Yngve Steen showed up with his luggage in the hand and checked at the reception with regards to his entry and how to get the ticket. While the Norwegian joined the action after the break, some notables were eliminated just prior to that and can be found below. That includes Unibet Poker eSports Star Anssi Huovinen, who ran out of chips very recently.
The screens show a total of 330 entries for Day 1b, bumping the total field to 497 participants, and 288 players remain. They were sent into their second 15-minute break of the day.
Adrian-Sorel State from under the gun and Mohamed Kerkeni in the big blind saw a flop of and the Frenchman checked. State bet 1,200 and Kerkeni check-raised to 5,025 to pick up a call by State. On the turn, Kerkeni bet 10,000 and that forced a fold.
Kerkeni is seemingly involved in every hand and has a decent stack, but Ognyan Ivanov already moved up to three starting stacks. That is still not good enough for the overall lead, as Henrik Tellving moved up even further.
Thijs Molendijk raised to 1,000 and Aan Widmann three-bet to 2,700, which the hijack called. Out of the small blind, Simeon Todorov squeezed to 13,500 and action folded back to Widmann, who moved all in for 17,000 in total. The hijack folded and Todorov called it off with the superior stack.
Alan Widmann:
Simeon Todorov:
The flop gave Todorov an additional flush draw and the fell on the turn. A blank on the river was of no help and the Unibet Poker eSports Star was eliminated.
Kaarel Lepik called a raise by Tzipi Fraid to see a flop of and Fraid continued for 1,500, Lepik called on the small blind and a third player in the hand folded. The remaing stack of Fraid then went into the middle after the turn and Lepik quickly looked her up with for a straight.
Fraid had for top set and the on the river was a blank to award the pot to the 2017 Unibet Open Copenhagen champion.
Simeon Todorov with and Alan Widmann with both ended up with a king-high straight and the redraw of Todorov with the spades flush draw as free roll found no help to let it chop up. Widmann has dropped well below the starting stack and Sophia White is having a difficult time at her table with Dan Murariu and Neculai Macovei.
Carmen Zainescu got her last 7,500 in preflop with the and table neighbor Velesin Petrov turned over the . There was no upset on the board and Zainescu doubled.
Mateusz Moolhuizen is no longer in the running to make it three Unibet Open Main Event titles here in Bucharest after his nut flush draw failed to get there against the two pair of Dumitru Pora. His lucky charm, the unicorn, went back to Marion Adriaans and a copy of the unicorn sits with his better half Dehlia de Jong.
The Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event is once again a success and the guarantee of €500,000 is almost covered thanks to 325 entries on Day 1b, of which 305 remain. The total entries have climbed to 492 by now and further additions to the field are expected within the next three hours until the registration closes.
and the Frenchman checked. State bet 1,200 and Kerkeni check-raised to 5,025 to pick up a call by State. On the 
turn, Kerkeni bet 10,000 and that forced a fold.
flop gave Todorov an additional flush draw and the 
fell on the turn. A blank 
and Fraid continued for 1,500, Lepik called on the small blind and a third player in the hand folded. The remaing stack of Fraid then went into the middle after the 
turn and Lepik quickly looked her up with 
for a straight.
and Alan Widmann with 
