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

03-09-2019 20:03 UTC+2

Rotariu Takes A Rough Beat

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

George Rotariu ended up all in and at risk for around 160,000 out of the big blind and Derek Reid called to see himself miles behind with versus . Rotariu nailed the flop, but somehow came up second-best with a cruel run out as the turn and river gave Reid a straight.

Soon after, Day 1a chip leader Marian Virlanuta was eliminated by Toni Judet to reduce the field further.

Player	Chips	Progress
Derek Reid	980,000 550,000	550,000
Toni Judet	330,000 170,000	170,000
George Rotariu	Busted
Marian Virlanuta	Busted

Tags: Derek Reid George Rotariu

03-09-2019 20:11 UTC+2

Grigore and Grigoras Clash

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Alexandru Grigore raised first to act and was called by Andrei Grigoras from one seat over. On the flop, Grigore continued for 26,000 and the call followed, and the same action repeated on the turn for 80,000. Grigore then jammed the river and Grigoras snap-called for 132,000.

Grigore turned over and Grigoras had that beat with for jacks full.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Grigoras	600,000 510,000	510,000
Alexandru Grigore	200,000 330,000	330,000

Tags: Alexandru Grigore Andrei Grigoras

03-09-2019 20:20 UTC+2

Zeid and Roumen No More

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

After getting short, Alsharif Zeid jammed a few times without being called and was then eliminated. The next casualty happened to be Johannes Roumen, who moved all in for around 90,000 in the cutoff and was called by Jose Manuel Planells Castillo in the big blind.

Johannes Roumen:
Jose Manuel Planells Castillo:

The board gave Roumen a few additional outs, but eventually the Dutchman ran out blank.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Manuel Planells Castillo	650,000 150,000	150,000
Alsharif Zeid	Busted
Johannes Roumen	Busted

Tags: Alsharif Zeid Johannes Roumen Jose Manuel Planells Castillo

03-09-2019 20:28 UTC+2

Grigore Eliminated by Festa

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Down to around 160,000, Alexandru Grigore ended up all in and at risk against Mattia Festa, who took out the smartphone to film the showdown.

Alexandru Grigore:
Mattia Festa:

The board ran out and that was it for Grigore.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mattia Festa	390,000 141,000	141,000
Alexandru Grigore	Busted

Tags: Alexandru Grigore Mattia Festa

03-09-2019 20:30 UTC+2

Negrii Eliminated by Lovgren

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

In a battle of the blinds, Sofia Lovgren open-shoved for 290,000 with the and Dragos Negrii reluctantly called it off with the in the big blind for 194,000.

Dragos Negrii:
Sofia Lovgren:

The flop changed nothing much, but Lovgren picked up a straight draw on the turn. It was the river that spelled the end for Negrii.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sofia Lovgren	516,000 100,000	100,000
Dragos Negrii	Busted

Tags: Dragos Negrii Sofia Lovgren

03-09-2019 20:31 UTC+2

Gavrila Runs Out of Chips

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Over on the feature table, the next all in showdown took place as Viorel Gavrila had jammed for 190,000 and Natalia Drytchak reshoved to isolate successfully.

Viorel Gavrila:
Natalia Drytchak:

No help came for Gavrila on a board and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Natalia Drytchak	595,000 117,000	117,000
Viorel Gavrila	Busted

Tags: Natalia Drytchak Viorel Gavrila

03-09-2019 20:32 UTC+2

29 Remain at the Next Break

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

After two eliminations on the feature table - the details are to follow according to the 30-minute delay on the live stream - the remaining 29 players have been sent into a 15-minute break.

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

03-09-2019 20:51 UTC+2

Updated Counts for Level 22

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhiping Zeng	1,605,000 45,000	45,000

Derek Reid	1,335,000 355,000	355,000
Darius Neagoe	950,000 200,000	200,000

Ran Shahar	935,000 35,000	35,000
Mihai Gheonu	800,000 70,000	70,000
Raoul Iancovici	650,000 103,000	103,000
Alexandru Arnautu	640,000 60,000	60,000
Natalia Drytchak	531,000 181,000	181,000
Bogdan Berinde	525,000 45,000	45,000
Sofia Lovgren	476,000 60,000	60,000
Mattia Festa	450,000 60,000	60,000
Aldo Monteleone	445,000 55,000	55,000

Stefan Drusca	435,000 83,000	83,000
Vasile Rablou	435,000 245,000	245,000

Helder Ferreira	405,000 57,000	57,000
Pedro Gabriel Andrada Martin	400,000 236,000	236,000
Toni Judet	400,000 70,000	70,000
Radu Munteanu	375,000 120,000	120,000
Jose Manuel Planells Castillo	365,000 285,000	285,000
George Dimuleasa	350,000 100,000	100,000
Solomon Stan	345,000 23,000	23,000
Radu Lungu	330,000 109,000	109,000
Laurence Ryan	300,000 290,000	290,000
Eugen Chiva	300,000 40,000	40,000
Cristian Matei	300,000 187,000	187,000

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03-09-2019 20:53 UTC+2

Munteanu Eliminated by Ferreira

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Radu Munteanu jammed for 373,000 from early position and Helder Ferreira had him covered by fewer than one big blind, got it in also over on the feature table.

Radu Munteanu:
Helder Ferreira: