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

Espensen Doubles; Cohen Doesn't

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Avi Cohen has been eliminated while Ronnie Espensen escaped from that. Johan Goslings open-shoved the small blind and Espensen called all in for his last 8,200 in the big blind with the {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}. Goslings only had {K-Spades}{J-Diamonds} and the board came {Q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{3-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Johan Goslings nl
Johan Goslings
23,000
-5,000
-5,000
Ronnie Espensen dk
Ronnie Espensen
17,000
17,000
17,000
Avi Cohen il
Avi Cohen
Busted

Tags: Avi CohenJohan GoslingsRonnie Espensen

Zcharya Builds Stack

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Nicolae Cristian Rosca raised to 2,200 and Alexandru Necalue from two seats over, Tomer Zcharya called in the small blind, as well as Danut Marius Dinca in the big blind came along. On the {8-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop, Dinca bet 2,875 and Rosca folded. Necalue called and Zcharya then check-raised to 6,700.

Dinca, who was just enjoying a deep massage, eventually folded and Necalue also let go.

Player Chips Progress
Danut Marius Dinca ro
Danut Marius Dinca
75,000
75,000
75,000
Tomer Zcharya il
Tomer Zcharya
45,000
45,000
45,000

Tags: Alexandru NecalueDanut Marius DincaNicolae Cristian RoscaTomer Zcharya

Christmas Comes Early for Heikkila

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

The cards of Pavlos Xanthopoulos were all but gone and next to no chips were in the middle of the table while the stack of Markus Heikkila was counted. The Swede had his {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades} still in front and doubled for 40,250 after a board of {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{6-Clubs}. According to Kevin Killeen, who sits next to Heikkila, a raising war saw Xanthopoulos five-bet shove with the {K-}{8-} preflop to lose more than half his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Markus Heikkila se
Markus Heikkila
80,000
38,000
38,000
Pavlos Xanthopoulos gr
Pavlos Xanthopoulos
35,000
-35,000
-35,000

Tags: Kevin KilleenMarkus HeikkilaPavlos Xanthopoulos

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Murariu Busts Newport

Level 5 : 300/600, 75 ante
Dan Murariu with decent start in Bucharest
Dan Murariu with decent start in Bucharest

Nicholas Newport, who finished 4th at the record-breaking Estrellas Main Event in Barcelona earlier this year, has become the latest victim of the hot run of Dan Murariu. Newport raised to 1,200 from the hijack and Murariu three-bet to 3,600 on the button, Murariu called.

Both players checked the {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} flop and Newport then bet the {10-Hearts} turn for 4,000, Murariu called. On the {5-Hearts} river, Newport shoved for around 14,000 with the {A-Spades}{10-Spades} for top pair and Murariu snap-called with {8-Spades}{4-Spades} for the straight.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Murariu ro
Dan Murariu
150,000
75,000
75,000
Nicholas Newport ie
Nicholas Newport
Busted

Tags: Dan MurariuNicholas Newport

Three Down the Drain

Level 5 : 300/600, 75 ante

Alex Hendriks busted some half an hour ago and Jasper Wetemans found no help with ace-queen against ace-king.

David Vanderheyden was moved to the feature table along with big stack Eli Heath and jammed his short stack from under the gun with {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} to move up to 13 big blinds.

The next hand, Radu Danut raised to 1,400 and Gabor Bank flat-called in the small blind. Vanderheyden shoved the big blind for around 8,800 and Danut looked him up, while Bank folded the {2-Diamonds}{2-Spades}.

David Vanderheyden: {A-Spades}{8-Clubs}
Radu Danut: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}

The board ran out {5-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} and the trips queens won the pot for Danut, eliminating Vanderheyden in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Eli Heath gb
Eli Heath
109,000
4,000
4,000
Radu Danut ro
Radu Danut
60,000
-35,000
-35,000
Alex Hendriks nl
Alex Hendriks
Busted
Jasper Wetemans nl
Jasper Wetemans
Busted
David Vanderheyden be
David Vanderheyden
Busted

Tags: Alex HendriksDavid VanderheydenEli HeathGabor BankJasper WetemansRadu Danut

Norel Loses a Big Chunk

Level 5 : 300/600, 75 ante

On a flop of {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{9-Clubs}, a raising war broke out between Eduard Norel and Atef Ramadan. The former started pretty well into Day 1a and was a big stack early on, but he just lost a decent chunk of the stack. Ramadan had gotten his last 18,575 in after the flop with the {J-Spades}{9-Spades} for bottom two pair and Norel looked him up with {A-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} for top pair.

The {6-Clubs} turn and {Q-Spades} river both blanked and Ramadan doubled.

Player Chips Progress
Eduard Norel ro
Eduard Norel
48,000
-22,000
-22,000
Atef Ramadan il
Atef Ramadan
40,000
40,000
40,000

Tags: Atef RamadanEduard Norel

Bordei Doubles With Kings

Level 5 : 300/600, 75 ante

After a raise by Vladislav Donchev from the button, Razvan Bordei made it 4,200 to go in the small blind and Gusti Adrian Sas called in the big blind. Donchev then reraised to 11,200 and Bordei moved all in to force a fold from Sas and a call by Donchev.

Razvan Bordei: {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}
Vladislav Donchev: {J-Hearts}{J-Spades}

The board came {Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and that doubled Bordei and cut Donchev's stack into half.

Player Chips Progress
Razvan Bordei ro
Razvan Bordei
48,000
48,000
48,000

Tags: Gusti Adrian SasRazvan BordeiVladislav Donchev

Parlafes Under Pressure; Flesner Loses a Ton

Level 5 : 300/600, 75 ante

Just before the break, Emanuel Flesner had doubled but that stack has now all but melted to a mere 4,000. He was unable to beat the {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts} of Luciana Manolea with {K-Clubs}{J-Hearts} on a board of {J-Clubs}{10-Spades}{A-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} and will need some fortune to spin up the stack again.

Dany Parlafes one table over has more chips, but is also under pressure. On the {A-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{K-Hearts} turn he check-called a bet of 3,000 and then checked the {3-Hearts} river. Denis Ioan Poteras bet more than enough to give Parlafes just the option to fold with 20 big blinds behind or call all in, and enforced the former.

Player Chips Progress
Denis Ioan Poteras ro
Denis Ioan Poteras
50,000
6,000
6,000
Luciana Manolea ro
Luciana Manolea
40,000
21,000
21,000
Dany Parlafes ro
Dany Parlafes
12,000
-14,000
-14,000
Emanuel Flesner ro
Emanuel Flesner
4,000
-16,000
-16,000

Tags: Dany ParlafesDenis Ioan PoterasEmanuel FlesnerLuciana Manolea