2017 PokerStars Festival Bucharest

Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival Bucharest

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
€117,707
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€706,560
Entries
736
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000

Level: 30

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 20,000

Ozdemir Extends His Lead

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Anil Ozdmir
Anil Ozdmir

Anil Ozdemir raised to 250,000 and Sam Grafton called. The flop came {j-Spades}{10-Clubs}{2-Hearts} and Grafton check-called a bet of 225,000. The turn was the {a-Clubs} and both players checked.

Grafton bet 110,000 on the river and Ozdemir raised to 475,000.

"Jack-Queen?" asked Grafton before calling. Ozdemir showed him {a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and extended his chiplead.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Anil Olgun Ozdemir tr
Anil Olgun Ozdemir
18,000,000
1,600,000
1,600,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
4,100,000
-1,600,000
-1,600,000

Tags: Anil Olgun OzdemirSam Grafton

As You Were

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Over the past few hands Grafton has slipped back to his starting position when they begun heads-up play.

In one hand Ozdemir check-called a bet of 225,000 from Grafton on a {2-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{q-Spades} flop. Both players checked the {j-Diamonds} on the turn and Ozdemir bet 425,000 on the river {5-Clubs}. Grafton thought about his decision before calling.

Ozdemir showed {10-Hearts}{6-Clubs} and Grafton was unable to beat it.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Anil Olgun Ozdemir tr
Anil Olgun Ozdemir
16,400,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
5,700,000
-1,500,000
-1,500,000

Tags: Anil Olgun OzdemirSam Grafton

Grafton Wins First Major Pot of Heads-Up Play

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Heads-Up Play
Heads-Up Play

Sam Grafton raised to 275,000 and Anil Ozdemir three-bet to 900,000. Grafton called.

The flop came {9-Hearts}{3-Spades}{a-Hearts} and Ozdemir bet 725,000 and Grafton called. The turn was the {2-Spades} and both players checked. Ozdemir checked the {6-Diamonds} river and Grafton snap-checked behind.

Ozdemir showed {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs} but Grafton had flopped a pair with {9-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

"Nice hands," said Ozdemir.

"Very sexy hands," replied Grafton.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Anil Olgun Ozdemir tr
Anil Olgun Ozdemir
14,900,000
-1,545,000
-1,545,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
7,200,000
1,565,000
1,565,000

Tags: Anil Olgun OzdemirSam Grafton

Fahredin Mustafov Eliminated in 4th Place (€43,500); Daniel Nietrzebka Eliminated in 3rd Place (€57,600)

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Fahredin Mustafov (l) and Daniel Nietrzebka (r)
Fahredin Mustafov (l) and Daniel Nietrzebka (r)

Anil Ozdemir opened to 250,000 from under the gun and Daniel Nietrzebka called on the button. Sam Grafton folded his small blind, and then the following happened within five seconds.

"All in," Mustafov said, shoving his stack of 2,485,000 in the middle.

"All in," Ozdemir said, sliding a tower of T-100,000 chips forward.

"All in," Nietrzebka said without hesitation, creating a pot of 75% of the chips in play just like that.

Fahredin Mustafov: {A-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Anil Ozdemir: {J-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}
Daniel Nietrzebka: {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}

The room buzzed with excitement and the crowd got on their feet to watch the action unfold.

"The jack is coming, I'm not even worried," Ozdemir foreshadowed.

The dealer slowly dealt the {Q-Spades}{J-Spades}{2-Spades} flop, which kept things exciting. Ozdemir did indeed flop the jack he needed but Nietrzebka was drawing very live with his overpair and the king-high flush draw. Mustafov was left drawing nearly dead and had just one out left: the king of clubs.

The {5-Spades} landed on the turn and Nietrzebka cheered in excitement. Mustafov was now officially drawing dead, Ozdemir could still pair the board to knock out two players at once.

"No full house!" yelled Nietrzebka when he suddenly realised Ozdemir could still make a full house to scoop.

The {2-Hearts} on the river did indeed pair the board and Ozdemir delivered the final blow to both Nietrzebka and Mustafov. Grafton was happy as well, moving up two spots on the leaderboard just like that.

Nietrzebka had more than Mustafov and finished 3rd for €57,600, Mustafov received €43,500 for his fourth place finish.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Anil Olgun Ozdemir tr
Anil Olgun Ozdemir
16,445,000
7,945,000
7,945,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
5,635,000
535,000
535,000
Profile photo of Daniel Nietrzebka pl
Daniel Nietrzebka
Busted
Profile photo of Fahredin Mustafov bg
Fahredin Mustafov
Busted

Tags: Anil Olgun OzdemirDaniel NietrzebkaFahredin Mustafov

Ozdemir Forces Out Mustafov

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Anil Ozdemir
Anil Ozdemir

Fahredin Mustafov raised to 250,000 from the button and Anil Ozdemir three-bet to 900,000. Mustafov called and the flop came {8-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{6-Hearts}.

Ozdemir continued for 700,000 and Mustafov called.

The turn was the {k-Spades} and Ozdemir bet again for 1,225,000 and Mustafov folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Anil Olgun Ozdemir tr
Anil Olgun Ozdemir
8,500,000
1,640,000
1,640,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Fahredin Mustafov bg
Fahredin Mustafov
3,000,000
-1,680,000
-1,680,000

Tags: Anil Olgun OzdemirFahredin Mustafov

Mustafov Doubles Up Again

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Fahredin Mustafov
Fahredin Mustafov

Directly after doubling up, Fahredin Mustafov got his stack in again, this time against Anil Ozdemir. After Daniel Nietrzebka had opened under the gun, Mustafov moved in for 2,300,000 from the small blind.

Ozdemir reshoved all in from the big blind and Nietrzebka got out of the way.

Fahredin Mustafov: {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}
Anil Ozdemir: {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}

Mustafov jumped from his seat as the dealer fanned out a {9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop, which added a flush draw to his overcards.

"One more!" Mustafov yelled. The {8-Spades} on the turn gave the Bulgarian the nines as additional outs to go with his flush draw and overcards.

The river was the {K-Spades} he needed from the beginning and he doubled up once more.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Anil Olgun Ozdemir tr
Anil Olgun Ozdemir
6,860,000
-2,300,000
-2,300,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Fahredin Mustafov bg
Fahredin Mustafov
4,680,000
2,330,000
2,330,000

Tags: Anil Olgun OzdemirFahredin Mustafov

Mustafov Doubles Through Grafton

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Fahredin Mustafov
Fahredin Mustafov

It folded to Sam Grafton in the small blind who took one look at the short stack of Fahredin Mustafov in the big blind and moved all in. Mustafov snap-called.

Grafton: {q-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}
Mustafov: {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}

Mustafov had woken up with a respectable hand and it held as the board came {8-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{5-Clubs} and Mustafov survived.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
5,100,000
-1,105,000
-1,105,000
Profile photo of Fahredin Mustafov bg
Fahredin Mustafov
2,350,000
1,050,000
1,050,000

Tags: Fahredin MustafovSam Grafton

Mustafov Slips

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

In a blind battle, Fahredin Mustafov raised to 225,000 and Anil Ozdemir defended. Mustafov bet 175,000 on the {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} flop and Ozdemir called. On the {4-Diamonds} turn, Mustafov checked, Ozdemir bet 225,000, and Mustafov called.

Both players quickly checked the {8-Hearts} on the river. Mustafov flashed what appeared to be a queen-high hand but quickly mucked when Ozdemir showed {10-Hearts}{7-Spades} for tens and fours.

Mustafov now has just 13 big blinds left.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Anil Olgun Ozdemir tr
Anil Olgun Ozdemir
9,160,000
655,000
655,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Fahredin Mustafov bg
Fahredin Mustafov
1,300,000
-635,000
-635,000

Tags: Anil Olgun OzdemirFahredin Mustafov

Level: 29

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 10,000