2026 Mediterranean Poker Party

$5,400 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2026 Mediterranean Poker Party
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9♣3♣
Prize
$1,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,400
Prize Pool
$5,000,000
Total Entries
972
Places Paid
145
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
267
Players Left
40
Players Left 1 / 972

Alioto Runs Into Aces; First to Bust

Level 1 : Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Piero Alioto
Piero Alioto

Tahsin Cankurtaranli open-raised to 3,000 from the hijack and the button called. Piero Alioto then three-bet to 12,000 from the big blind. Cankurtaranli then four-bet to 40,000. The button folded and Alioto five-bet all in. Cankurtaranli snap-called and had slightly more chips as the cards were shown.

Piero Alioto: A♣K♠ All in
Tahsin Cankurtaranli: A♥A♠

Alioto had run into aces. The board ran out 4♦8♦7♦6♦K♥ and Alioto had some outs for the split, but failed to make it an was eliminated. Cankurtaranli, meanwhile, doubled his stack.

Tags: Piero AliotoTahsin Cankurtaranli