Level: 19
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
2025 Mediterranean Poker Party
$5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 Mediterranean Poker Party
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
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
96
Players Left
9
Players Left 1 / 1,196
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Cards are officially in the air for Day 3 of the $5,300 Main Event.
In approximately 30 minutes, the DTD live stream for Day 3 of the $5,300 Main Event will begin. Tune in HERE to catch all the cards-up action starting at 2:30 p.m. local time.
The remaining 96 players are taking their seats, and action on Day 3 will begin momentarily. Updates will be on a 120-minute delay to sync with the DTD stream and avoid spoilers.
Day 3 of the 2025 Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event kicks off at noon today with just 96 players returning to the felt, all looking to get one step closer to the final table, and the $1,000,000 first-place prize from the $5,740,800 prize pool.
Coming into the penultimate day's play at the front of the pack is Russia’s Dmitry Kataev with a huge stack of 15,635,000. The second spot on the leaderboard goes to Aren Bezhanyan of Armenia with 10,665,000. Rounding out the podium positions in third is Moshe Ory Refaelowitz with a more than healthy 9,200,000 chips.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dmitry Kataev | Russia | 15,635,000 | 130 |
| 2 | Aren Bezhanyan | Armenia | 10,665,000 | 89 |
| 3 | Moshe Ory Refaelowitz | Israel | 9,200,000 | 77 |
| 4 | Damir Gabdullin | Russia | 8,780,000 | 73 |
| 5 | Milad Oghabian Langar | Iran | 8,550,000 | 71 |
| 6 | Alexandros Kolonias | Greece | 7,880,000 | 66 |
| 7 | Daniel Heredi | Hungary | 7,060,000 | 59 |
| 8 | Timothy Chung | Hong Kong | 6,880,000 | 57 |
| 9 | Jakub Sterba | Czechia | 6,795,000 | 57 |
| 10 | Vedat Yilmaz | Turkey | 6,730,000 | 56 |
Damir Gabdullin starts today with 8,780,000 chips after a strong performance yesterday. Gabdullin was responsible for pushing everyone one place away from the money after his ace-four cracked Yuhang Chen's pocket aces. Jakub Sterba enters Day 3 in the top ten with a stack of 6,795,000. Sterba has already made one final table here at the 2025 MPP, having finished fifth in the Mystery Bounty Event.
Everyone has locked up at least $9,500, and the action will start with blinds at 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 big blind ante. Cards get in the air at noon local time, and the plan for the day will be announced shortly after play commences. The live stream will follow the action on a two-hour delay, and the live report will follow suit so as not to spoil any action from the finale.
Main Event Remaining Payouts
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| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Vedat Yilmaz | 6,730,000 | 56 |
| 1 | 2 | Azamat Tulepbergenov | 2,330,000 | 19 |
| 1 | 3 | Timothy Chung | 6,880,000 | 57 |
| 1 | 4 | Raoul Kanme | 4,130,000 | 34 |
| 1 | 5 | Mario Menicanin | 755,000 | 6 |
| 1 | 6 | Tommy G | 2,935,000 | 24 |
| 1 | 7 | Mehmet Demirkol | 1,850,000 | 15 |
| 1 | 8 | Aren Bezhanyan | 10,665,000 | 89 |
| 2 | 1 | Dmitry Kataev | 15,635,000 | 130 |
| 2 | 2 | Congya Zhang | 2,590,000 | 22 |
| 2 | 3 | Ivan Pavlov | 3,915,000 | 33 |
| 2 | 4 | Henrik Brockmann | 1,230,000 | 10 |
| 2 | 5 | Jessica Teusl | 3,420,000 | 29 |
| 2 | 6 | George Tomescu | 1,580,000 | 13 |
| 2 | 7 | Aliaksandr Hirs | 5,050,000 | 42 |
| 2 | 8 | Sergei Tikhonov | 1,340,000 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | Ruslan Khadartsev | 3,455,000 | 29 |
| 3 | 2 | Tymofii Savkin | 1,380,000 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 | Dawid Smolka | 4,275,000 | 36 |
| 3 | 4 | Marco Carravieri | 2,275,000 | 19 |
| 3 | 5 | Hossein Ensan | 4,500,000 | 38 |
| 3 | 6 | Iraklis Manikaros | 2,915,000 | 24 |
| 3 | 7 | Andrei Bidniuk | 3,550,000 | 30 |
| 3 | 8 | Anthony Spinella | 5,725,000 | 48 |
| 4 | 1 | Dmitry Zakharov | 815,000 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | Samuel Dray | 4,135,000 | 34 |
| 4 | 3 | Kirill Shcherbakov | 2,400,000 | 20 |
| 4 | 4 | Italo Modena | 3,970,000 | 33 |
| 4 | 5 | Ioannis Droushiotis | 6,710,000 | 56 |
| 4 | 6 | Halil Tasyurek | 1,755,000 | 15 |
| 4 | 7 | Nikos Lampropoulos | 1,840,000 | 15 |
| 4 | 8 | Dmitry Kukhtarev | 760,000 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | Sarkis Akopyan | 5,070,000 | 42 |
| 5 | 2 | Andreas Mavromoustakis | 4,660,000 | 39 |
| 5 | 3 | Chris Paul | 2,350,000 | 20 |
| 5 | 4 | Natalia Nikitina | 5,165,000 | 43 |
| 5 | 5 | Nikolai Isaev | 1,155,000 | 10 |
| 5 | 6 | Yiannis Liperis | 3,475,000 | 29 |
| 5 | 7 | Alex Goulder | 3,635,000 | 30 |
| 5 | 8 | Jose Rodriguez Zurita | 3,650,000 | 30 |
| 6 | 1 | Damir Gabdullin | 8,780,000 | 73 |
| 6 | 2 | Mohamed Mokrani | 5,300,000 | 44 |
| 6 | 3 | Erdem Akmert | 3,430,000 | 29 |
| 6 | 4 | Hassanin Hashim | 2,930,000 | 24 |
| 6 | 5 | Roman Timergazin | 3,585,000 | 30 |
| 6 | 6 | Lars Kamphues | 2,790,000 | 23 |
| 6 | 7 | Mounim Kaddouri | 5,070,000 | 42 |
| 6 | 8 | Kim Pavel | 1,400,000 | 12 |
| 7 | 1 | Ege Guven | 4,845,000 | 40 |
| 7 | 2 | Vadzim Godzdanker | 3,010,000 | 25 |
| 7 | 3 | Alexandros Kolonias | 7,880,000 | 66 |
| 7 | 4 | Nejat Erman | 2,480,000 | 21 |
| 7 | 5 | Gregoire Auzoux | 4,565,000 | 38 |
| 7 | 6 | Razvan Sabau | 3,390,000 | 28 |
| 7 | 7 | Pavel Nikiforov | 6,435,000 | 54 |
| 7 | 8 | Aleksandr Blokhin | 6,385,000 | 53 |
| 8 | 1 | Bernard Larabi | 2,600,000 | 22 |
| 8 | 2 | Sergiu Covrig | 2,450,000 | 20 |
| 8 | 3 | Pavel Masiuk | 1,790,000 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | Moshe Ory Refaelowitz | 9,200,000 | 77 |
| 8 | 5 | Aziz Efe | 1,020,000 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Ali Zebarjad | 4,020,000 | 34 |
| 8 | 7 | Azamat Lamkov | 1,360,000 | 11 |
| 8 | 8 | Tahsin Cankurtaranli | 3,385,000 | 28 |
| 9 | 1 | Daniel Smiljkovic | 1,995,000 | 17 |
| 9 | 2 | Maxime Chilaud | 1,045,000 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 | Daniel Thaller | 1,430,000 | 12 |
| 9 | 4 | Gytis Lazauninkas | 2,420,000 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | Natan Chauskin | 4,250,000 | 35 |
| 9 | 6 | Seyed Safari | 4,180,000 | 35 |
| 9 | 7 | Alexandru Lupuleac | 1,450,000 | 12 |
| 9 | 8 | Lachezar Petkov | 5,150,000 | 43 |
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| 10 | 1 | Sam Trickett | 6,440,000 | 54 |
| 10 | 2 | Anatoly Zlotnikov | 2,975,000 | 25 |
| 10 | 3 | Daniel Heredi | 7,060,000 | 59 |
| 10 | 4 | Evgenii Olvinskii | 3,476,000 | 29 |
| 10 | 5 | Sari Haddad | 2,500,000 | 21 |
| 10 | 6 | Rustam Khamatgareev | 5,800,000 | 48 |
| 10 | 7 | Nenad Dukic | 3,200,000 | 27 |
| 10 | 8 | Pascal Hartman | 4,340,000 | 36 |
| 11 | 1 | Jakub Sterba | 6,795,000 | 57 |
| 11 | 2 | Milad Oghabian Langar | 8,550,000 | 71 |
| 11 | 3 | Boris Smuskevicius | 3,125,000 | 26 |
| 11 | 4 | Andreas Christoforou | 3,800,000 | 32 |
| 11 | 5 | Ehsan Amiri | 1,495,000 | 12 |
| 11 | 6 | Garik Tamasian | 1,550,000 | 13 |
| 11 | 7 | Samantha Lake | 4,820,000 | 40 |
| 11 | 8 | Sergei Efimov | 1,350,000 | 11 |
| 12 | 1 | Adrian State | 740,000 | 6 |
| 12 | 2 | Amadeus Janotta | 2,165,000 | 18 |
| 12 | 3 | Sergey Bobrik | 990,000 | 8 |
| 12 | 4 | Mustafa Biz | 3,670,000 | 31 |
| 12 | 5 | Tibor Nyuli | 3,375,000 | 28 |
| 12 | 6 | Lukas Pazma | 1,550,000 | 13 |
| 12 | 7 | Vlado Banicevic | 5,235,000 | 44 |
| 12 | 8 | Zorlu Er | 2,900,000 | 24 |
$5,300 Main Event
Day 3 Started
