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

05-12-2025 16:37 UTC+2

Bidniuk Looks Down at Aces

Kai Cocklin

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

The action folded to Aren Bezhanyan in the small blind, who took a peek at Andrei Bidniuk's stack in the big blind and then shoved. Bidniuk slowly looked at each card and after peeking at the second, snap-called for 2,800,000.

Andrei Bidniuk: A♥A♦ All in
Aren Bezhanyan: K♣10♥

Bidniuk had the easiest call of his tournament as he picked up the bullets and was a clean runout away from a double-up. However, things weren't easy as the 3♥5♣K♦ flop gave Bezhanyan top pair and some outs. None of those outs appeared on either the 6♦ turn or 8♥ river, meaning Bidniuk doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Bidniuk	5,700,000 1,470,000	1,470,000
Aren Bezhanyan	4,650,000 6,015,000	6,015,000

Tags: Andrei Bidniuk Aren Bezhanyan

05-12-2025 16:43 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations

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Kai Cocklin

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Pavlov	Busted
Marco Carravieri	Busted
Aleksandr Blokhin	Busted
Natan Chauskin	Busted
Nejat Erman	Busted
Evgenii Olvinskii	Busted
Boris Smuskevicius	Busted
Vedat Yilmaz	Busted
Sergei Efimov	Busted
Halil Tasyurek	Busted
Nikos Lampropoulos	Busted
Seyed Safari	Busted
Sari Haddad	Busted
Daniel Smiljkovic	Busted

Henrik Brockmann	Busted

05-12-2025 16:53 UTC+2

Kamphues Sends Akmert Home

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Tim Baker

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

Erdem Akmert got his last 2,500,000 into the middle from late position and was called by Lars Kamphues out of the big blind.

Erdem Akmert: K♥Q♠ All in
Lars Kamphues: 6♥6♠

Akmert needed to hit the board to stay alive. The board ran out J♦2♦4♦6♣A♠ to leave Akmert drawing dead on the turn to Kamphues' set of sixes, and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lars Kamphues	10,000,000 7,210,000	7,210,000
Erdem Akmert	Busted

Tags: Erdem Akmert Lars Kamphues

05-12-2025 17:02 UTC+2

Hirs Eliminated in Brutal Runout

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Kai Cocklin

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

Aliaksandr Hirs shoved from the cutoff for 2,700,000 and when it got to Nenad Dukic in the big blind, he took some time before he called with a slightly covering in the big blind.

Aliaksandr Hirs: K♠Q♦ All in
Nenad Dukic: A♣7♦

Dukic had made the right call but looked like he was going to get punished when the flop came Q♠8♣K♦. An 8♦ on the turn did put a pair on board and gave Dukic one shot at hitting one of the remaining aces in the deck.

That's exactly what he did when the A♥ peeled off on the river as Dukic improved to a better two pair, sending Hirs to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nenad Dukic	6,000,000 640,000	640,000
Aliaksandr Hirs	Busted

Tags: Aliaksandr Hirs Nenad Dukic

05-12-2025 17:07 UTC+2

Khadartsev Dead on the Turn Against Smolka

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Kai Cocklin

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

Dawid Smolka opened from early position to 400,000 and Ruslan Khadartsev defended from the big blind.

The flop came 8♦6♦7♠ and Khadartsev led out for 350,000. Smolka then raised to 1,100,000 and Khadartsev called.

A 9♦ hit the turn and Khadartsev led out again, this time for 3,000,000. Smolka had 3,400,000 behind and moved all of his chips in the middle, then Khadartsev called off the extra.

Dawid Smolka: K♦10♦ All in
Ruslan Khadartsev: 5♦5♣

Khadartsev was drawing dead as not even making a straight flush would be good enough to win this pot. A meaningless 2♣ dropped on the river and suddenly, Smolka has chips!

Player	Chips	Progress
Dawid Smolka	10,100,000 5,825,000	5,825,000
Ruslan Khadartsev	2,800,000 6,625,000	6,625,000

Tags: Dawid Smolka Ruslan Khadartsev

Level: 22

Blinds: 125,000/250,000

Ante: 250,000

05-12-2025 17:17 UTC+2

Spinella Collects the Last of Khadartsev's Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 22 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Ruslan Khadartsev got his last 2,700,000 in from under the gun and Anthony Spinella quickly called when it got to him in the big blind.

Ruslan Khadartsev: A♦J♠ All in
Anthony Spinella: Q♠Q♣

Khadartsev had just lost the bulk of his stack and the rest of his chips also evaporated as the 9♥2♥J♦K♣5♦ runout meant he was the latest player to hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Spinella	6,950,000 1,950,000	1,950,000

Ruslan Khadartsev	Busted

Tags: Anthony Spinella Ruslan Khadartsev

05-12-2025 17:26 UTC+2

Kanme Shows Aggression

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Kai Cocklin

Level 22 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

There were already around 3,400,000 in the pot on a flop of 4♥3♦9♣ when Raoul Kanme checked from the big blind and Bernard Larabi fired 600,000. Kanme then raised to 1,400,000, and Larabi dropped in the call.

A J♥ came on the turn and Kanme continued to show aggression with a bet of 2,800,000. Larabi eventually laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raoul Kanme	9,350,000 4,750,000	4,750,000
Bernard Larabi	5,575,000 2,975,000	2,975,000

Tags: Bernard Larabi Raoul Kanme

05-12-2025 17:31 UTC+2

Nyuli Has Kicker Problems

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Tim Baker

Level 22 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Italo Modena made it 500,000 under the gun and Tibor Nyuli three-bet to 1,000,000 from the hijack with just 300,000 behind. Dmitry Kukhtarev four-bet from the cutoff to 3,000,000, which forced Modena to fold. After using all six of his time banks, Nyuli called for the remainder of his stack.

Tibor Nyuli: A♠J♣ All in
Dmitry Kukhtarev: A♥Q♠

Kukhtarev dominated Nyuli as the two saw the flop come down 5♥4♥8♣. The rest of the board came 5♠K♥ and Kukhtarev's ace-queen held up, sending Nyuli to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Italo Modena	27,000,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Dmitry Kukhtarev	5,000,000 4,240,000	4,240,000
Tibor Nyuli	Busted

Tags: Dmitry Kukhtarev Italo Modena Tibor Nyuli

05-12-2025 17:33 UTC+2

Er Gets Some Breathing Room

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Kai Cocklin

Level 22 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Sergiu Covrig opened to 600,000 from early position and short-stacked Zorlu Er defended his big blind, leaving himself 625,000 behind.

On the J♥Q♠4♦ flop, those 625,000 went in the middle and Covrig quickly called.

Zorlu Er: Q♣4♣ All in
Sergiu Covrig: A♦3♦

Er had flopped two pair but wasn't home and dry just yet as the 3♠ fell on the turn. An ace or a three is what Covrig needed to earn the knockout, but the 9♣ river wasn't it, meaning Er doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergiu Covrig	3,900,000 200,000	200,000

Zorlu Er	2,825,000 725,000	725,000

Tags: Sergiu Covrig Zorlu Er