In a three-bet pot, Kakoun Meir open jammed for 14,400 when first to act on a flop. His opponent Shlomi Shimoni thought about his decision, gesturing wildly whilst contemplating the call. He agonized for his decision for a while before cascading the chips out of his hand into the middle to indicate a call.
Meir showed and Shimoni showed and seemed happy that he'd made the right call. However, he slammed the table angrily as the rolled off on the turn, and the completed the board on the river.
A player opened from under the gun and it folded to overall chipleader Stefan Fabian in the cutoff. With some short stacks in late position Fabian, who started the day with over 150 big blinds, three-bet to 9,000. The blinds folded and after some consideration, so did the initial raiser.
Fabian's table is the next to break, so perhaps is looking to exert the pressure early on before being faced with a new table full of unknowns.
Today the 326 surviving players from the starting flights in the PokerStars Festival Bucharest Main Event will return at 1 p.m. local time to continue their quest to take down the title and prize money.
The blinds will start at 800/1,600 with a running ante of 200. The overall chipleader is Stefan Fabian, who bagged up 279,400 at the end of Day 1b. Joining him will be Day 1a chipleader Tamas Kabatnic (236,300) and Day 1c chipleader Okan Gursan (127,500).
Levels today will be extended to 60 minutes for the remainder of the tournament. The payout and Day 2 seating will be announced on Friday before the start of Day 2.
Level
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
11
800
1,600
200
12
1,000
2,000
300
Break
13
1,200
2,400
400
14
1,500
3,000
500
Break
15
2,000
4,000
500
16
2,500
5,000
500
Break
17
3,000
6,000
1,000
18
4,000
8,000
1,000
Join PokerNews on Friday from 1 p.m. local time to follow the live updates and catch up with all the excitement from the JW Marriot Grand Hotel as we get closer to crowning the latest PokerStars Festival champion. At 8 p.m. local time, the €2,200 High Roller will start, which will also be covered by the PokerNews team on the floor.
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Gursan bet 12,000. Voinea called.
and this time Gursan checked. Voinea bet 29,000. Gursan quickly called but mucked when his opponent showed 
for top pair top kicker.
flop. His opponent Shlomi Shimoni thought about his decision, gesturing wildly whilst contemplating the call. He agonized for his decision for a while before cascading the chips out of his hand into the middle to indicate a call.
and Shimoni showed 
and seemed happy that he'd made the right call. However, he slammed the table angrily as the 
rolled off on the turn, and the 
completed the board on the river.
