2016 Unibet Open Bucharest

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2016 Unibet Open Bucharest

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
€100,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,000
Prize Pool
€584,910
Entries
603
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
50,000

Ciuciuc Loses Two Pots

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Ovidiu Florian Ciuciuc just showed plenty of frustration at his table after losing one all in and then giving up another pot. In the first hand he had Vasile Calin Zagon at risk for only a few big blinds with {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} versus {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and the {9-Spades} appeared on the flop.

Then, he stuck around to see the {Q-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{10-Diamonds} turn and Akseli Paalanen shoved into him. Ciuciuc mucked {K-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} face up and dropped to around 75,000, Zagon is still short around 20,000 and Paalanen has around 45,000.

Player Chips Progress
Ovidiu Florian Ciuciuc ro
Ovidiu Florian Ciuciuc
75,000 75,000
Akseli Paalanen fi
Akseli Paalanen
45,000 8,000
Vasile Calin Zagon
Vasile Calin Zagon
20,000 20,000

Tags: Akseli PaalanenOvidian Florian CiuciucVasile Calin Zagon

Updated Counts for Level 9

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Eduard Norel ro
Eduard Norel
230,000 110,000
Vasile Paul Plastoi ro
Vasile Paul Plastoi
225,000 38,000
Eli Heath gb
Eli Heath
185,000 45,000
Markus Heikkila se
Markus Heikkila
170,000 62,400
Dan Murariu ro
Dan Murariu
145,000 -20,000
Aldo Monteleone it
Aldo Monteleone
110,000 110,000
Cosmin Ionut Petcu ro
Cosmin Ionut Petcu
105,000 105,001
[Removed:158] be
[Removed:158]
72,000 22,000
Kevin Killeen ie
Kevin Killeen
70,000 25,000
Jorma Vuoksenmaa fi
Jorma Vuoksenmaa
65,000 28,000
Tudor Purice ro
Tudor Purice
55,000 3,000
William Hens nl
William Hens
35,000 -15,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Rink Back to Starting Stack

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Mark Rink is no longer a big stack and he explained what had happened. According to Rink, he raised to 3,500 and Ovidiu Florin Ciuciuc called before Denis Ioan Poteras three-bet to 8,400 on the button. Rink reraised and then looked up Poteras for 64,000 in total with pocket jacks, his opponent had the {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}.

The flop gave Poteras a straight and flush draw and a ten on the river completed the straight to put a huge dent into Rink's stack.

Player Chips Progress
Denis Ioan Poteras ro
Denis Ioan Poteras
110,000
Mark Rink nl
Mark Rink
33,500 -86,500

Tags: Denis Ioan PoterasMark RinkOvidian Florian Ciuciuc

Bordei Takes from Caplescu

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The stack of Razvan Bordei had stalled for quite some time and his new table provided one big stack with Gheorghe Caplescu. The latter raised from early position and Bordei three-bet to 11,000 in the big blind to pick up a call. On the {J-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} flop, Bordei continued for 12,000 and that was enough to take down the pot uncontested.

Another player on the rise is Mark Rink. One of the few remaining Dutchman sits not far behind Caplescu in the counts. The biggest recent pot saw him eliminate an opponent with pocket nines versus {A-Spades}{7-Spades}, a pair on the flop and a second spade on the turn made things sweaty but the river bricked and Rink held up.

Player Chips Progress
Gheorghe Caplescu ro
Gheorghe Caplescu
125,000
Mark Rink nl
Mark Rink
120,000 94,000
Razvan Bordei ro
Razvan Bordei
60,000 12,000

Tags: Mark RinkRazvan BordeiGheorghe Caplescu

Minolea Doubles Through Ghafoor

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The next big all in once again took place on the feature table. On the heads-up flop of {K-Spades}{5-Spades}{2-Spades}, Farook Ghafoor bet 9,000 and Luciana Minolea moved all in for 38,000. Ghafoor eventually called with the {K-Clubs}{8-Spades} for top pair and a flush draw, while Minolea had the flush already with {10-Spades}{7-Spades}.

It was all over after the {9-Diamonds} turn and Minolea had the double locked up, making the {A-Hearts} river meaningless.

Player Chips Progress
Luciana Manolea ro
Luciana Manolea
88,000 19,000
Farook Ghafoor se
Farook Ghafoor
45,000 -35,000

Tags: Faroof GhafoorLuciana Manolea

Kozub Wins Flip Against Arda

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The rise of Ozgur Arda was temporarily halted, as the player from Turkey just saw the double up of Tomasz Kozub through him.

Arda raised from the hijack and then called the shove of Kozub for 14,500 on the button with {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}. Kozub flipped for his tournament life with {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades} and got there on a board of {K-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{2-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} to stay in.

Player Chips Progress
Ozgur Arda tr
Ozgur Arda
40,000 25,000
Tomasz Kozub pl
Tomasz Kozub
32,000 32,000

Tags: Ozgur ArdaTomasz Kozub

Dobre Busts to Boghean

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Silviu Baltantenu raised to 3,800 from the button and Silviu Dobre shoved for around 18,000 from the small blind. Andrei Boghean reshoved and Baltantenu folded, exposed his cards and they were later revealed to be {Q-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}.

Silviu Dobre: {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades}
Andrei Boghean: {J-Spades}{J-Clubs}

The board came {K-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{3-Clubs} and Boghean claimed the pot with a set to boost his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Andrei Boghean ro
Andrei Boghean
70,000
Silviu Baltantenu ro
Silviu Baltantenu
65,000
Silviu Dobre ro
Silviu Dobre
Busted

Tags: Andrei BogheanSilviu BaltatenuSilviu Dobre

Big Setback for Ghafoor

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Martin Soukup
Martin Soukup

On a heads-up flop of {A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}, the action escalated between Farook Ghafoor and Martin Soukup in a battle big blind versus button. Soukup was in prime position to double into a big stack with the {A-Spades}{10-Hearts} and Ghafoor had {10-Clubs}{2-Clubs} for the worse two pair.

The {3-Clubs} turn and {K-Spades} river were both blanks and Soukup suddenly became the biggest stack over on the feature table.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Soukup cz
Martin Soukup
154,500 64,000
Farook Ghafoor se
Farook Ghafoor
80,000 -26,200

Tags: Faroof GhafoorMartin Soukup