Level 18
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
The last level of play has just begun. After 50 minutes have elapsed, the survivors will bag up their chips and come back to do battle on Day 3 tomorrow.
2025 Mediterranean Poker Party
$5,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 Mediterranean Poker Party
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
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
334
Players Left
96
Players Left 1 / 1,196
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Level: 18
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Level 17
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Rustam Khamatgareev opened middle position and Paul Runcan three-bet out of the big blind. Khamatgareev the four-bet shoved for around 3,200,000, and Runcan quickly called.
Rustam Khamatgareev: A♠J♠ 
Paul Runcan: A♥K♥
Runcan was a clean runout away from a very healthy stack and did retain the lead on the 9♦Q♠4♠ flop, but Khamatgareev picked up a flush draw to make things a little sweaty.
A 5♥ on the turn was a brick, but Runcan couldn't fade the river as the 8♠ gave Khamatgareev the nut flush, and left Runcan with around 700,000.
Moments later, Runcan was seen exiting the tournament room and had been eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,500,000
6,200,000
|
6,200,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 17
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Yiannis Liperis made it 160,000 to go from middle position, and the cutoff shoved for 960,000. After the rest of the table folded, Liperis got a count from the dealer before calling to put his opponent at risk.
Opponent: A♠8♦
Yiannis Liperis: K♥Q♥
Liperis was slightly behind the ace-eight of his opponent. The runout of J♦9♠4♠J♠7♣ didn't improve either player, and the cutoff doubled up at the expense of Liperis.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,800,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
3,935,000
335,000
Level 17
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Back-to-back all-ins on the same table left one player out and one with a double-up.
First, Marius Leroux had his last few big blinds in the pot and was put at risk by Maciej Toma.
Marius Leroux: K♠9♦
Maciej Toma: J♥J♣
The runout of 3♥5♣3♣4♦6♥ wasn't helpful to Leroux, and he was eliminated.
In the very next hand, Wojciech Frankowski shoved from the small blind for 720,000 and Lukas Pazma looked him up from the big blind.
Wojciech Frankowski: K♣Q♦
Lukas Pazma: A♥J♦
Pazma was in the lead and stayed there through the 2♠4♣10♦ flop, but Frankowski found a pair on the K♠ turn to take the lead. Pazma did pick up a gutshot straight draw to Broadway, but the 10♣ river wasn't what he needed, and Frankowski doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000
1,925,000
|
1,925,000 |
|
2,000,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
|
||
|
1,500,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 17
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
With Viktor Kobzev all-in from the small blind, the big blind checked a flop of 5♦K♦A♣ over to Natan Chauskin on the button. Chauskin bet, and the big blind folded. Kobzev and Chauskin turned their cards over with Kobzev all-in.
Viktor Kobzev: K♣4♠
Natan Chauskin: A♦8♠
Kobzev was behind with second pair to the top pair of Chauskin. However, the K♥ turn gave Kobzev trips and meant only a two-outer ace on the river would end his Main Event run. The river was the A♥ to give Chauskin a boat, sending Kobzev to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,200,000
1,475,000
|
1,475,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 17
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,200,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
||
|
|
5,500,000
2,800,000
|
2,800,000 |
|
5,200,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
|
4,200,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
||
|
3,800,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
3,200,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
|
2,600,000
1,215,000
|
1,215,000 |
|
2,300,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
2,200,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
||
|
1,800,000
540,000
|
540,000 |
|
1,000,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
800,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
|
|
600,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Level 17
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Samantha Lake made it 160,000 to go from early position and was called by the hijack, and Aleksandr Blokhin in the small blind. Yassin Mahmoud squeezed all in for 640,000 out of the big blind, and Lake shoved herself for 1,250,000. The hijack folded, but Blokhin called with the covering stack.
Yassin Mahmoud: K♣Q♣
Samantha Lake :J♦J♣
Aleksandr Blokhin: 9♦9♥
Blokhin needed to find a nine to send two players to the rail. The flop fell 7♥3♦5♠, keeping Lake's pocket jacks in the lead. The J♥ on the turn gave Lake a set and cemented the elimination of Mahmoud. The 3♠ river improved Lake to a full house, as she more than doubled up with her boat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,700,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
|
3,300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 17
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Mohamed Mokrani opened to 160,000 and Mehmet Erceylan shoved his stack of around 350,000 into the middle. Mokrani dropped in a chip to call.
Mehmet Erceylan: 8♦8♠
Mohamed Mokrani: 10♦9♦
It was a flip but after the Q♣J♣K♦ flop, Erceylan's Main Event was hanging by a thread. A 2♦ on the turn sealed the deal as Erceylan had no way to beat the flopped straight of Mokrani, and a meaningless Q♠ filled out the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,400,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
|
Busted |
