2018 888poker LIVE Festival Bucharest

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2018 888poker LIVE Festival Bucharest

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
€71,042
Event Info
Buy-in
€888
Prize Pool
€360,192
Entries
469
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Welcome to Day 1a of the 2018 888Live Poker Festival Bucharest Main Event

Grand Ballroom
Grand Ballroom

The 888Live Poker Festival Bucharest festival in cooperation with Pokerfest Romania has kicked off two days ago on February 28th 2018 and the highlight of the schedule at the stunning JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel in the heart of the Romanian capital is the €888 Main Event. There are a total of three starting days and the tournament has a guaranteed prize pool of €288,000.

All players will receive 30,000 in chips and unlimited re-entries are available for the first seven levels. The blind levels on Day 1a and 1b last 45 minutes each, while the Turbo Heat 1c features a level duration of 22 minutes. Each starting day will play a total of 12 levels and the survivors of each Day 1 will then combine to one field for Day 2 as of 1 p.m. local time on Sunday March 4th 2018.

Furthermore, a 30 second Shot Clock will be featured in the Main Event. Each player has 30 seconds to make a decision, otherwise the hand is declared dead. All partcipants receive two time bank chips of 60 seconds each upon taking their seat.

€888 Main Event Day 1 Level Structure

LevelSmall BlindBig BlindAnte
1501000
210020025
315030025
420040050
530060075
6400800100
75001,000100
86001,200200
98001,600200
101,0002,000300
111,2002,400300
121,5003,000400

The festival in the Grand Ballroom is off to a great start as the €230 Opening Event eclipsed the guaranteed prize pool of €50,000 thanks to a total of 385 entries, creating a prize pool of €72,380. Leading the 76 survivors into Day 2 is local player Stefan Aurelian Gheorghe with 385,800, the 888poker ambassadors Martin Jacobson (92,900) and Sofia Lovgren (56,400), as well as Pasquale Grimaldi, are among the notables still in contention.

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.

Day 1a of the €888 Main Event kicks off at 2 p.m. local time and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to cover all the action.

Tags: Martin JacobsonPasquale GrimaldiSofia LovgrenStefan Aurelian Gheorghe