2017 PokerStars Festival Bucharest

€2,200 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival Bucharest

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
€55,500
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€215,340
Entries
111
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
5,000

Voinea Doubles Up

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

On a {7-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{6-Hearts} flop, Assaf Ben Yosef bet 1,500 in late position, Ionut Voinea check-raised to 4,800 from the big blind, and Ben Yosef called. Voinea committed his last 13,500 on the {9-Spades} turn and received another call.

Ionut Voinea: {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}
Assaf Ben Yosef: {K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}

The river was the {8-Clubs} and Voinea doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Ionut Flavius Voinea ro
Ionut Flavius Voinea
40,000
15,000
15,000
Assaf Ben Yosef il
Assaf Ben Yosef
8,000

Tags: Ionut Voinea

Back-To-Back Queens Send Eldabach Packing

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

On a {Q-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} flop, an unknown player checked, Marius Asanache bet 4,000, Dorel Eldabach called, and the third player called as well.

The turn was the {A-Hearts} and after a check, Asanacha bet 6,000. Eldabach snap-shoved 33,500, the third player folded, and Asanacha called directly.

Dorel Eldabach: {Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts}
Marius Asanache: {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}

Eldabach needed a heart to escape but bricked on the {6-Spades} river. The Israeli was left with 1,000, which went in in the next hand. Asanache was there as well and the board ran out {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}.

Eldabach showed {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}, Asanache once again showed up with pocket queens, and with {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} he had made a flush and the winner to knock out Eldabach.

Player Chips Progress
Marius Asanache ro
Marius Asanache
85,000
85,000
85,000
Dorel Eldabach il
Dorel Eldabach
Busted

Tags: Dorel EldabachMarius Asanache

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

La Marca Makes The Wrong Call

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

In a blind battle between Lawrence Bayley and Benito La Marca, the pot was up to around 20,000 with action on Bayley. The Brit shoved all in on a {9-Hearts}{10-Spades}{A-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{5-Spades} board, putting La Marca to the test for his last 13,000 in chips.

The Italian thought for a while then picked up his stack and put it in the middle in one quick motion.

Bayley showed {10-Diamonds}{9-Spades} for a full house and the Italian slammed on the table in frustration. His hand was turned over by the dealer, who revealed {A-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Lawrence Bayley gb
Lawrence Bayley
58,000
33,000
33,000
Benito La Marca it
Benito La Marca
Busted

Tags: Benito La MarcaLawrence Bayley

Chip Counts

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jacques Torbey lb
Jacques Torbey
65,000
10,000
10,000
Ersoy Cagdas tr
Ersoy Cagdas
53,000
28,000
28,000
Hans Wenzelburger de
Hans Wenzelburger
53,000
5,600
5,600
Ezequiel Lebed ar
Ezequiel Lebed
50,000
25,000
25,000
Andreas Vlachos gr
Andreas Vlachos
40,000
5,000
5,000
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
28,000
-8,000
-8,000
Alexandru Papazian ro
Alexandru Papazian
27,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Andreas Klatt de
Andreas Klatt
22,000
-3,000
-3,000
Mihai Manole ro
Mihai Manole
18,600
-6,400
-6,400
Pasquale Grimaldi it
Pasquale Grimaldi
13,000
-12,000
-12,000

Yazbeck Keeps Building

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Georges Yazbeck (right)
Georges Yazbeck (right)

Georges Yazbeck, number nine on the Lebanese all-time money list with over a million dollars in lifetime winnings, is one of the early chipleaders in this tournament. Yazbeck just took down another pot to move up to 85,000.

Alexandru Gavrilut had raised to 1,000 and got a call to his direct left. Yazbeck made it 3,000 on the button and Gavrilut was the only caller, leaving himself with just 7,200 behind.

Both players checked the {Q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} flop. Gavrilut checked the {2-Hearts} turn and folded to a 2,500 bet from Yazbeck.

Player Chips Progress
Georges Yazbeck lb
Georges Yazbeck
85,000
14,000
14,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Alexandru Gavrilut ro
Alexandru Gavrilut
7,200
-22,800
-22,800

Tags: Alexandru GavrilutGeorges Yazbeck