$5,300 Main Event Day 1a | 2025 Mediterranean Poker Party

05-08-2025 17:49 UTC+2

Bezhanyan Pays Off the Big Bet

Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

There were about 250,000 chips in the pot on a full board that showed Q♠K♦K♥3♥9♠. Aren Bezhanyan was first to act from under the gun and checked. The player seated next to Bezhanyan fired out a bet of 225,000, causing Bezhanyan to go into the tank.

After Bezhanyan burned through a few of his time bank cards, he flicked in the call. The early position player turned over K♠10♠ for trip kings, prompting Bezhanyan to muck his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aren Bezhanyan	900,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Aren Bezhanyan

05-08-2025 17:33 UTC+2

Selected Chip Stacks

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Govorov	1,400,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Antonio Alfaia	1,300,000 100,000	100,000
Negin Sadeghisisan	1,200,000 620,000	620,000
Aren Bezhanyan	1,200,000 380,000	380,000

Mustafa Ercan	1,000,000 100,000	100,000
Christoph Hillinger	1,000,000 200,000	200,000
Ehsan Amiri	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
[Removed:510]	990,000 990,000	990,000
Nikola Isaev	950,000 650,000	650,000
Dumitru Pora	950,000 250,000	250,000
Artsiom Lasouski	900,000 400,000	400,000
Ogun Cenk	900,000 900,000	900,000
Ran Azor	900,000 300,000	300,000
Maxime Chilaud	850,000 100,000	100,000
Atanas Pavlov	800,000 800,000	800,000
Thomas Mayer	800,000 50,000	50,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

05-08-2025 17:13 UTC+2

Break Time

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Tim Baker

Level 8 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Players are now on a 20-minute break

05-08-2025 17:03 UTC+2

Yusupov Cracks the Kings of Dukic

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Tim Baker

Level 8 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Nenad Dukic made it 20,000 to go from early position before Mekan Yusupov three-bet to around 75,000 from the button. When it got back to Dukic, he thought for a while before four-bet jamming for 382,000. Yusupov got a count from the dealer and then made the call.

Nenad Dukic: K♥K♠ All in
Mekan Yusupov: A♦K♣

Dukic had the goods with pocket kings and looked poised to double-up if he could fade an ace. The flop came down 10♠6♣2♣ keeping Dukic ahead. The J♣ on the turn offered some extra outs to Yusupov, and he managed to find one of them on the 4♣ river, improving to a flush to win the pot and bust Dukic.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mekan Yusupov	850,000 850,000	850,000
Nenad Dukic	Busted

Tags: Mekan Yusupov Nenad Dukic

05-08-2025 16:50 UTC+2

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Tim Baker

Level 8 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

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05-08-2025 16:40 UTC+2

Chauskin Gets Sent to the Rail

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Tim Baker

Level 8 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Natan Chauskin was all-in for his last 30,000 from the small blind with Aytekin Yayla and the cutoff player trying to bust him.

With Chauskin all-in, the flop came down A♣6♠4♥. Yayla checked, and the cutoff player fired out a bet of 40,000 into the side pot. Yayla folded and the cards were flipped over.

Natan Chauskin: 3♣3♦ All in
Cutoff Player: 10♠10♣

Chauskin needed to find a trey if he was to remain in the Main Event. However, the rest of the board came 4♣7♣ and Chauskin headed to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aytekin Yayla	450,000 100,000	100,000
Natan Chauskin	Busted

Tags: Aytekin Yayla Natan Chauskin

Level: 8

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

05-08-2025 16:23 UTC+2

Yuan Takes from Pylypenko

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Oleksandr Pylypenko made it 16,000 to go from under the gun with the player on the button calling, and Yilu Yuan calling out of the big blind.

Yuan checked the K♥6♠2♦ flop and Pylypenko put out a continuation-bet of 30,000. The button player folded, but Yuan called.

The 3♦ turn and 2♠ river checked through and Yuan took down the pot with 7♠6♦ for just a paint of sixes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleksandr Pylypenko	700,000 700,000	700,000
Yilu Yuan	600,000 600,000	600,000

Tags: Oleksandr Pylypenko Yilu Yuan

05-08-2025 16:05 UTC+2

Akulenka Wisely Checks Behind

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Eimantas Adomavicius checked from the big blind on a board of 2♥2♦K♣9♥. Yury Akulenka fired out a bet of 50,000, which Adomavicius called.

The river came the 8♦ and both players checked. Adomavicius showed trips to win the pot with 3♣2♠, as Akulenka revealed he had K♦J♣ for a pair of kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eimantas Adomavicius	650,000
Yury Akulenka	150,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Yury Akulenka Eimantas Adomavicius