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

03-07-2019 14:07 UTC+3

First Notables in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Day 1a kicked off with some 14 players and that number has been surpassed easily with more than two times as many players already registered for the second of four starting days. A first batch of notables in the field can be found below.

Among them are defending champion Andrei Racolta and Ran Shahar, who also ran deep in this very event one year ago and finished in 21st place for €3,250 .

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandru Farcasanu	30,000	30,000
Ran Shahar	30,000	30,000
Ramlal Basdeo	30,000	30,000
Andrei Racolta	30,000	30,000
Ozgur Arda	30,000	30,000
Adrian Pruteanu	30,000	30,000
Andrii Melnyk	30,000	30,000
Lucian Bera	30,000	30,000
Yuri Kudrinsky	30,000
Dan Mihoci	30,000	30,000

Tags: Andrei Racolta Ran Shahar

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 0

03-07-2019 13:30 UTC+3

Day 1b Kicks Off at 1PM!

Christian Zetzsche

In half an hour from now at 1 p.m. local time, the second of four starting days of the 2019 888poker LIVE Bucharest €888 Main Event kicks off at the five-star Intercontinental Bucharest hotel and a bumper field is expected. Yesterday's first flight attracted a field of 67 entries, of which 17 bagged up and advanced to Day already.

At the same time, the €230 Opening Event played down to a champion and many of those that cashed are expected to now focus their attention on the flagship event of the festival, that is hosted in cooperation with PokerFest Romania.

The €888 Main Event comes with a guaranteed prize pool of €300,000 and each Day 1 will feature 12 levels. Day 1a to 1c provide levels of 40 minutes each, while the turbo heat 1c on Friday has a level duration of 20 minutes.

All participants receive 30,000 in chips and the late registration and unlimited re-entry is available for the first eight levels. Furthermore, the tournament also features the popular big blind ante and a 30-second shot clock throughout the entire event.

Day 1 Level Structure

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Big Blind Ante
1	100	100	0
2	100	200	0
3	100	200	200
4	100	300	300
5	200	400	400
6	200	500	500
7	300	600	600
8	400	800	800
9	500	1,000	1,000
10	600	1,200	1,200
11	800	1,600	1,600
12	1,000	2,000	2,000

On top of the bragging rights and juicy payday, the winner can look forward to another special prize, as WSOP sponsor 888poker will award a package for the 2019 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas worth $12,600 to the eventual champion.

The chip leader thus far is Marian Virlanuta with 284,500. Will anyone be able to overtake the Romanian today? Make sure to tune back in, as the PokerNews team will provide all the action from the floor.

Tags: 888poker Marian Virlanuta WSOP

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