Andrei Racolta, Bogdan Berinde, Ran Shahar, Marius Ene, Pasquale Grimaldi and Ran Shahar are all back in action on Day 1b after their initial attempt on Day 1a was not crowned with success.
Picking up the action on the flop, Anton Markov bet 200 and was called by Marius Alexandru Gicovanu in the big blind. The fell on the turn and Markov made it 500 to go, Gicovanu called. On the river, Markov checked and eventually folded to a bet of 2,500 by Gicovanu.
Sorin Constatinescu is the CEO of Pokerfest Romania, the co host of this very event at the JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel, and he has taken a seat in the first level with some 85 players registered.
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.
flop, Anton Markov bet 200 and was called by Marius Alexandru Gicovanu in the big blind. The 
fell on the turn and Markov made it 500 to go, Gicovanu called. On the 
river, Markov checked and eventually folded to a bet of 2,500 by Gicovanu.
