Andrei Roscan raised to 2,300 from under the gun, Mircea Flutur three-bet to 6,200 in middle position, and Roscan called. The flop was and Roscan checked, Flutur bet 5,600, and Roscan called.
On the turn, Roscan checked, Flutur bet 14,100, Roscan check-raised to 36,000, and Flutur called in position to create an already substantial pot. The river was the and Roscan checked. Flutur moved all in for 60,000 and Roscan immediately threw his hand in the muck.
As the evening draws on there are an increasing number of players making it into six figure stack territory. One of them is Federico Petruzzelli who opened in this pot to 2,300 from early position.
The player on the button called before the player in the big blind three-bet to 6,300. Petruzzelli then four-bet to 14,200 and both other players folded.
Petruzzelli showed and took down the pot. His stack is now over 150,000.
It's official; the €500,000 guarantee placed on the PokerStars Festival Bucharest has been eclipsed, and we've still got a whole other Day 1 flight to go!
We were only three levels into today's play (Day 1B) when the number of entrants confirmed it. Another three levels later, registration came to a close and the total players for today clocked in at 401. Add that to yesterday's 177 entrants, and you can see why everyone's happy.
On a board Kfir Goren bet 4,700 and his opponent Vadim Botosan called. The turn was the and Goren bet 11,700. Again Botosan called.
The river was the . Goren checked and Botosan bet 13,100. Goren quickly called.
Botosan showed for two pair and Goren tapped the felt before mucking, seemingly frustrated. He aggressively shuffled his chips but still found it in him to tap the table again in apparent appreciation at his opponent's hand.
We heard an excited "Ooo" at the table of Gheorghe Serban who was part of a three-way all in involving Catalin Kukuv, who held and another player who held .
Serban held and had flopped trips on a . It seemed overkill, then, to have the dealer put the on the turn giving Serban quads. The river was the and Serban eliminated two players.
Eran Cohen raised to 1,800 from under the gun. Another player called and it folded around to Tom Givony in the small blind who three-bet to 5,000. The big blind folded, and the other two players both called.
The flop was . Givony moved all in for 15,800. Cohen snap-moved all in over the top for around 35,000 and the third player agonized over their decision. Eventually he too moved all in.
Givony:
Cohen:
Player 3:
The turn was the and the river the which left Givony fist pumping furiously as he celebrated a near triple up.
Here are some of the bigger stacks from the Main Event field. Among them is Alex Udrea who has moved on somewhat from rivering an opponent and has chipped up further.
In the latest pot, he was raking in the chips on a board after showing down . His opponent flashed him the and Udrea added more chips to his stack.
At the start of the last level entrance in Day 1b was closed, with 401 total entrants entering the fray today. Add in the 177 players from yesterday's Day 1a and that makes 578 total entrants, one player short of the 579 players which entered last year's Eureka Bucharest Main Event.
With this evening's turbo Day 1c scheduled to take place at 9 p.m., it is safe to assume that the PokerStars Festival Bucharest Main Event could eclipse 600 entrants.
and Roscan checked, Flutur bet 5,600, and Roscan called.
turn, Roscan checked, Flutur bet 14,100, Roscan check-raised to 36,000, and Flutur called in position to create an already substantial pot. The river was the 
and Roscan checked. Flutur moved all in for 60,000 and Roscan immediately threw his hand in the muck.
and took down the pot. His stack is now over 150,000.
board Kfir Goren bet 4,700 and his opponent Vadim Botosan called. The turn was the 
and Goren bet 11,700. Again Botosan called.
. Goren checked and Botosan bet 13,100. Goren quickly called.
and another player who held 
on the turn giving Serban quads. The river was the 
. Givony moved all in for 15,800. Cohen snap-moved all in over the top for around 35,000 and the third player agonized over their decision. Eventually he too moved all in.
. His opponent flashed him the