18 Players Looking for €36,000 on Final Day of EAPT Bucharest Main Event

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