Mihai Manole, second on the Romanian all-time money list with over $2,4 million in lifetime winnings, has also busted on his second bullet in this PokerStars Festival Main Event.
Preflop, Manole got over 20,000 in the middle with 
. His opponent held 
and the board ran out 
to improve Manole's opponent to a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Late registration has now closed for the PokerStars Festival Bucharest Main Event. 158 players in total have registered for the third and final starting day. With that, the total number of players in the Main Event is 736. Together, they created a total prize pool of €706,560.
All payouts will be announced at the start of Day 2.
PokerStars Festival Fields
| Festival | Date | Players |
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | November 2016 | 208 |
| London | January 2017 | 944 |
| Rozvadov | March 2017 | 1,126 |
| Chile | May 2017 | 329 |
| Marbella | June 2017 | 949 |
| Lille | July 2017 | 800 |
| Korea | July 2017 | 285 |
| Bucharest | August 2017 | 736 |
Day 1b saw a lot of pocket aces being dealt, with nearly all of them holding up. Uri Gilboa received the best possible as well on Day 1c, but ended up with his aces being cracked to end his second attempt at making Day 2.
Gilboa was all in on a 
board with 
. Unfortunately for the Israeli, his opponent had 
for trip fours and the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
Players are on a 20-minute break.
Photos: Tomas Stacha / PokerStars.
Pascal Pflock raised to 1,200 from early position and Andreas Klatt called in middle position. The flop was 
and Pflock bet 1,400. Klatt made the call in position, after which both players checked the 
on the turn.
Pflock bet 3,300 on the river and Klatt flicked in a chip to indicate a call. Pflock turned over 
for the rivered two pair and Klatt mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | |
|
20,000 | -3,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | 70,000 |
|
|
31,000 | 1,000 |
|
29,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
23,000 | -7,000 |
|
7,000 | -23,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
