2026 Mediterranean Poker Party

$5,400 Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2026 Mediterranean Poker Party
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,400
Prize Pool
$5,000,000
Total Entries
806
Players Left
174
Average Chip Stack
926,437
Total Chips
161,200,000
Level Info
Level
12
Blinds
8,000 / 15,000
Ante
15,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
267
Players Left
40
Players Left 174 / 806
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Hadioglu Makes Quads

Matthew Warburton
Matthew Warburton
Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Picking up the action on the river on a board of 7♥7♦7♠2♦Q♣ and Andreas Mavromoustakis led with a bet of 90,000. Mert Hadioglu moved all in, sending Mavromoustakis into the tank.

Mavromoustakis eventually made the call with the shorter stack. He showed 8♠8♦ for a full house, sevens full of eights. Hadioglu, though, had 9♦7♣ for quad sevens.

Elsewhere, Mehmet Biskin was seen winning a three-way all in and joyfully pulling in a big pot. On another table, Kenar had chipped up to around 1,300,000.

Tags: Andreas MavromoustakisMert Hadioglu

Level: 8

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

Flashback: Daniel Thaller Clinches 2025 Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event Title

Matthew Warburton
Matthew Warburton
Level 7 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Daniel Thaller
Daniel Thaller

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.

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Daniel ThallerAustria$786,670*
2Timothy ChungUnited Kingdom$637,250*
3Andreas MavromoustakisCyprus$651,080*
4Razvan SabauRomania$316,000
5Garik TamasianRussia$229,000
6Dawid SmolkaPoland$162,000
7Milad Oghabian LangarIran$113,000
8Hassanin HashimNew Zealand$80,100
9Italo ModenaItaly$63,000

*Denotes three-way deal

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Rudnev Busts in Three-Way All In

Matthew Warburton
Matthew Warburton
Level 7 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Picking up the action on the 10♠3♥Q♦ flop, Petr Rudnev was all in for 50,000. The big blind called and a player in middle position also called.

Action continued on the 7♠ turn, as the big blind checked and middle position bet 100,000. The big blind pushed all in and middle position called for 170,000 total. Players revealed their hands.

Petr Rudnev: Q♠J♦ All in
Middle Position: 3♠3♣ All in
Big Blind: K♥K♣

The middle position player had a set of threes and held on the 10♠ river to win the pot, taking most of the big blind's chips. Rudnev was sent to the rail, then the big blind was eliminated the next hand.

Tags: Petr Rudnev

Babayev Raises Flop

Matthew Warburton
Matthew Warburton
Level 7 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Rahat Babayev open-raised from late position and faced a three-bet to 28,000 from the small blind, which he called.

On the 3♣Q♦6♥ flop, the small blind continued with a bet of 25,000 before Babayev raised it up to 60,000. The small blind folded and Babayev dragged in the pot.

Tags: Rahat Babayev

Level: 7

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Hirs Eliminated in Three-Way All In, Nashar All-In Blind Repeatedly

Matthew Warburton
Matthew Warburton
Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Hassan Nashar
Hassan Nashar

Three players were all preflop, including Hassan Nashar, who is notorious for going all in blind. Aliaksandr Hirs was at risk as players flipped their cards.

Aliaksandr Hirs: Q♠9♠ All in
Hassan Nashar: A♥6♠
Middle Position: A♠4♠

The board ran out 4♣5♥7♠A♣Q♦ and the middle position player made two pair, aces and fours. Hirs was eliminated, while Nashar was left with chips to play with.

Nashar then proceeding to go all-in blind the next two hands. The first hand, he got folds. The second time around, the cutoff min-raised, Nashar was all-in blind from the button, and the cutoff called.

Hassan Nashar: 10♣3♠ All in
Cutoff: A♣Q♥

"I don't like it, said the cutoff. He is live..."

But the board ran out J♣Q♦K♥8♠8♦ and Nashar was sent to the rail, although no doubt he'll be back for some more gambling.

Tags: Aliaksandr HirsHassan Nashar

Marquardt Loses Classic Race

Matthew Warburton
Matthew Warburton
Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Joshua Marquardt had his chips in the middle preflop against Hao Tian, who had him covered as players flipped their cards.

Joshua Marquardt: Q♥Q♦ All in
Hao Tian: A♣K♣

It was the most classic of races. Tian needed to find a pair, and he didn't wait long, flopping a pair of aces on the 7♥A♥J♦ flop. The 6♠ turn and 8♠ river completed the runout. Tian held and Marquardt was sent to the rail.

Tags: Hao TianJoshua Marquardt

Parmar Having Fun, Finds Double

Matthew Warburton
Matthew Warburton
Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Taran Parmar
Taran Parmar

Taran Parmar was involved in three hands in a row. On the first hand, Ghanim Dashti raised from early position and Parmar shoved from the big blind.

"You have a pair?" asked Dashti.

"Am I allowed to tell him?" said Parmar to the dealer. "Yes, I have a pair, you want to call?"

Dashti threw in a time bank and said, "let me think", then laid it down, giving Parmar the pot.

The next hand, Dashti raised again from middle position and picked up calls from the cutoff, Parmar on the button, and the small blind. The flop came 8♦K♦4♦ and Parmar led with a shove. All of his opponents folded and Parmar pulled in the pot, showing the 6♦ as he did.

"Binary. On or off, no thinking. No quantum stuff," joked Dashti.

In the next hand, action was on the 9♥8♣8♠ flop, Dashti bet 21,000 and Parmar called. On the 3♣ turn, Dashti bet 43,000 and Parmar called again.

The river came the 2♥ and Dashti bet 75,000, which was worth the rest of Parmar's stack. Parmar made the call.

"You're ready, huh? Did we both flop trips?" said Parmar.

Dashti had K♠9♠ for two pair, nines and eights, while Parmar had J♥8♥ for trip eights to win the pot, doubling his stack.

"Nice comeback," said Dashti.

Tags: Ghanim DashtiTaran Parmar

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