2017 PokerStars Festival Bucharest

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2017 PokerStars Festival Bucharest
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
€117,707
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€706,560
Total Entries
736
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Players Left 1 / 736
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Kacar Doubles Through Iancovici

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

On a {q-Clubs}{a-Spades}{9-Spades}{k-Diamonds} flop Shlomi Shimoni checked to his opponent Mehmet Kacar who moved all in for around 90,000. Shimoni called.

Kacar: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Shimoni: {q-Spades}{5-Spades}

Shimoni held a pair and a flush draw, but would need to hit that flush on the river in order to eliminate Kacar. The river was the {10-Diamonds} and Shimoni slammed the felt in frustration, as he was left with around six big blinds. He would bust in the very next hand.

Post-Bubble Bustout Bonanza

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
PlaceNameCountryPayout
100Vadim BotosanMoldova€1,770
101Catalin CiocovRomania€1,770
102Calusaru Adrian StefanRomania€1,770
103Robert RainhornRomania€1,770
104Alexandru Robert CezarescuRomania€1,770
105Vlad LepinzanNetherlands€1,770
106Andrei AlecuRomania€1,770
107Iury WolfIsrael€1,770
108Razvan Costinel BeleaRomania€1,770
109Maan El HachemLebanon€1,770
110Daniel StoianRomania€1,770
111Adam ShrikiIsrael€1,770

Big Names Still In

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

All Day 1 chipleaders made the money, as well as defending champion Avishai Shitrit

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

Break

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The hand-for-hand process took so long they snuck into the next level by only five minutes. Players are now going on an extended 20 minute break. When they return they will have two hours of play remaining, but the bustouts are sure to be fast and furious.

Petre Ionescu is the PokerStars Festival Bucharest Main Event Bubble Boy

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Paul Ciaca (l) can't bear to watch as Petre Ionescu (receiving massage) is all in
Paul Ciaca (l) can't bear to watch as Petre Ionescu (receiving massage) is all in

After half a dozen hands of hand-for-hand play, with two shortstacks doubling up, it folded to Paul Ciaca on the button who moved all in, covering both the small blind and the big blind.

The small blind folded but Petre Bogdan Ionescu called for his last 130,000. When the action at all other tables had finished the cards were turned over.

Ionescu: {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Ciaca: {8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}

The flop came {2-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{7-Clubs} giving Ciaca the lead and meaning that Ionescu would require either an Ace or King to stay alive. The turn was the {k-Clubs} meaning that Ionescu now looked destined for survival.

As the gathered crowd shouted for sevens and eights, the dealer burned and dealt the {8-Spades} on the river. Ionescu was eliminated with all remaining players guaranteed €1,770.

Tags: Paul CiacaPetre Bogdan Ionescu

Hand-for-hand Play Begins

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

With 112 players left and 111 paid, hand-for-hand has just begun.

If two players are eliminated at the same table during this process, the bigger stack will receive the min-cash. If two players are eliminated on separate tables, then they will split the €1,770 min-cash.

Fabian Gets a Four-Bet Through

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Stefan Fabian opened to 11,000 from the hijack and Yehoshua Saado in late position three-bet to 35,000.

Fabian thought for a while before cutting out a four-bet to 87,000.

Saado folded relatively quickly and Fabian showed {k-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and took down the pot.

Play is still five eliminations away from the money.

Eliminations Just Short of the Money

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Big Stacks Approaching the Bubble

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Here are some of the bigger stacks around the room.

Silviu Virgul Nemes has made the biggest leap, after flopping a set of nines on a {9-}{7-}{2-} flop, and eliminating one opponent holding {q-}{q-}.