€888 Main Event
Day 1b Started
2019 888poker LIVE Festival Bucharest
€888 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 888poker LIVE Festival Bucharest
Buy-in
€888
Prize Pool
€387,638
Entries
505
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Day 1b Kicks Off at 1PM!
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.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
First Notables in the Field
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Qualifiers in Action
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
More than 40 players qualified for the event on 888poker and some of them are already in action today such as Derek Reid, Matthew Gearey, Angelos Valilis, Konstantinos Sideris and David Hughes.
Reid claimed an early pot when he bet the 
turn for 1,200 and forced a fold from his sole opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,500 | 30,500 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Early Pot for Bleau
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Juan Manuel Manzaneda Lozano defended his big blind against a raise by Iulian Bleau and check-raised the 
flop from 400 to0 2,000, which Bleau called. The Spaniard bet the 
turn for 2,500 and Bleau came along before Manzaneda Lozano checked the 
on the river. Bleau made it 12,000 to go and won the pot uncontested.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | 35,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Guilbert Joins the Mix
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
More Notables are joining the action and among them are also Johan "YoH Viral" Guilbert, €230 Opening Event champion Sorin Radulescu, Nandor Solyom and Alexandru Farcasanu. Hans Fest qualified for this very event on 888poker one year and did so again for another trip to Romania.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Kudrinsky Under Pressure
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
In a battle of the blinds on a table that started short-handed, Yuri Kudrinsky checked the small blind and called a bet of 3,500 into a pot of 4,000 by Daniel Ionescu with the turn showing 
. Kudrinsky also checked the 
river and Ionescu quickly bet 8,000.
What followed was a shaking head by Kudrinsky and Ionescu claimed the pot without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,000 | |
|
|
23,000 | -7,000 |
Radulescu Caught Bluffing
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The €230 Opening Event champion Sorin Radulescu has taken an early hit to his stack after a failed bluff attempt was snap-called by Michalis Konstantinou. On the 
turn, Konstantinou checked and called a bet of 4,000 by Radulescu before doing so again for 8,300 on the river.
Radulescu tabled 
and Konstantinou had the 
for the rivered nut flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000 | 43,000 |
|
|
18,000 | -12,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100