$5,300 Main Event Day 3 | 2025 Mediterranean Poker Party

May 12, 2025

Tulepbergenov Doubles Through Spinella

Kai Cocklin

Level 21 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Anthony Spinella opened from the button and Azamat Tulepbergenov shoved from the big blind for around 2,500,000. After thinking it over, Spinella elected to call.

Azamat Tulepbergenov: A♠K♥ All in
Anthony Spinella: K♦9♦

Spinella wouldn't have liked seeing the hand of Tulepbergenov and didn't find much to work with on the 2♥Q♠4♣ flop. A 5♣ on the turn left him with three outs and one shot to hit it, but the K♠ river wasn't what he needed, which meant Tulepbergenov doubled up.

Tags: Anthony Spinella Azamat Tulepbergenov

May 12, 2025

Kaddouri Takes Some from Chung

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Tim Baker

Level 21 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Mounim Kaddouri made it 400,000 to go from the cutoff before Timothy Chung three-bet to 1,100,000 from the button. Kaddouri called to see a flop.

The dealer spread out a flop of A♠2♦J♣ and Kaddouri checked. Chung bet 650,000, which Kaddouri called.

The 3♠ turn checked through for the 2♣ to land on the river. Kaddouri let out for 1,850,000 and Chung quickly folded.

Tags: Mounim Kaddouri Timothy Chung

May 12, 2025

Kataev Shoves on Hirs

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Tim Baker

Level 21 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Dmitry Kataev min-raised from early position and Aliaksandr Hirs defended out of the big blind.

Hirs checked the 5♣2♠6♣ flop and Kataev bet 400,000. Hirs used a time bank card before check-raising to 1,225,000. Kataev looked back at his cards and then shoved for Hirs' remaining 2,600,000. Hirs didn't take long to fold, and Kataev added even more chips to his stack.

At another table Italo Modena has run up his stack to roughly 20,000,000.

Tags: Aliaksandr Hirs Dmitry Kataev

Level: 21

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

May 12, 2025

Break Time

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Tim Baker

Level 20 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Players are now on a 20-minute break.

May 12, 2025

Khadartsev Leaves it Late

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Ruslan Khadartsev had his stack of around 2,500,000 in the middle from the small blind, and had been put at risk by Marco Carravieri from under the gun.

Ruslan Khadartsev: A♥Q♦ All in
Marco Carravieri: J♦J♠

Khadartsev needed to connect in order to stay alive and left it very, very late as he paired his queen on the river with the board coming 6♣4♦K♠9♣Q♠.

Tags: Marco Carravieri Ruslan Khadartsev

May 12, 2025

Last Longer Promo is Officially On

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

If you’re still in the MPP Main Event, swing by the Welcome Desk or Media Desk and grab a Merit Poker patch. Wear it while you play, and if you’re the last one standing with the patch, you’ll win a $3,300 seat to the Dolce Vita Main Event in July.

Just make sure you’ve got it on before Level 4 of Day 3 — no patch, no prize.

Simple as that. Patch up and get back to work.

May 12, 2025

Ensan Figures Out Khadartsev

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

The action was picked up on a 7♥8♣Q♠6♠ board with around 1,500,000 in the middle. Hossein Ensan checked from the big blind and Ruslan Khadartsev fired 1,000,000 from the cutoff. Ensan called.

A 6♥ paired the board on the river and again Ensan checked, then Khadartsev bet 2,200,000. Ensan had just over 3,000,000 behind and after doing some inventory, he called.

Khadartsev showed K♣10♥ for a bluff, and Ensan showed 8♠7♠ for two pair to take the pot.