€888 Main Event Day 2 | 2023 888poker LIVE Bucharest

08-13-2023 05:25 UTC-12

Gicovanu Snaps Off Badea

David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 7♦6♦10♥, Marius Gicovanu bet 18,000 from under the gun and Claudiu Badea came back with a raise to 43,000 in the small blind.

Gicovanu used a time bank before calling to the 4♣ turn, where Badea splashed in his last 138,000. Gicovanu again tanked before calling with Q♦10♦ for top pair.

Badea showed 10♣9♣ for a pair of tens and a worse kicker, and found no help on the 5♦ river as Gicovanu sent him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Gicovanu	840,000 280,000	280,000
Claudiu Badea	Busted

Tags: Claudiu Badea Marius Gicovanu

08-13-2023 05:18 UTC-12

Cerveny Stops Belea's Rise

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Ladislav Cerveny was all in for 187,000 from the cutoff and up against Razvan Belea in the small blind.

Ladislav Cerveny: A♠Q♠
Razvan Belea: A♥J♥

Cerveny had Belea dominated and was poised for a double up as the board came K♦2♥9♦4♦10♦, securing him the pot and finally putting a small dent in Belea's rapidly rising stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Razvan Belea	980,000 120,000	120,000

Ladislav Cerveny	375,000 105,000	105,000

Tags: Ladislav Cerveny Razvan Belea

08-13-2023 05:13 UTC-12

Aspas Gets Value From Wauters

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Andrei Wauters raised to 16,000 from the hijack and Abel Aspas called in the big blind.

Both players checked the 4♦3♠2♥ flop as Wauters took out his phone and began filming the action. Aspas led out for 13,000 on the 6♠ turn and Wauters quickly called.

The river came the 7♥ and Aspas fired out another 47,000. Wauters again called and Aspas showed K♦5♣ for a straight to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abel Aspas	540,000 320,000	320,000
Andrei Wauters	450,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Abel Aspas Andrei Wauters

Level: 15

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

08-13-2023 05:00 UTC-12

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Simpson	676,000 364,000	364,000

Admir Qinami	664,000 204,000	204,000

Nicolae Balea	640,000 23,000	23,000

Costache Tudorel	580,000 160,000	160,000
Marius Gicovanu	560,000 22,000	22,000
Alexandru Marcu	507,000 21,000	21,000

Cosmin Voinea	500,000
Andrei Wauters	477,000 232,000	232,000
Victor Alexandru Chiorean	465,000 402,000	402,000
Bogdan Trifanescu	403,000 83,000	83,000
Gusti Sas	342,000 6,000	6,000
Alexander Sjoerd	300,000 175,500	175,500
Iulian Lucian Dragan	272,000 80,000	80,000
Gregory Telman	251,000 159,000	159,000
Frankie Chan	230,000 80,000	80,000
Konstantinos Vatseris	215,000 45,500	45,500
Costin Stanciu	200,000
Mert Tozlu	190,000 29,500	29,500
Adrian Alexandru Delea	185,000 97,000	97,000
Rares Cosmin Popa	173,000 85,000	85,000
Radu Lungu	172,000 72,000	72,000
Laszlo Salamon	Busted
Nicolae Bordianu	Busted
Andreia Coman	Busted
Victor Vozian	Busted

Break Time

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The remaining 54 players are headed on a 15-minute break.

08-13-2023 04:50 UTC-12

Belea Keeps Climbing

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Three-handed on a flop of 8♣2♥J♣, Razvan Belea bet 15,000 from the button and Maksims Gorbacs called in the big blind, as did Valentin Cristea in early position.

The turn came the 9♣ and action checked to Belea again, who this time fired out 36,000. Only Cristea called to the 4♦ river, where both players checked.

Cristea showed AxKx, but Belea had 9♥8♥ for two pair to win the pot and add to his already massive stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Razvan Belea	1,100,000 50,000	50,000

Maksims Gorbacs	300,000 50,000	50,000
Valentin Cristea	150,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Maksims Gorbacs Razvan Belea Valentin Cristea

08-13-2023 04:39 UTC-12

Tudorel Sends Flutur Deep In the Tank

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Sorin Flutur and Costache Tudorel built a pot of around 170,000 heading to the turn on a board of 10♠3♠8♦J♦. Flutur checked his big blind over to Tudorel, who then announced he was all in from the button.

Flutur, with around 220,000 remaining, tanked for several minutes and used up several time bank chips, rechecking his cards a few times before he mucked as Tudorel scooped the big pot without a showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Costache Tudorel	420,000 180,000	180,000
Sorin Flutur	220,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Costache Tudorel Sorin Flutur

08-13-2023 04:30 UTC-12

Stef Runs Into Ionita's Monster

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The player on the button limped in before Sebastian Ionita in the small blind raised to 20,000. Cristian Sergiu Stef then shoved all in for 120,000 in the big blind and the button folded, but Ionita snap-called.

Cristian Sergiu Stef: A♦Q♥
Sebastian Ionita: A♣A♠

Ionita ended up hitting the last ace in the deck on the 2♣10♦4♣A♥10♣ board and filling up on the river, sending Stef to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Ionita	340,000 13,000	13,000
Cristian Sergiu Stef	Busted

Tags: Cristian Sergiu Stef Sebastian Ionita

08-13-2023 04:25 UTC-12

Belea Crosses a Million With Big River Bet

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Patrick Bueno and Razvan Belea were heads-up on the river with the board showing 10♥7♥J♦3♣6♠ and around 100,000 in the pot when Belea, under the gun, bet 115,000.

Bueno used up several of his time bank chips as he tanked for a few minutes. He eventually picked up a white 5,000 chip and began twirling it between his fingers before slamming it on the table to signify a call.

Belea opened up A♣A♠ and Bueno mucked his cards as Belea became the first player to cross the 1,000,000 chip mark with that pot.