Main Event Jour 1a | 2018 Unibet Open Bucharest

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Yaron Turgeman	302,500 97,500	97,500

Carmen Zainescu	240,500 204,500	204,500
Mateusz Moolhuizen	212,000 42,000	42,000
Marius Gicovanu	207,500 37,500	37,500
Adrian Ionescu	205,000 118,000	118,000
Ciprian Voican	202,000 30,000	30,000
Christodoulos Charalambous	193,000 110,000	110,000
Shanar Levi	176,500 129,500	129,500
Vladislav Donchev	176,000 176,000	176,000
Andrei Tudose	159,500 -500	-500
Stefan Dragomir	158,500
Alexandru-Robert Cezarescu	158,000 2,000	2,000
Jean Florentin Vasile	148,000 48,000	48,000
Ion Scobai	141,500 141,500	141,500
Nikolai Bernhardsen	139,500 85,500	85,500
Nicolae Sorin Son	132,000 -33,000	-33,000
Teodor Cap	131,500 131,500	131,500
Sergiu Covrig	130,000 130,000	130,000

Veli Puumala	118,500
Liviu Toderita	111,500 111,500	111,500
Izhak Kaufman	109,000 13,000	13,000
Harbon Avrham	105,000 105,000	105,000
Vojtech Susta	100,000 100,000	100,000
Paz Shkalim	93,000 61,000	61,000
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs	81,000 8,000	8,000

Joueur

Jetons

Progression

Yaron Turgeman

302,500

97,500

Carmen Zainescu

240,500

204,500

Mateusz Moolhuizen

212,000

42,000

Marius Gicovanu

207,500

37,500

Adrian Ionescu

205,000

118,000

Ciprian Voican

202,000

30,000

Christodoulos Charalambous

193,000

110,000

Shanar Levi

176,500

129,500

Vladislav Donchev

176,000

Andrei Tudose

159,500

-500

Stefan Dragomir

158,500

Alexandru-Robert Cezarescu

158,000

2,000

Jean Florentin Vasile

148,000

48,000

Ion Scobai

141,500

Nikolai Bernhardsen

139,500

85,500

Nicolae Sorin Son

132,000

-33,000

Teodor Cap

131,500

Sergiu Covrig

130,000

Veli Puumala

118,500

Liviu Toderita

111,500

Izhak Kaufman

109,000

13,000

Harbon Avrham

105,000

Vojtech Susta

100,000

Paz Shkalim

93,000

61,000

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs

81,000

8,000

Yaron Turgeman is the chip leader after Day 1a of the 2018 Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event, bagging 302,500 chips after 11 one-hour levels of play. With that, he’s the only player to have over 300,000 in chips. Turgeman is followed by Carmen Zainescu (240,500) and Mateusz Moolhuizen (212,000).

The tournament started with just 37 players in their seats but all the tables filled up during the first two levels of the day. The total number of players on Day 1a is set at 149 players. At the end of the day, there were just 32 players who bagged a stack for Day 2 and it was Turgeman who bagged the biggest. Zainescu and Moolhuizen complete the top three of biggest stacks to survive Day 1a. Players who busted the tournament today have the opportunity to reenter the tournament on Day 1c, August 3, 8 p.m. local time.

Some of the notable players that entered Day 1a but weren’t able to make Day 2 include Unibet Ambassadors Sophia White and Daiva Byrne, Unibet.fr Pro Quentin Lecomte, Dehlia de Jong, and Gerrit van Lancker. Sander van Wesemael started the day off really well and he was the chip leader of the tournament after two levels of play, but he wasn’t able to maintain his stack and he busted out a couple of levels later.

Zainescu is a familiar face at Unibet Open Bucharest. She won the Ladies Event in December of 2017 after she beat De Jong heads-up. Zainescu and De Jong were reunited today as they played on the same table for a portion of the day. They weren't the only ladies in the tournament. Unibet Open tournaments attract quite a lot of women and today they even had Molly Bloom in the building, of the movie "Molly's Game".

Unibet Open regular Moolhuizen was able to make Day 2 of the Main Event with the third biggest stack so far. Moolhuizen had been grinding steady throughout the entire day and he finished with 212,000. Emelie Svenningsson had the chip lead at one point in the tournament, playing a stack of over 200,000, but she wasn’t able to end the day on a high note. She ended up bagging a below average stack of 75,500 when the day was over. Marius Gicovanu (207,500), Adrian Ionescu (205,000) and Ciprian Voican (202,000) are the only other players with stacks over 200,000.

The PokerNews team will be here in Bucharest to report on the tournament from start to finish. Day 1b will kick-off Friday, August 3 at 11 a.m. local time and for the players that have busted today’s Day 1a or tomorrow’s Day 1b, there’s still a chance to make Day 2 through the turbo Day 1c, with 20-minute levels instead of 60-minute levels. The players that will make Day 2 will combine on Saturday, August 4 and they’ll play to a winner on August 5.

Tags: Adrian Ionescu Carmen Zainescu Ciprian Voican Daiva Byrne Dehlia de Jong Emelie Svenningsson Marius Gicovanu Mateusz Moolhuizen Quentin Lecomte Sander van Wesemael Yaron Turgeman

2018 Unibet Open Bucharest

2018 Unibet Open Bucharest

End-of-Day Chip Counts (complet)

Turgeman Bags Chiplead on Day 1a; Zainescu and Moolhuizen Through With a Big Stack