2025 Mediterranean Poker Party

$5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2025 Mediterranean Poker Party

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$786,670
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$5,740,800
Entries
1,196
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
96
Players Left
9

Jakub Sterba Eyes Second Major Final Table of the Series

Jakub Sterba
Jakub Sterba

Day 3 of the 2025 Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event kicks off at noon today with just 96 players returning to the felt, all looking to get one step closer to the final table, and the $1,000,000 first-place prize from the $5,740,800 prize pool.

Coming into the penultimate day's play at the front of the pack is Russia’s Dmitry Kataev with a huge stack of 15,635,000. The second spot on the leaderboard goes to Aren Bezhanyan of Armenia with 10,665,000. Rounding out the podium positions in third is Moshe Ory Refaelowitz with a more than healthy 9,200,000 chips.

Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Dmitry KataevRussia15,635,000130
2Aren BezhanyanArmenia10,665,00089
3Moshe Ory RefaelowitzIsrael9,200,00077
4Damir GabdullinRussia8,780,00073
5Milad Oghabian LangarIran8,550,00071
6Alexandros KoloniasGreece7,880,00066
7Daniel HerediHungary7,060,00059
8Timothy ChungHong Kong6,880,00057
9Jakub SterbaCzechia6,795,00057
10Vedat YilmazTurkey6,730,00056

Damir Gabdullin starts today with 8,780,000 chips after a strong performance yesterday. Gabdullin was responsible for pushing everyone one place away from the money after his ace-four cracked Yuhang Chen's pocket aces. Jakub Sterba enters Day 3 in the top ten with a stack of 6,795,000. Sterba has already made one final table here at the 2025 MPP, having finished fifth in the Mystery Bounty Event.

Everyone has locked up at least $9,500, and the action will start with blinds at 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 big blind ante. Cards get in the air at noon local time, and the plan for the day will be announced shortly after play commences. The live stream will follow the action on a two-hour delay, and the live report will follow suit so as not to spoil any action from the finale.

Main Event Remaining Payouts

PlacePrize (USD)
1$1,000,000
2$635,000
3$440,000
4$316,000
5$229,000
6$162,000
7$113,000
8$80,100
9$63,000
10–12$51,500
13–15$42,000
16–23$35,500
24–31$31,000
32–39$27,200
40–47$24,200
48–55$21,500
56–63$19,000
64–71$16,500
72–79$14,500
80–87$12,500
88–95$11,000
96$9,500

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Tags: Alexandros KoloniasAren BezhanyanDamir GabdullinDaniel HerediDmitry KataevHong KongJakub SterbaMilad Oghabian LangarMoshe Ory RefaelowitzTimothy ChungVedat YilmazYuhang Chen