888poker ambassador Ana Marquez has taken a seat in the second level of the day and shares a table with Aldo Monteleone.
888poker ambassador Ana Marquez has taken a seat in the second level of the day and shares a table with Aldo Monteleone.
Alexandru Farcasanu was the first to bust on Day 1b and has opted to re-enter, now sharing a table with Manfred Sierke, Andrei Nodea and Stefan Drusca. It was the latter that check-called a bet of 700 by Farcasanu on the ![]()
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turn and the
river was checked. Drusca showed ![]()
for the jack-high flush and Farcasanu had that beat with ![]()
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Three players invested 600 chips each on the ![]()
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and Marius Givovanu check-raised the
turn from 1,500 to 5,300, which only Mikko Pennanen called. The
on the river brought a bet of 5,500 by Gicovanu and Pennanen quickly called, they chopped it up as Gicovanu had ![]()
and Pennanen the ![]()
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After that split pot, Pennanen went on to boost his stack significantly and is among the early chip leaders.
Alexandru Farcasanu was eliminated towards the end of the first level and quickly left the tournament area. Word on the street is a runner-runner beat and the chips of Farcasanu were sent over to Mykola Yarynych.
Further notables that joined the Day 1b field can be found below, as the first flight has already been surpassed with 69 entries.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
The €230 Opening Event champion Sorin Radulescu has taken an early hit to his stack after a failed bluff attempt was snap-called by Michalis Konstantinou. On the ![]()
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turn, Konstantinou checked and called a bet of 4,000 by Radulescu before doing so again for 8,300 on the
river.
Radulescu tabled ![]()
and Konstantinou had the ![]()
for the rivered nut flush.
In a battle of the blinds on a table that started short-handed, Yuri Kudrinsky checked the small blind and called a bet of 3,500 into a pot of 4,000 by Daniel Ionescu with the turn showing ![]()
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. Kudrinsky also checked the
river and Ionescu quickly bet 8,000.
What followed was a shaking head by Kudrinsky and Ionescu claimed the pot without showdown.
More Notables are joining the action and among them are also Johan "YoH Viral" Guilbert, €230 Opening Event champion Sorin Radulescu, Nandor Solyom and Alexandru Farcasanu. Hans Fest qualified for this very event on 888poker one year and did so again for another trip to Romania.
Juan Manuel Manzaneda Lozano defended his big blind against a raise by Iulian Bleau and check-raised the ![]()
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flop from 400 to0 2,000, which Bleau called. The Spaniard bet the
turn for 2,500 and Bleau came along before Manzaneda Lozano checked the
on the river. Bleau made it 12,000 to go and won the pot uncontested.
More than 40 players qualified for the event on 888poker and some of them are already in action today such as Derek Reid, Matthew Gearey, Angelos Valilis, Konstantinos Sideris and David Hughes.
Reid claimed an early pot when he bet the ![]()
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turn for 1,200 and forced a fold from his sole opponent.