Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
2018 Unibet Open Bucharest
€2,200 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Unibet Open Bucharest
Buy-in
€2,000
Entries
63
Level
21
Blinds
10,000 / 25,000
Ante
25,000
Ohayon Frustrates Nedelcu
Level 4
: 200/400, 400 ante
Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu opened to 900 from early position before he called a three-bet to 3,100 from Guy Ohayon from the button.
Nedelcu check-called a bet of 3,600 after the flop came 
. He checked again after the 
appeared on the turn. Ohayon fired out a big bet of 15,300. Nedelcu slammed his hand on the table in what appeared to be frustration and the dealer sent the pot over to Ohayon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000 | |
|
21,000 |
Day Moving Fast
Level 4
: 200/400, 400 ante
Level 5 has just begun with blinds at 300/600 with a big blind ante of 600. This will be the second to last level of the day as players will bag chips after six blind levels.
Thus far, only three players have been eliminated from the field. Of the three, only United Kingdom's Paul Dunne did not opt at least as of yet to reenter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Sinclair Ready for Action
Level 4
: 200/400, 400 ante
United Kingdom's Jack Sinclair joined the field is looking to add to his more than $2 million in live tournament cashes, which includes an eighth place finish in the 2017 WSOP Main Event for $1.2 million.
He already added to his stack and has around 33,000 in chips. He just took a small pot off of Elie Farah in blind versus blind action. Sinclair limped from the small blind before he called a raise from Farah of 1,400.
Both players checked the 
flop before Sinclair decided to fire an overbet of 4,000 after the 
appeared on the turn. Farah went into the tank for a minute before he folded.
Meanwhile, Unibet Poker Ambassador Ian Simpson appears to be in the early chip lead with a stack of 60,000. Fellow ambassador Dara O'Kearney has gotten some of his chips back and is at 32,000 in chips.
Espen Uhlen Jorstad, who shared with PokerNews on break that things weren't going well lost a couple of small pots after the break and is at 15,000 in chips. Also short on chips at the same table as Jorstad is Mihai Gabriel Niste with 18,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
||
|
32,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
||
|
18,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
15,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
||
Estonian Jesus Joins the Fun
Level 4
: 200/400, 400 ante
Unibet Poker Ambassador Rauno "Estonian Jesus" Tahvonen was just eliminated from the two-day €330 Unibet DSO Cup that began earlier today.
"The event was good fun but didn't go my way," Tahvonen shared with PokerNews.
Tahvonen took a quick break before heading back into battle on the felt, this time in the High Roller.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Break Time
Level 3
: 150/300, 300 ante
The tournament is now on a 15-minute break before action resumes for the final three levels of the day. The field has grown to 49 entrants with 47 players remaining.
We will update the players with the biggest stacks and other notable players at the break.
Pot After Pot For Simpson
Level 3
: 150/300, 300 ante
Ian Simpson has effectively doubled his starting stack of 30,000 to 59,000. He did so without winning any huge hands and just steadily building up.
In a hand just before the break, three-bet Elie Farah from 800 to 3,000 and got a call from his opponent.
Both players checked the 
flop. Farah checked again after the 
appeared on the turn before Simpson bet 2,500. That was enough to chase Farah out of the pot and the dealer sent more chips Simpson's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
59,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Field Grows Some More
Level 3
: 150/300, 300 ante
The field is now at 46 entrants with 44 players still in their seats. We earlier mentioned that Dan Chisu, the tournament's first elimination, quickly reentered.
It is no surprise that the other elimination, last year's Unibet Open Main Event winner Marius Pertea, also decided to pop back into the field during the second blind level.
Also in the field is Romania's Mihai Gabriel Niste, who is looking to add to his more than $800,000 in live tournament cashes tracked by The Hendon Mob.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 300