Main Event Day 2 | 2018 888poker LIVE Festival Bucharest

03-04-2018 19:46 UTC+3

Marquez "Can't Win Flips Today"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

After jamming up her stack successfully to around 170,000, Ana Marquez was all in once more via three-bet and this time Zhiping Zeng as initial raiser called.

Ana Marquez:
Zhiping Zeng:

The board ran out and Zeng paired his queen to send the last woman standing to the rail in 39th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhiping Zeng	500,000 92,000	92,000
Ana Marquez	Busted

Tags: Ana Marquez Zhiping Zeng

03-04-2018 19:17 UTC+3

Murariu, Tardea and Sautner Next to Fall

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Dan Murariu got his remaining 18 big blinds in with the ace-seven and Philip Poppinghaus looked him up with as per Tudor Purce. Poppinghaus got there and Murariu was eliminated. He was soon joined by Alexandru Sautner and Cristian Tardea.

Tardea was left very short after losing with against the of 888poker qualifier Sinisa Radovanovic as the board came , and he busted shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Radu Pitic	900,000 250,000	250,000
Philip Poppinghaus	360,000 200,000	200,000
Sinisa Radovanovic	220,000 69,000	69,000

Cristian Tardea	Busted
Dan Murariu	Busted
Alexandru Sautner	Busted

Tags: Alexandru Sautner Cristian Tardea Dan Murariu Philip Poppinghaus Sinisa Radovanovic

03-04-2018 19:00 UTC+3

Vivian Saliba Eliminated

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Over on the feature table in the previous level, Vivian Saliba was all in for 42,000 in the hijack and Radu Danut called.

Vivian Saliba:
radu Danut:

The board came and Saliba was eliminated in 53rd place for €1,800.

Player	Chips	Progress
Radu Danut	553,000 263,500	263,500
Vivian Saliba	Busted

Tags: Radu Danut Vivian Saliba

03-04-2018 18:27 UTC+3

Dorin Rauta Bubbles the 888pokerLIVE Bucharest Main Event

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Stefan Fabian raised to 15,000 and Dorin Rauta moved all in from the big blind for what appeared to be 57,000 in the first hand on the direct money bubble. Fabian called and both had to wait for all other tables to finish before the showdown took place.

Dorin Rauta:
Stefan Fabian:

The board came and Fabian hit a runner runner straight to let the bubble burst.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Fabian	1,260,000 80,000	80,000

Dorin Rauta	Busted

Tags: Dorin Rauta Stefan Fabian

03-04-2018 17:28 UTC+3

Hof, Anton and Petrus Bust Before the Money

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The ride of 888poker ambassador Natalie Hof has come to an end before the money after she lost a flip with ace-king against the pocket tens of Gusti Adrian Sas.

Cristian Anton shipped his stack of 230,000 over to Radu Pitic and another one story of "the rich get richer" took place over on table three. Adrian Petrus was all in for 92,500 with the and Andrei Alecu looked him up with the .

The board ran out and Marian Strachinescu mentioned in table chat that he folded ace-jack suited.

Player	Chips	Progress
Radu Pitic	650,000 240,000	240,000
Andrei Alecu	560,000 80,000	80,000
Gusti Adrian Sas	300,000 254,000	254,000
Natalie Hof	Busted

Adrian Petrus	Busted

Cristian Anton	Busted

Tags: Adrian Petrus Andrei Alecu Gusti Arian Sas Marian Strachinescu Natalie Hof Radu Pitic

03-04-2018 17:06 UTC+3

Stan and Stankov Missing

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Catalin Pop sits on a stack of half a million and was kind enough to provide the details of his recent boost, which saw Solomon Stan head to the rail. Pop defended his big blind against a raise to 10,000 by Stan and checked the flop, Stan checked behind.

On the turn, Pop bet 28,000 and Stan called before the river brought another bet of 38,000 by Pop. Stan shoved for 140,000 with and Pop called with the for trips queens. to eliminmate Stan.

Ivan Stankov, who started the day second in chips, is also no longer in contention and busted before the money. The roller coaster ride of the Bulgarian ended after a clash with Andrei Alecu, who also jumped up to half a million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Fabian	500,000 160,000	160,000

Catalin Pop	490,000 304,000	304,000
Andrei Alecu	480,000 56,000	56,000
Solomon Stan	Busted
Ivan Stankov	Busted
Federico Petruzzelli	Busted
Alin Cucu	Busted

Tags: Andrei Alecu Catalin Pop Ivan Stankov Solomon Stan

03-04-2018 16:10 UTC+3

Papazian Busts in Three-Way All In

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

First to act Luca Moschitta moved all in for around 60,000 and was called by Radu Pitic from one seat over. Alexandru Papazian reshoved to isolate, but Pitic was not in the mood of folding and called to put two players at risk.

Luca Moschitta:
Alexandru Papazian:
Radu Pitic:

The flop improved Pitic to top set, while Moschitta regained the lead thanks to the turn. Papazian could get there with a queen, but the on the river was too little, too late, for the first ever Romanian bracelet winner. Once again the bad beat vodka was brought to the table and Pitic shared his shot with Papazian before the latter departed in style.

Check out the interview Papazian did with Sarah Herring yesterday about his site UnderTheGun.ro.

https://www.pokernews.com/video/alexandru-papazian-still-1-poker-player-in-romania-11414.htm

Player	Chips	Progress
Radu Pitic	410,000 136,500	136,500
Luca Moschitta	180,000 -5,000	-5,000
Alexandru Papazian	Busted

Tags: Alexandru Papazian Luca Moschitta Radu Pitic

03-04-2018 15:35 UTC+3

Shahar Rivers an Ace in Three-Way All In

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Cornel Petrescu shoved for around 45,000 and Ran Shahar reshoved from two seats over for 105,000. Catalin Pop snap-called in the small blind and put two players at risk.

Cornel Petrescu:
Ran Shahar:
Catalin Pop:

The board came and Shahar jumped out in excitement, kissing table neighbor Solomon Stan. "Ace on the river, that's karma" he added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Shahar	260,000 140,000	140,000
Solomon Stan	190,000 44,500	44,500
Catalin Pop	95,000 -90,500	-90,500
Cornel Petrescu	Busted

Tags: Catalin Pop Cornel Petrescu Ran Shahar Solomon Stan

03-04-2018 15:00 UTC+3

Death By Quads

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

It was a big flip over on table three that decided over the fate of Boaz Kolenbrener and he was barely covered by Andrei Alecu when the cards were turned over.

Boaz Kolenbrener:
Andrei Alecu:

The flop was kind of an overkill as Alecu made quads and left Kolenbrener drawing dead, while the dealer fanned the meaningless turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Alecu	340,000 174,000	174,000
Boaz Kolenbrener	Busted

Tags: Andrei Alecu Boaz Kolenbrener

03-04-2018 14:44 UTC+3

Big Double for Racolta; Saliba Thriving

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

In a battle cutoff versus small blind, Andrei Racolta check-raised all in for 91,000 on the river of a completed board of and Ivan Stankov, who had bet a hefty 50,000, called it off.

Racolta rolled over for aces and fives, and Stankov mucked his cards. As per all in showdown, his were revealed.

Vivian Saliba also enjoyed an excellent start into Day 2 and almost doubled her stack, while Petre Laurentiu Chiriac dropped some on her table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Stankov	275,000 -123,000	-123,000
Vivian Saliba	265,000 118,500	118,500

Andrei Racolta	250,000 131,000	131,000
Petre Laurentiu Chiriac	90,000 -82,000	-82,000

Tags: Andrei Racolta Ivan Stankov Petre Laurentiu Chiriac Vivian Saliba