Level: 30
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 20,000
2017 PokerStars Festival Bucharest
Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Festival Bucharest
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€706,560
Entries
736
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Ozdemir Extends His Lead
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Anil Ozdemir raised to 250,000 and Sam Grafton called. The flop came 
and Grafton check-called a bet of 225,000. The turn was the 
and both players checked.
Grafton bet 110,000 on the river and Ozdemir raised to 475,000.
"Jack-Queen?" asked Grafton before calling. Ozdemir showed him 
and extended his chiplead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,000,000 | 1,600,000 |
|
4,100,000 | -1,600,000 |
As You Were
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Over the past few hands Grafton has slipped back to his starting position when they begun heads-up play.
In one hand Ozdemir check-called a bet of 225,000 from Grafton on a 
flop. Both players checked the 
on the turn and Ozdemir bet 425,000 on the river 
. Grafton thought about his decision before calling.
Ozdemir showed 
and Grafton was unable to beat it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,400,000 | 1,500,000 |
|
|
5,700,000 | -1,500,000 |
Grafton Wins First Major Pot of Heads-Up Play
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Sam Grafton raised to 275,000 and Anil Ozdemir three-bet to 900,000. Grafton called.
The flop came 
and Ozdemir bet 725,000 and Grafton called. The turn was the 
and both players checked. Ozdemir checked the 
river and Grafton snap-checked behind.
Ozdemir showed 
but Grafton had flopped a pair with 
"Nice hands," said Ozdemir.
"Very sexy hands," replied Grafton.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,900,000 | -1,545,000 |
|
|
7,200,000 | 1,565,000 |
Fahredin Mustafov Eliminated in 4th Place (€43,500); Daniel Nietrzebka Eliminated in 3rd Place (€57,600)
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Anil Ozdemir opened to 250,000 from under the gun and Daniel Nietrzebka called on the button. Sam Grafton folded his small blind, and then the following happened within five seconds.
"All in," Mustafov said, shoving his stack of 2,485,000 in the middle.
"All in," Ozdemir said, sliding a tower of T-100,000 chips forward.
"All in," Nietrzebka said without hesitation, creating a pot of 75% of the chips in play just like that.
Fahredin Mustafov: 
Anil Ozdemir: 
Daniel Nietrzebka: 
The room buzzed with excitement and the crowd got on their feet to watch the action unfold.
"The jack is coming, I'm not even worried," Ozdemir foreshadowed.
The dealer slowly dealt the flop, which kept things exciting. Ozdemir did indeed flop the jack he needed but Nietrzebka was drawing very live with his overpair and the king-high flush draw. Mustafov was left drawing nearly dead and had just one out left: the king of clubs.
The 
landed on the turn and Nietrzebka cheered in excitement. Mustafov was now officially drawing dead, Ozdemir could still pair the board to knock out two players at once.
"No full house!" yelled Nietrzebka when he suddenly realised Ozdemir could still make a full house to scoop.
The on the river did indeed pair the board and Ozdemir delivered the final blow to both Nietrzebka and Mustafov. Grafton was happy as well, moving up two spots on the leaderboard just like that.
Nietrzebka had more than Mustafov and finished 3rd for €57,600, Mustafov received €43,500 for his fourth place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,445,000 | 7,945,000 |
|
|
5,635,000 | 535,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Ozdemir Forces Out Mustafov
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Fahredin Mustafov raised to 250,000 from the button and Anil Ozdemir three-bet to 900,000. Mustafov called and the flop came 
.
Ozdemir continued for 700,000 and Mustafov called.
The turn was the and Ozdemir bet again for 1,225,000 and Mustafov folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,500,000 | 1,640,000 |
|
|
3,000,000 | -1,680,000 |
Mustafov Doubles Up Again
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Directly after doubling up, Fahredin Mustafov got his stack in again, this time against Anil Ozdemir. After Daniel Nietrzebka had opened under the gun, Mustafov moved in for 2,300,000 from the small blind.
Ozdemir reshoved all in from the big blind and Nietrzebka got out of the way.
Fahredin Mustafov:
Anil Ozdemir:
Mustafov jumped from his seat as the dealer fanned out a 
flop, which added a flush draw to his overcards.
"One more!" Mustafov yelled. The 
on the turn gave the Bulgarian the nines as additional outs to go with his flush draw and overcards.
The river was the he needed from the beginning and he doubled up once more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,860,000 | -2,300,000 |
|
|
4,680,000 | 2,330,000 |
Mustafov Doubles Through Grafton
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
It folded to Sam Grafton in the small blind who took one look at the short stack of Fahredin Mustafov in the big blind and moved all in. Mustafov snap-called.
Grafton: 
Mustafov: 
Mustafov had woken up with a respectable hand and it held as the board came and Mustafov survived.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,100,000 | -1,105,000 |
|
|
2,350,000 | 1,050,000 |
Mustafov Slips
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
In a blind battle, Fahredin Mustafov raised to 225,000 and Anil Ozdemir defended. Mustafov bet 175,000 on the 
flop and Ozdemir called. On the turn, Mustafov checked, Ozdemir bet 225,000, and Mustafov called.
Both players quickly checked the 
on the river. Mustafov flashed what appeared to be a queen-high hand but quickly mucked when Ozdemir showed 
for tens and fours.
Mustafov now has just 13 big blinds left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,160,000 | 655,000 |
|
|
1,300,000 | -635,000 |
Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000