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08-10-2023 04:53 UTC-12

Angelescu Reenters, Hits the River

David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Victor Angelescu was forced to reenter shortly before the break and just took down a pot to get off to a much better start on his second bullet.

Gheorghe Velcea bet 600 on a flop of K♥A♥Q♣ before Angelescu, in the cutoff, raised to 2,600. Velcea called and both players checked the Q♦ turn.

The river came the 2♥ and Angelescu then bet another 7,500. Velcea took his time before calling as Angelescu showed 6♥4♥ for the rivered flush to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Angelescu	120,000 95,000	95,000
Gheorghe Velcea	100,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Gheorghe Velcea Victor Angelescu

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

08-10-2023 04:38 UTC-12

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabriel Penescu	207,000 7,000	7,000
Marius Agica	140,000 52,000	52,000
Andreia Coman	140,000 20,000	20,000
Andrei Ciuca	128,000 73,000	73,000
Yosef Avneya	121,000 1,000	1,000
Admir Qinami	120,000 32,000	32,000

Gregory Telman	120,000 120,000	120,000
Gheorghe Velcea	110,000
Adrian Alexandru Delea	90,000 15,000	15,000

Break Time

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Level Three has ended and players are on the first 15-minute break of the day.

08-10-2023 04:29 UTC-12

Olaru Shows Budai the Goods

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three-handed on a flop of J♣8♠10♠, Liviu Bogdan Olaru bet 4,000 from the button before Andrii Zaika raised to 12,000 in early position. Alexandru Budai called as action went back on Olaru.

He then put in a raise to 30,000 and Zaika got out of the way. Budai, though, stuck around to see the 2♦ turn, where Olaru bet another 30,000.

Budai flashed KxQx and mucked as Olaru reciprocated by showing him 9♦7♦ for the flopped straight as he took in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liviu Bogdan Olaru	160,000 95,000	95,000
Alexandru Budai	150,000 40,000	40,000
Andrii Zaika	35,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Alexandru Budai Andrii Zaika Liviu Bogdan Olaru

08-10-2023 04:26 UTC-12

Gavrila Raises Marcu on the River

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Alexandru Marcu and Viorel Gavrila were on the river with the board showing K♠2♣5♥9♠5♠ when Marcu, in the small blind, bet 7,000.

Gavrila came back with a raise to 29,500 from early position and Marcu quickly called. Gavrila showed 6♣5♣ for rivered trips and Marcu surrendered the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viorel Gavrila	135,000 60,000	60,000

Alexandru Marcu	45,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Alexandru Marcu Viorel Gavrila

08-10-2023 04:20 UTC-12

Budai Stays Active, Gets Paid by Laurentiu

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Heads-up on a board of 7♠10♣3♥4♣, Alexandru Budai bet 13,000 from the button into a pot of around 17,000 and Mihai Laurentiu called in early position.

The river came the 6♥ and Budai fired out another 15,000. Laurentiu tanked for a moment before calling as Budai showed J♠J♦ to win the pot and increase his already big stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandru Budai	190,000 50,000	50,000
Mihai Laurentiu	45,000

Tags: Alexandru Budai Mihai Laurentiu

08-10-2023 04:11 UTC-12

Penescu Bets Big, Shows the Goods

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Marius Dragoita, Victor Angelescu, Gabriel Penescu, and David Arbel put in 4,500 as they went four-handed to the 9♠7♦7♠ flop.

Penescu, in the big blind, then tossed out 6,500 and Angelescu called, as did Arbel in the hijack. Dragoita also came along from the small blind.

The turn came the 6♦ and Penescu bet 36,000 this time. Angelescu and Arbel quickly folded, but Dragoita went into the tank for several minutes.

He eventually decided to fold as Penescu flashed A♦A♥, taking down the pot and increasing his stack to around 200,000, the largest in the room so far.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabriel Penescu	200,000 60,000	60,000
David Arbel	80,000 13,000	13,000
Marius Dragoita	56,000 14,000	14,000
Victor Angelescu	25,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: David Arbel Gabriel Penescu Marius Dragoita Victor Angelescu

08-10-2023 03:56 UTC-12

Angelescu Doubles Off Penescu Again

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Victor Angelescu moved all in for around 22,000 and Gabriel Penescu snap-called in the big blind, creating the third all-in confrontation between these two players so far today.

Victor Angelescu: A♦Q♣
Gabriel Penescu: A♥10♠

Angelescu had Penescu dominated and was poised for yet another double up as the 3♠8♣7♣K♠4♥ board kept him in front as he took another pot off his table nemesis.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabriel Penescu	140,000 30,000	30,000
Victor Angelescu	45,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Gabriel Penescu Victor Angelescu

08-10-2023 03:52 UTC-12

Budai Shoves, Clock Called on Berinde

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Bogdan Berinde put in a three-bet to 7,500 from the big blind and was called by both Vasile Zagon in middle position and Alexandru Budai in the cutoff.

The flop came 5♠9♦5♥ and Berinde continued for another 7,500. Both Zagon and Budai called as the 6♦ fell on the turn.

Berinde then checked, as did Zagon before Budai came out with 8,000. Only Berinde called to the 6♠ river where he checked over to Budai again. Budai then shoved the rest of his stack in the middle, a bet of around 50,000, as Berinde went deep into the tank.

The clock was eventually called after a few minutes before Berinde slid his cards into the muck.