Alexey Losev Leads After Day 1 of the $10,400 MPP High Roller
Although it was a very short Day 1 of the $10,400 MPP High Roller here in North Cyprus, there was plenty of high-flying action at the Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party in the Royal Diamond Hotel & Casino.
A total of 63 entries have been recorded through four total hours of play spread across six levels. Amongst the 53 players that bagged, your early chip leader is Alexey Losev, who will start with 428,000 chips on Sunday.
With a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000 and plenty of time for late registration and rebuys on Day 2, plenty of new faces will surely take their shot at the six-figure top prize.
Top-10 Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexey Losev | Russia | 428,000 | 214 |
| 2 | Mehdi Chaoui | Morocco | 422,000 | 211 |
| 3 | Kannapong Thanarattrakul | Thailand | 358,600 | 179 |
| 4 | Pedro Garagnani | Brazil | 301,000 | 151 |
| 5 | Daniel Rezaei | Austria | 272,000 | 136 |
| 6 | Nikita Kuznetsov | Russia | 265,100 | 133 |
| 7 | Damir Zhugralin | Kazakhstan | 264,700 | 132 |
| 8 | Symeon Alexandridis | Greece | 244,100 | 122 |
| 9 | Eric Worre | United States | 232,500 | 116 |
| 10 | Faraz Jaka | United States | 231,600 | 116 |
Losev received the large majority of his chips doubling up against Jamil Wakil in a 405,000-chip pot when he made a set of deuces against Wakil��s top-two pair.
Mustafa Biz got off to a hot start and quickly took his starting stack of 125,000 to about 300,000 early. However, Biz would lose a chunk of his chips after Elton Tsang was able to force Biz to tank-fold all in on the river in Tsang��s very first hand. A short time later, Biz was caught bluffing in a 140,000-chip pot against Alex Peffly. However, he would recover and finish the day in 14th place with 217,500.
Danny Tang had a very similar day as Biz, starting off on fire after getting paid big on a set against Bruno Volkmann but later ran his big blind pocket kings into Daniel Rezaei��s button pocket aces. He finished in 13th place with 219,000 chips.
Though he sat down late in the day, Espen Jorstad will come into Sunday with a healthy 220,500 chips.
The cards will be back in the air at 12:00 p.m. local time. Players will start at Level 7 at 1,000/2,000 blinds with a 2,000 big blind ante and action will play down till a winner is crowned.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will bring you all the action on-site here in beautiful North Cyprus!