$5,300 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2025 Mediterranean Poker Party
$5,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2025 Mediterranean Poker Party
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$5,740,800
Entries
1,196
Level
34
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Entries
227
Players Left
55
Players Left 1 / 1,196
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The 2025 Mediterranean Poker Party continues today with its flagship tournament, the $5,300 Main Event. Set to begin at noon local time at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa, this prestigious tournament is expected to attract a large field, with its guaranteed prize pool of $5,000,000.
The 2024 edition saw Azamat Lamkov rise to the top of a field of 1,260 entries, ultimately claiming the $1,000,000 first-place prize. Lamkov knocked out seven of his eight opponents at the final table and defeated Russia's Kirill Shcherbakov heads-up. Lamkov’s win not only secured him the title but also his largest live cash to date, making it a milestone moment in his poker career.
2024 Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azamat Lamkov | Russia | $1,000,000 |
| 2 | Kirill Shcherbakov | Russia | $680,000 |
| 3 | Leon Sturm | Germany | $440,000 |
| 4 | Iurii Suvorov | Russia | $320,000 |
| 5 | Birger Larsen | Norway | $225,000 |
| 6 | Mihai Niste | Romania | $170,000 |
| 7 | Gamir Gabdullin | Russia | $125,000 |
| 8 | Assyl Tleuzhanov | Kazakhstan | $100,000 |
| 9 | Yuhang Chen | China | $78,300 |
There are five opening flights available in this year's Main Event, with everyone being given a starting stack of 300,000. Blinds start at 1,000/1,500 with a big blind ante of 1.500. A total of twelve levels will be played in every opening flight. For flights A-B, the first ten blind levels shall be 40 minutes in length, and the last two 50 minutes long. However, for the turbo flights D and E, the blinds will be 20 minutes throughout.
Late registration will remain open until the end of Level 10 today (~7:40 p.m.), and players have the option of one reentry per flight.
$5,300 Main Event Schedule
| Day | Date | Time | Blind Levels |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1a | May 8 | 12:00 p.m. | 40 minutes (10 levels) + 50 minutes (2 levels) |
| Day 1b | May 9 | 12:00 p.m. | 40 minutes (10 levels) + 50 minutes (2 levels) |
| Day 1c | May 10 | 12:00 p.m. | 40 minutes (10 levels) + 50 minutes (2 levels) |
| Day 1d | May 10 | 9:00 p.m. | 20 minutes |
| Day 1e | May 11 | 12:00 p.m. | 20 minutes |
| Day 2 | May 11 | 5:00 p.m. | 50 minutes |
| Day 3 | May 12 | 12:00 p.m. | 60 minutes |
| Final Day | May 13 | 12:00 p.m. | 60 minutes |
¹Final table levels decrease as players are eliminated: 8 players = 60 min, 7 = 55 min, 6 = 50 min, 5 = 45 min, 4 = 40 min, 3 = 35 min, 2 = 30 min.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be covering all the action throughout the day as players try to build up a stack on Day 1a of the 2025 MPP Main Event.
There is a slightly delayed start as players take their seats.
Level: 1
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
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Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Cards are in the air for Day 1a of the $5,300 Main Event!
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Dmitry Gromov came in with a raise from under the gun with the cutoff player calling, and Arsen Grigoryan in the small blind.
Grigoryan checked the 8♠A♦6♠ flop, and Gromov bet 6,000. The cutoff player called, but Grigoryan folded.
The 6♥ turn and J♦ river checked through, and Gromov took down the pot with A♥10♥ for top pair on the flop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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330,000 | |
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290,000
10,000
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10,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
With around 30,000 in the pot on a flop of 6♦4♥5♣, Ivan Pavlov checked from early position and Aliaksandr Yarosh bet 13,000 from the button. Pavlov called.
Pavlov checked again on the 3♠ turn and Yarosh fired another bet of 31,000. Pavlov thought for a few moments and then made the call.
The river was the 3♥ and both players checked. Pavlov showed Big Slick with A♠K♦, and lost the pot to Yarosh's A♦2♥ for a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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370,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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230,000
70,000
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70,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Level 2
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Oshri Lahmani bet 10,000 from under the gun on a monotone flop of 10♠9♠3♠. The hijack player called him, but Aytekin Yayla raised to 30,000 from the cutoff. Lahmani three-bet to 80,000, which only Yayla called.
The Q♥ hit the turn and Lahmani bet enough to put Yayla all in. Yayla instantly committed his last 142,000 and the cards were revealed.
Aytekin Yayla: Q♠J♠ 
Oshri Lahmani: A♠10♣
Yayla had flopped a queen-high flush and just needed to fade another spade to double-up. The river was the 8♣ and Yayla doubled through Lahmani.
Lahmani was seen leaving the table a few moments later and been eliminated from the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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550,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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Busted |
