Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2016 Unibet Open Bucharest
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Unibet Open Bucharest
Buy-in
€1,000
Prize Pool
€584,910
Entries
603
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
50,000
First Break on Day 1a
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
The players have been sent on their first 20-minute break of the day and the tournament screens show 243 out of 247 players remaining. The registration for the first of two flights remains open for another two levels and the next break.
Staengle Busts to Cap Bun
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
Joining the action on the 
turn, Alexander Staengle checked out of the small blind and Teodor Cap Bun bet 1,825 from under the gun. Staengle, who had around 11,500 behind, gave it brief consideration and then announced all in. Cap Bun quickly tossed in a single chip for the call.
Alexander Staengle: 
Teodor Cap Bun: 
The 
on the river failed to improve Staengle and he quickly left the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
Busted |
Purice Forces Fold on the River
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
After a raise to 450 by Gerret van Lancker, two players including Sorin Agapie in the cutoff called. Out of the small blind, Tudor Purice raised to 2,200 and just Agapie called. Both remaining players checked the 
flop and the 
turn. On the 
river, Purice bet 4,700 and that did the trick to force a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Updated Counts
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
Eduard Norel has almost doubled his stack after eliminating table neighbor Catalin Ciocov and is among the early chip leaders. The two Brits Sam Grafton and Stephen Woodhead on the other hand have dropped some chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
31,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
27,000
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
||
|
18,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
Another Pot for Guiodo
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
The player in under the gun raised to 600 and picked up three callers with Tristan Guiodo coming along from the button. Both players in the blinds then checked the 
flop and the initial raiser bet 1,100. Only Guiodo called and the fell on the turn. Now the initial raiser checked and Guiodo took down the pot uncontested with a bet of 1,600.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Flesner Takes from Soukup
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
On the three-way flop of 
, action checked to Martin Soukup and he bet 550. Kare Skrunes called and Emanuel Flesner then check-raised to 2,100. Only Soukup called and the 
on the turn triggered a bet of 3,000 by Flesner. Soukup called and the 
fell on the river.
Flesner again quickly bet, making it 6,000 to go, and that forced a fold from Soukup.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,000 | |
|
39,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
Spataru Reads Pettersson Like a Book
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
There were just 4,800 in the pot with the board showing 
and three players were still in. Action checked to Johan Pettersson and he bet 10,000. One opponent folded and Bogdan Spataru looked over, then asked if Pettersson had three queens. The Swede said nothing and Spataru folded after brief consideration, before Pettersson slowly turned over the 
followed by the 
for ... a set of queens!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000 |
First Casualty of Day 1a
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
Diogo Almeida has been the first casualty of the day and David Vanderheyden's stack has melted to one third of what he started with after investing a lot of chips in a five-bet pot before folding to a shove. Alexander Staengle and Dan Murariu have also dropped some chips as well throughout the first 80 minutes of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
||
|
|
18,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
10,000
-19,850
|
-19,850 |
|
|
Busted | |
Two Unibet Open Champions on Same Table
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
Daniel Chutrov won the Unibet Open in Glasgow last year and claimed a prize of £43,000, while Martin Soukup emerged victorious in Malta earlier this year after defeating a 292-entry strong field. Both are in today and in fact share the same table. Will they be able to win a second title here in Bucharest?
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |