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

05-08-2025 13:41 UTC+2

Vitkauskas Doubles, Kukhtarev on Huge Stack

Frank Visser

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Martynas Vitkauskas squeezed in his stack of 845,000 from the big blind, with a player in the hijack making the call with the covering stack.

Martynas Vitkauskas: A♠J♣ All in
Hijack: A♥10♥

The hijack flopped a gutshot on K♠8♦J♥, but Vitkauskas' jacks remained best on the K♦5♣ runout, doubling him up.

Dmitry Kukhtarev was also on this table, playing a massive stack of over 130 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Kukhtarev	7,950,000 3,850,000	3,850,000

Martynas Vitkauskas	1,900,000 1,155,000	1,155,000

Tags: Dmitry Kukhtarev Martynas Vitkauskas

05-08-2025 13:52 UTC+2

Sukhov and Yusopov Clash

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Some commotion was between Mekan Yusupov and Yevhen Sukhov that needed the floor and security to intervene.

All of Yusopov's chips had already been pushed over to Sukhov but it was the aftermath that caused some tension. Yusupov was unhappy with the way that Sukhov had acted during the hand and despite being out of the tournament, demanded that the floor give an explanation.

Yusopov had asked Sukhov for a count of his chips, despite having a smaller stack, which he claimed he was entitled to do. The dealer seemed to disagree and started to burn through the time banks of Yusopov, who felt he was rushed to make a decision. The full hand was missed but after the pot was pushed to Sukhov, Yusopov refused to leave and kept pushing his point.

Eventually, the floor cooled down the situation and Yusopov left, allowing the game to continue.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yevhen Sukhov	5,200,000 3,450,000	3,450,000
Mekan Yusupov	Busted

Tags: Mekan Yusupov Yevhen Sukhov

05-08-2025 13:53 UTC+2

Godzdanker Fills Up, Doubles Up

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Frank Visser

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

A player in early position opened before Vadzim Godzdanker moved in for 590,000 from the button. It folded back to early position, who called after some tanking.

Vadzim Godzdanker: A♣J♥ All in
Early position: A♦9♦

Godzdanker made a full house on J♦J♣Q♥A♥6♦, providing him a comfortable double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vadzim Godzdanker	1,330,000 730,000	730,000

Tags: Vadzim Godzdanker

05-08-2025 13:53 UTC+2

Break Time

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Frank Visser

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The players have been sent on a 20-minute break.

05-08-2025 13:54 UTC+2

Life Outside Poker: How Chess Streamer Alexandra Botez Won Half a Million Playing Poker

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Frank Visser

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 26th episode, Connor speaks with chess streamer and GGPoker ambassador Alexandra Botez about learning chess and poker from her dad, getting into streaming at Stanford, dealing with online trolls, creating content with her sister Andrea Botez and the similarities between chess and poker.

Botez also talked about winning $456,900 in a legendary 2022 Hustler Casino Live stream that included Phil Hellmuth, Mr. Beast and Ninja, as well as signing on as a GGPoker ambassador and securing two career-high cashes at World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise (she finished 60th in the $10,000 GGMillion$ Championship for $22,190 before finishing 187th in the $25,000 Super Main Event for $67,300).

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Alexandra Botez by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

Be sure to follow Alexandra Botez and Connor Richards on X.

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Level: 19

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

05-08-2025 14:15 UTC+2

Big Stacks and Bust-Outs

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tymofii Savkin	5,400,000 1,985,000	1,985,000

Anton Danilov	4,500,000 2,650,000	2,650,000
Daniel Heredi	4,300,000 2,460,000	2,460,000
Robert Fluereci	4,100,000 2,050,000	2,050,000
Damir Zhugralin	3,950,000 950,000	950,000
Danesh Zargaran	3,900,000 2,091,000	2,091,000
Rehman Kassam	Busted
Alisa Sibgatova	Busted
Josef Gulas	Busted
Stanislav Sokruta	Busted
Dawid Smolka	Busted
Vladislav Dubanov	Busted
Sergey Litvinov	Busted
Lavrentiy Ni	Busted
Ivan Ilichev	Busted
Alexandru Cinca	Busted
Omar Diez	Busted
Vitalii Shcherba	Busted
Rajesh Rughwani	Busted
Samir Moukawem	Busted
Cedric Schwaederle	Busted
Musa Genc	Busted
Azizjon Rakhimov	Busted
Dmitry Kataev	Busted
Altynbek Ashimov	Busted

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05-08-2025 14:26 UTC+2

Spinella Heads Out the Backdoor

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Alessio Isaia shoved from the button into the two smaller stacks on his left, and after burning through a few time banks, Anthony Spinella called off his stack of around 350,000 from the small blind.

Anthony Spinella: K♥J♥ All in
Alessio Isaia: 4♦4♥

Spinella was flipping for his tournament life and took the lead after he paired his jack on the 7♦5♦J♣ flop. A 10♦ on the turn made things a little sweaty as Isaia picked up a flush draw, which completed when the A♦ hit the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alessio Isaia	3,700,000 500,000	500,000

Anthony Spinella	Busted

Tags: Alessio Isaia Anthony Spinella

05-08-2025 14:32 UTC+2

Michalek Flipped Out

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Vlado Banicevic opened to 160,000 under the gun. It folded to Matej Michalek in the cutoff, who put his stack of 650,000 at risk. Banicevic made a quick call, and the cards were tabled.

Matej Michalek: A♦K♣ All in
Vlado Banicevic: J♥J♣

Banicevic's jacks remained the only pair on the Q♠7♦3♣8♣5♥ runout, eliminating Michalek.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vlado Banicevic	3,750,000 670,000	670,000
Matej Michalek	Busted

Tags: Matej Michalek Vlado Banicevic

05-08-2025 14:39 UTC+2

Zamiatin Clicks the Call Button Correctly

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

With around 300,000 in the middle on a 7♥10♠8♣K♥ board, Mikhail Zamiatin had a bet of 275,000 in front of him from the big blind and Raul Martinez Gallego had shoved from the small blind for around 1,800,000.

Zamiatin was burning through his time banks and with just over 1,500,000 in his stack, he eventually called it off.

Mikhail Zamiatin: K♦5♦ All in
Raul Martinez Gallego; 7♠6♣

Zamiatin had made the right call and just needed to find nines, sevens, and sixes on the river in order to score a big double-up. That's exactly what he did as the J♦ rolled off on the river, which left Gallego with around 250,000 to play with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikhail Zamiatin	3,400,000 1,795,000	1,795,000
Raul Martinez Gallego	250,000 2,045,000	2,045,000

Tags: Mikhail Zamiatin Raul Martinez Gallego