Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2018 Unibet Open Bucharest
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Unibet Open Bucharest
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€592,000
Entries
592
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Turgeman Bags Chiplead on Day 1a; Zainescu and Moolhuizen Through With a Big Stack
Level 11
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Yaron Turgeman is the chip leader after Day 1a of the 2018 Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event, bagging 302,500 chips after 11 one-hour levels of play. With that, he’s the only player to have over 300,000 in chips. Turgeman is followed by Carmen Zainescu (240,500) and Mateusz Moolhuizen (212,000).
The tournament started with just 37 players in their seats but all the tables filled up during the first two levels of the day. The total number of players on Day 1a is set at 149 players. At the end of the day, there were just 32 players who bagged a stack for Day 2 and it was Turgeman who bagged the biggest. Zainescu and Moolhuizen complete the top three of biggest stacks to survive Day 1a. Players who busted the tournament today have the opportunity to reenter the tournament on Day 1c, August 3, 8 p.m. local time.
Some of the notable players that entered Day 1a but weren’t able to make Day 2 include Unibet Ambassadors Sophia White and Daiva Byrne, Unibet.fr Pro Quentin Lecomte, Dehlia de Jong, and Gerrit van Lancker. Sander van Wesemael started the day off really well and he was the chip leader of the tournament after two levels of play, but he wasn’t able to maintain his stack and he busted out a couple of levels later.
Zainescu is a familiar face at Unibet Open Bucharest. She won the Ladies Event in December of 2017 after she beat De Jong heads-up. Zainescu and De Jong were reunited today as they played on the same table for a portion of the day. They weren't the only ladies in the tournament. Unibet Open tournaments attract quite a lot of women and today they even had Molly Bloom in the building, of the movie "Molly's Game".
Unibet Open regular Moolhuizen was able to make Day 2 of the Main Event with the third biggest stack so far. Moolhuizen had been grinding steady throughout the entire day and he finished with 212,000. Emelie Svenningsson had the chip lead at one point in the tournament, playing a stack of over 200,000, but she wasn’t able to end the day on a high note. She ended up bagging a below average stack of 75,500 when the day was over. Marius Gicovanu (207,500), Adrian Ionescu (205,000) and Ciprian Voican (202,000) are the only other players with stacks over 200,000.
The PokerNews team will be here in Bucharest to report on the tournament from start to finish. Day 1b will kick-off Friday, August 3 at 11 a.m. local time and for the players that have busted today’s Day 1a or tomorrow’s Day 1b, there’s still a chance to make Day 2 through the turbo Day 1c, with 20-minute levels instead of 60-minute levels. The players that will make Day 2 will combine on Saturday, August 4 and they’ll play to a winner on August 5.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 11
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
302,500
97,500
|
97,500 |
|
||
|
240,500
204,500
|
204,500 |
|
212,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
207,500
37,500
|
37,500 |
|
205,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
202,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
193,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
176,500
129,500
|
129,500 |
|
176,000
176,000
|
176,000 |
|
159,500
-500
|
-500 |
|
|
158,500 | |
|
|
158,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
148,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
|
141,500
141,500
|
141,500 |
|
139,500
85,500
|
85,500 |
|
|
132,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
|
|
131,500
131,500
|
131,500 |
|
130,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
||
|
118,500 | |
|
|
111,500
111,500
|
111,500 |
|
|
109,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
93,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
81,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
Three More Hands
Level 11
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
The floor staff just announced that they will play three more hands before the players start bagging and tagging.
Zavorotnijs Chips Up
Level 11
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs raised from the button to 5,500 and Alexandru-Robert Cezarescu three-bet from the big blind to 13,700. Zavarotnijs called and they went to the flop.
The flop came down 
and Cezarescu continued with a bet of 9,000. Zavarotnijs called the bet and the turn was the 
. When Cezarescu checked to Zavarotnijs, he moved all in for his last 28,000. Cezarescu folded and Zavarotnijs picked up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
156,000 | |
|
|
73,000
-97,000
|
-97,000 |
|
|
||
Recent Eliminations
Level 11
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Dragomir Sends Koko Home
Level 11
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Stefan Razvan Dragomir had 5,000 in front of him and two seats over to the left there was an all-in triangle in front of Yonatan Koko. The action was on Emelie Svenningsson and she folded. Dragomir called and they opened up their hands.
Stefan Razvan Dragomir: 
Yonatan Koko: 
Koko was the favorite on the moment the chips went to the middle, but not anymore when the dealer dealt the 
flop. The turn was the 
and the river the 
to end it all for Koko.
Emelie Svenningsson claimed to have folded 
after the hand was done.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
174,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
Busted |
Voican Takes it Down With Ace High
Level 11
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Ciprian Voican raised from the button to 5,200 and small blind Vitalijs Zavorotnijs called. Big blind Dehlia de Jong folded and they went heads-up to the flop.
The flop came down 
and both players checked to see the turn card.
The turn was the and Zavorotnijs lead out with a bet of 4,500. Voican raised to 16,500 and Zavorotnijs went deep into the tank. After about three minutes he called.
The river card was the and both players checked quickly. Zavorotnijs opened up 
for a missed open-ended straight draw. and Voican took down the pot when he showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
172,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
170,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Gicovanu Makes Bogdan Fold
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Marius Gicovanu raised from the cutoff to 5,000 and the big blind, Simon Bogdan, defended.
The flop was 
and Bogdan opted for the lead as he put in a bet of 6,500. Gicovanu called to see the turn card.
The dealer burnt and turned the 
and Bogdan checked this time. Gicovanu lifted up a big stack of red 5,000 chips and dropped them over the line. The 60,000 he put in wasn't enough to put Bogdan all-in, but it definitely made something clear to him.
Bogdan folded his hand with a sigh and Gicovanu raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
|
75,000 |