2018 Unibet Open Bucharest

€2,200 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 Unibet Open Bucharest

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q8
Prize
€38,630
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,000
Entries
63
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
10,000 / 25,000
Ante
25,000

Jack Sinclair Happy to Get a Flag

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Jack Sinclair
Jack Sinclair

Jack Sinclair was congratulated for making the final table despite him being low on chips most of the day. Sinclair has been on final tables in bigger spots, including at the 2017 WSOP Main Event where he took eighth place for $1.2 million, but shared he was excited to be at the final table in the High Roller.

"Getting on the final table means a lot," said Sinclair.

Although the money is nice, getting his ninth The Hendon Mob flag of the year appeared to be also important.

"I got the Romanian flag," Sinclair said with a smile. "That is very important to me. I have only had two stops this year where I haven't been able to get a flag. Although there is no reward for getting flags, perhaps their should be as it shows a true dedication to traveling for the grind."

While Sinclair's ninth flag of the year doesn't put him that close the the 12 flags earned this year thus far by Finland's Henri Ovaska, it does place him in second place on the leaderboard.

Tags: Jack Sinclair

Gavrilut Gets No Action with Kings

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Alexandru Gavrilut found a good spot to jam his short-stack of 11 big blinds when the action folded to him on the button. Petre Laurentiu Chiriac in the big blind ask for a count.

He has been smiling and joking around at the table and eventually folded {Q-Spades}{10-Spades} face-up. He then motioned to Gavrilut to find out if this was a good fold.

Chiriac let out a laugh of joy after Chiriac showed that he wasn't jamming light and turned over {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} for the table.

Since the final table began it has been mostly slowball with many pots being won preflop and many others being taken down with just one postflop bet.

Player Chips Progress
Petre Laurentiu Chiriac ro
Petre Laurentiu Chiriac
230,000
95,000
95,000
Alexandru Gavrilut ro
Alexandru Gavrilut
81,000
12,000
12,000

Tags: Petre Laurentiu ChiriacAlexandru Gavrilut

Dinner Break

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Players are now on an hour long dinner break. Blinds will be 4,000/8,000 with a big blind ante of 8,000 when play resumes.

Chip Stack Update

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Simeon Spasov bg
Simeon Spasov
499,000
-54,000
-54,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Vladas Tamasauskas lt
Vladas Tamasauskas
354,000
-163,000
-163,000
Amir Shomron il
Amir Shomron
269,000
119,000
119,000
Andrei Nodea ro
Andrei Nodea
239,000
64,000
64,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Petre Laurentiu Chiriac ro
Petre Laurentiu Chiriac
210,000
-20,000
-20,000
Paraskevas Tsokaridis gr
Paraskevas Tsokaridis
135,000
-4,000
-4,000
Alexandru Gavrilut ro
Alexandru Gavrilut
81,000
Cosmin Voinea ro
Cosmin Voinea
57,000
-17,000
-17,000
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
46,000
-36,000
-36,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Gavrilut Doubles with Ace Queen

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Alexandru Gavrilut
Alexandru Gavrilut

The action folded to Simeon Spasov in the cutoff who led out for 17,000. Alexandru Gavrilut three-bet jammed for 75,000 from the big blind and Spasov tanked for 30 second before he called.

Simeon Spasov: {J-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}
Alexandru Gavrilut: {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}

Gavrilut flopped top pair on the {3-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{k-Spades} flop and his hand held the rest of the way with the {4-Hearts} appearing on the turn and the {10-Diamonds} completing the board on the river to double-up.

"Were you thinking of folding with that?" Gavrilut asked while collecting his chips.

Spasov answered in just one word, "No."

Player Chips Progress
Simeon Spasov bg
Simeon Spasov
424,000
-75,000
-75,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Alexandru Gavrilut ro
Alexandru Gavrilut
162,000
81,000
81,000

Sinclair Effectively Triples Up

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Jack Sinclair
Jack Sinclair

Jack Sinclair was down to three big blinds and jammed them in from early position. Petre Laurentiu Chiriac called from the cutoff and everyone else folded.

Jack Sinclair: {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}
Petre Laurentiu Chiriac: {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

Sinclair was ahead the entire way and effectively tripled up after the board ran out {8-Hearts}{3-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{k-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Petre Laurentiu Chiriac ro
Petre Laurentiu Chiriac
180,000
-30,000
-30,000
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
72,000
26,000
26,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jack SinclairPetre Laurentiu Chiriac

Jack Sinclair Eliminated in 9th Place (€3,710)

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Jack Sinclair
Jack Sinclair

Vladas Tamasauskas opened for 18,000 from middle position. Andrei Nodea called from the hijack before Jack Sinclair three-bet jammed for 70,000.

Tamasauskas quickly folded and Tsokaridis insta-called.

Andrei Nodea: {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}
Jack Sinclair: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}

Sinclair looked good to double up preflop but Tsokaridis nailed a set on the {5-Clubs}{10-Spades}{J-Hearts} flop to take a huge lead in the hand. The {J-Clubs} gave Nodea quad jacks and Sinclair was drawing dead.

The {4-Clubs} completed the board on the river and Sinclair headed to the cashier to collect the ninth-place prizez of €3,710. The eight remaining players are now each guaranteed at least a €4,640 payday.

Player Chips Progress
Andrei Nodea ro
Andrei Nodea
280,000
41,000
41,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jack SinclairParaskevas TsokaridisVladas Tamasauskas

Cosmin Voinea Eliminated in 8th Place (€4,640)

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Cosmin Voinea
Cosmin Voinea

After no eliminations for more than a blind level to start the final table, there were two in back to back hands.

Cosmin Voinea jammed his eight big blind stack with {10-}{5-} from the small blind and was called by Petre Laurentiu Chiriac from the big blind with {A-}{Q-}.

The board {2-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{4-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} was of no help to Voinea and he was eliminated eighth place for €4,640. The seven remaining players are each guaranteed a payout of €5,800.

Player Chips Progress
Petre Laurentiu Chiriac ro
Petre Laurentiu Chiriac
250,000
70,000
70,000
Cosmin Voinea ro
Cosmin Voinea
Busted

Tags: Cosmin VoineaPetre Laurentiu Chiriac

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000