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

03-09-2019 15:31 UTC+3

Ploscaru Eliminated by Berinde

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The 2019 third-place finisher in this very event, Marian Strachinescu, bowed out and confirmed his elimination when walking over to the table of Adrian Constantin.

One table over, Gabriel Ploscaru got his last 43,000 in with the and Bogdan Berinde made the call with . The board came and Ploscaru headed to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bogdan Berinde	245,000 60,000	60,000
Marian Strachinescu	Busted
Gabriel Ploscaru	Busted
Fernandez Alberto Huerta	Busted
Valentin Anghel	Busted

Tags: Adrian Constantin Bogdan Berinde Marian Strachinescu Gabriel Ploscaru

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

03-09-2019 15:35 UTC+3

Hatipoglu Eliminated by Rablou

Christian Zetzsche

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

The preflop action is unknown but on a flop of , the fireworks kicked off between Vasile Rablou and Bahadir Hatipoglu. There was a raise to 32,000 in front of Rablou and Hatipoglu reraised to 85,000 out of the blinds. Rablou gave it some time and moved all in, which Hatipoglu sigh-called for a hefty 160,000.

Bahadir Hatipoglu:
Vasile Rablou:

Hatipoglu picked up a ton of equity with the turn, but the river ended the roller coaster ride of Hatipoglu with a big bang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasile Rablou	510,000 250,000	250,000

Derek Reid	340,000 10,000	10,000
Marian Virlanuta	330,000 -70,000	-70,000

Bahadir Hatipoglu	Busted

Tags: Bahadir Hatipoglu Vasile Rablou

03-09-2019 15:44 UTC+3

Approaching 100 Remaining

Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Jambor	Busted
Riad Chahaf	Busted
Nicolae Coltea	Busted
Catalin Ionescu	Busted
Maureen Bloechlinger	Busted
Constantin Cirstea	Busted
Asi Gertenberg	Busted

03-09-2019 15:49 UTC+3

Ivanov and Harush Eliminated

Christian Zetzsche

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

On the flop, Simeon Ivanov got his stack in and received an instant call from Darius Neagoe. Ivanov showed for middle set, but Neagoe had flopped a straight with the . The [9h6 turn and river provided no help for Ivanov.

At almost the same time, Udi Harush three-bet all in with his short stack and tabled . Cristian Tardea called with the and there was no upset on the board .

Player	Chips	Progress
Darius Neagoe	275,000 112,000	112,000
Cristian Tardea	230,000 41,500	41,500
Simeon Ivanov	Busted
Udi Harush	Busted
Nikolaos Tsitos	Busted
Mihail Lala	Busted
Matthew Gearey	Busted
Boaz Kolenbrener	Busted

Tags: Cristian Tardea Darius Neagoe Simeon Ivanov Udi Harush

03-09-2019 15:52 UTC+3

Fortunate Double for Demosthenous

Christian Zetzsche

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

Demos Demosthenous got his stack in preflop with the and Peter Jaksland looked him up from the button with the . The board came to give Demosthenous a full house and Jaksland was left short.

However, the Dane doubled right after with ace-king versus sixes and hit a full house himself to remain in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Demos Demosthenous	100,000 47,900	47,900
Peter Jaksland	95,000 -80,000	-80,000

Tags: Demos Demosthenous Peter Jaksland

03-09-2019 15:58 UTC+3

Gray Eliminated by Yarynych

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.

Jason Gray:
Mykola Yarynych:

The turn gave Gray two additional outs, but he bricked off with the river to hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mykola Yarynych	160,000 71,700	71,700
Gabriele Re	160,000 -10,000	-10,000
Jason Gray	Busted

Tags: Gabriele Re Jason Gray Mykola Yarynych

03-09-2019 16:02 UTC+3

Tatu Eliminated by Stan

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 16:11 UTC+3

First Break on Day 2; 89 Remain

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.