140,000
140,000
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140,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
With around 60,000 chips already in the middle on a K♠4♠K♥ flop, Georgios Tsouloftas had checked from middle position and Traian Stanciu fired out 15,000. Tsouloftas then raised to 37,000 before Stanciu came back with a rare flop three-bet to 65,000.
"65?" asked Tsouloftas. Once he got confirmation from the dealer, he called.
A 9♦ dropped on the turn and Tsouloftas tapped the table. Stanciu didn't need to think for too long before he announced that he was all in for around 100,000. Tsouloftas tossed all of his time banks into the middle of the table but only needed to use one of them before he finally settled on a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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110,000
110,000
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110,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
The $2,200 Luxon Pay Grand Final is showing no signs of slowing down as over 120 entries have already been recorded during the opening level of Day 1b.
With registration open through the end of Level 10, expectations are high for another big field here at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa.
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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200,000 | |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000 |
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