Sam Grafton opened and was three-bet by Marius Iliescu. Grafton called and the flop came .
Grafton check-called a bet of 12,000. The turn was the and both players checked.
The river was the putting a straight on the board, and Grafton looked at Iliescu's stack before moving all in putting his opponent at risk. Eventually Iliescu called.
Grafton showed and Iliescu and the two chopped the pot.
Lukasz Kubicki came into the day with a chipstack of just under 300,000, but he eliminated a player to boost his stack up over that mark.
According to him he raised suited from under the gun and another player three-bet him. Kubicki called.
The flop came rainbow, giving Kubicki a straight. His opponent continued and Kubicki just called. His opponent moved all in on the turn and Kubicki called.
His opponent ended up having Aces and was drawing dead. Kubicki added his opponent's chips to his stack and now sits with around 350,000.
Hristian Panchev opened to 5,500 from the hijack and Ezat Aysami called from the small blind.
The flop came and Aysami check-called a bet of 5,500.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Aysami led for 12,000. Panchev quickly called, but mucked when Aysami showed for trip queens.
Alexandru Stan moved all in from middle position for 36,600. In the next position Omer Azulay announced call from a stack of around 260,000. It folded to Daniel Nietrzebka on the button who three-bet to 75,000. The blinds folded and Azulay also folded.
Stan:
Nietrzebka:
There was a four in the window, but the flop came giving Nietrzebka a strangehold on proceedings. The turn was the and the river the , eliminating Stan.
"If you shove here," Nietrzebka said to Azulay, "Then I'm really f***ed!"
Andrei Nodea raised to 6,000 from under the gun. Silviu Baltateanu three-bet from the cutoff to 52,800 and was all in. It folded back to Nodea who called.
Nodea:
Baltateanu:
The flop came and both players laughed. The turn was the and the river the .
50% of the PokerStars Festival Bucharest Main Event field was Romanian, and unfortunately we don't speak Romanian. But over the last few days, we have noticed that the Romanians are very expressive people, and this is what we think Nodea and Baltateanu said to one another after the conclusion of the hand
"What a flop!" Nodea said, gesturing to the two queens.
"It was all going in on the flop, even if I didn't go all in pre-flop," replied Baltateanu.
"Maybe it goes check-check," replied Nodea, "Then we both make a full house!"
"Why did you have to have Ace-Queen!" said Baltateanu.
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and both players checked.
putting a straight on the board, and Grafton looked at Iliescu's stack before moving all in putting his opponent at risk. Eventually Iliescu called.
and Iliescu 
and the two chopped the pot.
suited from under the gun and another player three-bet him. Kubicki called.
rainbow, giving Kubicki a straight. His opponent continued and Kubicki just called. His opponent moved all in on the 
turn and Kubicki called.
and Aysami check-called a bet of 5,500. 
for trip queens.
giving Nietrzebka a strangehold on proceedings. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, eliminating Stan.
and the river the 
.
Bogdan Lazar moved all in and Kakoun Meir called. Oren Meir Malka then moved all in himself and Meir called.
. The river was the 
and Meir eliminated two players