Main Event Day 2 | 2018 888poker LIVE Festival Bucharest

Main Event

Day 2 Started

03-04-2018 11:14 UTC+3

Player	Chips	Progress
Aurel Iovan	277,000	277,000
Marius Pertea	240,500	240,500
Orestis Kanakopoulos	156,000	156,000
Narcis Gabriel Nedelcu	147,500	137,500
Cristian Anton	145,500
Alexandru Farcasanu	138,500	138,500
Marius-Alexandru Gicovanu	123,500	123,500
Andrei Racolta	119,000	119,000
Cornel Petrescu	112,500	112,500
Ferenc Csaba Pal	90,000
[Removed:418]	84,000
Ioannis Vogiatzoglou	76,500	76,500
Florin Cojocaru	65,000
Bogdan Geanaliu	63,500	63,500
Attila Gombos	61,000
Zhiping Zeng	59,000
Iulian Lucian Dragan	56,500
Georgios Tavoularis	52,000	52,000
Alexandru Vijeu	48,000
Gusti Adrian Sas	46,000	46,000
Dimitros Dimitrios	45,500	45,500
Florian Costache	43,000	43,000
Eugen Chiva	42,000	42,000
Silviu Nicusor Tanase	40,000
Cristinel Dumitru	31,000

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Mihai Ciorteanu	Romania	76,500	26
1	2	Narcis Gabriel Nedelcu	Romania	147,500	49
1	3	Cosmin Toma Berechet	Romania	83,500	28
1	4	Tudor Purice	Romania	435,500	145
1	5	Cristian Anton	Romania	145,500	49
1	6	Attila Kuna	Romania	57,500	19
1	7	Orestis Kanakopoulos	Greece	156,000	52
1	8	Andrei Gabriel Roscan	Romania	103,000	34
1	9	Daniel Radulescu	Romania	189,500	63

2	1	Attila Gombos	Hungary	61,000	20
2	2	Claudiu Rajnoveanu	Romania	74,500	25
2	3	Catalin Pop	Romania	185,500	62
2	4	Sergiu Cornea	Romania	232,000	77
2	5	Darius Valentin Neagoe	Romania	83,000	28
2	6	Christopher Heidelbacher	Romania	50,000	17
2	7	Cornel Petrescu	Romania	112,500	38
2	8	Solomon Stan	Romania	145,500	49
2	9	Ran Shahar	Israel	120,000	40

3	1	Marian Strachinescu	Romania	147,500	49
3	2	Dan Cristian Mihoci	Romania	88,000	29
3	4	Iulian Iacob	Romania	249,000	83
3	5	Boaz Kolenbrener	Israel	161,000	54
3	6	Adrian Petrus	Romania	160,000	53
3	7	Ivan Stankov	Bulgaria	398,000	133
3	8	Andrei Alecu	Romania	166,000	55
3	9	Andrei Racolta	Romania	119,000	40

4	1	Eugen Chiva	Romania	42,000	14
4	2	Pontos Panteleimon	Greece	62,000	21
4	3	Adrian Sorel State	Romania	163,000	54
4	4	Alexandru Waleed Gavrilut	Romania	156,000	52
4	5	Michael Teplitski	Israel	66,500	22
4	6	Florin Ciprian Elisei	Romania	94,500	32
4	7	Ion Sorin Matei	Romania	77,500	26
4	8	Dimitros Dimitrios	Greece	45,500	15
4	9	Ioannis Vogiatzoglou	Greece	76,500	26

5	1	Adrian Eugen Constantin	Romania	51,500	17
5	2	Vasile Valentin Anghel	Romania	243,000	81
5	3	Hristo Kostov	Bulgaria	107,500	36
5	4	Florin Cojocaru	Romania	65,000	22
5	5	Zhiping Zeng	China	59,000	20
5	6	Ana Marquez	Spain	126,000	42
5	7	Ionut Catalin Mihart	Romania	66,000	22
5	8	Alexandru Sautner	Romania	54,000	18
5	9	Christian Bertu	Italy	169,000	56

6	1	Andrew Robert Remy	Switzerland	76,500	26
6	2	Radu Danut	Romania	289,500	97
6	3	Simeon Todorov	Bulgaria	45,500	15
6	4	Andrei Iordache	Romania	80,000	27
6	6	Bogdan Diaconu	Romania	71,000	24
6	7	Vivian Saliba	Brazil	146,500	49
6	8	Bogdan Geanaliu	Romania	63,500	21
6	9	Ran Azor	Israel	86,000	29

7	2	Razvan Bordei	Romania	171,000	57
7	3	Mihai Manole	Romania	15,000	5
7	4	Alexandru Farcasanu	Romania	138,500	46
7	5	Ionut Adrian ionica	Romania	64,500	22
7	6	Alexandru Vijeu	Romania	48,000	16
7	7	Krzysztof Chmielowski	Poland	295,500	99
7	8	Levente Pal	Hungary	60,000	20
7	9	Andrei Nodea	Romania	130,000	43

8	1	[Removed:418]	Romania	84,000	28
8	2	Manfred Sierke	Canada	47,500	16
8	3	Alexandros Papadopoulos	Greece	108,000	36
8	4	Ferenc Csaba Pal	Romania	90,000	30
8	5	Hristo Panteleev	Bulgaria	170,000	57
8	6	Natalie Hof	Germany	87,500	29
8	7	Dean Shub	Israel	171,500	57
8	8	Stefan Razvan Magda	Romania	37,500	13
8	9	Toni Jarvisalo	Finland	36,500	12
8	9	Daniel Stoian	Romania	35,500	12

9	1	Tomer Wolf	Israel	158,500	53
9	2	Marius-Alexandru Gicovanu	Romania	123,500	41
9	3	Andrei Mihai Dimitriu	Romania	107,500	36
9	4	Dan Petrea	Romania	81,500	27
9	5	Sinisa Radovanovic	Serbia	151,000	50
9	6	Gusti Adrian Sas	Romania	46,000	15
9	7	Marius Asanache	Romania	114,000	38
9	8	Radu Pitic	Romania	273,500	91
9	9	Alexandru Papazian	Romania	162,000	54

10	1	Iulian Andrei Bleau	Romania	195,500	65
10	2	Cristinel Dumitru	Romania	31,000	10
10	3	Alin Cucu	Romania	92,500	31
10	4	Petre Laurentiu Chiriac	Romania	172,000	57
10	5	Carmen Zainescu	Romania	96,500	32
10	6	Ion Aurelian Cheran	Romania	56,000	19
10	7	Dragos Negrii	Romania	187,500	63
10	9	Catalin Liviu Gheorghe	Romania	59,000	20

11	1	Philip Poppinghaus	Germany	82,500	28
11	3	Silviu Nicusor Tanase	Romania	40,000	13
11	4	Ozgur Arda	Turkey	127,500	43
11	5	Cristian Dinu Cirja	Romania	37,000	12
11	6	Bogdan Berinde	Romania	163,000	54
11	7	Vasile Calin Zagon	Romania	81,500	27
11	8	Nicolae Sorin Son	Romania	203,000	68
11	9	Raoul Ioan Iancovici	Romania	157,000	52

12	1	Mircea Constantinescu	Romania	78,000	26
12	2	Niculae Eremia	Romania	50,000	17
12	3	Aurel Iovan	Romania	277,000	92
12	4	Madalin Cornel Petraru	Romania	74,500	25
12	5	Luca Moschitta	Italy	185,000	62
12	6	Georgios Tavoularis	Greece	52,000	17
12	7	Federico Petruzzelli	Italy	141,000	47
12	8	Andrei Eugen Florea	Romania	35,500	12
12	9	Stefan Fabian	Romania	195,500	65

13	1	Dimitrios Kalaroutis	Greece	89,000	30
13	2	Cristian Tardea	Romania	158,000	53
13	3	Vlad Liviu Popa	Romania	32,000	11
13	4	Fabio De Nardi	Italy	113,000	38
13	5	Daniel Kristy	Israel	62,000	21
13	6	Ion Silviu Scobai	Romania	173,000	58
13	7	Marius Pertea	Romania	240,500	80
13	8	Florian Costache	Romania	43,000	14
13	9	Stefan Razvan Dragomir	Romania	149,000	50

14	1	Dan Murariu	Romania	188,500	63
14	3	Lucian Claudiu Bera	Romania	63,500	21
14	4	Florin Tatu	Romania	135,000	45
14	6	Iulian Lucian Dragan	Romania	56,500	19
14	7	Dorin Rauta	Romania	52,000	17
14	8	Hristo Mitev	Bulgaria	66,500	22
14	9	Sabolc Sigeti	Serbia	35,500	12

Day 2 of the 888pokerLIVE Bucharest €888 Main Event Kicks off at 1PM

Christian Zetzsche

888pokerLIVE Bucharest Smashes Guarantee

After three starting days the 2018 888pokerLIVE Bucharest €888 Main Event in cooperation with Pokerfest Romania at the stunning JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel has not only been met but easily surpassed it's guarantee of €288,000, as a total of 469 entries generated a prize pool of €360,192. The payouts will be published when the 120 survivors will return to the tables of the Grand Ballroom at 1 p.m. local time.

Day 2 of the first ever 888pokerLIVE event in the capital of Romania will recommence with blinds of 1,500/3,000 and a running ante of 5,000. The average upon restart will be almost 40 big blinds and Tudor Purice leads the field into the penultimate tournament day with a monster stack of 435,500, followed by fellow Day 1b big stacks Ivan Stankov (398,000), 888poker online qualifier Krzysztof Chmielowski (295,500) and Radu Danut (289,500).

Tournament Day	Entries	Survivors
Day 1a	110	27
Day 1b	281	69
Day 1c	78	25
Day 2	469	120 Survivors for Day 2

Iovan Tops Turbo Heat 1c

A total of 78 entries were generated in last night's turbo Day 1c with levels of 22 minutes each and 25 players advanced to Day 2. Aurel Iovan topped the counts with 277,000, while Marius Pertea finished in second with 240,500. Other notables that used their last chance for a shot at the juicy prize pool include Orestis Kanakopoulos (156,000), €230 Opening Event champion Narcis Gabriel Nedelcu (147,500), Alexandru Farcasanu (138,500), Marius-Alexandru Gicovanu (123,500), Andrei Racolta (119,000), Georgios Tavoularis (52,000) and Dimitros Dimitrios (45,500).

Among those that busted without anything to show for on the final starting day were such familiar names as Cristinel Dumitru, Evangelos Bechrakis, Viliyan Petleshkov, €230 Opening Event runner-up Eduard Norel, Radu Lungu, Emanuel Flesner, Danut Chisu, Alin Grasu and Natan Grossman.

Other big stacks and notables still in contention for Day 2 include Radu Pitic (273,500), Iulian Iacob (249,000), Sergiu Cornea (232,000), Day 1a chip leader Nicolae Sorin Son (203,000), Catalin Pop (185,500), Dan Murariu (188,500), Luca Moschitta (185,000), Romania's first-ever WSOP bracelet winner Alexandru Papazian (162,000), Ran Azor (86,000) and Manfred Sierke (47,500).

Two of the three 888poker ambassadors that took part in Bucharest advanced to Day 2 in Vivian Saliba (146,500) and Natalie Hof (87,500), their team mate Sofia Lovgren was eliminated after the registration had closed on Day 1b.

The goal of Day 2 is to play down to official final table and the levels last 60 minutes each with a break every two levels. A live-streamed feature table with commentary and hole cards displayed will run on a security delay of 30 minutes on the 888poker Twitch Channel, and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action.

Tags: Alexandru Papazian Aurel Iovan Catalin Pop Dan Murariu Ivan Stankov Krzysztof Chmielowski Luca Moschitta Manfred Sierke Marius Pertea Marius-Alexandru Gicovanu Natalie Hof Nicolae Sorin Son Radu Pitic Ran Azor Sergiu Cornea Sofia Lovgren Tudor Purice Viliyan Petleshkov Vivian Saliba

03-04-2018 14:03 UTC+3

Birthday Celebrations Before the Start

Christian Zetzsche

Before cards for Day 2 got underway, the 888poker team welcomed their ambassador Sofia Lovgren with a birthday surprise with a live singer and champagne. Most of the 120 survivors are already in their seats and unbagged their chips with action expected to get underway shortly, all participants are also offered a glass of champagne to celebrate.

Tags: Sofia Lovgren

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

03-04-2018 14:23 UTC+3

Chiva Among First Three to Bust

Christian Zetzsche

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

Eugen Chiva got his short stack of 12 big blinds in with against the of Ion Sorin Matei. Despite flopping best on , Chiva was left drawing dead on the turn and that made the river a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ion Sorin Matei	120,000	42,500
Eugen Chiva	Busted
Ion Aurelian Cheran	Busted
Stefan Razvan Magda	Busted

Tags: Eugen Chiva Ion Sorin Matei

03-04-2018 14:30 UTC+3

Sautner Doubles Through Marquez

Christian Zetzsche

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

Ana Marquez had a smile on her face but that was not likely due to the hand she had lost against Alexandru Sautner, but rather the free cake provided by the hosts 888poker and Pokerfest.

The cards of Marquez were already mucked while Sautner's stack of 51,000 was counted out for a full double, the Romanian had held up with on a board of .

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandru Sautner	110,000	56,000
Ana Marquez	70,000	-56,000

Tags: Alexandru Sautner Ana Marquez

03-04-2018 14:36 UTC+3

Dimitrios Busts Straight Over Straight

Christian Zetzsche

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

"I cannot believe it, straight over straight," Dimitros Dimitrios sighed and left the table rather upset. The Greek had been all in preflop with the and was called by Florin Ciprian Elisei, who held .

The board of gave both players a straight and Elisei had the nuts on the river to eliminate Dimitrios.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florin Ciprian Elisei	140,000	45,500
Dimitros Dimitrios	Busted
Florian Costache	Busted
Adrian Eugen Constantin	Busted
Mihai Ciorteanu	Busted
Silviu Nicusor Tanase	Busted

Tags: Dimitros Dimitrios Florin Ciprian Elisei

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.