Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
2017 PokerStars Festival Bucharest
Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Updated Chip Counts
Level 7
: 300/600, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000 | 55,000 |
|
80,000 | |
|
|
77,000 | |
|
|
70,000 | |
|
|
55,700 | -9,300 |
Avi Avitan Adds Yet More Chips to his Stack
Level 7
: 300/600, 100 ante
On a flop of 
Avi Avitan and Yossef Karavani got their chipstacks all in with Karavani at risk.
Avitan, who has well over 100,000 already in chips, held 
for an open-ended straight drew while Karavani had flopped trips holding 
. The turn was the safe 
, but the river was the 
giving Avitan a straight and eliminating Karavani.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Cazacu Eliminated After Brutal River
Level 7
: 300/600, 100 ante
On a 
flop Alex Udrea checked to Marius Cazacu who bet 2,700. Udrea then check-raised to 9,300 and Cazacu called.
The turn was the 
and Udrea checked again, allowing Cazacu to bet 7,000. Almost immediately, Udrea moved all in. Cazacu had 17,300 behind and after a while called all-in for his tournament life.
Udrea turned over 
for ace-high, while Cazacu held 
for top pair. The river was the however, giving Udrea a straight and eliminating Cazacu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
118,000 | |
|
Busted |
Sam Grafton on his WSOP, Twitter Game, Online Success, and Poker as a Job
Level 7
: 300/600, 100 ante
For several years now Sam Grafton, known online as TheSquid (or SamSquid), has taken more and more time away from crushing the virtual felts to venture into the live poker arena; always sharing stories, cracking jokes, and making the game fun for his tablemates (whilst simultaneously taking their chips).
Grafton's here in Bucharest for the PokerStars Festival, and is currently enjoying a good Day 1B so far (he's already cracked aces and made a straight flush). The perfect time for a catch up, then. Find out more over on the PokerStars Blog.
Linas Pugzlys Comes from Behind to Secure a Double
Level 7
: 300/600, 100 ante
A player in early position raised to 1,500 and the player on the button called. Linas Pugzlys was in the big blind and three-bet to 5,500 from a stack of 19,100. The initial raiser moved all in and the button folded. Pugzlys called and was all in.
Pugzlys: 
Opponent: 
Pugzlys was behind, but the flop was near perfection for his hand coming 
. His opponent still had outs to a jack, or a backdoor flush, but the 
on the turn gave Pugzlys a lock on the hand and the 
was meaningless.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
Break
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Players are on their second 15-minute break of the day. This is also the end of late registration for Day 1b.
Altundag's Aces Hold Against Iancu
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
The player under the gun limped, as did Ceyhun Altundag and four others. Leontin Iancu was in the big blind, and he squeezed to 8,000. The under the gun player folded and Altundag moved all in. It folded back around to Iancu who called all in for his last 19,000.
Iancu: 
Altundag:
The board ran out 
and Altundag's Aces sent Iancu to the rail shortly before the second break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
400 Players on Day 1b
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Currently, 400 players have entered on Day 1b, bumping the total player field to 577. Late registration for the second starting day will be open up until the end of this level. 304 of them still have a chance to become the latest PokerStars Festival Main Event winner.