Alexandru Papazian is third on the all-time money list of Romania and the online beast scored a huge payday after taking down the 2016 EPT Grand Final €25,750 High Roller for €1,197,000. He is in the field today and will also be traveling to Prague for the EPT next week, though the stack has melted a bit thus far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
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Florin Covrig and Mateusz Warowiec have been eliminated and Razvan Nicolae Sabau may have very well been the next on the list of early casualties. Out of the big blind, he was all in for just 10,600 after a raising war with table neighbor Aurellian Nicusor Chirieci in under the gun and in bad shape with 
versus 
.
However, the board ran out 
and the set on the turn let Sabau double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000 | |
|
|
Busted | |
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Busted |
Omer Azulay has almost doubled up his stack and the latest hand saw him push all in after a turn of 
. Nicolay Langfeldt had bet 6,500 into a pot of around 10,500 and Azulay shoved from the cutoff. After some consideration, Langfeldt said "okay I fold and flashed his 
for top two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000 | |
|
21,700
-8,300
|
-8,300 |
The last hand of level two has been finished and all players were heading into a break. Well, the majority actually stuck around for the announced Mannequin Challenge and to give an incentive to participate, an iPhone 7 will be up for grabs as part of a draw. Back soon!
While the Mannequin Challenge is still underway, please enjoy some pictures of yesterday's Welcome Drinks party. They are courtesy of Tambet Kask and the Unibet Open, the full album can be found here.
Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
39,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
31,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
31,000
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
25,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
24,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
|
||
|
21,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
20,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
17,500
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
|
2,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
According to Lee Egan, Ian Simpson had raised and picked up a call by Egan to see a flop of 
with one diamond. Simpson bet 600 and was called before betting the 
turn for 1,200, Egan called again.
The river brought a third diamond and Simpson shoved a short stack with the 
while Egan called with 
for the flush to send Simpson to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
The eliminations come in quite frequently in the third level of Day 1b and more than a dozen players have already been eliminated. Among those was also Stieven Razab-Sekh and Radu Lungu took care of another.
Lungu shoved in an already big pot on the 
river and his opponent called when the time was just about to be called, then showed 
. Lungu had that beat with 
for trips and moved up to 50,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Twitch Streamer Linnea Maria has been eliminated. After previously being down to just 2,000, she was all in preflop and picked up two callers in Zamfir Alin Petrica and David Tobi. The latter called a bet of the former on the 
river with no betting action prior to that on the flop and turn.
Tobi showed 
and Petrica had already mucked, Maria was sent to the rail with the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
Busted |
