€560 Main Event Dia 2 | 2023 EAPT Bucharest

€560 Main Event

Dia 2 Começado

2023-11-11 14:00 UTC+3

Day 2 Seat Draw

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Aristeidis Ktenioudakis	Greece	398,000	80
1	2	Marius Dunca	Romania	139,000	28
1	3	Stefan Necsanu	Romania	374,000	75
1	4	Sergiu Cornea	Romania	116,000	23
1	5	Andrei Nodea	Romania	174,000	35
1	6	Alexandru Anghel	Romania	128,000	26
1	7	Ionut Voinea	Romania	826,000	165
1	9	Razvan Paduraru	Romania	268,000	54

2	1	Claudiu Spatariu	Romania	461,000	92
2	2	Stefan Ionita	Romania	644,000	129
2	3	John Five	Spain	114,000	23
2	4	Athanasios Vlachogiannis	Greece	99,000	20
2	6	Mihai Isar	Romania	113,000	23
2	7	John One	Romania	480,000	96
2	8	Gheorghe Velcea	Romania	117,000	23
2	9	Cosmin Dima	Romania	254,000	51

3	1	Cristian Rajala	Romania	311,000	62
3	2	Gheorghe Butuc	Romania	246,000	49
3	3	Konstantinos Kroustalakis	Greece	135,000	27
3	4	Alexandru Ersen	Romania	88,000	18
3	5	Bogdan Nicolae	Romania	149,000	30
3	6	Alexandru Mitracu	Romania	455,000	91
3	7	Daniel Cearca	Romania	120,000	24
3	8	Stefan Gheorghe	Romania	266,000	53
3	9	Doru Horghidan	Romania	515,000	103

4	1	Cristian Enache	Romania	269,000	54
4	2	Dumitru Barta	Romania	657,000	131
4	3	Florentin Constantin	Romania	180,000	36
4	4	Cristian Tabac	Romania	131,000	26
4	5	Marian Costache	Romania	110,000	22
4	6	Dan Maricuta	Romania	428,000	86
4	7	Carmen Zainescu	Romania	300,000	60
4	8	Ran Shahar	Israel	440,000	88
4	9	Stefan Hurjui	Romania	250,000	50

5	1	Cosmin Lupu	Romania	227,000	45
5	2	Dmitri Dudakov	Estonia	124,000	25
5	3	Gabriel Ene	Romania	133,000	27
5	4	Marius Kikinezhdi	Canada	451,000	90
5	6	Vlad Murgulet	Romania	91,000	18
5	8	Ionut Decher	Romania	243,000	49
5	9	Jonathan Klingenberg	Germany	239,000	48

6	1	Milovan Dinovic	Serbia	349,000	70
6	2	John Two	Romania	308,000	62
6	3	Adrian Constantin	Romania	197,000	39
6	4	Cristian Sandu	Romania	280,000	56
6	5	Silviu Baltateanu	Romania	275,000	55
6	7	Filip Sterescu	Romania	321,000	64
6	8	Andreia Coman	Romania	103,000	21
6	9	Andrei Ciuca	Romania	279,000	56

7	1	John Four	Bulgaria	355,000	71
7	2	Lucian Bera	Romania	140,000	28
7	4	Lyubomir Petrov	Bulgaria	188,000	38
7	5	Ioannis Kateinas	Greece	66,000	13
7	6	Gheorghe Bilea	Romania	263,000	53
7	7	Alexis Kivu	Germany	271,000	54
7	8	Iulian Dragan	Romania	353,000	71
7	9	Alexandru Matei	Romania	194,000	39

8	1	John Three	Romania	115,000	23
8	2	Maciej Plocki	Poland	225,000	45
8	3	Corneliu Cretu	Romania	521,000	104
8	4	John Six	Romania	620,000	124
8	6	Mihai Prisacariu	Romania	441,000	88
8	7	Robert Petcu	Romania	307,000	61
8	8	Andrei Iordache	Romania	350,000	70
8	9	Yuri Ishida	Japan	190,000	38

11	1	Gheorghe Vladoiu	Romania	359,000	72
11	2	Raoul Iancovici	Romania	155,000	31
11	4	Alain El-Hajj	Lebanon	253,000	51
11	5	Saeid Khalghamooz	Iran	88,000	18
11	6	Iulian Tataru	Romania	115,000	23
11	7	Bogdan Trifanescu	Romania	361,000	72
11	8	Alexandru Sautner	Romania	226,000	45
11	9	Ivan Ciursin	Romania	96,000	19

2023-11-11 14:05 UTC+3

73 Players on Day 2 of the EAPT Bucarest Main Event

The race to the final table is on when Day 2 of the 2023 €560 Eurasian Poker Tour Main Event begins at 2 p.m. local time.

The first four starting flights saw a total of 486 entries take to the felt at 888poker Room in Bucharest. But only 73 players still remain in the hunt for the trophy and for the €36,000 first-place prize, all of whom are now in the money after surviving their opening flight. A €223,560 prize pool was generated on this event, surpassing the €200,000 guarantee, and all the players on Day 2 secured a min cash of €1,375 so far.

Ionut Voinea built up a stack of 826,000 on Day 1c and took the overall tournament chip lead. Day 1d's biggest stack Dumitru Barta (657,000), Stefan Ionita (644,000), and Day 1a chip lead Corneliu Cretu (521,000) also reached the Top 5.

Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Ionut Voinea	Romania	826,000	165
2	Dumitru Barta	Romania	657,000	131
3	Stefan Ionita	Romania	644,000	129
4	John Six	Romania	620,000	124
5	Corneliu Cretu	Romania	521,000	104
6	Doru Horghidan	Romania	515,000	103
7	John One	Romania	480,000	96
8	Claudiu Spatariu	Romania	461,000	92
9	Alexandru Mitracu	Romania	455,000	91
10	Marius Kikinezhdi	Canada	451,000	90

Levels will now be 45 minutes long and pick up at Level 14 (3,000/5,000 and a 5,000 big blind ante), with 25:00 left on the clock. The plan for today is to approach the final table, with a champion being crowned tomorrow.

2023 €560 EAPT Main Event Payouts

Place	Prize	Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	€36,000*	9	€3,785	27-31	€1,200
2	€24,705*	10-11	€3,275	32-35	€1,100
3	€17,200*	12-13	€2,900	36-44	€1,025
4	€12,750*	14-15	€2,540	45-53	€950
5	€9,300	16-17	€2,225	54-62	€900
6	€7,100	18-20	€1,930	63-73	€850
7	€5,700	21-23	€1,650
8	€4,650	24-26	€1,375

* €5,000 EAPT Grand Final Cyprus package added

PokerNews will follow the action the entire way and provide live updates as the field whittles toward the final nine.

Tags: Alexandru Mitracu Claudiu Spatariu Corneliu Cretu Dumitru Barta Ionut Voinea John One John Six Marius Kikinezhdi Stefan Ionita

Nível: 14

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

2023-11-11 15:07 UTC+3

Shuffle Up and Deal

Nível 14 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Cards are in the air on Day 2 of the EAPT Bucharest Main Event.

2023-11-11 15:20 UTC+3

Ishida Makes Petcu Fold

Nível 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Robert Petcu opened to 12,000 from the button, and faced Yuri Ishida in the big blind.

On a flop of 9♠6♣5♥, Petcu continued with a bet of 16,000. Ishida called, then checked the turn 8♠. Petcu checked back.

The 4♥ landed on the turn, ans Ishida decided to take the lead, betting 30,000. A good move as she made Petcu fold.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Robert Petcu	270,000 -37,000	-37,000
Yuri Ishida	200,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Robert Petcu Yuri Ishida

2023-11-11 15:30 UTC+3

Flush on the River for Dragan

Nível 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Iulian Dragan just called in the small blind after Gheorghe Bilea opened to 12,000 in the cutoff, then checked a flop of 2♠7♦7♠.

Bilea checked back, and both players checked again the turn 5♣. However, on the river J♠, Bilea tried to take the pot, betting 25,000. But immediately, Dragan check-raised to 75,000.

Bilea went into the tank, and eventually folded. Smiling, Dragan showed K♠Q♠ for a flush and scooped the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Iulian Dragan	400,000 47,000	47,000
Gheorghe Bilea	175,000 -88,000	-88,000

Tags: Gheorghe Bilea Iulian Dragan

Nível: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

2023-11-11 15:40 UTC+3

Murgulet Doubles Up

Nível 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Down to 47,000, Vlad Murgulet shoved from the hijack. Ionut Decher reshoved from the button, and the blinds folded.

Vlad Murgulet: A♦Q♠
Ionut Decher: A♣K♦

On the edge of elimination, Murgulet hit a full house on a board of 8♠8♥Q♦2♥Q♣ to double up and stay in the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ionut Decher	205,000 -38,000	-38,000
Vlad Murgulet	109,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Ionut Decher Vlad Murgulet

2023-11-11 15:53 UTC+3

Top Pair for El-Hajj

Nível 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

After Gheorghe Vladoiu raised to 17,000 from middle position, Alain El-Hajj defended in the big blind.

The dealer fanned a flop of 3♦6♦4♣ which was checked by both players. Then Vladoiu bet 13,000 on the turn K♦, but El-Hajj didn't back down and called.

The A♣ completed the board, and after Vladoiu checked back, El-Hajj waved is hand to claim the pot as he had A♠6♣ for a pair.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Gheorghe Vladoiu	320,000 -39,000	-39,000
Alain El-Hajj	305,000 52,000	52,000

Tags: Alain El-Hajj Gheorghe Vladoiu