Level: 19
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 19
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
The beautiful city of Bucharest will host a main event for the Unibet Open Poker Tour 2017 from November 30th to December 4th, 2017.
Players will stay at the luxury-grade Marriott hotel and will be treated to the famous Unibet hospitality, including welcome drinks, players’ party and lots of activities away from the poker table.
Last year, Traian Bostan defeated Eli Heath heads-up when his ![]()
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. Bostan collected the €100,000 first prize after topping the 603-player field as the final table payouts were as following:
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (EUR) |
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| 1 | Traian Bostan | Romania | 100,000 |
| 2 | Eli Heath | UK | 64,200 |
| 3 | Adrian Stefan Calusaru | Romania | 44,200 |
| 4 | Cosmin Cimpeanu | Romania | 32,800 |
| 5 | Gabriel Gavrila | Romania | 25,200 |
| 6 | Dan Murariu | Romania | 19,400 |
| 7 | Eugen Chiva | Romania | 15,500 |
| 8 | Ionut-Alin Tambura | Romania | 12,400 |
| 9 | Juho Launonen | Finland | 9,910 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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445,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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440,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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415,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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290,000
125,000
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125,000 |
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285,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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270,000
35,500
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35,500 |
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220,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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200,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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190,000
20,500
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20,500 |
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185,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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180,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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160,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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50,000
33,000
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33,000 |
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Stephen Lichtenberger was all in for his last 52,500 and Nissar Quraishi called in the big blind.
Lichtenberger: ![]()
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Quraishi: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Lichtenberger doubled through to 110,000 as Quraishi dropped to under 100,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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110,000
67,000
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67,000 |
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95,000
10,000
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10,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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535,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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490,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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420,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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320,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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290,000
265,000
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265,000 |
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155,000
215,000
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215,000 |
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105,000
95,000
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95,000 |
From under the gun, Mack Lee opened to 18,000 only to have Matthew Levine three-bet him from the next seat over to 45,000. The action folded back to Lee, and he called.
The flop landed ![]()
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and Lee checked to Levine who bet 25,000. Lee check-raised to 50,000 and Levine quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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380,000
194,000
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194,000 |
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320,000
45,000
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45,000 |
Kirk Morrison has just been eliminated from the tournament.
Speaking to Morrison he explained to us that he was all in holding ![]()
and was looked up by Kenny Ho holding ![]()
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There was no help for Morrison, and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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460,000
195,000
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195,000 |
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Photos by Tambet Kask.