2018 888poker LIVE Festival Bucharest

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2018 888poker LIVE Festival Bucharest

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
€71,042
Event Info
Buy-in
€888
Prize Pool
€360,192
Entries
469
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Catalin Pop Eliminated in 5th Place (€20,500)

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Catalin Pop
Catalin Pop

Catalin Pop shoved for 795,000 from the cutoff and Andrei Racolta reshoved in the small blind to isolate successfully.

Catalin Pop: {A-Spades}{8-Diamonds}
Andrei Racolta: {A-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

The board came {Q-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{K-Spades}{J-Clubs} and Pop's bid to win a second 888pokerLIVE Main Event came to an end in 5th place for €20,500.

Player Chips Progress
Andrei Racolta ro
Andrei Racolta
4,200,000 1,400,000
Catalin Pop ro
Catalin Pop
Busted

Tags: Andrei RacoltaCatalin Pop

Strachinescu Takes from Chmielowski

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Krzysztof Chmielowski raised to 175,000 with the {K-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} on the button and Marian Strachinescu called in the big blind with {4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}. The {10-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{5-Spades} flop was checked and the {A-Clubs} turn brought a bet of 225,000 by Strachinescu, Chmielowski called. The {A-Spades} river was checked again and the fours were good enough to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Krzysztof Chmielowski pl
Krzysztof Chmielowski
6,700,000 -800,000
Marian Strachinescu ro
Marian Strachinescu
2,100,000 1,000,000

Tags: Krzysztof ChmielowskiMarian Strachinescu

Chmielowski Takes it on the Turn

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Krzysztof Chmielowski raised to 225,000 with the {K-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} in the small blind and Andrei Racolta called with {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} in the big blind. Both players checked the {9-Clubs}{7-Spades}{4-Spades} flop and the {Q-Diamonds} turn paired up Chmielowski, who bet 350,000. Racolta gave it some thought but elected to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Krzysztof Chmielowski pl
Krzysztof Chmielowski
7,500,000 300,000
Andrei Racolta ro
Andrei Racolta
2,800,000 -500,000

Tags: Andrei RacoltaKrzysztof Chmielowski

Tight Stack Sizes at the Bottom

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Marian Strachinescu raised on the button to 180,000 with the {Q-Diamonds}{J-Spades} and Sinisa Radovanovic in the small blind shoved for 1.1 million in with the {Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. Strachinescu folded and Strachinescu dropped to the bottom spot of the three short stacks, as Catalin Pop had previously jammed up his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Sinisa Radovanovic rs
Sinisa Radovanovic
1,400,000 200,000
Catalin Pop ro
Catalin Pop
1,200,000 215,000
Marian Strachinescu ro
Marian Strachinescu
1,100,000 -400,000

Tags: Catalin PopMarian StrachinescuSinisa Radovanovic

Level: 26

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

Good Flop for Strachinescu

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Krzysztof Chmielowski raised to 125,000 with the {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} and Marian Strachinescu called with the {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs} on the button. The flop fell {K-Spades}{8-Spades}{8-Diamonds} and Chmielowski continued for 130,000, and Strachinescu called.

On the {9-Hearts} turn, Chmielowski checked and folded to a bet of 250,000.

Player Chips Progress
Krzysztof Chmielowski pl
Krzysztof Chmielowski
7,500,000 -200,000
Marian Strachinescu ro
Marian Strachinescu
1,590,000 490,000

Tags: Krzysztof ChmielowskiMarian Strachinescu