Main Event
Jour 1bc a débuté
2018 Unibet Open Bucharest
Main Event
Jours 1bc
Event Info
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
2018 Unibet Open Bucharest
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€592,000
Entrants
592
Niveau
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Welcome to Day 1b of the 2018 Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event
Day 1b of the 2018 Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event will start at 11 a.m. local time in the JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel. The tournament attracted 149 players yesterday on day 1a and Yaron Turgeman is the man to beat, playing a stack of over 300,000. Carmen Zainescu and Mateusz Moolhuizen also have big stacks after the first flight.
Yesterday's action saw a field of 149 players dwindle down to just 32 players in the end. Turgeman had the biggest stack as he bagged up 302,500 and is the only player with over 300,000 chips. Unibet Ambassadors Sophia White and Daiva Byrne also tried to make it to Day 2 but unfortunately for them, they didn't make it. Unibet.fr Pro Quentin Lecomte also was well underway to make it to Day 2 but he also busted out of the tournament.
This is the third visit of the Unibet Open to the Romanian capital. Traian Bostan won the first edition back in 2016 after beating a field of 603 entries. He collected a first place prize of €100,000. Last years edition saw a small decline in attendance after the numbers of Main Event dropped to 502 in 2017. Marius Pertea won the even banking a nice €90,925.
Day 1b of the €1,1,00 Main Event will play out over 11 one-hour levels. There will be 15-minute breaks throughout the day and after level seven there is a dinner break of 60 minutes. The registration of the tournament is open until the end of levels seven. Play will conclude at about midnight local time. For players that bust out of the Main Event or have busted out of the tournament yesterday there is a reentry possibility for Day 1c. Day 1c will be played out later today at 8 p.m. and will feature 20-minute levels.
The PokerNews team will be here in Bucharest to cover the event from start to finish.
Niveau: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Niveau 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Tournament director Kenny Hallaert just went over the rules before announcing the "shuffle up and deal" and we are officially underway at the Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event.
First Names
Niveau 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Plenty of Room to Play
Niveau 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
There is plenty of room to play with a starting stack of 30,000 and a big blind that is just 100 at this point. Ian Simpson already lost a 28 big blind pot but still has nothing to worry about.
The full 
board was already out there and Simpson checked to Cosmin Cimpeanu. Cimpeanu fired out a bet of 2,700 in a pot that had about 2,900 in it. Simpson gave up and folded his hand and sent the pot to Cimpeanu.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000 | |
|
|
29,000 | -1,000 |
Barba Limp-Three-Bets
Niveau 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Adrian Barba limped from late position and Elena Lacromioara didn't agree with that as she raised to 250 from the cutoff. Small blind Andrei Pirlanescu called the raise and big blind Espen Jorstad folded. Barba decided to go for the three-bet when the action was back on him as he bet 1,725.
Lacromioara folded rather quickly but Pirlanescu had a seemingly tough decision. He peeked at his cards again and he showed the 
and he folded his hand.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,750 | |
|
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29,750 | |
|
|
29,750 |
New Names
Niveau 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Niveau: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
More and More Entries
Niveau 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
The total players already registered for Day 1b just reached the 200 mark. The field is already a lot bigger than yesterday's with late registration still open for another six levels. Yesterday's flight ended up with 149 entries of which 32 advanced to Day 2.
One of the players that recently took his seat is Dara O'Kearney. He is seated at the table with Dan Murariu.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |