《德州撲克獵手｜hunter poker》作者: Hunter_Mika

Zhang Congya adds another major championship, marking a glorious year for women's poker.

Congya Zhang has won the 2026 Mediterranean Poker Party $2,200 Global Poker Championship, taking home $300,000 chips. She staged a remarkable comeback in the final six-player table, defeating Sergei Petrushevskii heads-up. The 2026 Mediterranean Poker Party $2,200 Global Poker Championship, held at Merit Crystal Cove casino, has crowned Congya Zhang as the champion of the tournament and the $300,000 first-place prize. Zhang started the day with 12th in chips from 16 returning players. She was eliminated in the early hands but quietly progressed to the final table with a shorter stack. When the tournament came down to six, everything changed. Zhang staged a comeback, doubling up multiple times and then displaying exceptional skill, standing out from a strong field of opponents and ultimately defeating Sergei Petrushevskii in a short heads-up match lasting less than 20 minutes. "I have many feelings, but most importantly, I feel calm. I feel composed," Zhang Congya said when talking about her victory. "So far, it's been a fantastic year for me. I've grown incredibly fast. I have a lot of confidence in myself." $2,200 Global Poker Championship Final Table Prizes Rank Player Country Prizes 1st Zhang Congya (China) $ 300,000 2nd Sergei Petrushevskii (Russia) $ 200,000 3rd Yuan Yilu (China) $ 140,000 4th Peng Mengdi (China) $ 100,000 5th Adrian State (Romania) $ 80,000 6th Paul Esau (Germany) $ 65,000 7th Oguzhan Kasar (Turkey) $ 52,000 8th Fahredin Mustafov (Bulgaria) $ 40,000 9th Seladaddin Bedir (Turkey) $ 29,000 State's rise and fall occurred before Zhang Congya's late surge to victory. Adrian... State dominated the last two tables and seemed poised to win the tournament. He eliminated 13th-place Anatoly Korochenskiy early with three sets of 10s, then followed up with pocket tens on his second consecutive hand, eliminating 12th-place Roman Gadzhiev. State's momentum continued as he held pocket kings in the small blind, creating a bitter rivalry with Mehmet Dalkilic's pocket queens in the big blind. A few hands later, State delivered the decisive blow to Dalkilic, securing the final table and overtaking Petrushevskii to become the chip leader. State continued to dominate, taking Selahaddin Bedir's chips and sending him to ninth place, before finishing with a shorter stack to his left.

$500k guarantees a tournament victory and includes three of the biggest mystery prizes.

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Aaron Pinson has won the Borgata $2,200 Big, Big Mystery Bounty, taking home all three top prizes for a total of $199,825. He defeated Matt Glantz heads-up to win the trophy and the final $25,000 prize. Not only did Aaron Pinson win a $500,000 guaranteed tournament in Borgata, Atlantic City, he practically won the entire prize pool. Okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration. But this $2,200 Big, Big Borgata Mystery Bounty (a 232-player No-Limit Hold'em tournament) champion has taken home all three top prizes. And, fittingly, he defeated Matt Glantz heads-up—the player who famously drew the $1 million mystery bounty at the 2023 WSOP—to win the final prize. Here's how it happened: In this Borgata Big, Big series tournament, Day 2 saw 24 players remaining. They were all in the money, and the mystery bounty phase began. There were two $50,000 bounties, no bigger than that. Pinson was the first player to eliminate an opponent on Day 2. He stepped forward and immediately won the first $50,000 bounty. His odds of winning were one in twelve. But this was just the beginning. Pinson had over 2.4 million $ in live tournament winnings at The Hendon Mob, and he continued accumulating chips throughout the day. His bounty was already comparable to the first-place prize. But this didn't stop him from continuing to collect bounties, including a $10,000 draw. Then, he went up and won the second $50,000 bounty. But he wasn't done yet. When Pinson and Glantz entered heads-up play, Pinson had already accumulated 130,000 chips from the available $250,000 bounty. The two players had nearly identical chip stacks. They agreed to split the prize pool, each receiving $44,825. However, they decided to flip a coin to determine who would win the trophy, and then each would draw one of their last two bounties. Pinson won the coin flip and thus won the trophy. He drew his last bounty, which happened to be the second largest denomination—$25,000. Glantz, through elimination, knew that his only bounty was worth $10,000. Pinson won a total of $199,825, representing 40% of the entire prize pool. A good day's work. Want to transform Texas Hold'em from "understanding" to "winning"? If you want to learn more about Texas Hold'em, you can continue reading: The Origin of Texas Hold'em: Why Has It Become the Most Popular Poker Game in the World? Texas Hold'em Hand Rankings and Comparison Rules

David Stefani wins the Big, Big Baller heads-up match with a $ score of 169,220.

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David Stefanski won the Borghata Big, Big Series Event 6: $10,200 Big, Big Baller, taking home $169,220. He dominated heads-up to defeat Michael Wong and broke his career $3 million live winnings mark. After two full days of Big, Big Baller battles at the Borghata Hotel Casino & Spa, the 69 entrants for Event 6: $10,200 Big, Big Baller were reduced to just one. That player was David Stefanski, who emerged victorious from a field of high-stakes players to win his first title in the Borghata Big, Big Series. As if the trophy wasn't sweet enough, Stefanski also took home a lovely first-place prize of $169,220, the peak of the $690,000 prize pool generated during the event's registration period. This included $149,260 from the three-way prize deal, and $19,960, which had to be contested further. Michael Wong also performed admirably, falling in the final round and losing the heads-up match. He left with a very solid consolation prize of $127,750. Drew O'Connell was the other player involved in the three-way ICM deal. He took home $156,675 for his efforts. Although he was the first of the three to be eliminated, he received the largest share of the prize money because he was the chip leader at the time. Event 6: $10,200 Big, Big Baller Final Table Results Rank Player Country Prize Money 1st David Stephensky USA $169,220* 2nd Michael Wang USA $127,750* 3rd Drew O'Connell USA $156,675* 4th Matt Grantz USA $62,530 5th Clement Deng USA $46,295 6th Michael Galliano USA $38,785 7th Brock Wilson USA $33,380 8th Jeremy Becker USA $29,325 *Indicates a deal Champion Reaction Stephensky couldn't have come any closer in Event 2: $2,200 Big, Big Kick Off, entering heads-up play with a nearly 5:1 chip lead. However, things didn't go as planned, and he ultimately settled for second place. This time, he made sure the same thing wouldn't happen again. "The last heads-up experience was very different. I had a huge chip lead, but nothing just went right. Today against Mike (Wang), I got a really good hand. I was able to lock in the win." Stephenski completely dominated the match, chipping away at his opponent's chips until the trophy was his. That said, it wasn't just about him facing Wang. "I'm glad I went in with six and a half starting chips," Stephenski noted, referring to his seat at the start of Day Two. He successfully made the most of his chip stack, overtaking his opponent all the way up.

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Zhang Congya adds another major championship, marking a glorious year for women's poker.

$500k guarantees a tournament victory and includes three of the biggest mystery prizes.

David Stefani wins the Big, Big Baller heads-up match with a $ score of 169,220.

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