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

Racolta Chips Up With Trips

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

Krzysztof Chmielowski raised to 150,000 in the small blind with the {J-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and Andrei Racolta called with {7-Diamonds}{5-Spades} in the big blind. Both players checked the {K-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} flop and the {9-Hearts} turn saw Chmielowski bet 155,000, Racolta gave it some thought and raised to 400,000. Chmielowski had none of it and quickly sent his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Krzysztof Chmielowski pl
Krzysztof Chmielowski
7,700,000 -400,000
Andrei Racolta ro
Andrei Racolta
3,500,000 300,000

Tags: Krzysztof ChmielowskiAndrei Racolta

Madalin Cornel Petraru Eliminated in 6th Place (€15,700)

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Madalin Cornel Petraru
Madalin Cornel Petraru

Andrei Racolta raised to 125,000 from the cutoff and Madalin Cornel Petraru in the small blind asked to see his stack size before electing to three-bet all in for 1.4 million. Racolta snap-called and the cards were turned over.

Madalin Cornel Petraru: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}
Andrei Racolta: {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades}

The board of {K-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{2-Spades} left Petraru drawing dead and he was eliminated in 6th place for €15,700. Racolta jumped into a comfortable second place while Krzysztof Chmielowski is still far ahead.

Player Chips Progress
Krzysztof Chmielowski pl
Krzysztof Chmielowski
8,100,000 500,000
Andrei Racolta ro
Andrei Racolta
3,200,000 1,000,000
Madalin Cornel Petraru ro
Madalin Cornel Petraru
Busted

Tags: Andrei RacoltaMadalin Cornel Petraru

Chmielowski Gets Strachinescu to Fold

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

Krzysztof Chmielowski raised to 125,000 with the {A-Spades}{Q-Spades} in the hijack and Andrei Racolta called in the cutoff with the {7-Spades}{6-Spades}. Marian Strachinescu three-bet on the button to 380,000 with {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} and Chmielowski used one time bank chip and moved all in to force an instant fold by Racolta.

Strachinescu used one time bank itself and asked "do you have good cards this time? jack six?" before using a second time bank. "If I fold, are you going to show me? Polonia, Polonia," Strachinescu inquired and eventually folded his cards face up.

Player Chips Progress
Krzysztof Chmielowski pl
Krzysztof Chmielowski
7,600,000 800,000
Marian Strachinescu ro
Marian Strachinescu
1,100,000 -600,000

Tags: Andrei RacoltaKrzysztof ChmielowskiMarian Strachinescu

Strachinescu Doubles Through Chmielowski

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

Marian Strachinescu shoved for 765,000 with the {K-Spades}{k-Clubs} and Krzysztof Chmielowski in the small blind inquired about the stack size of Andrei Racolta in the big blind before shoving over the top with {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}.

There was an additional sweat on the board of {8-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{2-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}, but Strachinescu's rail had reason to celebrate after the kings held up, putting a small dent into the massive stack of Chmielowski.

Player Chips Progress
Krzysztof Chmielowski pl
Krzysztof Chmielowski
6,800,000 -800,000
Marian Strachinescu ro
Marian Strachinescu
1,700,000 600,000

Tags: Krzysztof ChmielowskiAndrei RacoltaMarian Strachinescu

Bogdan Diaconu Eliminated in 7th Place (€11,700)

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

Bogdan Diaconu shoved for 570,000 first to act and the action folded around to Krzysztof Chmielowski in the big blind. Marian Strachinescu joked "chip leader easy call" and Chmielowski indeed called.

Bogdan Diaconu: {A-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}
Krzysztof Chmielowski: {K-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

The board came {K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{K-Spades} and Diaconu was eliminated in 7th place for

Player Chips Progress
Krzysztof Chmielowski pl
Krzysztof Chmielowski
7,600,000 700,000
Bogdan Diaconu ro
Bogdan Diaconu
Busted

Tags: Bogdan DiaconuKrzysztof ChmielowskiMarian Strachinescu

Petraru Doubles Through Diaconu

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Madalin Cornel Petraru
Madalin Cornel Petraru

Bogdan Diaconu shoved for 1.3 million from the hijack and Madalin Cornel Petraru called out of the small blind for 705,000.

Madalin Cornel Petraru: {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}
Bogdan Diaconu: {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}

The board came {7-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{A-Clubs} and Petraru doubled…

Player Chips Progress
Madalin Cornel Petraru ro
Madalin Cornel Petraru
1,500,000 565,000
Bogdan Diaconu ro
Bogdan Diaconu
590,000 -810,000

Tags: Bogdan DiaconuMadalin Cornel Petraru

High Roller Update

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

The €2,200 High Roller single-entry is down to the last nine players and 888poker ambassador Sofia Lovgren turned into "The Terminator." After turning a set with pocket nines to crack the pocket aces of Adrian Sorel State, she busted State with {10-Hearts}{10-Spades} versus {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts}.

Marius-Alexandru Gicovanu fell to her when his {A-Hearts}{2-Clubs} was no match against Lovgren's {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts} had the far superior kicker, and Alexandru Waleed Gavrilut's {9-Spades}{9-Hearts} ended up second best to the {J-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} of Lovgren.

The birthday girl from yesterday enters the final table with 200,000, followed by Alexandru Papazian with 166,400. Narcis Gabriel Nedelcu (135,000) and Ana Marquez (115,000) follow next and other notables still in are Eduard Norel (90,000) and Danut Chisu (90,000). The top five spots get paid at least €5,250 while the winner takes home €26,080.

Tags: Alexandru PapazianAlexandru Waleed GavrilutAna MarquezDanut ChisuEduard NorelMarius-Alexandru GicovanuNarcis Gabriel NedelcuRadu DanutSofia Lovgren

Level: 25

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 10,000

Chmielowski Steady at the Top

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Madalin Cornel Petraru raised to 125,000 with the {K-Diamonds}{9-Spades} and Krzysztof Chmielowski three-bet to 350,000 out of the big blind with {A-Clubs}{9-Clubs} to force a fold. After losing just very few hands, the online qualifier from Poland moved back up to seven million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Krzysztof Chmielowski pl
Krzysztof Chmielowski
7,000,000 300,000
Madalin Cornel Petraru ro
Madalin Cornel Petraru
935,000 -55,000

Tags: Krzysztof ChmielowskiMadalin Cornel Petraru