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

Player	Chips	Progress
Aldo Monteleone	206,000 66,000	66,000

Gennaro Proscia	196,000 4,000	4,000
Radu Lungu	185,800 37,800	37,800
Zhiping Zeng	166,900 136,900	136,900

Darius Neagoe	163,000 63,000	63,000

Sergiu Cornea	162,400 22,400	22,400
Nikolaos Tsitos	158,700 50,700	50,700
Derek Reid	157,000 7,000	7,000
Pedro Gabriel Andrada Martin	148,800 8,800	8,800
Riad Chahaf	121,500 18,500	18,500
Victorio Piturca	107,100 47,100	47,100
Marius-Alexandru Gicovanu	105,300 55,300	55,300
Manfred Sierke	99,400 59,400	59,400
Mihail Cuza	96,400 33,600	33,600
Marian Strachinescu	95,800 20,800	20,800
Adrian Voiculescu	95,500 14,500	14,500
Danut Chisu	89,500 10,500	10,500
Andrei Jambor	89,200 34,200	34,200
Mykola Yarynych	88,300 11,700	11,700
Sorin Radulescu	86,800 24,800	24,800
Bogdan Nicolae	85,600 85,600	85,600
Jason Gray	84,700 52,700	52,700
Narcis Gabriel Nedelcu	82,900 37,100	37,100
Ozgur Arda	71,800 15,200	15,200
Hristian Panchev	69,600 40,600	40,600

Player

Chips

Progress

Aldo Monteleone

206,000

66,000

Gennaro Proscia

196,000

4,000

Radu Lungu

185,800

37,800

Zhiping Zeng

166,900

136,900

Darius Neagoe

163,000

63,000

Sergiu Cornea

162,400

22,400

Nikolaos Tsitos

158,700

50,700

Derek Reid

157,000

7,000

Pedro Gabriel Andrada Martin

148,800

8,800

Riad Chahaf

121,500

18,500

Victorio Piturca

107,100

47,100

Marius-Alexandru Gicovanu

105,300

55,300

Manfred Sierke

99,400

59,400

Mihail Cuza

96,400

33,600

Marian Strachinescu

95,800

20,800

Adrian Voiculescu

95,500

14,500

Danut Chisu

89,500

10,500

Andrei Jambor

89,200

34,200

Mykola Yarynych

88,300

11,700

Sorin Radulescu

86,800

24,800

Bogdan Nicolae

85,600

Jason Gray

84,700

52,700

Narcis Gabriel Nedelcu

82,900

37,100

Ozgur Arda

71,800

15,200

Hristian Panchev

69,600

40,600

The second of four starting days of the 2019 888poker LIVE Bucharest Festival €888 Main Event promised a bumper field and had already eclipsed the Day 1a field in the second level of the day. Once the registration closed at the end of level eight, a field of 133 entries had emerged in the ballroom of the Intercontinental Bucharest Hotel and that field was cut by more than half at the end of 12 levels of play.

With 200 entries in total after two flights, the flagship event of the festival, in cooperation with PokerFest Romania, is on track to surpass the guaranteed prize pool of €300,000 and the eventual champion can look forward to the coveted 888poker LIVE trophy, a hefty payout and a 2019 WSOP Main Event package worth $12,600, provided by WSOP sponsor and host 888poker.

In a tight race for the Day 1b lead among the 47 players that bagged up, it was Aldo Monteleone who claimed the top spot with 206,000 in chips. He is followed by Gennaro Proscia (196,000) and Radu Lungu (185,800). Proscia skyrocketed into a massive stack early on and dominated before and after the dinner break, but had to settle for the second-biggest stack eventually.

Other notables that bagged up on Day 1b were Zhiping Zeng (166,900), Sergiu Cornea (162,400), Marius-Alexandru Gicovanu (105,300), Danut Chisu (89,500), €230 Opening Event champion Sorin Radulescu (86,800), Jason Gray (84,700), Narcis Gabriel Nedelcu (82,900), Ozgur Arda (71,800) and Ramlal Basdeo (57,800).

Defending champion Andrei Racolta, who had been eliminated on Day 1a, gave it another shot and advanced with a stack of 50,600 to keep his title defense alive.

For the 888poker team, it was a rough day at the tables, however, as Ana Marquez, Chris Moorman and Sofia Lovgren all ran out of chips. Marquez had a nearly identical bustout hand as the previous day when her ace-queen came up short against pocket queens. All three are expected to join again for Day 1c, along with fellow 888poker ambassador Martin Jacobson.

All of the busted still have another two shots at making Day 2 with Day 1c kicking off at 1 p.m. local time and the turbo heat, 1d, scheduled for 9 p.m. local time.

Estonian Victory in Ladies Event

Siiri Saar has a few cashes on home soil and other destinations to her name already and is part of the Estonian live stream crew. She was sweated by her colleagues on the way to claiming the title in the €60 Ladies Event, taking home €403 in a field of 19 entries. Saar entered heads-up against Mirela Marin with a massive lead, but was at risk once before a crucial double sealed the win.

On top of the money and bragging rights, she also received a package for the 888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event at the end of May 2019 and may need to look for a replacement for the livestream duties. Carmen Zainescu and Aleeyah Jadavji round up the money spots, earning themselves Romanian flags on their Hendon Mob profile.

Final Result Ladies Event