$5,300 Main Event
Day 3 Started
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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| 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 |
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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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.
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Cards are officially in the air for Day 3 of the $5,300 Main Event.
Level: 19
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Level 19
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
When it folded to Zorlu Er in the small blind, he raised to roughly 360,000 with just Adrian State to get through in the big blind. State made the call with only around 240,000 remaining in his stack.
Both players checked the 9♦2♦6♦ flop to see the A♥ roll off on the turn. Er bet enough to put State all in, and State went into the tank. After burning through around five of his time bank cards, State made the call.
Adrian State: K♠8♦ 
Zorlu Er: J♥5♠
State was ahead with king-high and just had to fade a jack or five that wasn't a diamond to double. The river was the 5♦ to give State a flush, and he earned the much-needed double-up on one of the first hands on Day 3.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
1,500,000
760,000
|
760,000 |
Level 19
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Samantha Lake opened to 240,000 from the cutoff before Milad Oghabian Langar three-bet to 630,000 out of the big blind. Lake made the call.
Langar continued with a bet of 230,000 on the K♠9♣7♣ flop and Lake instantly called.
The Q♣ turn caused Langar to slow down and check. Lake fired 500,000, and after a few moments, Langar called.
Langar checked for the last time on the 4♥ river, and then folded after Lake put out a bet of roughly 1,000,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,000,000
1,550,000
|
1,550,000 |
|
6,100,000
1,280,000
|
1,280,000 |
Level 19
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Alexandru Lupuleac got his last 1,450,000 into the middle preflop from the cutoff, after Natan Chauskin min-raised from middle position. After the rest of the table folded, Chauskin called and the cards were revealed.
Alexandru Lupuleac: A♦10♦
Natan Chauskin: K♣K♠
Lupuleac needed to find an ace or some diamonds if he was to make his second major final table at the 2025 MPP. The board ran out K♥J♥4♣7♠5♣ to give Chauskin the best hand with a set of kings, sending Lupuleac to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,200,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
Busted |
