€1,100 Main Event Day 2 | 2019 Unibet Open Sinaia

02-15-2019 20:59 UTC+2

Vollers Busts Tardea

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Steven Vollers opened to 6,000 and Carmen Zainescu called from one seat over, as did Espen Uhlen Jorstad on the button. Cristian Tardea jammed for around 40,000 in the small blind and the jam of Vollers forced out Zainescu and Jorstad.

Cristian Tardea:
Steven Vollers:

The board came and Vollers scored the knockout with the nut straight, dodging the flush draw of Tardea.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Vollers	120,000 50,400	50,400
Espen Uhlen Jorstad	55,000 30,000	30,000

Carmen Zainescu	45,000 50,000	50,000
Andrei Jambor	Busted
Cristian Tardea	Busted
Florin Pandilica	Busted
Igor Hrekul	Busted

Tags: Carmen Zainescu Cristian Tardea Espen Uhlen Jorstad Steven Vollers

02-15-2019 21:11 UTC+2

Hokkanen Busts; Zainescu Wins Flip

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The field is shrinking further as just 81 players remain, and among those to bust recently were Tomasz Olejnik, Daniel Effendy, Andrei Boghean and Jaakko Hokkanen.

Hokkanen jammed the last 33,000 with in late position and was called by Catalin Moraru in the small blind with the . The board came and that spelled the end for the Finn.

Carmen Zainescu was also on the brink of elimination, as her fell behind the of Amitai Or on the flop. However, the turn came to the rescue and the river was a blank.

Player	Chips	Progress
Catalin Moraru	200,000 128,200	128,200
Carmen Zainescu	95,000 50,000	50,000
Amitai Or	30,000 8,900	8,900
Tomasz Olejnik	Busted
Jaakko Hokkanen	Busted
Daniel Effendy	Busted
Claudiu Ianuszewicz	Busted
Andrei Boghean	Busted
Hugues Mazerolle	Busted

Tags: Amitai Or Andrei Boghean Carmen Zainescu Catalin Moraru Daniel Effendy Tomasz Olejnik

02-15-2019 21:19 UTC+2

Drusca Downs Kull

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Down to the last 31,500, Kenneth Kull moved all in first to act and the action folded all the way around to Stefan Drusca in the big blind. He double-checked his cards and called instantly.

Kenneth Kull:
Stefan Drusca:

Kull was not optimistic at all, as he already stood up from his chair after the flop. The turn and river indeed provided no help whatsoever and Kull headed out of the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Drusca	430,000 195,000	195,000
Kenneth Kull	Busted

Tags: Stefan Drusca Kenneth Kull

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

02-15-2019 21:32 UTC+2

More For Tataru

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

James Noonan called the clock on Iulian Tataru and was then called to lose a bigger pot, which the two still talked about when the board was already rushed away.

Tataru said he would have called even without the clock called and Noonan replied "I think it was a good call." Tataru didn't agree, but was happy with the outcome, as he soared up even further on the leader board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Iulian Tataru	420,000 92,000	92,000

Eirik Lunde	190,000 131,800	131,800
Kevin van der Kooi	120,000 25,000	25,000

Espen Uhlen Jorstad	110,000 55,000	55,000

James Noonan	90,000 110,000	110,000
Amanda Sidark	65,000 35,000	35,000
Traian Bostan	60,000 10,000	10,000
Katie Swift	60,000 20,000	20,000
Ionut Voinea	50,000 80,000	80,000
Anko Hoogendijk	50,000 40,000	40,000
Dara O'Kearney	45,000 20,000	20,000

Kyriakos Papadopoulos	Busted

Tags: Iulian Tataru James Noonan

02-15-2019 21:44 UTC+2

Nought for Noonan

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

James Noonan took another hit and soon after got the remainder of it in preflop with for around 50,000. Corrie Romate had jammed for around 55,000 with the and the board came to eliminate Noonan.

Carmen Zainescu also ran out of chips and she was joined on the rail by Andrei Tamaduianu, while Corentin Ropert has moved from 29,000 at dinner to 220,000 not even 90 minutes later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corentin Ropert	220,000 175,000	175,000
Dan Murariu	190,000 115,000	115,000

Andrei Dobrescu	190,000 135,000	135,000
Alan Widmann	130,000 15,000	15,000
Corrie Romate	120,000 61,100	61,100
Carmen Zainescu	Busted
Andrei Tamaduianu	Busted
James Noonan	Busted

Tags: Andrei Tamaduianu Carmen Zainescu Corentin Ropert Corrie Romate James Noonan

02-15-2019 21:57 UTC+2

"Switfty" Busts on Feature Table

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Over on the feature table, John "Swifty" Pyle had been involved in many battles with Cristian Grecu and this time Grecu made it 5,500 to go with the in late position. Pyle called in the hijack with the and the flop came . Grecu bet 4,000 and Pyle raised to 12,000, the call followed.

On the turn, Grecu check-raised all in after nervously shifting in his seat and hiding part of his face with the hoodie several times. Pyle, who had bet 25,000, called all in for 109,500 in total with his top pair and gutshot. The river was the blank and that spelled the end for "Swifty".

Grecu also overtook Evangelos Bechrakis in the counts on the feature table as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cristian Grecu	370,000 298,600	298,600
Evangelos Bechrakis	312,000 118,000	118,000
John Pyle	Busted

Tags: Cristian Grecu Evangelos Bechrakis John Pyle

02-15-2019 22:06 UTC+2

Down to 70 Players

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The hero not long ago, Corrie Romate now bowed out and he was joined on the rail by Amanda Sidark and UnibetPoker.fr ambassador Quentin Lecomte.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amanda Sidark	Busted
Alexandru Cinca	Busted
Vasile Stancu	Busted
Quentin Lecomte	Busted
Corrie Romate	Busted

Tags: Amanda Sidark Corrie Romate Quentin Lecomte

02-15-2019 22:14 UTC+2

Radulescu Jams Into Sabau

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Sorin Radulescu faced a raise to 7,000 by Razvan Sabau and three-bet to 21,000 in the small blind, Sabau called. On the flop, Radulescu check-called a bet of 22,000 and did so again for 55,000 on the turn.

Radulescu then jammed the river for around 140,000 and Sabau was sent into the think tank. The clock was called on him and one minute ran down without any decision, his hand was declared dead. Radulescu flashed and dragged in the massive pot.