Welcome to the €2,200 PokerStars Festival Bucharest High Roller

At 8 p.m. local time, cards will be in the air for the €2,200 PokerStars Festival Bucharest High Roller Single Re-Entry. The Festival in the Romanian capital, affectionally known as "Little Paris", is in full swing and the poker room in the stunning JW Marriot Bucharest Grand Hotel is packed with poker enthusiasts from around Europe and Israel.

Last year, during the inaugural Eureka Poker Tour Bucharest Festival, the €2,200 High Roller consisted of 43 entries. After two days of playing, Mihai Niste stood tall after chopping heads-up with Petre Chiriac. Niste received €23,960 and the honors, Chiriac walked away €24,000 richer. The PokerStars Festival Bucharest Main Event already shattered last year's attendance figure, and a sizable field is expected for the High Roller as well.

Since its inception in 2016, eight PokerStars Festival High Rollers have been played. The following players have won a PokerStars Festival High Roller event.

PokerStars Festival High Roller history

Year	PSF Stop	Buy In	Entries	Prize Pool	Champion	Prize	Prize (USD)
2016	New Jersey	$2,200	16	$31,040	Jack Duong	$15,520	$15,520
2017	London	£2,200	178	£345,320	Joe Johnson	£59,912	$74,525
2017	Rozvadov	€2,200	118	€228,920	Boris Kuzmanovic	€37,791	$40,319
2017	Chile	$3,300	15	$43,650	Leo Fernandez	$20,950	$20,950
2017	Marbella	€2,200	184	€ 353,280	Oriol Vaquero	€78,200	$87,283
2017	South Korea	KRW 4,350,000	62	KRW 240,560,000	Boyuan Qu	KRW72,160,000	$64,195
2017	Lille	€2,200	151	€289,920	Olli Autio	€69,600	$81,081
2017	Manila	PHP215,000	47	PHP9,118,000	Peter Plater	PHP3,100,000	$61,520

In Bucharest, all players will receive 25,000 in chips and levels will be 40 minutes throughout the tournament. Day 1 will feature eight levels of 40 minutes before chips are bagged and tagged for the night. Late registration will be open up until the start of Day 2. All surviving players will return at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 5th, and play down until a winner is crowned.

High Roller Day 1 Level Structure

Level	Duration	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
1	40 min	50	100
2	40 min	75	150
3	40 min	100	200	25
4	40 min	150	300	25
5	40 min	200	400	50
6	40 min	250	500	50
7	40 min	300	600	75
8	40 min	400	800	100

The PokerNews live reporting team will be covering this event from start to finish until the first PokerStars Festival Bucharest High Roller winner is crowned on Saturday night. The High Roller will be running side-to-side with the Main Event. Click here for live updates of the Main Event.