Level: 11
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
2018 888poker LIVE Festival Bucharest
Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Fest's Misery is Complete
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
On a three-way flop of 
, Hans Fest faced a bet of 8,000 by Dan Murariu and moved all in for 31,700 to pick up a quick call by Murariu, while the third player in the hand folded.
Hans Fest: 
Dan Murariu: 
The 
turn and 
river were of no help and Fest was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000 | 65,000 |
|
Busted |
Costly Mistake for Fest
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
In a battle button versus small blind, Hans Fest bet and called the check-raise all in of Alin Cucu for 37,300 on a flop of 
. Once the cards were tabled, there were quite a few surprised faces.
Alin Cucu: 
Hans Fest: 
The 
turn and river changed nothing whatsoever and Cucu said "so you didn't believe me huh?" while a stunned Fest sat there without a word, having lost more than half of his stack as a result.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
130,000 | 130,000 |
|
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
80,000 | |
|
|
45,000 | -55,000 |
Grimaldi Busts In Two Hands
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
In a battle of the blinds Pasquale Grimaldi had just doubled to 50,000 after his 
flushed an opponent with 
. Right after he got his stack in from the small blind with the 
and Marian Strachinescu called with the 
and slightly superior stack.
The board came 
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 | 115,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
The Fun for Aarts Stops Right Here
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Two open seats on the table of Jeroen Aarts were quickly filled by massive stacks and the Dutchman, who had dropped down all the way to just 44,000, is suddenly surrounded by piles of chips in every direction. One advantage seems quite obvious, it will be rather easy for Aarts to get a chance at a double and regain the previous healthy stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000 | -32,000 |
|
210,000 | -22,000 |
|
190,000 | 33,000 |
|
185,000 | -6,500 |
|
|
130,000 | 130,000 |
|
45,000 | -30,000 |
Rauta Folds and Shows
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Dorin Rauta raised to 5,500 and Daniel Radulescu three-bet to 16,000 from two seats over, which Rauta called. On a flop of 
, Rauta checked and Radulescu's bet of 13,000 did the trick to force a quick fold, Rauta flashed his 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000 | 30,600 |
|
68,000 | 10,000 |
Purice Back to Bulding Stack
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
On the three-way flop of 
, Danut Chisu in the big blind and Tudor Purice in early position checked and Denis Ioan Poteras bet 9,000, which only Purice called. The n turn was checked and Purice also checked the river. Poteras bet 19,000 and Purice eventually called.
Poteras turned over 
for a pair of jacks and Purice won the pot with 
. The same table saw Alexandru Cinca depart prior, and further casualties are listed below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | 10,000 |
|
140,000 | 140,000 |
|
120,000 | 35,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Assorted Counts for Level 10
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Natalie Hof will be heading over to the feature table for the final two levels of the night along with Ana Marquez and big stack Dean Shub. On the previous feature table, Federico Petruzzelli has emerged as the big stack while Viliyan Petleshkov and Sorin Constantinescu departed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
262,000 | 12,000 |
|
|
232,000 | 22,000 |
|
215,100 | 215,100 |
|
192,800 | -2,200 |
|
|
191,500 | |
|
180,000 | 45,000 |
|
171,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
160,000 | 160,000 |
|
|
157,000 | -33,000 |
|
156,500 | 35,500 |
|
152,000 | 92,000 |
|
|
150,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
148,000 | 58,000 |
|
141,000 | -44,000 |
|
130,000 | 70,000 |
|
126,800 | 31,800 |
|
120,000 | -110,000 |
|
119,000 | |
|
|
114,400 | -15,600 |
|
109,500 | 11,500 |
|
105,000 | 28,800 |
|
101,200 | -10,000 |
|
|
100,000 | |
|
67,000 | 7,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Final Break for the Last 104 Players
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The first nine out of 11 levels are done for Day 1b and the field of 281 entries has been reduced to just 104 hopefuls, who were sent into their final 15-minute break of the day.
Meanwhile have a look at Vivian Saliba and Sarah Herring exploring some of Bucharest during their break.