A raise to 525 by the player in under the gun was called by three opponents before Zoltan Farkas moved all in for approximately 8,600 in the small blind. Ioannis Vogiatzoglou reshoced from the big blind to force out everyone else and Farkas tabled . Vogiatzoglou had the dominating and Farkas was left drawing dead on the turn of a board .
The 289 remaining players out of a 296-entry strong field have been sent into the first 15-minute break of the day, registration remains open for another four levels and the two respective breaks after that.
After 167 entries on Day 1a, the second starting day is much stronger just as expected and shows a total of 306 entries early in level three. That makes for 473 entries thus far and covering the guarantee of €500,000 is just a matter of time with another four hours of late registration available.
Down to just 5,500, Nicolay Langfeldt moved all in from the cutoff and George Petrica called on the button.
Nicolay Langfeldt:
George Petrica:
The board came and Langfeldt was eliminated. He finished 17th twice in Unibet Open Main Events including Bucharest in 2016, but this time he won't be among those to take home a portion of the prize pool.
Right after, Jonathan Hughes bet the flop for 2,000 and Mohamed Kerkeni called. On the turn, Hughes checked and called a bet of 3,000 before betting the river for 4,000. Kerkeni called and quickly mucked when Hughes flashed .
Peter Jaksland reported about a hand late in the last level that could have cost him by far more chips while he currently sits just below the starting stack. According to the Dane he raised with ace-king and was called by Jenny Israel. Jaksland's continuation bet on an flop was called before the turn went check, check.
After the river, Jaksland bet 2,000 and Israel just called with pocket nines for a flopped full house.
With around 14,000 in the middle and the turn showing , Sorin Constantinescu bet 3,000 and Ferenc Pal moved all in for 11,575 from one seat over in the big blind. Constantinescu called with the far superior stack.
On the flop of , Attila Gombos checked from under the gun and Vladimir Velikov bet 4,200. Gombos check-raised to 10,000 and Velikov called. The on the turn instantly led to the shove for 16,300 by Gombos and Velikov folded.
Below are further assorted counts from the almost entirely filled tournament room.
World traveler and live poker nomad Corbin White made the trip to Bucharest but unfortunately he won't be bringing home a success stoty this time around as the American has been sent to the rail. Other casualties include Levente Pal and the screens show 304 out of 319 players remaining.