Darius Neagoe open-shoved the button and Bogdan Nicolae in the big blind called for 1,700,000, having checked the stack of Zhiping Zeng in the small blind.
Bogdan Nicolae: 
Darius Neagoe: 
The 
flop opened up some chop outs, as did the 
turn. What followed was the 
river and Nicolae doubled once more.
Zhiping Zeng open-jammed the small blind and Bogdan Nicolae called all in for 985,000 in the big blind.
Bogdan Nicolae: 
Zhiping Zeng: 
The 
flop gave Nicolae top pair, but Zeng spiked the 
turn for trips. Nicolae got even luckier with the river to double in spectacular fashion.
Darius Neagoe limped the 
and Zhiping Zeng called in the big blind with the 
. They checked the 
flop and the 
turn, and Neagoe bet the 
river for 225,000. Zeng called, just playing the board, and Neagoe claimed the pot with his full house.
Level: 32
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Bogdan Nicolae hasn't found any hand as of lately and the three-handed play with big blind ante took a toll on his stack. With the new blind level, he dropped to fewer than ten big blinds. Zhiping Zeng, in the meanwhile, jammed a few times and separated himself from Nicolae.
Bogdan Nicolae opened to 320,000 with the 
and Zhiping Zeng called with 
in the big blind. On a 
flop, Zeng checked and Nicolae continued for 230,000 to force a quick fold from Zeng.
Nicolae then raised with the 
on the button and Darius Neagoe three-bet to 1,000,000 with to force a fold.
Bogdan Nicolae raised to 320,000 with the 
and Darius Neagoe called in the small blind with the . Zhiping Zeng filled up from the big blind with 
and spiked a massive flop with 
. Neagoe checked and Zeng bet to win a vital pot.
Neagoe then raised to 320,000 on the button with and Nicolae called in the big blind with . On the 
flop, Nicolae checked and folded when facing a bet of 230,000.
Bogdan Nicolae jammed the button for 2.1 million and Mihai Gheonu called from the big blind for the last 1.4 million.
Mihai Gheonu:
Bogdan Nicolae: 
The 
flop brought no help, but the turn gave Gheonu a gutshot. It wasn't meant to be, as the river further improved Nicolae to a full house. Ghenou was ousted in 4th place and receives €26,900 for his efforts.
Helder Ferreira moved all in for 910,000 on the button and Bogdan Nicolae eventually called in the big blind, then nodded when he was shown the superior pocket pair.
Helder Ferreira:
Bogdan Nicolae: 
The 
flop changed nothing much, but Nicolae spiked the 
turn to leave in trouble. A meaningless 
hit on the river and the Portuguese had to settle for 5th place and a payday of €21,070. Late on Day 2, Ferreira had been down to just two big blinds and still made it all the way to the final table.
In a battle of the blinds, Bogdan Nicolae moved all in for fewer than three big blinds and dominating chip leader Darius Neagoe called from the big blind.
Bogdan Nicolae:
Darius Neagoe:
The flop gave Neagoe top pair, but the turn and river let Nicolae double and remain in contention.
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