€560 Main Event
Dia 1a Terminado
2023 EAPT Bucharest
€560 Main Event
Dias: 1a
Event Info
Resultados Finais
Event Info
Informações do Nível
Informações do Jogador - Dia 1a
2023 EAPT Bucharest
Buy-in
€560
Premiação
€223,560
Entries
486
Nível
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Entries
97
Jogadores Restantes
15
Corneliu Cretu Leads Day 1a of €560 EAPT Main Event
Nível 14
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
A few minutes after 4 a.m., the bubble finally burst on Day 1a of the 2023 Eurasian Poker Tour €560 EAPT Main Event at 888poker Room in Bucharest.
After 16 levels, only 15 players out of a field of 97 entrants still had chips and have qualified for Day 2. And as good things come in pairs, they are also in the money, in this €200,000 guaranteed event.
The key was to be discreet to get a big stack today. Corneliu Cretu perfectly got it as, slowly but surely, he managed to end the day as the chip leader with 521,000 chips. His closest competitor wasn't more talkative but was equally efficient, finishing the day with 480,000 chips.
Day 1a Top 10
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corneliu Cretu | Romania | 521,000 | 65 |
| 2 | John One | Romania | 480,000 | 60 |
| 3 | Aristeidis Ktenioudakis | Greece | 398,000 | 50 |
| 4 | Bogdan Trifanescu | Romania | 361,000 | 45 |
| 5 | Cristian Rajala | Romania | 311,000 | 39 |
| 6 | John Two | Romania | 308,000 | 39 |
| 7 | Gheorghe Bilea | Romania | 263,000 | 33 |
| 8 | Stefan Hurjui | Romania | 250,000 | 31 |
| 9 | Cosmin Lupu | Romania | 227,000 | 28 |
| 10 | Adrian Constantin | Romania | 197,000 | 25 |
Greece's Aristeidis Ktenioudakis completed the podium with 398,000 chips, slightly more than the pot he won in the last levels of the day with a flopped flush against a set. Bogdan Trifanescu bagged almost the same stack (361,000), while Cristian Rajala, thanks to whom the bubble burst, filled his bag with 311,000 chips.
Gheorghe Bilea and Mihai Tabac seemed to have a lot of fun when they found themselves at the same table, as they kept laughing together. Both of them will be back on Day 2, with 131,000 chips for Bilea and 131,000 for Tabac. In between those two are Stefan Hurjui (250,000), Cosmin Lupu (227,000) and Adrian Constantin, who held the chip lead for a long moment today, before his stack decreased to 197,000.
Finally, Iulian Tataru (115,000) and Alexandru Ersen (88,000) ended the day with the smallest stacks, but secured the min-cash.
Tomorrow, Thursday, November 10, the second of four starting flights will begins at 5 p.m. time and will again play on 40-minute levels down to the final 15 percent of the field.
There will also be a Day 1c flight on Friday, November 11 at 2 p.m. and a turbo Day 1d on the same day at 8 p.m. with 20-minute levels. The surviving players from each starting flight will then combine for Day 2 on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Stay tuned as PokerNews follows all the action the rest of the way until a champion is crowned.
End of Day 1a Chip Counts (Completo)
Nível 14
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
521,000
211,000
|
211,000 |
|
||
|
|
480,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
|
398,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
361,000
241,000
|
241,000 |
|
311,000 | |
|
|
308,000
308,000
|
308,000 |
|
263,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
|
|
250,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
227,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
197,000
-53,000
|
-53,000 |
|
131,000 | |
|
116,000
-74,000
|
-74,000 |
|
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
115,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
88,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
End of Day 1a
Nível 14
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
There are 15 players left. They are all qualified for Day 2 and in the money.
Rajala Bursts the Bubble
Nível 14
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
A player shoved for 52,000 from middle position, and Cristian Rajala called in the small blind.
Before they revealed their cards, they had to wait for the other table where Alexandru Ersen was struggling to make a decision after Mihai Tabac moved all in. He eventually folded J♦J♥.
Middle position player: 8♠8♦
Cristian Rajala: 9♦9♣
With a better pair, Rajala kept the lead on 2♣7♥A♠A♣J♠ and eliminated his opponent.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
311,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
Hand-for-Hand Begins
Nível 14
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
After Andrei Jambor's elimination, there were 16 players left for 15 places in the money. So the tournament director stopped the clock to start the hand-for-hand procedure.
It's Over for Jambor
Nível 14
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
After the player under the gun opened to 15,000, Andrei Jambor shoved for 69,000. All the other players folded to the initial raiser who called.
Under the gun player: A♦K♣
Andrei Jambor: A♥Q♦
The board 2♠5♦5♠8♥6♥ didn't help Jambor, who was eliminated.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Eliminado |
Lupu Goes All In on the Flop
Nível 14
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Cosmin Lupu opened to 15,000 from under the gun, then Alexandru Ersen three-bet to 40,000 from the cutoff.
Lupu called and found a flop of 4♥7♥K♦. Ersen continued with a bet of 20,000. But this time, Lupu was the one how raised as he moved all in. Ersen snap folded.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
72,000
-188,000
|
-188,000 |
Nível: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
A Massive Pot for Ktenioudakis
Nível 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
On a board of 3♥4♥6♥Q♦ with roughly 100,000 chips in the pot, Aristeidis Ktenioudakis shoved for 154,000 from the hijack.
On the button, Rares Popa went deep in the tank. For more than two minutes, he couldn't make a decision. But he eventually decided to call.
Aristeidis Ktenioudakis: K♥9♥
Rares Popa: 6♦6♠
Ktenioudakis flopped a flush and Popa hit a set on the turn. He could hope for a set on the river, but the J♦ didn't change anything.
While Ktenioudakis was securing a massive double up, Popa was down to 12,000. He was eliminated a few hands later.
After his elimination, a table broke. Three more eliminations are needed to end the day.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
380,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
Eliminado |