Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2017 888Live Rozvadov Festival
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 888Live Rozvadov Festival
Buy-in
€888
Entries
531
Level
31
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
25,000
Catalin Pop Wins 888Live Rozvadov Main Event for €80,000
Level 31
: 75,000/150,000, 25,000 ante
Catalin Pop took down the 888Live Rozvadov Main Event and won €80,000 after beating a total field of 531 players including a final table featuring some top professional players.
The Romanian came into the day fourth in chips but used a cool-headed mix of well timed bluffs, strategic play and an infectious smile to secure himself the five figure pay day. Also making the final table were the two Scottish players of Niall Farrell and Ludovic Geilich in third and fourth respectively, as well as the Russian Alexander Dmitrienko, who added another 7th place finish to the one he achieved in the 888Live Opening Event last week.
| Position | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalin Pop | Romania | €80,000 |
| 2 | Bernd Schonwalder | Germany | €50,023 |
| 3 | Niall Farrell | United Kingdom | €36,113 |
| 4 | Ludovic Geilich | United Kingdom | €29,184 |
| 5 | Lukasz Tomecki | Poland | €22,785 |
| 6 | Juan Carlos Vecino | Spain | €17,730 |
| 7 | Alexander Dmitrienko | Russia | €13,247 |
| 8 | Pavel Berka | Czech Republic | €9,619 |
The final day in a word? Rollercoaster.
Chips were flying back and forth between many players but primarily between Ludovic Geilich, Niall Farrell, and eventual winner Pop. It didn’t take long forPavel Berka to be the first elimination of the day. He came into the day seventh in chips and ran his sixes into Geilich’s sevens. With Geilich as chip-leader coming into the day, the Scottish pro wasn’t holding back. His adage was that in order to win chips, you have to bet chips, and he certainly lived up to that during the first two levels.
Geilich strengthened his lead eliminating Alexander Dmitrienko in 7th (€13,247) and Juan Carlos Vecino in 6th (€17,730), but as the final table went on things didn’t go his way. In one of the hands of the day Catalin Pop bluffed Geilich off of pocket sevens with just ace-high.
The next elimination was a big one, and it moved Geilich’s fellow Scot Niall Farrell to the top of the chip counts. After Lukasz Tomecki moved all in for 22 big blinds from the button, Farrell called from the big blind with Ace-seven, and it held to boost his stack of 5,000,000.
Geilich was next to go. Pop limped pocket queens on the button, and Geilich raised with Ace-five. Pop four-bet and Geilich five-bet all in. Pop snap-called and Geilich hit the rail in 4th (29,184).
With that Pop moved into the chip-lead, a position he wouldn’t relinquish between then and the end of the tournament. He cracked Niall Farrell’s Jacks with pocket fives and then held out against the figure of Bernd Schonwalder.
Schonwalder cast an impression of a very shrewd character throughout the entire of the final table. An online qualifier who came into the day last in chips he utilised a mix of clever tight play and well-timed shoves to ladder his way up past the establish pros to heads-up match up against Pop as well as a shot at the €80,000 first prize.
However, it wasn’t to be for Schonwalder, who got blown away by the enigmatic Romanian who played the final table with a smile on his face. He joked back and forth with Farrell and Geilich. He smiled with the diminuit Spaniard Juan Carlos Vecino seated to his immediate right. Catalin Pop entered the Opening Event of the 888Live Festival, but failed to cash. As is the case with most things in life, it seemed that Pop saved the best till last.
Bernd Schönwälder Eliminated in 2nd Place (€50,023)
Level 31
: 75,000/150,000, 25,000 ante
Bernd Schönwälder moved all in from the button for his remaining chips, and Catalin Pop called from the big blind.
Pop: 
Schönwälder: 
Schönwälder was behind, but picked up some immediate outs on a 
flop. The turn was the 
and the river the 
meaning that Schönwälder was eliminated in 2nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,990,000 | 2,515,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 31
Blinds: 75,000/150,000
Ante: 25,000
Short Break
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 15,000 ante
Players are going on a short break before the start of play
Niall Farrell Eliminated in 3rd Place (€36,113)
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 15,000 ante
Catalin Pop raised to 360,000 from the small blind with 
. Niall Farrell was in the big blind with 
and he three-bet to 925,000.
Pop took one glance at Farrell's stack and moved all in and Farrell snap-called.
Farrell looked like he would be taking a strangle-hold on proceedings three-handed, as Pop would be left with 1,400,000 in chips if Farrell held.
The flop came 
giving Pop the lead. The turn was the 
opening the door to a flush which would mean both players chopped the hand, but the river was the 
and Farrell was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,000,000 | 10,900,000 |
|
Busted |
The Final Three
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 15,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,630,000 | 330,000 |
|
|
4,785,000 | -115,000 |
|
|
3,490,000 | 790,000 |
Ludovic Geilich Eliminated in 4th Place (€29,184)
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 15,000 ante
Catalin Pop limped with 
from the button. Ludovic Geilich raised to 385,000 from the small blind with 
.
Pop then four-bet to 825,000. Geilich moved all in and Pop called.
The board ran out: 
and Geilich hit the rail in 4th place.
Made a huge mistake pretty annoyed with myself #PuntedItAff #GeeGee #888Live #ThankYouEveryoneForTheRailAndSupport #PleaseShipItFiraldo ###
— Ludovic Geilich (@Gr4vyBo4t)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,300,000 | 3,200,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 30
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 20,000
Niall Farrell Doubles Through Catalin Pop
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 15,000 ante
Catalin Pop opened with and Niall Farrell three-bet all in with 
. Pop called.
The board came 
and Farrell doubled up. The stacks at this final table continue to swing about, and they are continuing to level out among the three players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,550,000 | -2,955,000 |
|
|
4,290,000 | 1,955,000 |