With just a few blinds left, Octavian Borcan shoved and faced Alexandru Ersen to stay in the tournament.
Octavian Borcan: K♦6♦
Alexandru Ersen: A♦J♥
The board 10♥8♦A♣Q♠4♥ was no help for Borcan, who was eliminated. A few minutes later, Bogdan Berinde was eliminated too.
Cards when on their back after Codrin Manastireanu and Cristian Rajala moved all in, with Manastireanu being the one at risk for 98,000 chips.
Codrin Manastireanu: K♥3♥
Cristian Rajala: Q♥Q♠
Manastireanu shoved with almost 20 blinds and a very loose hand. As expected, the queens kept the lead on the board 2♥8♦7♠A♠7♦ and Manastireanu was eliminated.
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Alexandru Ersen and the two players in the blinds discovered a flop of 10♥J♦10♦ that all three of them checked.
Then on the turn A♠, Gheorghe Bilea on the small blind led out with a bet of 12,000. Stefan Hurju in the big blind folded, but Ersen called.
The 4♣ completed the board, but both players check. Bilea had A♥4♥ and Ersen had A♦7♦, so they split the pot.
Moments after the break, Cristian Rajala shoved from middle position for 36,000 and was called by Silviu Baltatean in the cutoff.
Cristian Rajala: K♠Q♠
Silviu Baltateanu: A♥A♠
Rajala stood up to leave. But he hit two pair on K♥Q♦3♣8♦J♦.
So he sat down and played the next hand where he moved all in again after Bogdan Trifanescu opened from under the gun and Stefan Ionita jammed for 42,000.
Stefan Ionita: J♦J♠
Cristian Rajala: Q♥Q♠
This time, Rajala had the best hand, and it held on 2♠5♥A♥4♠10♥.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 6,000
Only one player has been eliminated during the last hour. So 26 players are still hoping to be part of the last 15 players who will qualify for day 2 and be in the money.
For now, they are on a 10-minute break.
Still no eliminations in 40 minutes, so the game continues. After an open in middle position to 7,000, Aristeidis Ktenioudakis called from the button.
He decided to check-back on the flop 8♠3♥6♥, the turn 2♠ and the river K♥, event though he had A♣Q♠.
But he was right, as his opponent hit a pair with K♦10♣ on the river.
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