€888 Main Event Day 1a | 2019 888poker LIVE Festival Bucharest

03-06-2019 15:40 UTC+3

Fireworks to be Expected

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Artan Dedusha and Kfir Ivgi are best friends away from the poker tables and usually travel together on the circuit. They don't often get seated next to each other, but today that is the case after both late registered. They are also known to be very aggressive, which happens to be the case for Carmen Zainescu as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kfir Ivgi	30,000
Artan Dedusha	30,000

Tags: Artan Dedusha Carmen Zainescu Kfir Ivgi

03-06-2019 15:43 UTC+3

Jalba Jams Into Chisu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

A raising war broke out between Eusebiu Jalba and Danut Chisu with 3,500 in front of Jalba and a reraise to 10,900 by Chisu already placed. Whether or not another player was involved in the hand didn't matter anymore, as it was heads-up between Jalba and Chisu.

What followed was the jam by Jalba and Chisu folded, flashing a queen. Dumitru Pora chimed in that it was a re-entry event and table chatter in Romanian indicated that Chisu had queens and Jalba likely ace-king.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eusebiu Jalba	42,000 11,000	11,000
Danut Chisu	20,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Danut Chisu Dumitru Pora Eusebiu Jalba

03-06-2019 15:49 UTC+3

Giliazetdinov Takes One

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Vlad Tatu has dropped below the starting stack while Vasil Giliazetdinov has climbed back to that amount after taking a pot off current chip leader Ozgur Arda. The latter checked the river and Giliazetdinov bet 7,200 into a pot of 9,000 to won the pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ozgur Arda	73,000 13,000	13,000
Vasil Giliazetdinov	28,000 28,000	28,000
Vlad Tatu	21,000 -8,000	-8,000

Tags: Ozgur Arda Vasil Giliazetdinov Vlad Tatu

03-06-2019 16:00 UTC+3

Pinho Busts Tatu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Helder Pinho raised to 500 and was called by Vlad Tatu and the player in the cutoff. The flop came and Pinho check-raised from 2,000 to 6,000 when facing a bet by Tatu, the third player folded and Tatu called. They checked the on the turn and the appeared on the river.

Pinho moved all in and Tatu called for around 7,000 to get shown the by Pinho, mucking his in frustration.

Player	Chips	Progress
Helder Ferreira	48,000 18,000	18,000
Vlad Tatu	Busted
Catalin Ionescu	Busted

Tags: Helder Pinho Vlad Tatu

03-06-2019 16:06 UTC+3

Dedusha Takes From Zainescu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

As expected, the chips have already been flying on the table of Kfir Ivgi, Artan Dedusha and Carmen Zainescu. Ivgi had the best of it so far and Dedusha just took from Zainescu to get back above the starting stack.

On the three-way flop of , only Zainescu in the blinds check-called a bet of 2,000 and did so again on the turn for 5,000. Zainescu checked the third street in a row on the river and Dedusha's third barrel of 12,200 did the trick to force a fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kfir Ivgi	45,000 15,000	15,000
Artan Dedusha	33,000 3,000	3,000
Carmen Zainescu	20,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Artan Dedusha Carmen Zainescu Kfir Ivgi

03-06-2019 16:12 UTC+3

Iancu Jams Into Pinho

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Vlad Tatu has opted to re-enter, the first player to do so on Day 1a, and that has bumped the field up to 48 entries.

Helder Pinho, who had busted Tatu previously, was involved in yet another pot and took on Leontin Iancu. After a three-bet to 2,500, Iancu was among two callers and the trio checked the flop. On the turn, Pinho bet 3,000 and Iancu raised to 8,000, which Pinho called.

On the river, Pinho checked once more and quickly folded to a jam by Iancu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leontin Iancu	45,000 45,000	45,000
Helder Ferreira	42,000 -6,000	-6,000
Vlad Tatu	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Helder Pinho Leontin Iancu Vlad Tatu

03-06-2019 16:17 UTC+3

First Break on Day 1a

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

The first three levels are completed and 44 players out of 48 entries have been sent into the first 15-minute break of the day. Carmen Zainescu was eliminated towards the end of the level and will likely re-enter until the end of the registration period.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carmen Zainescu	Busted

Tags: Carmen Zainescu

03-06-2019 16:30 UTC+3

Assorted Counts After Level 3

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ozgur Arda	57,000 -16,000	-16,000
Helder Ferreira	55,000 13,000	13,000
Danut Chisu	50,000 30,000	30,000
Kfir Ivgi	49,100 4,100	4,100
Adrian Calusaru	48,000 11,000	11,000
Stuart Sewell	43,000 -12,000	-12,000
Eusebiu Jalba	39,500 -2,500	-2,500
Stefan Aurelian Gheorghe	39,000
Leontin Iancu	36,500 -8,500	-8,500
Sergiu Cornea	36,000 6,000	6,000
Artan Dedusha	32,300 -700	-700
Catalin Popa	31,600 -4,400	-4,400
Sorin Flutur	31,000 1,000	1,000
Razvan Cirstian	30,000 -1,000	-1,000
Denis Poteras	29,100 -600	-600
Raoul Iancovici	29,000
George Dimuleasa	28,700
Andre Marques Moreira	27,500 -3,500	-3,500
Andrei Racolta	25,500 -1,500	-1,500

Andrei Grigoras	22,300 -8,200	-8,200
Ana Marquez	8,000 -7,000	-7,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

03-06-2019 16:40 UTC+3

Ace-High Beats King-High

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

After defending his big blind against a raise by Vlad Tatu, Kfir Ivgi checked and called a bet of 1,500 by Tatu on the turn. Ivgi also checked the river and Tatu reluctantly sighed, then checked behind and announced king-high.

Ivgi revealed for ace-high and Tatu mucked .

Player	Chips	Progress
Kfir Ivgi	52,000 2,900	2,900
Vlad Tatu	28,000 -2,000	-2,000

Tags: Kfir Ivgi Vlad Tatu