€2,200 High Roller | 2018 Unibet Open Bucharest

08-02-2018 13:56 UTC+3

Espen Uhlen Jorstad Eliminated

Jaxon

Level 9 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Things never really got going for Espen Uhlen Jorstad during the High Roller. Jorstad's chances for a comeback are over after Narcis Gabriel Nedelcu just sent him packing.

Nedelcu opened to 3,500 before he called a jam from Jorstad for around 16,500. Jorstad turned over and his chances weren't looking good after Nedelcu showed he held .

The board ran blanks for Jorstad who filed out the door and the dealer sent the pot over to Nedelcu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Narcis Gabriel Nedelcu	85,000 15,000	15,000
Espen Uhlen Jorstad	Busted

Tags: Espen Uhlen Jorstad Narcis Gabriel Nedelcu

08-02-2018 13:59 UTC+3

Chip Race at Break

Jaxon

Level 9 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The big blind ante structure in the High Roller not only speeds up play but eliminates the need for smaller denominated chips earlier on than normal.

The tournament director just announced that the dealers will remove the 100 chips from the players stacks via coloring up and chip races.

08-02-2018 14:01 UTC+3

Break Time

Jaxon

Level 9 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day. Blinds will go up to 1,000/2,000 with a big blind ante of 2,000 when play resumes.

08-02-2018 14:12 UTC+3

Tobias Peters Among the Eliminations

Jaxon

Level 9 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Tobias Peters, Ion Scobai, Silviu Baltatenu, and Razvan Bordei were among the eliminations before the break during Level 9.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ion Scobai	Busted
Silviu Baltatenu	Busted
Razvan Bordei	Busted
Tobias Peters	Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

08-02-2018 14:21 UTC+3

Tamasuaskas Leads the Way at Break (full)

Jaxon

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Vladas Tamasauskas has been on a roll and amassed a huge stack of 270,000 heading into the first break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladas Tamasauskas	270,000 254,400	254,400
Simeon Spasov	160,000 10,000	10,000

Daniel Chutrov	160,000 129,000	129,000
Narcis Gabriel Nedelcu	135,000 50,000	50,000
Andrei Nodea	105,000 12,000	12,000

Petre Laurentiu Chiriac	75,000
Alexandru Gavrilut	75,000 36,000	36,000
Amir Shomron	75,000 54,900	54,900
Nikola Gunchev	65,000 25,600	25,600
Michel Leibgorin	56,000 3,500	3,500
Cosmin Voinea	55,000 17,000	17,000
Mihai Gabriel Niste	52,000 3,500	3,500
Andrei Grimberg	51,000 -1,700	-1,700
Razvan Belea	50,000 5,200	5,200
Andrzej Skoczylas	50,000 -4,000	-4,000
Paraskevas Tsokaridis	50,000 17,400	17,400
Jack Sinclair	48,000 4,400	4,400

Joni Rantamaki	45,000 6,400	6,400
Rauno Tahvonen	45,000 15,000	15,000
Oshri Lahmani	40,000 10,000	10,000
Guy Ohayon	40,000 -10,600	-10,600
William Taieb	30,000
Dara O'Kearney	30,000 -11,000	-11,000

Florian Rus	28,000 -25,300	-25,300
Vojtech Skalak	10,000 -28,500	-28,500

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Tags: Vladas Tamasauskas

08-02-2018 14:49 UTC+3

Tahvonen Eliminates Rantamaki

Jaxon

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Joni Rantamaki ran into a series of bad luck in two hands in less than an orbit and is now at the door.

In the first hand, Vojtech Skalak jammed for 14,500 before Rantamaki over-jammed for 24,000.

Skalak turned over and was getting up out of his seat when he saw Rantamaki held . Skalak sat back down after he nailed a set on the flop. The on the turn and the on the river were of no help to Rantamaki and he doubled up his opponent.

A few hands later, Rantamaki open jammed for 12,000 with from middle position and Tahvonen found a call from the big blind with .

Tahvonen paired the flop and eliminated Rantamaki after the came on the turn and the spiked the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rauno Tahvonen	44,000 -1,000	-1,000
Vojtech Skalak	31,500 21,500	21,500
Joni Rantamaki	Busted

Tags: Joni Rantamaki Rauno Tahvonen Vojtech Skalak

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

08-02-2018 15:14 UTC+3

Tahvonen Ousted

Jaxon

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Unibet Poker Ambassador Rauno "Estonian Jesus" Tahvonen was just eliminated after losing back to back hands.

In the first hand, a player limped from the small blind and Tahvonen called. Both players checked the flop before Tahvonen called a bet of 4,000 after the came on the turn.

Tahvonen's opponent fired out an overbet of 15,000 after the completed the board on the river. Tahvonen went into the tank and time was called on him. The countdown was down to four seconds before he made the call. Tahvonen held and lost half his stack after his opponent had a better pair with .

The next hand a player in the hijack raised before Tahvonen jammed for 20,000 from the small blind. His opponent called with ace-king which outmatched Tahvonen's ace-queen. The board ran all blanks and Tahvonen headed out of the tournament room.

After the hand, Tahvonen shared with PokerNews that he wasn't sure whether he would be playing more today. He noted that the Main Event was still early enough where he might hop in if he doesn't feel like waiting to play instead in tomorrow's Day 1b field.