Main Event
Day 1b Started
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
Welcome to the PokerStars Festival Bucharest Main Event Day 1b
Yesterday saw 66 of 177 players advance after Day 1a of the PokerStars Festival Bucharest Main Event, and today is player's second chance to secure their place in Day 2. The stunning JW Marriot Bucharest Grand Hotel plays host and it is a fitting stage for the second PokerStars Live venture in the Romanian capital, also dubbed "Little Paris."
Last year, the inaugural Eureka Bucharest Main Event attracted 579 runners and ended with an all-Israeli heads-up between Avishai Shitrit and Moshe Eliyahu, with Shitrit standing tall. The Israeli received €107,350 for his accomplishment, easily the biggest achievement of his poker career.
Day 1b will start at 1 p.m. local time and will feature ten 45-minute levels, with late registration open until the end of level six. All players will receive 30,000 in chips and blinds will start at 50/100. 15-minute breaks are scheduled after level three, six, and eight.
Today also sees the special Turbo Day 1c, which is open to any player that was eliminated from either Day 1a or 1b. This turbo edition features 20-minute levels and gets underway at 9 p.m. local time.
All Day 1b survivors will return alongside their counterparts from Days 1a and 1c on Friday, August 4th at 1 p.m. local time, to play Day 2 with 60-minute levels. The PokerStars Festival Bucharest champion will be crowned on Sunday, August 6th. PokerNews will be on the floor to capture all the excitement of this PokerStars Festival!
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Day 1b of the PokerStars Festival Bucharest Main Event is underway! Blinds are at 50/100 and there will be ten 45-minute levels today.
If yesterday is anything to go by, play will finish at around 21:30.
The First Names
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The clock shows 249 players at the start of Day 1b, with late registration open up until the end of Level 6. Among the first players are last year's winner Avishai Shitrit, Sam Grafton, chess grandmaster Loek van Wely, and Miroslav Forman.
Shitrit conquered the inaugural Eureka Bucharest Main Event last year, which attracted 579 runners. It ended with an all-Israeli heads-up between Shitrit and his countryman Moshe Eliyahu. Shitrit won the heads-up, lifted the trophy, and took home €107,350 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
First All-in of the Day Gets Through
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
In a three-bet pot pre-flop, Iani Tulica checked a flop of 
to Nandor Solyom who bet 600. Tulica min-raised to 1,600 and Solyom called.
The turn was the 
and Tulica check-called a bet of 5,800. The river was the 
and Tulica checked. Solyom quickly moved all in for around a full stack.
Tulica thought about his decision before eventually folding. Tulica showed the 
and Solyom showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000 | |
|
|
22,000 |
Roscan Almost Doubles Up
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
On a flop of 
Segal Omer checked and Andrei Roscan bet 2,000. Omer check-raised to 4,500 and Roscan called.
The turn was the 
and Omer check-called a bet of 6,500 from his opponent. The river was the 
and Omer checked for a third time. Roscan bet 11,000 and Omer eventually called.
Roscan turned over 
for a full house and took down the pot leaving Omer with just under 10,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
52,000 | |
|
|
8,000 |
Van Wely Slips
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
With the board reading 
, Stefan Dumitru Necsanu and Loek van Wely were involved in a hand where Necsanu had check-raised the flop. On the turn, Nescanu bet 2,200 and Van Wely called.
The river was the and Nescanu bet 5,300, which Van Wely called as well. Nescanu showed 
for a flopped two pair, and the Dutch chess grandmaster mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 | |
|
|
21,000 | -9,000 |
Kfir Nahum Swaps Vegas for Bucharest
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
"Who do you guys work for?" asked Kfir Nahum, leaning around to talk to the bank of reporters sitting next to the tournament.
We explained that we worked for PokerNews and he leant back and smiled introducing himself. Nahum made a deep run in this year's WSOP Main Event, and was (officially at least) the best-performing Israeli.
"I had Aces cracked, then Queens," he explained, "And then I had nines against Ace-Ten and he hit runner-runner straight!
"There were a couple more Israelis unofficially better than me."
Nahum finished 61st and took home $121,188 for his efforts. He's looking for another deep run here in the PokerStars Festival Bucharest Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Tamaras Flushes Dragomir
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
On the turn, the board read 
and Stefan Dragomir check-called a 2,000 bet from Ioannis Taramas. The river brought the and Dragomir checked again. Taramas bet 4,000 and Dragomir called.
Taramas showed 
for the rivered flush and won the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000 | |
|
|
23,000 |