Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
2018 888poker LIVE Festival Bucharest
Main Event
Day: 1a
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
Casualties; Re-Entries and a New Ambassador in Action
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Nick Alexandru Constantin, Philip Poppinghaus, Adrian Corneliu Lazar, Silviu Baltateanu and Alin Petrisor Pandilica were all eliminated and the latter two opted to re-enter quickly after departing on their first bullet. They got seated on a new table that now also includes 888poker ambassador Natalie Hof.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
Cimpeanu Hits Worst Card in the Deck
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Ion Silviu Scobai bet the 
turn and called the shove of table neighbor Cosmin Cimpeanu in a heart beat. Cimpeanu turned over 
for a full house, but the two outer to improve his hand was in fact the worst card in the deck as Scobai had flopped a full house with 
.
Only the case four could save Cimpeanu, yet a blank 
river was of no help.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
Busted |
Toma Builds Stack
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
On the river of a completed board of 
, Dan Petrea bet 2,200 and was called by Razvan Constantin Gherghe. Nicolae Toma raised it up to 16,000 and that forced two quick folds.
One hand later, Gherghe raised it up to 1,400 and was called four ways. The flop fell 
and Gherghe bet 5,000 with some 6,000 behind. That was enough to force folds all around and Gherghe more than made up for the chips he had just lost.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
46,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
|
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Mihart Jams Up Stack; Pandilica Joins
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
With the turn reading 
, Gheorghe Akos Burlacu in the under-the-gun position and Ionut Catalin Mihart in the small blind both invested 3,400 each to see the 
river complete the board. Mihart immediately moved all in and Burlacu was sent into the think tank. He elected to use one time bank extension to get an additional 60 seconds to consider his options with some 10,750 chips behind, and ultimately sent his cards into the muck.
At the same time one table over, Florin Pandilica took a seat with a fresh stack of 30,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Assorted Chip Counts for Level 4
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Federico Petruzzelli, Pasquale Grimaldi and Silviu Baltateanu are among the new faces in the field. Grimaldi was eliminated on Day 2 of the €230 Opening Event and jumped right into the action of the €888 Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
79,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
||
|
72,000 | |
|
|
||
|
60,525
60,525
|
60,525 |
|
56,600
3,600
|
3,600 |
|
54,875
8,875
|
8,875 |
|
51,825 | |
|
|
45,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
44,300
-3,700
|
-3,700 |
|
43,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
42,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
40,250
250
|
250 |
|
|
||
|
40,150
150
|
150 |
|
39,800
9,800
|
9,800 |
|
35,400
5,400
|
5,400 |
|
34,650 | |
|
|
32,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
||
|
31,225
1,725
|
1,725 |
|
||
|
30,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
24,500 | |
|
|
20,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
First Break on Day 1a
Level 3
: 150/300, 25 ante
According to the screens there are 75 players out of 85 entries remaining and they have been sent into their first 15-minute break of the day.
Saliba Busts Bobu
Level 3
: 150/300, 25 ante
At the very end of the third level a big pot was brewing over on table three and 888poker ambassador Vivian Saliba was involved in the action. On the heads-up turn of 
, Alexandru Cristian Bobu checked and subsequently check-raised from 7,000 to 17,000 and Saliba called on the button.
The 
river completed the board and Bobu checked once more, Saliba moved all in and the Romanian called. Saliba turned over 
for the nut flush and Bobu sent his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
Bucur Takes from Kolenbrener
Level 3
: 150/300, 25 ante
On the turn of a board , Stefan Bucur checked and called a bet of 3,400 by Boaz Kolenbrener before the 
on the river was checked by both players. Kolenbrener tabled 
for a pair of fours only and Bucur had that beat with 
for a flush with the eight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
40,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |