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

05-10-2025 16:39 UTC+2

Orman Pushes Out Aydemir

Kai Cocklin

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

With around 70,000 chips in the middle on a 10♣2♥7♣ flop, Recep Aydemir checked and Leonid Orman fired out 23,000. Aydemir called.

A 5♥ landed on the turn and again Aydemir checked, only for Orman to continue firing with a bet of 55,000. Aydemir didn't like to see it and counted out his chips, seeing he had around 180,000 behind. After thinking some more, he elected to preserve his chips and folded, allowing Orman to rake the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonid Orman	325,000 325,000	325,000
Nils Pudel	315,000 15,000	15,000
Cassandra Yong	250,000 108,000	108,000
Recep Aydemir	180,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Leonid Orman Recep Aydemir

05-10-2025 16:36 UTC+2

Tannoury Takes Out Tot

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Frank Visser

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

The action was caught on a turn of 9♣J♣J♦10♠, with a big pot of 350,000 in the middle. Aleksandar Tot then moved all in for 325,000 under the gun, snap-called by Naji Tannoury on the button, who had him covered.

Aleksandar Tot: A♠J♠ All in
Naji Tannoury: 9♠9♥

Tot had ran into Tannoury's house, and when the 7♠ river did not improve his hand, he headed towards the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Naji Tannoury	1,215,000 1,215,000	1,215,000
Aleksandar Tot	Busted

Tags: Aleksandar Tot Naji Tannoury

05-10-2025 16:30 UTC+2

Kose Takes it on the Turn

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Kai Cocklin

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

With around 150,000 already in the pot on a Q♦7♦Q♣ flop, there was a check from the big blind and Bulent Kose bet 60,000. The small blind called.

A 4♦ on the turn brought in the front door flush draw and again the small blind checked. Kose then threw a red chip, worth 100,000, into the pot.

"How much do you have?" asked the small blind. "About 340,00," replied Kose.

Eventually, the small blind folded and Kose took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bulent Kose	650,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Bulent Kose

Level: 8

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

05-10-2025 16:25 UTC+2

Mao Shows "Valuebluff"

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Frank Visser

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

The action was picked up on a turn of 8♠10♦3♦A♦, where Zhicheng Miao made a bet of 25,000 before being check-raised to 90,000 by his opponent.

The 4♦ then hit the river. Mao's opponent flicked in a bet of 100,000, after which Miao shoved all in. He received a quick fold for his effort, and tabled A♠A♣ as he was shipped the pot.

"Was it a bluff or value?" Cassandra Yong asked.

"Valuebluff," Miao answered jokingly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhicheng Miao	555,000 555,000	555,000
Cassandra Yong	358,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Cassandra Yong Zhicheng Miao

05-10-2025 16:19 UTC+2

Logunov's Double Barrel Gets Through Mokrani

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Kai Cocklin

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

Leonid Logunov opened from early position and got a call from Mohamed Mokrani in middle position and Azamat Tulepbergenov in the big blind.

They went to a flop of 7♥4♣K♦ where it checked to Logunov, who fired 18,000. Mokrani called and Tulepbergenov let it go.

A 4♥ dropped on the turn and Logunov continued to fire, this time for 55,000. Mokrani sat motionless for a while but did eventually let it go, allowing Logunov to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonid Logunov	750,000 260,000	260,000
Azamat Tulepbergenov	550,000
Mohamed Mokrani	250,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Azamat Tulepbergenov Leonid Logunov Mohamed Mokrani

05-10-2025 16:15 UTC+2

Lupuleac Doubles With Flopped Flush

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Frank Visser

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

After some heavy flop action, Mohamad El Sayed had pushed all in on 10♥J♥2♥, and Alexandru Lupuleac called off his stack of 198,000, putting himself at risk.

Alexandru Lupuleac: 8♥7♥ All in
Mohamad El Sayed: A♥Q♦

Lupuleac needed to fade a heart to double up, and he did just so when the board ran out K♠3♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandru Lupuleac	450,000 450,000	450,000
Samuel Ju	300,000 300,000	300,000
Espen Jorstad	250,000 250,000	250,000

Mohamad El Sayed	195,000 195,000	195,000

Tags: Alexandru Lupuleac Mohamad El Sayed

05-10-2025 16:09 UTC+2

Tuna Raises the River

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Kai Cocklin

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

Akin Tuna is playing Day 1c of the Main Event and has almost doubled his starting stack and sits with about 550,000 right now.

In the latest hand he played, the action was picked up on the river with the board reading [ackh9c9ad] with around 30,000 in the pot. The small blind bet 20,000, and Tuna stuck in a raise to 80,000.

After using some extra time, the small blind did eventually fold, and Tuna raked in the chips to add to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Akin Tuna	550,000
Walid Bou Habib	350,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Akin Tuna

05-10-2025 16:06 UTC+2

Nurmuhammedov Flips to Exit

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Frank Visser

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

Parahat Nurmuhammedov got his stack of roughly 300,000 in pteflop and was up against Lachezar Petkov, who had him covered.

Parahat Nurmuhammedov: J♥J♦ All in
Lachezar Petkov: A♠K♥

Petkov flopped two pair on A♥3♥K♣. The 10♦ turn gave Nurmuhammedov some extra outs, but the 9♠ river was not one of them, spelling the end of his bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lachezar Petkov	685,000

Parahat Nurmuhammedov	Busted

Tags: Lachezar Petkov Parahat Nurmuhammedov

05-10-2025 16:03 UTC+2

Nader Gets Crushed by the Deck

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Kai Cocklin

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

Alfred Nader is not having a good day today, and it just got worse as an unfortunate river card sent him packing.

The board read 6♠10♥Q♣9♦ and with around 40,000 in the middle, Nader shoved 41,000. Miad Shakiba was contemplating for a while before he finally dropped in the chips to put Nader at risk.

Alfred Nader: Q♠4♠ All in
Miad Shakiba: A♥10♠

Nader was well ahead with his pair of queens and just needed to fade an ace or a ten on the river to double up. However, the deck thwarted that plan as the A♦ completed the runout, giving Shakiba two pair and sending Nader to the rail.

Paul Runcan is seated at the same table and is sitting with a stack of around 1,200,000 at the moment.