Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
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Busted |
Mihai Pancu open-shoved for 3,400 from under the gun, then player to his left raised all in for 9,500. All the other players folded, and both players flipped their cards.
Mihai Pancu: 10♦7♥
Early position player: K♥Q♦
On the board 4♦K♠2♣J♥Q♣, a king landed on the flop, then a queen on the river to give two pair to the early position player. Knowing that he was going to be eliminated, Pancu stood up on the flop on the turn and left.
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Busted |
After an open to 2,200 by the cutoff, Bogdan Trifanescu three-bet to 5,800 on the button.
The small blind folded, but the big blind four-bet to 15,000. The cutoff folded, and Trifanescu made the call.
The big blind continued to 3,000. A very small bet quickly called by Trifanescu. But when the big blind asked for 12,000 on the turn K♦, Trifanescu gave up and folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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75,000
13,000
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13,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Almost 100 entrants have been recorded after six levels. The 62 players still in the tournament are on a 15-minute break.
After an open to 1,600 by the hijack called twice, Florin Rusu in the small blind three-bet to 4,900. But Adrian Constantin in the big blind four-bet to 12,500. Ruso was the only one to call.
On the flop 5♠J♠K♠, then on the turn J♣ and finally the river 5♦, both players slowed down and checked.
Rusu then showed A♥Q♥ for a simple pair and ace-high. But Constantin revealed 9♥9♠ and kept increasing his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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259,000
84,000
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84,000 |
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24,000 |
Rares Popa opened to 1,300 from under the gun. He was called by George Ormenisan in middle position and by the hijack. But Cristian Rajala squeezed to 6,000 from the button. Popa was the only one to call.
On the flop 9♠3♠9♦, Rajala continued with a bet of 4,000 and was called. But after he fired a second barrel of 7,000 on the turn 9♥, Popa eventually folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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142,000
142,000
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142,000 |
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61,000
61,000
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61,000 |
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47,000
47,000
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47,000 |
Three pairs of cards went on their backs on Table 1, with a first player in middle position all in for 6,300, a second one at risk too for 51,500, and Silviu Baltateanu in the small blind who held the biggest stack.
Middle position player 1: Q♦8♥
Middle position player 2: K♠K♦
Silviu Baltateanu: A♠10♥
The hijack player was on his way to double up after the flop 8♦3♦9♣ and the turn 7♥. But the A♣ landed on the river to give top pair to Baltateanu, who took this big pot and eliminated his two opponents.
Moments later, the table broke.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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160,000
160,000
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160,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800