Fahredin Mustafov entered in level three and quickly bumped up his stack and Unibet Poker eSports Star Fredrik Bergmann just did so as well. According to Bergmann there was a min raise at his table and the next player three-bet. Bergmann four-bet from 1,200 to 3,500 in the small blind and just one opponent called.
The flop was checked and so was the turn. On the river, Bergmann bet 5,500 and his opponent called to muck as soon as the Norwegian flashed pocket queens.
After a raise to 800 by Mihai Manole and a call by Orestis Kanakopoulos, David Lappin called on the button and Henrik Jeppsson in the small blind three-bet to 3,400. Unibet Poker eSports Star Kevin Teller folded in the big blind and Manole as well as Lappin called. The flop fell and Jeppsson checked, Manole bet 5,000 and Lappin called before Jeppsson folded.
The turn was checked through and the on the river brought a check by Manole. Lappin moved all in for effectively 18,000, as that's what Manole had left, and the Romanian folded. "I think I have to show because you are here," Lappin said and flashed for quads!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.