2026 Mediterranean Poker Party
Level: 21
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Players in Day 2 of the $2,200 Global Poker Championship are heading on a 45-minute dinner break with just 30 players left in contention. Action is set to resume at around 8.25 p.m. local time.
Yuxi Huang limped for most of her stack from middle position and picked up a call from the button. Selahaddin Bedir then raised to 400,000 from the small blind and Huang went into the tank. It wasn't immediately obvious why, but there was a pay jump coming and Huang was tactically using her entire stack of time bank cards to make it.
She eventually called, the button folded, and players flipped their cards.
Yuxi Huang: K♥9♣
Selahaddin Bedir: 7♥7♠
A large rail had gathered for Huang and someone was shouting out for her cards the whole time as the board ran out 10♠4♥4♠2♣9♦ to give her a pair on the river. The crowd went wild, and Huang survived to see the pay jump.
Fahredin Mustafov open-raised to 120,000 before Vikesh Shah moved all in from the button with a relatively short stack. Mustafov made the call and it was off to the races, with Shah at risk.
Vikesh Shah: K♦J♣
Fahredin Mustafov: 6♥6♠
The flop came J♥3♥7♥ to give Shah a pair of jacks, but Mustafov pushed forward his 6♥ to show that he'd picked up a flush draw.
The 4♥ turn gave Mustafov what he was looking for and the A♦ river was inconsequential. Mustafov won the pot and Shah was sent to the exit.
Vyacheslav Kardash was all in with a short stack of just 185,000 from late position. Xiaosheng Zheng made the pot odds call in the big blind and players revealed their cards, with Kardash at risk.
Vyacheslav Kardash: 9♦9♥
Xiaosheng Zheng: 4♣3♣
The board ran out 4♥Q♦J♣K♥3♦ and Zheng made two pair on the river. The table laughed, although Kardash didn't look as amused as he took his leave.
Level: 20
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Yuxi Huang moved all in from middle position for 410,000. Vikesh Shah made the call in the big blind with the bigger stack, and players flipped their cards.
Yuxi Huang: A♠9♦
Vikesh Shah: K♣J♦
The board ran out Q♦8♣4♣9♠A♥ and Huang improved to a pair of aces on the river. She won the pot and doubled her stack, swapping places with Shah, who was left short.