Event 7: $2,000 Warm Up from the Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party has a champion and his name is Arsenii Karmatckii. The Russian player takes $310,000 for the win in his first-ever cash from North Cyprus at the Royal Diamond Hotel & Casino.
The tournament was a really successful one, with 1,046 entries smashing the prize pool of $1,924,640. It took four Day 1 flights to whittle the entries down to 177 entrants vying for a spot at the final table on Day 2. In the end, the final nine players were largely Russian players, or from Russian-speaking countries.
Asked how he found the final table, he responded ”Actually it was a lot of guys I know, the series is very popular among Russian players because of travel, logistical reasons, and so on. But it was funny how short the final table was”, he went on ”You don’t play a lot of hands post flop so it’s just push or fold, racing, with not a lot of decisions”.
”It’s the first time I’ve come here. It’s really good [here], the food, all the dishes. It’s like the Bahamas but in Europe,” Karmatckii said about the venue, his relaxed demeanor and the area the tournament has been held.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenii Karmatckii | Russian Federation | $310,000 |
| 2 | Milos Skrbic | Serbia | $190,000 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Pak | Uzbekistan | $125,640 |
| 4 | Artur Martirosian | Russian Federation | $85,000 |
| 5 | Dmitry Yurasov | Russian Federation | $60,000 |
| 6 | Dmitry Vitkind | Russian Federation | $45,000 |
| 7 | Sergey Baranski | Belarus | $35,000 |
| 9 | Aleksandr Kinzhalov | Russian Federation | $25,000 |
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