€888 Main Event Day 2 | 2019 888poker LIVE Festival Bucharest

03-09-2019 16:04 UTC+2

Demosthenous Busts With a Bad Beat

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

After having survived several all in showdowns with the inferior hand, the tournament ended with a bad beat story to tell for Demos Demosthenous, as this time he had a premium hand that didn't hold up. Demosthenous had been all in with and Laurence Ryan looked him up with the .

The board came and Ryan spiked a queen on the turn to deal the final blow.

Player	Chips	Progress
Laurence Ryan	450,000 150,000	150,000
Demos Demosthenous	Busted

Tags: Demos Demosthenous Laurence Ryan

03-09-2019 15:57 UTC+2

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

03-09-2019 15:50 UTC+2

Demosthenous Gets There Again

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Ozgur Arda got through with a three-bet jam and forced folds from the initial raiser and cold-caller Ran Shahar.

Demos Demosthenous was all in once more and this time had a flip with versus Stuart Sewell, who held . The board came and Demosthenous got there eventually.

Sewell was left very short after having lost pretty much every all in showdown so far on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Shahar	330,000 160,000	160,000
Eugen Chiva	310,000 35,000	35,000
Sacha Loute	305,000 72,000	72,000
Ozgur Arda	80,000 10,000	10,000
Demos Demosthenous	80,000 20,000	20,000

Stuart Sewell	50,000 165,000	165,000
Angelos Valilis	Busted
Ramon Roig Mateu	Busted
Claudiu Zedler	Busted
Petrica Lalu	Busted

Tags: Demos Demosthenous Ozgur Arda Ran Shahar Stuart Sewell

03-09-2019 15:40 UTC+2

Early Casualties in Level 16

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Among those to bust soon after the break were Mihai Micu and Nethanel Klein, among others.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mihai Micu	Busted
Narcis Isar	Busted
Cristinel Sandu	Busted
Hendrik Jan Van Der Willik	Busted
Nethanel Klein	Busted

Tags: Mihai Micu Nethanel Klein

03-09-2019 15:38 UTC+2

Monteleone Doubles Through Arnautu

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Aldo Monteleone started the day as one of the shorter stacks, but ended up all in and at risk just now on a flop. Monteleone was called by Alexandru Arnautu for 73,500 and turned over for top pair. Arnautu had for a flush draw and the turn and river ruin out kept Monteleone in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandru Arnautu	320,000 80,000	80,000
Aldo Monteleone	170,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Aldo Monteleone Alexandru Arnautu

03-09-2019 15:32 UTC+2

Assorted Counts After Level 15

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Radu Munteanu	500,000 249,200	249,200
Vasile Rablou	427,000 83,000	83,000

Radu Lungu	400,000 214,200	214,200
Alexandru Arnautu	400,000 230,100	230,100
George Dimuleasa	380,000 281,500	281,500
Raoul Iancovici	374,000 197,300	197,300
Alexandru Grigore	370,000 187,000	187,000
Alexandru Constantin	350,000 110,500	110,500
Derek Reid	350,000 10,000	10,000
Darius Neagoe	333,000 58,000	58,000

Mihai Gheonu	316,000 210,000	210,000
Laurence Ryan	300,000 147,000	147,000
Dario Marinelli	276,000 213,000	213,000
Eugen Chiva	275,000 76,000	76,000
Jose Manuel Planells Castillo	250,000 93,400	93,400
Sofia Lovgren	249,000 56,300	56,300
Mattia Festa	248,000 161,100	161,100
Solomon Stan	239,000 189,500	189,500
Gabriele Re	235,000 75,000	75,000
Zhiping Zeng	233,500 66,600	66,600

Claudiu Zedler	233,000 145,000	145,000
Sacha Loute	233,000 115,800	115,800
Traian Mihai	220,000 54,800	54,800
Marian Virlanuta	218,000 112,000	112,000

Stuart Sewell	215,000 47,500	47,500

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Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

03-09-2019 15:11 UTC+2

First Break on Day 2; 89 Remain

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

After the first three levels of the day, the field of 160 Day 1 survivors has been cut down to the last 89 hopefuls and they were sent into a 20-minute break. Among others, Alexandru Papazian was ousted before the break and will likely jump into the €1,700 High Roller as of 8 p.m. local time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandru Papazian	Busted

Soufiane Saada	Busted
Alexandru Gavrilut	Busted
Cosmin Nedelea	Busted
Adrian Calusaru	Busted
Andrei Tamaduianu	Busted

Tags: Alexandru Papazian

03-09-2019 15:02 UTC+2

Tatu Eliminated by Stan

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Chris Moorman, Catalin Kukuv, Michal Lubas and Vlad Tatu have been eliminated in quick succession. For Tatu, it was an unfortunate timing to three-bet jam his short stack with the , as Solomon Stan instantly called with the .

The board came and that spelled the end for Tatu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Catalin Kukuv	Busted
Vlad Tatu	Busted
Chris Moorman	Busted

Michal Lubas	Busted

Tags: Chris Moorman Michal Lubas Solomon Stan Vlad Tatu

03-09-2019 14:58 UTC+2

Gray Eliminated by Yarynych

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Jason Gray had been all in before the flop for around 25,000 on the button and two players remained active in the hand to see the flop. Mykola Yarynych moved all in for 70,000 out of the big blind and initial raiser Gabriele Re in the cutoff asked for a count, then folded.