2023 888poker LIVE Bucharest

€888 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2023 888poker LIVE Bucharest

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€30,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€888
Prize Pool
€138,898
Entries
191
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
88
Players Left
36

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Dragan Wakes Up With Queens

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Alexandru Anghel moved all in for around 50,000 and Iulian Lucian Dragan called in the big blind.

Alexandru Anghel: 66
Iulian Lucian Dragan: QQ

Anghel was dominated and found no miracles on the 5438J board as Dragan finished with a flush to send him to the rail.

Cosmin Petrica also recently busted at this table.

Player Chips Progress
Iulian Lucian Dragan ro
Iulian Lucian Dragan
200,000
60,000
60,000
Alexandru Anghel ro
Alexandru Anghel
Busted
Cosmin Petrica ro
Cosmin Petrica
Busted

Tags: Alexandru AnghelCosmin PetricaIulian Lucian Dragan

Arbel Shows the Bluff

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Heads-up on a board of 10Q109, Bogdan Vulcan checked his big blind over to David Arbel who bet 15,000 from middle position.

Vulcan called to see the K river and checked again. Arbel then put in a bet of 30,000 and Vulcan paused for a moment before folding.

Arbel showed 87 for a missed straight draw as he took in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
David Arbel ro
David Arbel
360,000
100,000
100,000
Bogdan Vulcan
Bogdan Vulcan
75,000
-40,000
-40,000

Tags: Bogdan VulcanDavid Arbel

Dragan Breaths Fire on Salamon

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Iulian Lucian Dragan bet 4,000 from the hijack on a board of 3432 and was called by Laszlo Salamon in the small blind.

The river came the 5 and Dragan bet another 22,500. Salamon tanked for about a minute before calling, only for Dragan to show him 22 for a full house to win the pot.

Elsewhere, Nicolae Balea just busted Roman Stoica and is now approaching 800,000, a commanding chip lead over the rest of the field.

Player Chips Progress
Nicolae Balea ro
Nicolae Balea
750,000
170,000
170,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Iulian Lucian Dragan ro
Iulian Lucian Dragan
140,000
23,000
23,000
Laszlo Salamon ro
Laszlo Salamon
90,000
-10,000
-10,000
Roman Stoica md
Roman Stoica
Busted

Tags: Iulian Lucian DraganLaszlo SalamonNicolae BaleaRoman Stoica

Off to the Races For Aspas, Paraschiv

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Claudiu Paraschiv
Claudiu Paraschiv

Abel Aspas raised to 5,500 from middle position before Claudiu Paraschiv, on the button, moved all in for 85,000. Aspas spent a minute in the tank before calling.

Claudiu Paraschiv: AQ
Abel Aspas: 1010

Paraschiv, who once was one of the chip leaders in today's field, was racing for his tournament life and watched as the board ran out 284410, giving Aspas a full house and sending him to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Abel Aspas es
Abel Aspas
420,000
78,000
78,000
Claudiu Paraschiv ro
Claudiu Paraschiv
Busted

Tags: Abel AspasClaudiu Paraschiv

Sas Calls Down on the River

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Gusti Sas and an opponent were heads-up on a flop of 5Q4 when Sas called a bet of 3,500 from the big blind.

The turn came the 7 and Sas led out for 4,000. His opponent called to the Q river, where Sas then checked.

His opponent then fired out 22,000 and Sas tanked for nearly two minutes before committing the chips, only to be shown AQ for trips to drop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Gusti Sas ro
Gusti Sas
310,000
-40,000
-40,000

Tags: Gusti Sas

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Break Time Chip Update

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Nicolae Balea ro
Nicolae Balea
580,000
150,000
150,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Josef Huber cz
Josef Huber
382,000
-101,000
-101,000
Gusti Sas ro
Gusti Sas
350,000
-10,000
-10,000
Abel Aspas es
Abel Aspas
342,000
22,000
22,000
Ionut Alexandru Aldea ro
Ionut Alexandru Aldea
319,500
89,500
89,500
Levente Pal ro
Levente Pal
310,000
185,000
185,000
Marius Gicovanu ro
Marius Gicovanu
293,000
-27,000
-27,000
Catalin Moraru ro
Catalin Moraru
288,000
136,000
136,000
Roman Stoica md
Roman Stoica
280,000
-70,000
-70,000
Nicolae Bordianu ro
Nicolae Bordianu
271,500
106,500
106,500
Victor Vozian es
Victor Vozian
186,000
86,000
86,000
Rares Alexandu Indrei ro
Rares Alexandu Indrei
169,000
119,000
119,000
Gallardo Soriano es
Gallardo Soriano
161,000
31,000
31,000
Maksims Gorbacs lv
Maksims Gorbacs
156,000
81,000
81,000
Alexandru Cinca ro
Alexandru Cinca
154,000
94,000
94,000
Radu Lungo
Radu Lungo
152,000
152,000
152,000
Cristian Tardea ro
Cristian Tardea
145,000
-55,000
-55,000
Lucia Navarro es
Lucia Navarro
142,000
2,000
2,000
Luc Morel
Luc Morel
139,000
139,000
139,000
Cosmin Voinea ro
Cosmin Voinea
127,000
36,600
36,600
Claudiu Badea ro
Claudiu Badea
117,000
87,000
87,000
Iulian Lucian Dragan ro
Iulian Lucian Dragan
117,000
-45,000
-45,000
Bogdan Vulcan
Bogdan Vulcan
115,000
15,000
15,000
Nick Eastwood gb
Nick Eastwood
93,000
-19,000
-19,000
Lucian Sima
Lucian Sima
92,000
92,000
92,000

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Balea Stuns Arbel

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Nicolae Balea
Nicolae Balea

Picking up the action on the river and the board showing 4851010, David Arbel bet 15,000 from middle position before Nicolae Balea raised to 70,000 under the gun.

Arbel quickly called and Balea turned over 88 for a full house. Arbel buried his head in his hands for a moment before releasing his cards, sending the big pot over to Balea who moved over 400,000.

Player Chips Progress
Nicolae Balea ro
Nicolae Balea
430,000
95,000
95,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
David Arbel ro
David Arbel
260,000
-110,000
-110,000

Tags: David ArbelNicolae Balea