Moschitta Triples Up
Level 8
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Within quick succession, Silviu Baltateanu, Pierre Tassin, Marius Pertea and Laurentiu Ioan Mihaila were sent to the rail.
Luca Moschitta was more fortunate and tripled up his short stack of 14,000. Moschitta's shove was called by big stack Florin Tatu and Dimitros Dimitrios, and the latter bet the 
flop to force a fold from Tatu.
Luca Moschitta: 
Dimitros Dimitrios: 
The 
turn and 
river were of no help for Dimitrios and Moschitta tripled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000 | -30,000 |
|
110,000 | 20,000 |
|
48,000 | 28,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
and on the 
turn, Saliba checked before calling a delayed continuation bet of 11,000. There was no betting action on the 
river and Saliba turned over 
, Racolta mucked 
.
for a pair and open-ended straight draw. The river brought two pair for her opponent and the 888poker ambassador was gone.
, Michael Teplitski was all in and at risk with the 
on the river to improve to a flush.
and Petleshkov failed to get there, joining the rail shortly after the registration for Day 1a officially closed.
flop, the fate of Danut Chisu and Ozgur Arda had been much different and both are currently struggling with fewer than the starting stack.
and former chip leader Florian Costache did so with the 
and Tatu paired his king on the flop to score a double knockout.
to crack the 
to vault into a commanding lead.