2026 Mediterranean Poker Party

$3,500 Merit Poker Cup
Day: 2
1a1b2
Event Info
2026 Mediterranean Poker Party
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♥q♠
Prize
$217,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,500
Prize Pool
$1,270,720
Total Entries
418
Places Paid
63
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
63
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 418
Filter

Filter

Filter By
Sort By

Quan Qiu Eliminated in 21st Place - $11,000

Level 21 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Quan Qiu
Quan Qiu

With well over 1,500,000 in the middle on a flop of 6♥3♣2♠, Quan Qiu moved all in for 1,700,000. Darko Svesko used a couple of time bank cards before making the call.

Quan Qiu: 9♦9♣
Darko Svesko: J♥J♦

Svesko will be wishing this was a bounty tournament as he is slaying everyone today! The 4♥6♦ completed the board to send the combative Chinese player to the rail in 21st place.

Tags: Darko SveskoQuan Qiu

Level: 21

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Sondre Stormyr Eliminated in 22nd Place - $11,000

Level 20 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Sondre Stormyr
Sondre Stormyr

PokerNews was slow in getting to the table in time for Sondre Stormyr's elimination. From what our reporter could see the pot was being pushed to Mehmet Dalkilic who had A♦Q♠, and with the board showing J♥8♥2♦2♣6♣

Stormyr finished in 22nd place for $11,000.

Tags: Mehmet DalkilicSondre Stormyr

Artem Kotkovskyi Eliminated in 23rd Place - $11,000

Level 20 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Darko Svesko bet 120,000 from the hijack and was called for less by Artem Kotkovskyi on the button for 90,000. Quan Qiu on the button called the original bet from the big blind.

The flop came A♦K♦J♦ and Svesko bet 100,000, which got a fold from Qui.

Artem Kotkovskyi: K♥K♣
Darko Svesko: 8♦7♦

Kotkovskyi drilled a set, but Sevesko flopped a flush. The 9♣7♥ completed the runout and Kotkovskyi was sent to the rail.

Tags: Artem KotkovskyiDarko SveskoQuan Qiu

'Kenar' Eliminated in 24th Place - $10,000

Level 20 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
MPP 2026
MPP 2026

Kenar moved all in for 750,000 from the small blind and was called by Darko Svesko in the big blind.

Kenar: K♠J♠
Darko Svesko: 7♦7♠

Svesko's pocket sevens held after the board of [qh8d6s6h5] to send Kenar to the exit for $10,000.

Level: 20

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

Latest Chip Counts at Three Table Redraw (full)

Level 19 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Read full

Final Three Table Redraw

Level 19 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
TableSeatPlayerChipsBig Blinds
11Timur Mukhamedaminov2,650,00053
12George Tomescu2,200,00044
13Aram Sargsyan1,400,00028
14Anton Melnikau1,205,00024
15Mehmet Dalkilic1,800,00036
16Joseph Mouawad3,000,00060
17Sondre Stormyr830,00017
18Yuliyan Kolev2,500,00050
     
21Chenxu Zhang1,900,00038
22Boris Smuskevicius2,150,00043
23Ekrem Sanioglu3,200,00064
24Viktor Iarilov555,00011
25Alexander Sokolovsky1,600,00032
26Aleksanras Rusinovas975,00020
27Taran Parmar1,250,00025
28Espen Sandvik870,00017
     
31Moussa Ahmad2,900,00058
32Kenar660,00013
33Darko Svesko4,700,00094
34Artem Kotkovskyi910,00018
35Vyacheslav Kardash1,150,00023
36Andrei Mashinistov1,300,00026
37Quan Qiu1,900,00038
38Murad Cakir365,0007

Sesko Takes Out Kim

Level 19 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Vladimir Kim moved all in for 450,000 from the small blind andwas called by Darko Svesko in the big blind.

Vladimir Kim: Q♥9♣
Darko Svesko: A♣Q♦

Kim's plan to grab the blinds didn't work out and ran into a monster. There was no co-operation on the K♦5♦3♥6♣J♥ board and Kim headed to the exit in 25th place.

Tags: Darko SveskoVladimir Kim

Recent Eliminations

Level 19 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante