2025 Mediterranean Poker Party

$2,200 Luxon Pay Grand Final
Day: 1cd
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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 1cd
Entries
724
Players Left
131
Players Left 1 / 1,452
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Level: 15

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

Niste Doubles Huge in Final Level

Level 15 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Mihai Niste
Mihai Niste

The preflop action culminated in Mihai Niste putting in 225,000 from hijack and Jalal Jafari calling in the small blind. Jafari then promptly put Niste all-in for 1,130,000, twice the size of the pot, on the 83A flop, which he snap-called.

Mihai Niste: AA All in
Jalal Jafari: A9

Jafari needed running spades to best the top set of Niste, but he was left drawing dead after the 10 turn. The 3 river was rendered meaningless as Niste stacked up a massive mountain of chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mihai Niste ro
Mihai Niste
2,660,000
1,310,000
1,310,000
Profile photo of Jalal Jafari tr
Jalal Jafari
215,000
335,000
335,000

Tags: Jalal JafariMihai Niste

Isaia Takes from Stoika

Level 15 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Alessio Isaia
Alessio Isaia

Alessio Isaia limped from the small blind and Roman Stoika raised to 100,000 out of the big blind. Isaia called.

The flop came down 844 and Isaia check-called a bet of 60,000 from Stoika.

The dealer put out the 10 on the turn and Isaia check-called another bet from Stoika, this time for 220,000.

Both players checked the 5 river and Isaia won the pot with AK for ace-high.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Roman Stoika ru
Roman Stoika
2,000,000
375,000
375,000
Profile photo of Alessio Isaia it
Alessio Isaia
1,900,000
225,000
225,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Alessio IsaiaRoman Stoika

Meinhardt's Late-Night Surge Continues

Level 15 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Omar Diez put in his final 235,000 from early position. Julian Meinhardt made the call a few seats over, and the players showed down heads-up.

Omar Diez: J9 All in
Julian Meinhardt: QQ

Diez stood no chance on the K6347 runout, being knocked out by Meinhardt's ladies.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Julian Meinhardt
Julian Meinhardt
1,800,000
250,000
250,000
Profile photo of Omar Diez es
Omar Diez
Busted

Tags: Julian MeinhardtOmar Diez

Bezhanyan Hits an Ace to Double Through Houghton

Level 15 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Aren Bezhanyan shoved his 300,000 into the middle from early position and Kevin Houghton made the call to try and bust him.

Aren Bezhanyan: A3 All in
Kevin Houghton : QQ

Bezhanyan was looking for some hearts or an ace to have a chance of bagging up at the end of this level. The dealer burned a card then put out the flop of A49, catapulting Bezhanyan into the lead with top pair. The rest of the board came A7 and Bezhanyan doubled at the expense of Houghton.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kevin Houghton gb
Kevin Houghton
1,140,000
115,000
115,000
Profile photo of Aren Bezhanyan am
Aren Bezhanyan
630,000
630,000
630,000

Tags: Aren BezhanyanKevin Houghton

Corral Goes on Rampage During Final Hands

Level 15 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

A completed board of 9A925 was in the middle in a pot between Juan Corral under the gun and Kevin Houghton in middle postion, along with a massive pot of 1,500,000.

Corral then jammed all in, covering the 625,000 chips of Houghton and sending him into the tank. After spending all his time banks, Houghton eventually found a fold, seeing the large pile of chips being sent to Corral.

One hand later, Raoul Kanme opened to 60,000 in the cutoff. Aren Bezhanyan then committed his stack of 395,000 from the small blind, which Corral four-bet to 740,000 in the big blind, enough to put Kanme all-in.

Kanme weighed his options for a bit before getting out of the way, leaving the other two players to show down.

Aren Bezhanyan: K9 All in
Juan Corral: AQ

Bezhanyan took the lead on the 965 flop, but Corral retaliated on the Q turn, making the higher pair. The 5 river upgraded both players to two pair, with Corral's queens and fives taking the pot and eliminating his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Juan Corral ma
Juan Corral
2,800,000
2,030,000
2,030,000
Profile photo of Raoul Kanme nl
Raoul Kanme
635,000
280,000
280,000
Profile photo of Kevin Houghton gb
Kevin Houghton
625,000
515,000
515,000
Profile photo of Aren Bezhanyan am
Aren Bezhanyan
Busted

Tags: Aren BezhanyanJuan CorralKevin HoughtonRaoul Kanme

Play Concludes

Level 15 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The remaining 80 players have bagged up their chips and will return tomorrow at noon for Day 2. Stay tuned for chip counts and a full recap of the day's action.

Assorted End-of-Day Counts

Level 15 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tymofii Savkin ua
Tymofii Savkin
3,415,000
3,215,000
3,215,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Profile photo of Boris Smuskevicius lt
Boris Smuskevicius
2,940,000
2,060,000
2,060,000
Profile photo of Mihai Niste ro
Mihai Niste
2,690,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Roman Stoika ru
Roman Stoika
2,305,000
305,000
305,000
Profile photo of Vladislav Dubanov ru
Vladislav Dubanov
2,100,000
700,000
700,000
Profile photo of Jack McDermott gb
Jack McDermott
1,645,000
1,445,000
1,445,000
Profile photo of Dmitriy Kopyl ru
Dmitriy Kopyl
1,110,000
1,110,000
1,110,000
Profile photo of Viacheslav Pak kz
Viacheslav Pak
980,000
725,000
725,000
Profile photo of Aliaksandr Hirs by
Aliaksandr Hirs
910,000
910,000
910,000
Profile photo of Sergei Kim ru
Sergei Kim
865,000
385,000
385,000
Profile photo of Erdem Akmert tr
Erdem Akmert
580,000
170,000
170,000
Profile photo of Nariman Yaghmai ir
Nariman Yaghmai
520,000
530,000
530,000
Profile photo of Pascal Vos nl
Pascal Vos
390,000
60,000
60,000

End of Day 1c Chip Counts (full)

Level 15 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tymofii Savkin ua
Tymofii Savkin
3,415,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Profile photo of Bassel Moussa lb
Bassel Moussa
3,065,000
3,065,000
3,065,000
Profile photo of Boris Smuskevicius lt
Boris Smuskevicius
2,940,000
Profile photo of Juan Corral ma
Juan Corral
2,830,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Mihai Niste ro
Mihai Niste
2,690,000
Profile photo of Evgenii Ushakov ru
Evgenii Ushakov
2,375,000
2,375,000
2,375,000
Profile photo of Alessio Isaia it
Alessio Isaia
2,285,000
385,000
385,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Vladislav Dubanov ru
Vladislav Dubanov
2,225,000
125,000
125,000
Profile photo of Mekan Yusupov tr
Mekan Yusupov
2,180,000
1,880,000
1,880,000
Profile photo of Issam Tannouri fr
Issam Tannouri
2,160,000
2,160,000
2,160,000
Profile photo of Roman Stoika ru
Roman Stoika
2,035,000
270,000
270,000
Profile photo of Traian Stanciu ro
Traian Stanciu
2,000,000
1,600,000
1,600,000
Profile photo of Dmitrii Astratov ru
Dmitrii Astratov
1,945,000
1,945,000
1,945,000
Profile photo of Walid Bou Habib lb
Walid Bou Habib
1,875,000
1,875,000
1,875,000
Profile photo of Sergiu Covrig ro
Sergiu Covrig
1,780,000
1,455,000
1,455,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Parahat Nurmuhammedov tm
Parahat Nurmuhammedov
1,725,000
1,725,000
1,725,000
Profile photo of Jack McDermott gb
Jack McDermott
1,645,000
Profile photo of Ezatulla Amani af
Ezatulla Amani
1,635,000
1,635,000
1,635,000
Profile photo of Dmitry Vitkind ru
Dmitry Vitkind
1,600,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Danil Stafeev
Danil Stafeev
1,565,000
1,565,000
1,565,000
Profile photo of Ruslan Khadartsev ru
Ruslan Khadartsev
1,560,000
1,560,000
1,560,000
Profile photo of Italo Modena it
Italo Modena
1,510,000
Profile photo of Dmitry Sharapov ru
Dmitry Sharapov
1,490,000
1,490,000
1,490,000
Profile photo of Asaf Groofi il
Asaf Groofi
1,475,000
653,000
653,000
Profile photo of Julian Menhardt at
Julian Menhardt
1,380,000
1,380,000
1,380,000

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