2026 Mediterranean Poker Party
Chengxu Hu has been a menace for the first two hours of play, and after dispatching five opponents, the Chinese player had five pulls at glory.
After no luck on his first two picks, he got a friend off the rail to pull his third envelope. He slowly revealed five zeros, before showing the one to secure the $100,000 top prize.
The other big winners are Alexander Tomov and Vasileios Panagiotidis who both picked up $50,000.
With all the big prizes collected, we should see the action slow down at the two remaining tables.
| Value | Amount | Remaining | Total | Remaining |
| $100,000 | 1 | 0 | $100,000 | $0 |
| $50,000 | 2 | 0 | $100,000 | $0 |
| $25,000 | 2 | 0 | $50,000 | $0 |
| $10,000 | 5 | 1 | $50,000 | $10,000 |
| $5,000 | 10 | 6 | $50,000 | $30,000 |
| $3,500 | 24 | 10 | $84,000 | $35,000 |
| $1,000 | 1 | 0 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Total | $435,000 | $75,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
After two hours of breakneck speed poker, which saw 27 eliminations in that period, the remaining 17 players have taken a break of 20 minutes.
However there will be no rest for the wicked, as players are now able to redeem any bounty tokens they have won with prizes ranging from $1,000 to a massive $100,000!
All the chips were in the middle preflop with Haidar at risk for 370,000. He was covered by Aleksei Istomin.
Safi Haidar: K♣Q♥
Aleksei Istomin: A♥Q♠
Haidar was in a tough spot, and his Russian opponent hit an ace on the flop on the completed board of A♠10♦5♥7♣4♥ to send Haidar to the rail.
Level: 19
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Yen Han Chen in the cutoff moved all in for 560,000 and was called by Leonid Orman on the button.
Yen Han Chen: 9♣9♥
Leonid Orman : K♠10♥
In quick succession Orman hit a king against a lower pocket pair to increase his stack after the board of 6♥4♦3♣K♣7♣ and Chen headed to the exit.
Leonid Orman shoved for 740,000 from the hijack and was called by Jan Schwippert on the button.
Leonid Orman: K♠Q♥
Jan Schwippert: 10♥10♦
It was a flip, and after missing the flop of 8♥2♥2♠, Orman stood up ready to leave, but after the 6♣ brick on the turn, the K♥ completed the board and gave the Russian a better pair to the frustration of Schwippert.
Level: 18
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000