€2,200 High Roller
Day 2 Started
2017 PokerStars Festival Bucharest
€2,200 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Festival Bucharest
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€215,340
Entries
111
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
5,000
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Uri Gilboa | 13300 | Israel |
| 1 | 3 | Tom Givony | 109400 | Israel |
| 1 | 4 | Robert Stefan Mihai | 74000 | Romania |
| 1 | 5 | Mihai Manole | 37300 | Romania |
| 1 | 6 | Dawid Borkowski | 55900 | Poland |
| 1 | 7 | Pasquale Grimaldi | 14900 | Italy |
| 1 | 8 | Neculai Macovei | 23000 | Romania |
| 2 | 2 | Andrei Alecu | 43600 | Romania |
| 2 | 3 | Carmelo Graziano | 55400 | Italy |
| 2 | 4 | Jacques Torbey | 31100 | Lebanon |
| 2 | 5 | Paul Esau | 37200 | Germany |
| 2 | 6 | Constantin Cosmin Calea | 63500 | Romania |
| 2 | 7 | Esa Karttunen | 39900 | Finland |
| 2 | 8 | Cosmin Voinea | 38500 | Romania |
| 3 | 2 | Daniel Braude | 95000 | Israel |
| 3 | 3 | Yamin Kfir | 45500 | Israel |
| 3 | 4 | Cristinel Dumitru | 52300 | Romania |
| 3 | 5 | Vasile Valentin Anghel | 8400 | Romania |
| 3 | 6 | Daniel Portiansky | 19400 | Israel |
| 3 | 7 | Lawrence Bayley | 79000 | UK |
| 3 | 8 | Cristinel Sandu | 32600 | Romania |
| 4 | 1 | Michael Koran | 31800 | Switzerland |
| 4 | 2 | Niko Koop | 60500 | Germany |
| 4 | 3 | Alexandru Cinca | 38000 | Romania |
| 4 | 4 | Ersoy Cagdas | 70700 | Turkey |
| 4 | 5 | Alexandru Papazian | 45000 | Romania |
| 4 | 6 | Ionut Flavius Voinea | 33400 | Romania |
| 4 | 7 | Peter Zolnai | 22600 | Slovakia |
| 4 | 8 | Andreas Vlachos | 57300 | Greece |
| 5 | 2 | Or Aire Patreanu | 43900 | Israel |
| 5 | 3 | Andrei Gabriel Roscan | 48800 | Romania |
| 5 | 4 | Adam Shriki | 44000 | Israel |
| 5 | 5 | Andrei Razvan Frujina | 20900 | Romania |
| 5 | 6 | Ezequiel Lebed | 85700 | Argentina |
| 5 | 7 | Andreas Klatt | 17900 | Germany |
| 5 | 8 | Robert Florin Grigore | 5300 | Romania |
| 6 | 2 | Marius Asanache | 50500 | Romania |
| 6 | 3 | Ion Stoian | 81000 | Romania |
| 6 | 4 | Adrian Eugen Constantin | 44000 | Romania |
| 6 | 5 | Claudiu Rajnoveanu | 33200 | Romania |
| 6 | 6 | Serbu Elisar | 35300 | Romania |
| 6 | 7 | Eduard Gabriel Norel | 23200 | Romania |
| 6 | 8 | Konstantinos Stratopoulos | 60400 | Greece |
| 7 | 2 | Salvatore Camarda | 49900 | Italy |
| 7 | 3 | Evyatar Cohen | 14700 | Israel |
| 7 | 4 | Eyal Eshkar | 24800 | Israel |
| 7 | 5 | Mihai Stinca | 87500 | Romania |
| 7 | 6 | Miroslav Forman | 15200 | Czech Republic |
| 7 | 7 | Gregory Telman | 22600 | Israel |
| 7 | 8 | Raul Cuc | 21900 | Germany |
| 8 | 2 | Elie Ghazal | 12200 | Lebanon |
| 8 | 3 | Roi Koko | 53800 | Israel |
| 8 | 4 | Maan El Hachem | 42100 | Lebanon |
| 8 | 5 | Georges Yazbeck | 130800 | Lebanon |
| 8 | 6 | Daniel Patrick Tighe | 50000 | Ireland |
| 8 | 7 | Marc Radgen | 54600 | Germany |
| 8 | 8 | Viliyan Georgiev | 36600 | Bulgaria |
The Final Day of the €2,200 PokerStars Festival Bucharest High Roller Starts At 2 p.m.
Welcome to the second and final day of the €2,200 PokerStars Festival Bucharest High Roller Re-entry. At 2 p.m. local time, cards will be in the air for what's sure is going to be a long day, as a field of at least 57 players will be whittled down to one champion.
Late registration is open up until the start of Day 2, and it's expected that several players will jump in at the last possible time to take a shot at the already substantial prize pool. These ultra-late registrants will receive a fresh stack of 25 big blinds to work with.
Leading the way is Georges Yazbeck from Lebanon with 130,800 in chips. The 52-year old dentist is a fixture on the European circuit, and has been racking up cashes all over the globe since 2008. His biggest cash to date came during EPT5 Monte Carlo, where he conquered a €2,000 side event and walked away €201,000 richer.
Notable players who made it through to Day 2 included Niko Koop (60,500), Marc Radgen (54,600), Alexandru Papazian (45,000), Mihai Manole (37,300), Daniel Portiansky (19,400), Andreas Klatt (17,900), Miroslav Forman (15,200), and Pasquale Grimaldi (14,900).
Levels will be 40-minutes for the remainder of the tournament, and a winner will not be expected before midnight. The blinds will start at 500/1,000 with a running ante of 100. The total prize pool and payouts will be announced shortly after the start of the day, when late registration has closed.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor from start to finish to provide updates from the JW Marriot Grand Hotel in Bucharest, so make sure to check back regularly to find out who will be the next PokerStars Festival High Roller champion. The €2,200 High Roller will be running side-by-side with the Main Event, which starts at 1 p.m. today. For coverage of the Main Event, click here.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Late Registrations; Zolnai out
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Ten players have opted to jump in at the start of the day, including Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker. They'll each receive 25,000 in chips to work it. Meanwhile, Peter Zolnai has become the first casualty of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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Papazian Slips
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Romania's first bracelet winner and all-time money leader Alexandru Papazian has slipped a bit at the start of the day and was down to 20 big blinds. He open-shoved those from the cutoff and picked up the blinds and antes in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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23,000
-22,000
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-22,000 |
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Not Much Enjoyment for Shabalin
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Russia's online star Vladimir "shabalinvlad" Shabalin jumped in at the start of Day 2 but already lost his 25 big blinds in the first fifteen minutes. He was joined on the rail by Vasile Valentin Anghel and Robert Florin Grigore.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Gilboa Busts A Second Time
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
After Shalev Halfa opened with a raise to 2,200, Uri Gilboa shoved for 15,000. Back on Halfa, the Israeli immediately called to put his countryman at risk.
Shalev Halfa: 
Uri Gilboa: 
No help for Gilboa on 
and he came up short on his second bullet as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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47,000
22,000
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22,000 |
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Busted | |
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Recent Eliminations
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Papazian Bluffs It Off
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Alexandru Papazian hasn't been able to come back from his early slump and was found on the rail.
"I bluffed it off," he laughed when PokerNews asked him about the details.
According to Papazian, he limped in with 
from the hijack with a stack of 26,000, and Hans Wenzelburger completed from the small blind. On an 
flop with two spades, Papazian bet 2,000 with Wenzelburger as the only caller. Papazian bet 6,000 on the 
turn and went all in on the 
river.
Wenzelburger called both times with 
to knock out the EPT12 Monte Carlo €25,000 High Roller winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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Busted | |
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