Break
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Players are going on another 15-minute break, with the 100-value chips being raced off during this break.
2017 PokerStars Festival Bucharest
Main Event
Day: 2
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
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Updated Chip Counts
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
430,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
270,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
|
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210,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
95,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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The Magical MegaStack Champ, and More Side Event Action
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Pictured on the left is Romania's Alexandry Anghel, who on Thursday night here at the JW Marriott Hotel in Bucharest took down the €170 MegaStack event for €15,440.
Was it through magic that he won it? And was it through magic that he somehow managed to make his spadie trophy hover in mid air as he posed for his winner's photo?
Find out more about the "magical" winner over on the PokerStars Blog.
Daniel Nietrzebka's Stack Takes a Knock
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Daniel Nietrzebka, who has had a stack well in excess of 400,000 since before the break, opened to 9,000 from early position and Andrei Taranu called in the next position.
The pair saw a flop of 
and Nietrzebka check-called a bet of 12,000. The turn was the 
and Nietrzebka checked again. Taranu bet 28,000 and Nietrzebka called.
The river was another three, the 
and Nietrzebka checked for a third time. Taranu bet 50,000 and after some consideration, Nietrzebka folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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400,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
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240,000
173,000
|
173,000 |
Recent Eliminations
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Soos Doubles Through Liszkovics
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
A player opened to 9,000 in middle position and Jozsef Liszkovics called on the button. Alpar Gyorgy Soos three-bet to 33,000 from the small blind and the initial raiser folded.
Liszkovics asked to see how much Soos was playing, with Soos raising his arm to reveal around 110,000 behind. Liszkovics moved all in and Soos called.
Liszkovics: 
Soos: 
LIszkovics winced as he turned over his cards, expecting the worst, and Queens was about as bad as it could have been.
The board ran out 
with not a king in site, and Soos fist-bumped a friend across the table and doubled to just over 250,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000
208,500
|
208,500 |
|
55,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Hand of the Day
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Big hands are part of tournament poker. In fact we see them day in day out. We're used to them. We're numb to the bad-beat. I mean, it helps that we don't have to be at the receiving end of them... but still, we've seen it all over the years.
But every once in a while, it's worth sharing a particularly brutal one to remind you that it's not just you who's always at the receiving end of them.
Find out here which hand the PokerStars Blog, in its infinite wisdom, has picked as the Hand of the Day from Day 2 of the PokerStars Festival Bucharest Main Event.
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 
flop, and eliminating one opponent holding 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
570,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
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480,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
460,000
268,000
|
268,000 |
|
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|
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460,000
378,100
|
378,100 |
|
410,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
380,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
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350,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |