2025 Mediterranean Poker Party
Level: 15
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Players are heading on a 20-minute break.
Heads-up to a flop of 3♣Q♠5♣ between Hassanin Hashim and Ehsan Amiri. Hashim checked from the big blind and Amiri bet 80,000. Hashim put in the call.
Hashim knuckled the table again on the K♦ turn, and Amiri bet 200,000. After a few moments, Hashim called.
The river was the K♣ and both players checked. Hashim turned over a pair of queens with Q♣7♥, but lost the pot to Amiri's K♥9♥ for trip kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,300,000
400,000
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400,000 |
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900,000
810,000
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810,000 |
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Mark Saad and Sarkis Akopyan were just involved in a pot of roughly 3,400,000, after the two got all-in preflop. The cards were turned over, with Saad being at risk of elimination.
Mark Saad: 9♦9♥
Sarkis Akopyan: A♠10♣
It was a flip that was crucial for both players, but when the flop came down Q♠J♠K♣, Saad was almost drawing dead as Akopyan had flopped the nuts. The rest of the board came 3♥3♠, and Akopyan eliminated Saad.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,500,000
1,200,000
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1,200,000 |
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Busted |
Atanas Pavlov opened to 80,000 from the hijack and Erdem Akmert three-bet the button to 135,000. Once the blinds folded, Pavlov shoved his giant stack of over 3,500,000 into the pot, which sent Akmert into the tank.
With just under 1,400,000 in his stack, Akmert burned through a time bank before he collected all of his chips into one pile and gently placed it into the pot.
Erdem Akmert: A♦Q♣
Atanas Pavlov: J♣J♠
Pavlov was looking to score a knockout with his jacks but the flop of 3♥Q♠3♦ had other ideas as Akmert paired his queen. An 8♦ on the turn left Pavlov with one more chance to spike a two-outer, but the 5♦ river wasn't it, and he was forced to send over a chunk of his stack to Akmert.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,850,000
1,560,000
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1,560,000 |
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2,300,000
40,000
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40,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,400,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
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1,900,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
|
1,850,000
590,000
|
590,000 |
|
|
1,800,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
1,500,000
1,895,000
|
1,895,000 |
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|
||
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|
950,000
1,165,000
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1,165,000 |
|
|
700,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
650,000 | |
When it folded to Konstantin Generalov in the hijack, he shoved his last 300,000 or so into the middle. Abdullah Alajmi called from the button, and after the blinds folded, the cards were flipped over.
Konstantin Generalov: K♥9♥
Abdullah Alajmi: A♦10♦
Generalov was drawing dead by the turn on the Q♦6♣6♠A♠J♥ runout, as Alajmi improved to a pair of aces. The pot was pushed to Alajmi and Generalov was out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,300,000
1,300,000
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1,300,000 |
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Busted |
With a total field of 1,196 entries and a prize pool of $5,740,800 being generated, there will be 175 places paid in the MPP Main Event.
A min-cash is worth $8,500, but all eyes will be locked on that huge seven-figure first prize of $1,000,000!
| Place | Prize (USD) | Place | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | 24–31 | $31,000 |
| 2 | $635,000 | 32–39 | $27,200 |
| 3 | $440,000 | 40–47 | $24,200 |
| 4 | $316,000 | 48–55 | $21,500 |
| 5 | $229,000 | 56–63 | $19,000 |
| 6 | $162,000 | 64–71 | $16,500 |
| 7 | $113,000 | 72–79 | $14,500 |
| 8 | $80,100 | 80–87 | $12,500 |
| 9 | $63,000 | 88–95 | $11,000 |
| 10–12 | $51,500 | 96–134 | $9,500 |
| 13–15 | $42,000 | 135–175 | $8,500 |
| 16–23 | $35,500 |