Chris Moneymaker has run out of his chips on his second attempt and finished this tournament in 42nd place. Moneymaker open-shoved his last 15 big blinds with pocket nines. Ion Stoian, who busted him yesterday as well, woke up with pocket jacks and the board didn't bring help for Team PokerStars Pro.
Neculai Macovei, Raul Cuc, Daniel Tighe, and Evyatar Cohen are also out.
With less than 40 players remaining in the tournament, the prize pool has yet to be announced. The reason for this is unknown at this time. We'll be reporting the number of payouts and corresponding prizes as soon as it's made public.
On Table 3, the hands of Marius Asanache and Daniel Portiansky were tabled on an board, with Portiansky on the button and Asanache in early position.
Asanache had in front of him for a mere jack-high, and Portianksy showed for top set. The pot was worth around 130,000, giving Portiansky a big double-up.
15 players will finish in the money in the €2,200 PokerStars Festival Bucharest High Roller Single Re-entry, with the min-cash being €3,655. Besides the laurels and the trophy, the winner will also receive €55,500 in cash for their accomplishment.
Dawid Borkowski raised in early position, Tom Givony three-bet on the button, and Borkowski called. Borkowksi check-called 9,600 from Givony on a flop before both players checked the turn and river.
Borkowski showed and Givony tabled the winner with for a rivered pair of sevens.
In the next hand, Alexandru Gavrilut raised to 4,500 and Givony called in position. Gavrilut bet 3,500 on the flop and Givony called. On the turn, Gavrilut bet 7,300, Givony raised to 18,400, and Gavrilut called.
The river was the and Givony quickly bet 20,000. Gavrilut pondered for over a minute before calling the majority of his remaining stack off but was shown the bad news as Givony tabled for a set.
Alexandru Gavrilut committed his last 9,200 in late position. Tom Givony made the call from the small blind.
Alexandru Gavrilut:
Tom Givony:
Gavrilut let out a chuckle as he just lost the majority of his stack to the exact same hand Givony showed up with again. Gavrilut failed to match any of his overcards on and he was eliminated.