Mehmet Dalkilic was all in preflop against Kemal Aslan as PokerNews arrived. Aslan had the covering stack as players flipped their cards.
Mehmet Dalkilic: Q♠Q♥ 
Kemal Aslan: A♠A♦
Dalkilic had run into pocket aces and found no help as the board ran out 5♣6♥7♥2♥K♣. Aslan held to win the pot, while Dalkilic was eliminated.
Andrei Mashinistov open-raised from early position and the big blind three-bet. Mashinistov moved all in and the big blind called with the covering stack.
Andrei Mashinistov: A♦Q♠
Big Blind: A♠K♦
The board ran out 7♣7♦4♣3♥J♠, so the big blind held with ace-king high and the sevens on board to win the pot. Mashinistov was sent to the rail.
Aleksandr Chernikov was all in from the button with a shorter stack against his opponent in the big blind, and was at risk as the cards were turned.
Aleksandr Chernikov: 5♠5♣
Big Blind: J♥J♣
The board ran out 9♠A♥9♣10♥Xx and the big blind held with his pocket jacks. Chernikov was sent to the rail on the first hand back from the break.
Level: 7
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Players in Day 1a of the MPP Main Event are heading for the second break of the day. There are now 216 entries to the flight.
The $5,300 Main Event at the 2025 Mediterranean Poker Party saw Daniel Thaller of Austria emerge victorious over the 1,196 entry field. After a three-way deal with Timothy Chung and Andreas Mavromoustakis, Thaller was the one to take home the trophy and a career-best score of $786,670.
Inside the luxurious Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa, Thaller added the stunning MPP trophy to his mantlepiece after he seemingly cruised through the final table under the radar. Thaller sealed the deal in rapid style, dispatching Chung in roughly thirty minutes of heads-up play.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Thaller | Austria | $786,670* |
| 2 | Timothy Chung | United Kingdom | $637,250* |
| 3 | Andreas Mavromoustakis | Cyprus | $651,080* |
| 4 | Razvan Sabau | Romania | $316,000 |
| 5 | Garik Tamasian | Russia | $229,000 |
| 6 | Dawid Smolka | Poland | $162,000 |
| 7 | Milad Oghabian Langar | Iran | $113,000 |
| 8 | Hassanin Hashim | New Zealand | $80,100 |
| 9 | Italo Modena | Italy | $63,000 |
*Denotes three-way deal
Evgenii Ivanenko limped from middle position and was met with a raise to 12,000. Adrian State then three-bet to 45,000 and only Ivanenko called.
The flop fell 3♦5♠A♥ and State made it 20,000 to go, which Ivanenko called. Action slowed down on the 9♣ turn and J♣ river as both players checked to showdown.
Ivanenko had 10♠10♣, which was enough to win the pot.
The under the gun player raised and Artsiom Dzekhtsiarou three-bet to 30,000 from the next seat. The under the gun player four-bet to 89,000 before Dzekhtsiarou four-bet all in for around 300,000. Under the gun made the call and players flipped their cards, with Dzekhtsiarou at risk.
Artsiom Dzekhtsiarou: K♦K♣
Under the gun: A♦A♥
Dzekhtsiarou had run into aces and found little help on the J♥5♣3♣ flop. The Q♣ turn gave Dzekhtsiarou a flush draw, though, and the 4♣ river completed his flush.
"What are you doing, all the fucking time, Merit bullshit!" said the under the gun player in frustration, still visibly and audibly distressed as Dzekhtsiarou dragged in a huge double up.
Level: 6
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Yiwen Yuan open-raised from under the gun and picked up a call before her opponent in late position three-bet to 24,000 from the small blind. Yuan then four-bet to 62,000 and the late position player responded with a five-bet all in. Yuan asked "how much?" but ultimately chose to lay down her hand, giving her opponent the pot.
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