Pictures of the Final Table
2018 888poker LIVE Festival Bucharest
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 888poker LIVE Festival Bucharest
Buy-in
€888
Prize Pool
€360,192
Entries
469
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Radovanovic and Petraru Meet Twice
Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Madalin Cornel Petraru raised to 110,000 with the 
first to act and Sinisa Radovanovic called with 
from one seat over. The flop fell 
and Petraru bet 115,000, Radovanovic folded.
In the next hand radovanovic raised to 110,000 with 
from under the gun and Petraru in the big blind defended the 
. On the 
flop, both players checked and the 
fell on the turn. Petraru checked and
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000 | -100,000 |
|
990,000 | -110,000 |
One for Racolta
Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Krzysztof Chmielowski raised to 105,000 with the 
and Andrei Racolta in the big blind defended the 
. On the 
flop, Racolta checked and called a bet of 110,000 before the 
turn then saw Racolta bet and Chmielowski quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,700,000 | 200,000 |
|
1,600,000 | 100,000 |
Chop It Up
Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Andrei Racolta raised to 120,000 with 
and Marian Strachinescu shoved for 1.1 million with the 
, racolta called. The 
board brought no surprise and they chopped it up.
Radovanovic Doubles Through Strachinescu
Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Marian Strachinescu opened to 125,000 with the 
and Krzysztof Chmielowski three-bet to 375,000 with the in the small blind. Bogdan Diaconu had 
in the big blind and folded.
Strachinescu then raised to 125,000 first to at with the 
and Sinisa Radovanovic three-bet all in from the hijack for 840,000 with the 
. After having taken a few hits to his stack recently, Strachinescu used one time bank extension before calling it off.
The board came 
and the 888poker online qualifier Radovanovic doubled up and into second place, while Chmielowski has more than three times as many chips at the top of the leader board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,500,000 | 300,000 |
|
|
1,800,000 | 1,065,000 |
|
1,100,000 | -1,000,000 |
Chmielowski Keeps Flopping Best
Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Marian Strachinescu raised to 125,000 with the 
in the hijack and Krzysztof Chmielowski called in the big blind with 
. On the 
flop, the chip leader from Poland checked and called a bet of 125,000. The 
turn and 
river brought no action and Chmielowski dragged in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,200,000 | 200,000 |
|
|
2,100,000 | -400,000 |
Chmielowski Doing his Chip Leader Duties
Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Krzysztof Chmielowski faced a raise to 100,000 by Catalin Pop, who had the in the hijack, and three-bet to 260,000 with 
in the cutoff. Pop elected to fold and dropped to under one million in chips.
Chmielowski then raised to 110,000 with the 
and Andrei Racolta called on the button with 
. Both players checked the 
flop and the 
turn brought a bet of the chip leader to claim the pot with the worse hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,000,000 | 500,000 |
|
|
1,500,000 | -200,000 |
|
995,000 | -105,000 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Break Of the Last Seven
Level 23
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
There was no further action in the last hands of the level and the players headed into a 15-minute break with Krzysztof Chmielowski holding a comfortable lead over the other six finalists.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,500,000 | 200,000 |
|
|
2,500,000 | |
|
|
1,700,000 | |
|
1,400,000 | -400,000 |
|
|
1,100,000 | |
|
|
1,100,000 | |
|
|
735,000 | -265,000 |
Bad Runout for Pop
Level 23
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
In a battle of the blinds, Catalin Pop limped in with the and Krzysztof Chmielowski checked the . Pop bet 45,000 on the flop and Chmielowski called before doing so again on the turn for 95,000. The river paired the board and both players checked to see Pop drop down even further.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,300,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
1,100,000 | -200,000 |