Both the Mediterranean Poker Party and the EAPT Grand Final, both held in Cyprus, got to know their new champions. And so we bring you a brief recap of both final days.
MPP Main Event dominated by Azamat Lamkov
The Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event had a buy-in of $5,300 and a $5,000,000 guarantee. However, the latter was left in oblivion thanks to 1,260 entries and the prizepool was worth $6,048,000. Thus, a $1,000,000 prize awaited the winner.
The top 9 players at the final table fought for this amount yesterday. Kirill Shcherbakov was the massive chipleader here, with Leon Sturm hot on his heels. This pair had more chips than all of their opponents combined at the start of the day.
Leon Sturm gradually worked his way up to the chipleader position and was well on his way to the title. However, everything changed and Leon Sturm eventually finished in third place, which was worth $440,000.
The final heads-up match pitted two Russian players against each other. Final Day chipleader Kirill Shcherbakov and Day 2 chipleader Azamat Lamkov. Azamat Lamkov emerged victorious out of the duo, becoming the champion and taking home $1,000,000 along with a huge trophy.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azamat Lamkov | Russian Federation | $1,000,000 |
| 2 | Kirill Shcherbakov | Russian Federation | $680,000 |
| 3 | Leon Sturm | Germany | $440,000 |
| 4 | Iurii Suvorov | Russian Federation | $320,000 |
| 5 | Birger Larsen | Norway | $225,000 |
| 6 | Mihai Niste | Romania | $170,000 |
| 7 | Gamir Gabdullin | Russian Federation | $125,000 |
| 8 | Assyl Tleuzhanov | Kazakhstan | $100,000 |
EAPT GF winner Denis Zelenkin
The final table of the MPP was also the final day of the EAPT Grand Final with a buy-in of $1,100 and a guarantee of $500,000. However, the latter was also wiped out thanks to 855 entries. Thus, the winner had $139,000 waiting for him.
The last three players here saw a 3-way all-in, with chipleader Denis Zelenkin finding aces under his hand. Hungary's Tibor Nyuli found queens and Russia's Iurii Zuev went into the hand with A-3. After the board was dealt, the aces held and we knew the straight winner, which was Russia's Denis Zelenkin. Tibor Nyuli took second place with a $93,400 prize and Iurii Zuev took home $64,000 for third place. Congratulations!
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denis Zelenkin | Russian Federation | $139,000 |
| 2 | Tibor Nyuli | Hungary | $93,400 |
| 3 | Iurii Zuev | Russian Federation | $64,000 |
| 4 | Milad Langar | Iran | $48,000 |
| 5 | Victor Fryda | France | $38,000 |
| 6 | Achir Eldaye | Lebanon | $29,500 |
| 7 | Bulent Kose | Turkey | $23,000 |
| 8 | Alfredo Versace | Italy | $17,860 |
| 9 | Guo Liang Wei | China | $13,500 |
Source - MPP, EAPT, Merit Poker, Flickr, Pokernews
