€560 Main Event
Dia 1a Começado
€560 Main Event
Dia 1a Começado
While PokerNews' reporting team is currently working on NAPT in Las Vegas and WSOP Europe in Rozvadov, another poker festival not to be missed is the 2023 Eurasian Poker Tour Bucharest at 888poker Room in Bucharest.
This stop in Romania is the fourth one of the year for EAPT, as the tour has already made stops in Rozvadov in June, Milan in July, and Barcelona in October. This last tournament in Spain was won by Fernando Santa Maria, who claimed the €26,625 top prize.
Place | Player | Country | Earnings |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Fernando Santa Maria | Dominican Republic | €26,625 |
2 | Ariel Galactico | Argentina | €24,675 |
3 | Carlos Esquerdo | Spain | €27,400 |
4 | Jose Rodriguez | Honduras | €19,275 |
5 | Cedric Jaby | France | €9,400 |
6 | Christopher Arpal | Spain | €7,280 |
7 | Jordi Mataix | Spain | €5,730 |
8 | Hector De Gea | Spain | €4,510 |
9 | Teddy Kamel | Lebanon | €3,735 |
In Bucharest, the festival started on Friday, November 3 with the €250 EAPT Cup. But the €560 Main Event kicks off today, Wednesday, November 8 at 5 p.m. local time with Day 1a, the first out of four flights. Then Day 2 will take place on Saturday, November 11 before the final day on Sunday.
€180,000 is guaranteed on the Main Event, but €20,000 in packages are also added to the prize pool, with the final four players qualifying for the EAPT Grand Final to be held next fall in Cyprus.
But before reaching the top positions, players will have to increase their 40,000 chip-starting stacks on 40-minute levels, starting on blinds of 100-200 and a 200 big blind ante. Late registrations will close at the end of Level 9, with a single reentry allowed per flight. All Day 1s will end when 15% of the field remains, and players who qualify for Day 2 will be in the money.
PokerNews will be following all the action and providing live updates throughout the event.
Nível: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
With 29 players seated, cards are in the air on Day 1a of the €560 EAPT Bucharest Main Event.
After Michael Singh limped in the hijack, Sergiu Cornea raised to 1,000 from the cutoff, and he was called by Paul Tudor on the button.
Singh called too, and all three of them discovered the flop 9♥10♣3♠, that Singh and Cornea checked. Tudor bet 1,800, but Singh check-raised to 6,700. Cornea quickly folded, but Tudor called.
On the turn J♠, Singh fired a second barrel of 11,000 which made Tudor fold.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Michael Singh
|
48,000 | |
Sergiu Cornea | 43,000 | |
Paul Tudor
|
39,000 |
Nicolae Gheorghe raised to 600 from the button, and Cosmin Melcea defended from the big blind.
On a flop of 3♣9♠2♥, Gheorghe continued with a bet of 500, and Melcea quickly check-called. But he snap-folded after Gheorghe bet again on the turn 8♠.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Nicolae Gheorghe
|
42,000 | |
Cosmin Melcea
|
39,000 |
Dimitru Barta defended his big blind after Viorel Gavrila opened to 500 from the button.
Barta bet 500 on the flop A♠2♣10♦. Gavrila called, before both players checked on the turn A♥.
But on the river 8♠, Barta asked for 5,500. Viorel called with A♦4♥ for trips. "Split" he joked when Barta showed A♣J♠, the winning hand. A bit confused, the dealer looked at the board again, but push the pot in Barta's direction.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Dimitru Barta |
67,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
Viorel Gavrila |
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Nível: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
After two players limped, Alexis Kivu on the button raised to 1,500. Cristian Tabac in the big blind called, as well as Aristeidis Ktenioudakis in the cutoff.
But when Tabac checked on the flop 7♣6♥2♦, Ktenioudakis took the lead with a bet of 2,000. His two opponents immediately folded.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Alexis Kivu |
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Aristeidis Ktenioudakis |
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Cristian Tabac |
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
In a three-way pot on a board of Q♠K♣J♠8♦ with 27,000 in the pot, Bogdan Trifanescu bet 8,500 from under the gun. he was called by a player in middle position, but the button folded.
The 8♥ completed the board, and Trifanescu bet 9,000 more. His opponent eventually folded, and Trifanescu has now more than 60,000 chips
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Bogdan Trifanescu |
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |