Out of a total field of 486 entrants, only 18 players remain on Day 3 of the 2023 €560 Eurasian Poker Tour Main Event at the 888poker Room in Bucharest.
In just a few hours, one of them will be crowned an EAPT Champion and win the €36,000 first-place prize. But there is still a long way to go before lifting the trophy. The way may be a little shorter for the only foreign player left in the field, Gheorghe Butuc, who ended Day 2 as the chip leader with 2,725,000 chips.
But the battle will be tough, as all the other players, especially Razvan Paduraru (2,300,000) and Sebastian Ionita (2,000,000), the biggest stacks, will try to stop him and keep the trophy in Romania.
End of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Gheorghe Butuc | Moldova | 2,725,000 | 68 |
| 2 | Razvan Paduraru | Romania | 2,300,000 | 58 |
| 3 | Sebastian Ionita | Romania | 2,000,000 | 50 |
| 4 | Vlad Murgulet | Romania | 1,350,000 | 34 |
| 5 | Cristian Rajala | Romania | 1,340,000 | 34 |
| 6 | Alexandru Mitracu | Romania | 1,170,000 | 29 |
| 7 | Cosmin Dima | Romania | 1,075,000 | 27 |
| 8 | Andrei Nodea | Romania | 1,060,000 | 27 |
| 9 | Florentin Constantin | Romania | 1,050,000 | 26 |
| 10 | Ionut Voinea | Romania | 1,045,000 | 26 |
Day 1b Alexandru Mitracu (1,170,000) and Day 2 Ionut Voinea (1,045,000) can also hope for a seat at the final table, along with Cristian Rajala (1,340,000), Andrei Nodea (1,060,000) or Silviu Baltateanu (460,000) and Andrei Iordache (440,000), the two shortest stacks.
Day 3 is scheduled to begin on at 2 p.m. local time. Play will resume with 40:00 remaining on Level 23, which features 20,000/40,000 blinds with a 40,000 big blind ante. Then, levels will increase to 60 minutes. The feature table will also be streamed on the EAPT’s official YouTube channel as they play down to a winner.
2023 EAPT Bucharest Main Event Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|
| 1 | €36,000* | 8 | €4,650 |
| 2 | €24,705* | 9 | €3,785 |
| 3 | €17,200* | 10-11 | €3,275 |
| 4 | €12,750* | 12-13 | €2,900 |
| 5 | €9,300 | 14-15 | €2,540 |
| 6 | €7,100 | 16-17 | €2,225 |
| 7 | €5,700 | 18 | €1,930 |
* €5,000 EAPT Grand Final Cyprus package added
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Alexandru MitracuAndrei NodeaCosmin DimaCristian RajalaFlorentin ConstantinGheorghe ButucIonut VoineaRazvan PaduraruSebastian IonitaVlad Murgulet
