€2,200 High Roller
Day 2 Started
2018 Unibet Open Bucharest
€2,200 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Unibet Open Bucharest
Buy-in
€2,000
Entries
63
Level
21
Blinds
10,000 / 25,000
Ante
25,000
Welcome to Day 2 of the 2018 Unibet Open Bucharest €2,200 High Roller
Welcome to Day 2 of the 2018 Unibet Open Bucharest €2,200 High Roller at the luxurious JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel.
Day 1 attracted 54 entrants from around the world with 39 players bagging chips after six levels of play. This figure will continue to grow with late-registration and unlimited reentries allowed until the start of Level 8 or at the beginning of today's second level.
The action begins today at 12 p.m. EEST with blinds at 500/1,000 with a big blind ante of 1,000 and will conclude after a winner is crowned.
Blind levels are scheduled to be 40 minutes in length throughout the day with 15-minute breaks scheduled after every three blind levels. A longer 60-minute dinner break is scheduled after the conclusion of Level 15 at approximately 6:30 p.m. EEST.
Romania's Andrei Nodea will kick off the action as the chip leader with a huge stack of 95,200.
On Nodea's tail are 2016 Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event winner Traian Bostan (second - 74,900) from Romania, Bulgaria's Simeon Spasov (third - 69,200), Poland's Andrzej Skoczylas (fourth - 65,500), and 2017 WSOP Main Event final tablist Jack Sinclair (fifth - 63,100) from the United Kingdom.
In addition, four Unibet Poker ambassadors survived the opening day including Ian Simpson with 49,200 in chips, Rauno "Estonian Jesus" Tahvonen with 29,100, Dara O'Kearney with 20,000, and Espen Uhlen Jorstad with 11,600.
Esports star Nathan “NBK” Schmitt will begin today's action in a better position than that of the Unibet Poker ambassadors after bagging a seventh-place chip stack of 55,700.
In addition to covering the High Roller until its conclusion today, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will also be simultaneous reporting on the first of three opening flights of the Unibet Open Bucharest €1,100 Main Event at 11 a.m. EEST. Today will also witness the conclusion of the €330 Unibet DSO Cup at 1 p.m. EEST, the €165 Main Event Satellite at 7 p.m. EEST, and the €165 NLH Hyperturbo at 9 p.m. EEST.
Full coverage for Day 2 of the High Roller will begin at 12 p.m. after the tournament director asks dealers to shuffle up and deal.
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | Joni Rantamaki | Finland | 38,600 | 39 |
| 6 | 4 | Nikola Gunchev | Bulgaria | 39,400 | 39 |
| 6 | 5 | Sterner Ludvig | Sweden | 41,300 | 41 |
| 6 | 6 | Vojtech Skalak | Czech Republic | 38,500 | 39 |
| 6 | 8 | Bogdan Nicolae | Romania | 22,600 | 23 |
| 7 | 1 | Yulian Bogdanov | Bulgaria | 51,200 | 51 |
| 7 | 2 | Mareus Pertea | Romania | 14,900 | 15 |
| 7 | 3 | Vladas Tamasauskas | Lithuania | 15,600 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | Elie Farah | Lebanon | 50,000 | 50 |
| 7 | 6 | Nathan Schmitt | France | 55,700 | 56 |
| 7 | 7 | Paul Kristffersson | Sweden | 39,000 | 39 |
| 7 | 8 | Asher Dahan | Germany | 31,800 | 32 |
| 8 | 1 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | 54,900 | 55 |
| 8 | 2 | Daniel Chutrov | Bulgaria | 56,500 | 57 |
| 8 | 3 | Traian Bostan | Romania | 74,900 | 75 |
| 8 | 4 | Mihai Gabriel Niste | Romania | 48,500 | 49 |
| 8 | 5 | Paraskevas Tsoukaridas | Greece | 32,600 | 33 |
| 8 | 6 | Andrei Grimberg | Romania | 52,700 | 53 |
| 8 | 8 | Andrei Nodea | Romanian | 95,200 | 95 |
| 9 | 1 | Narcis Gabriel Nedelcu | Romania | 55,100 | 55 |
| 9 | 2 | Espen Uhlen Jorstad | Norway | 11,600 | 12 |
| 9 | 3 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | 63,100 | 63 |
| 9 | 4 | Dara O'Kearney | Ireland | 20,000 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | Michel Leibgorin | France | 52,500 | 53 |
| 9 | 6 | Ian Simpson | United Kingdom | 49,200 | 49 |
| 9 | 8 | Rauno Kiviloo | Estonia | 5,200 | 5 |
| 10 | 1 | Andrzej Skoczylas | Poland | 65,500 | 66 |
| 10 | 2 | Rauno Tahvonen | Estonia | 29,100 | 29 |
| 10 | 3 | Chady El Ojeil | Lebanon | 36,700 | 37 |
| 10 | 4 | Vojtech Susta | Czech Republic | 49,200 | 49 |
| 10 | 6 | Amir Shomron | Israel | 9,300 | 9 |
| 10 | 8 | Karl Stark | Sweden | 1,500 | 2 |
| 11 | 1 | Florian Rus | Romania | 53,300 | 53 |
| 11 | 2 | Razvan Belea | Romania | 44,800 | 45 |
| 11 | 3 | Cosmin Voinea | Romania | 38,000 | 38 |
| 11 | 4 | Simeon Spasov | Bulgaria | 69,200 | 69 |
| 11 | 6 | Alexandru Gavrilut | Romania | 39,000 | 39 |
| 11 | 7 | Dan Chisu | Romania | 28,300 | 28 |
| 11 | 8 | Guy Ohayon | Israel | 50,600 | 51 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 7
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The tournament director made a few announcements before instructing dealers to shuffle up and deal.
The starting field has grown from 54 entrants to 57 with Razvan Bordea, Izhak Kaufman, and Oshri Lahmani joining the field before the start of play today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 |
O'Kearney Doubles Off Sinclair
Level 7
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Jack Sinclair opened to 2,000 from early position before Dara O'Kearney jammed for 19,500 from one seat over. The action folded back to Sinclair who snap-called.
Dara O'Kearney: 
Jack Sinclair: 
O'Kearney was ahead the entire way and doubled his stack after the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,600 | -19,500 |
|
41,000 | 21,000 |
Tahvonen Loses a Flip
Level 7
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Amir Shomron opened for 2,500 from early position. Unibet Poker Ambassador Rauno Tahvonen jammed effectively covering the 20,100 of his opponent and Shomron snap-called.
Amir Shomron: 
Rauno Tahvonen: 
Shomron was slightly ahead in the flip situation and improve to a bigger favorite after the flop came 
. The 
spiked the turn and Tahvonen was drawing dead to his opponent's set.
The 
completed the board on the river. Tahvonen's stack took a big hit and was down to six big blinds after the hand.
"Nice hand," said Tahvonen as his opponent was stacking chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,100 | 10,800 |
|
5,200 | -23,900 |
Second Bullet for Kiviloo
Level 7
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Rauno Kiviloo came into the day with just five big blinds. He jammed them all-in under the gun with 
and was isolated by Narcis Gabriel Nedelcu from one seat over with 
.
The board ran all blanks and Kiviloo headed out the door to buy-in again with a fresh stack of 30,000. Reentry will soon be closed with the first blind level now halfway over. Players can still reenter and late register until the start of the next blind level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | -100 |
|
30,000 | 24,800 |
Peters Rivers a Straight
Level 7
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Tobias Peters opened from the hijack to 2,000. Daniel Chutrov three-bet from the button to 6,000 and Peters called.
Peters check-called a bet of 6,500 from Peters after the flop came . The 
came on the turn and both players checked.
The 
completed the board on the river and Peters led out for 11,300 and got a quick call from Chutrov. Peters turned over 
for a straight, which was more than good against the two-pair held by Chutrov with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000 | 17,100 |
|
31,000 | -25,500 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Late Registration Closed
Level 8
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Late registration is now closed with 37 players still in their seats. A total of 63 entrants ponied up the €2,200 buy-in to create a six-figure prize pool of €122,220.
Payouts are being calculated and will be announced when finalized.