2023 888poker LIVE Bucharest

€888 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2023 888poker LIVE Bucharest
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€30,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€888
Prize Pool
€138,898
Total Entries
191
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
9
Players Left
1
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Level: 25

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

Gicovanu Fires an Ace

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Three-Handed Play
Three-Handed Play

Marius Gicovanu limped in with A10 and Viorel Gavrila checked 106.

Gicovanu hit top pair on the AQ7 flop and led out for 80,000. Gavrila called with ten-high to the 3 turn, where Gicovanu bet another 365,000.

Gavrila slid his cards into the muck as soon as Gicovanu's bet hit the felt.

Tags: Marius GicovanuViorel Gavrila

Boat Over Boat Sends Qinami Back to the Top

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Admir Qinami
Admir Qinami

Marius Gicovanu raised to 175,000 on the button before Viorel Gavrila three-bet to 550,000 in the small blind with K9. Admir Qinami called with AJ, while Gicovanu got rid of A7.

The QAK flop gave both players a pair and Gavrila led out for 275,000. Qinami called and improved to trips on the A turn.

Gavrila then checked and Qinami bet 525,000. Gavrila called as the K river improved both players to a full house.

Gavrila checked again before Qinami fired out 600,000. Gavrila used a time bank before folding his full house as Qinami retook the chip lead.

Tags: Admir QinamiMarius GicovanuViorel Gavrila

Qinami Gives Up the Chip Lead

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Admir Qinami raised to 225,000 on the button before Marius Gicovanu shoved all in for 2,060,000 in the small bilnd with K8. Qinami quickly folded AQ.

The next hand, Qinami bet 140,000 on a flop of 974 before Viorel Gavrila raised to 450,000 with QJ. Qinami gave up another pot, and with it the tournament chip lead to Gavrila.

Tags: Admir QinamiMarius GicovanuViorel Gavrila

Andrii Zaika Eliminated in 4th Place (€11,500)

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Andrii Zaika
Andrii Zaika

A hand after doubling up, Andrii Zaika moved all in again for 810,000 in the small blind and Viorel Gavrila called from the big blind.

Andrii Zaika: A8
Viorel Gavrila: KJ

Zaika was ahead this time heading to the flop, which came 3J9 and gave Gavrila a pair of jacks.

The board ran out 89 and Zaika couldn't find any help as he headed for the rail. "Have fun, guys," he told his former tablemates.

Andrii Zaika
Andrii Zaika

Tags: Andrii ZaikaViorel Gavrila

Zaika Finds a Double

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Viorel Gavrila raised to 200,000 from under the gun, then called when big blind Andrii Zaika shoved for 345,000.

Andrii Zaika: J9
Viorel Gavrila: K6

The 372 flop took away some of Zaika's outs as Gavrila picked up a flush draw. Zaika hit one of them on the 9 turn, making a pair of nines. The 9 river improved him to trips and he doubled up.

Tags: Andrii ZaikaViorel Gavrila

Level: 24

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Break Time

Level 23 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The remaining four players are now headed on a 15-minute break.

Razvan Belea Eliminated in 5th Place (€9,200)

Level 23 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Razvan Belea
Razvan Belea

A hand after the elimination of Gheorghe Velcea, Admir Qinami raised to 150,000 under the gun before Razvan Belea shoved all in from the big blind for 605,000. Qinami snap-called.

Razvan Belea: KJ
Admir Qinami: JJ

The EPT champion had to improve against Qinami's jacks but found no help on the 28732 board. Belea, who won this event in 2021, had to settle for a fifth-place finish this time as Qinami increased his chip lead.

Tags: Admir QinamiRazvan Belea

Gheorghe Velcea Eliminated in 6th Place (€6,900)

Level 23 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Gheorghe Velcea
Gheorghe Velcea

Admir Qinami raised to 155,000 in the hijack before Gheorghe Velcea moved all in for 845,000 in the small blind. Viorel Gavrila called in the big blind, while Qinami got out of the way.

Gheorghe Velcea: AQ
Viorel Gavrila: KK

Velcea had run into a pair of kings as the 69K flop left him virtually drawing dead to Gavrila's flopped set.

The Q turn sealed his elimination before the 3 fell on the river, sending him to the rail in sixth place.

Tags: Gheorghe VelceaViorel Gavrila