Get Ready for Day 1b of the 888Live Poker Festival Bucharest €888 Main Event
The first flight of the 2018 888Live Poker Festival Bucharest €888 Main Event with a guaranteed prize pool of €288,000 attracted a field of 110 entries and thus far, 27 players advanced to Day 2 at the stunning JW Marriott Grand Hotel Bucharest in the heart of the Romanian capital. A bigger field is expected in the second regular starting day that kicks off at 1 p.m. local time and last night's satellite generated another 20 entries.
Day 1b kicks off at 1 p.m. local time in the Grand Ballroom and a total of 11 levels of 45 minutes each are scheduled for today with a break every three levels. After the end of level six, a 60-minute dinner break takes place and the registration and unlimited re-entry period closes with the start of level eight.
All players receive a total of 30,000 in chips and the event features a 30 second shot clock after which the hand is declared dead. Upon taking a seat, all participants receive two additional time bank chips of 60 seconds each.
Local player Nicolae Sorin Son topped the counts with 203,000 but other big names such as Catalin Pop (185,500), Luca Moschitta (185,000), Alexandru Papazian (162,000), and 888poker ambassador Vivian Saliba 146,500 were hot on his heels. Saliba's team mates Natalie Hof and Sofia Lovgren will be representing 888poker at the tables today.
Day 1 Level Structure
| Level | Small blind | Big blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 | 100 | 0 |
| 2 | 100 | 200 | 25 |
| 3 | 150 | 300 | 25 |
| 4 | 200 | 400 | 50 |
| 5 | 300 | 600 | 75 |
| 6 | 400 | 800 | 100 |
| 7 | 500 | 1,000 | 100 |
| 8 | 600 | 1,200 | 200 |
| 9 | 800 | 1,600 | 200 |
| 10 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 300 |
| 11 | 1,200 | 2,400 | 400 |
Special 888poker promotions during the festival:
· The winner of the ladies event will also win an 888poker LIVE package to 888poker live Barcelona.
· The winner of the Main Event will also win a Crazy 8’s package for the 2018 World Series of Poker.
· There will be a raffle amongst all the participants in the Main Event to win an iPhone X.
The €50+10 Ladies Event is scheduled to kick off at 3 p.m. local time with levels of 20 minutes, a starting stack of 10,000 and the registration and re-entry period remains open for the first six levels.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to cover all the action. Once Day 1b has wrapped up around 11 p.m. local time, the third and final flight will get underway immediately after. The Turbo Day 1c will feature levels of 22 minutes each and a brief summary and the chip counts will be provided before the start of Day 2.
was checked to Cinca, who bet 900 and both called. On the 
turn it was once again Cinca that bet 4,200 and Sabau as well as Tavoularis called.
river and Tavoularis called, Cinca folded. Sabau showed 
for a full house, but Tavoularis had the better full in 
. "Nice hand man, but I did most of the work," Cinca joked.
, Mihai Manole had checked out of the small blind and faced a bet of 1,350 and a call by Ahmed Fadhel in the cutoff. Manole check-raised to 4,100 and the initial bettor folded, Fadhel called. The 
appeared on the turn and a bet of 3,100 won the pot for Manole without further resistance.
flop, action checked to Murariu and he bet 2,500. Only Hof called and the 
for 20,000. Levente Pal was his sole remaining opponent and moved all in for another 5,000 on top, which Monteleone called.
for two pair, queens and jacks. Monteleone mucked his cards to heavily that the 
, €230 Opening Event runner-up Eduard Norel bet and faced a raise to 10,000 by Andrei Gabriel Roscan. Norel moved all in for 23,050 and Roscan snap-called.
turn improved Roscan and the remained in the lead after the blank 
river to eliminate an almost even-stacked Norel.
. Jarvisalo had flopped the straight with 
and dodged the flush draw thanks to a blank 
versus 
and [AdKs[ respectively and the board ran out 
of Marius Asanache and the board came 
for 59,300 as second biggest stack in the hand.
and Lovgren missed out on her flush draw and chop outs to hit the rail, while Negrii joined the big stacks.
. Right after he got his stack in from the small blind with the 
and Strachinescu paired his ace to bust Grimaldi. Silviu Baltateanu, who had been back up to 70,000 after he was left with 3,500 earlier, has also been eliminated.
