2026 Mediterranean Poker Party
The four remaining players have gone for a 15-minute break.
All the chips went into the middle preflop with Congya Zhang at risk for 2,100,000 against fellow countryman Chengxu Hu.
Congya Zhang: K♠Q♠
Chengxu Hu: A♠7♣
Zhang required paint, but none came as the board ran 10♣9♣7♦9♠4♠ to eliminate Zhang in 5th place which capped off an amazing week for her. She won the Global Poker Championships for $300,000 earlier this week and she has capped off her MPP adventure with another deep run.
All the chips went into the middle preflop, with Vasileios Panagiotidis at risk for 4,000,000 against Chengxu Hu
Vasileios Panagiotidis: K♣K♠
Chengxu Hu: 8♦8♥
Panagiotidis was a massive favorite to take a massive double up, but an eight on the flop on the completed board of 9♥8♣6♠10♣3♠ gave Hu a set of eights to take the chip lead.
Aleksandr Razinkov bet 400,000 from the cutoff. Aleksei Istomin raised to 1,500,000 from the button. Razinkov threw in his bounty chip to indicate all in and Istomin called for 2,240,000.
Aleksei Istomin: A♠J♥
Aleksandr Razinkov: J♠10♣
Istomin was ahead and improved to a wheel on the runout of 4♠2♣2♦5♥3♥ to get himself back into the game.
Yiannis Liperis moved all in for 750,000 from the cut off. Vasileios Panagiotidis shoved over the top from the button. Congya Zhang thought about it briefly in the big blind but folded.
Yiannis Liperis: Q♥J♣
Vasileios Panagiotidis: 10♦10♠
It was a flip, but there was no help for the Brit-Cypriot on the board of 9♣3♣2♦A♦8♦, which saw Panagiotidis drag in the pot. On the way out Liperis cashed in two bounty tokens for $5,000 and $3,500.
Level: 25
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Aleksandr Razinkov bet 300,000 from the hijack, Vasileios Panagiotidis shoved from the big blind and covered Razinkov. The Russian used three time bank cards and made the call.
Aleksandr Razinkov: A♦Q♣
Vasileios Panagiotidis: A♥4♥
Both players hit their lesser card on the flop, but Razinkov took the pot with a pair of queens on the board of Q♥5♦4♠7♦2♦. This left the Greek player with five big blinds, but he doubled through Leonid Orman in a blind on blind affair. His K♥9♠ beat Orman's A♥J♠ by hitting trip nines.
Mengdian Peng shoved for 1,450,000 from early position and was called by Vasileios Panagiotidis in the small blind.
Mengdian Peng: A♦K♠
Vasileios Panagiotidis: 10♠10♣
Peng needed paint, but all he got was numbers as the board came 8♣6♥4♥3♣9♠ to send the Chinese player to the rail in 8th place.
Level: 24
Blinds: 100,000/150,000
Ante: 150,000