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€560 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2023 EAPT Bucharest
€560 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2023 EAPT Bucharest
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
€560
Prize Pool
€223,560
Total Entries
486
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Entries
97
Players Left
15
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Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Fifteen players qualified for Day 2 out of a total field of 97 entrants on Day 1a of the 2023 €560 Eurasian Poker Tour Main Event at 888poker Room in Bucharest. This last sentence could be copied and pasted for Day 1b, because once again, 15 players made it through to Day 2 out of 97 entrants.
On this very quick second flight of the tournament (two levels fewer than on Day 1a), Alexandru Mitracu ended up as the chip leader with 455,000 chips. But it was a close call because Ran Shahar, in the lead the whole day, bagged 440,000, so he's only trailing by three big blinds.
The difference was made after the last break, after which Shahar lost a few pots while Mitracu won a big one. "I had pocket treys in the under-the-gun position on a deuce-deuce-trey-ten-jack board against the cutoff and the big blind," he explained at the end of the day. "Everybody checked the flop; then I bet 16,000 on the turn. The cutoff raised to 43,000, and I called. On the river, he bet, I raised all in, and he went into the tank for five minutes. He called with king-ten".
End of Day 1b Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandru Mitracu | Romania | 455,000 | 91 |
| 2 | Ran Shahar | Israel | 440,000 | 88 |
| 3 | Stefan Necsanu | Romania | 374,000 | 75 |
| 4 | John Four | Bulgaria | 355,000 | 71 |
| 5 | Milovan Dinovic | Serbia | 349,000 | 70 |
| 6 | Cristian Sandu | Romania | 280,000 | 56 |
| 7 | Andrei Ciuca | Romania | 279,000 | 56 |
| 8 | Stefan Gheorghe | Romania | 266,000 | 53 |
| 9 | Alain El-Hajj | Lebanon | 253,000 | 51 |
| 10 | Alexandru Matei | Romania | 194,000 | 39 |
Stefan Necsanu bagged in third place with 374,000, closely followed by Serbia's Milovan Dinovic (349,000). Andrei Ciuca (279,000), Alain El-Hajj (253,000) and Alexandru Matei (194,000) ended the day with smaller stacks, but still big enough to be close to the average.
Nobody had very short stacks anyway, as the shortest ones — Gheorghe Velcea (117,000) and Dmitri Dudakov (124,000) — still have more than 20 blinds.
Tomorrow, Friday, November 10, the first part of the €560 EAPT Main Event will come to an end with the last two flights. Day 1c will begin at 2 p.m. local time and play 40-minute levels down to the final 15 percent of the field. Then, Day 1d will begin at 8 p.m., with 25-minute levels.
Stay tuned as PokerNews follows all the action until a champion is crowned.
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
There are 15 players left. They are all qualified for Day 2 and in the money.
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
In a blind versus blind situation, Silviu Pana and Cristian Sandu both moved all in, with Sandu having the shortest stack.
Cristian Sandu: 10♦10♥
Silviu Pana: K♠10♣
On a board of 2♠8♦4♥9♦8♠, Sandu's tens held and he doubled up to 205,000.
Down to 65,000, Pana shoved on the next hand from the button, and Sandu reshoved in the small blind.
Silviu Pana: A♣7♣
Cristian Sandu: K♣Q♠
Sandu celebrated on the turn after he hit a pair, then trips on 5♦4♣9♥K♦K♥. He burst the bubble and qualified for Day 2, while Pana was walking away.
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Dan Petrea has been eliminated, so there were 16 players left for 15 places in the money. The tournament director stopped the clock to start the hand-for-hand procedure.
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante
Jonas Degen under the gun and Gheorghe Stefan on the button flipped their cards preflop, with Stefan being the one at risk for 110,000.
Gheorghe Stefan: A♥Q♦
Jonas Degen: K♦K♥
The flop 2♥10♦Q♥ brought a queen for Stefan, then a second one came with the turn Q♠ to give him trips. And after the river 9♠, Stefan doubled up.
Down to 25,000, Degen moved all in on the next hand, and faced Stefan again.
Jonas Degen: Q♦7♦
Gheorghe Stefan: K♠4♠
Once again, Stefan won this hand on 5♥4♦6♥6♠K♥, and Degen was sent to the rail.
Two more eliminations are needed to reach the money and end Day 1b.
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante
There were 27 players left when Level 13 started. But only 15 minutes later, eight of them were out, most of them because they had between 5 and 15 blinds.
However, Dan Petrea is an exception, because when he moved all in for 28,000 from the button, he doubled through Ran Shahar in the hijack.
Dan Petrea: A♣A♥
Ran Shahar: A♠8♣
On a board of J♥7♥6♦Q♥9♦, he won with his aces. And he doubled up again a few hands later, once more against Shahar.
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante
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