€1,100 Main Event
Day 1b Started
€1,100 Main Event
Day 1b Started
Today, Friday, December 1, is an important day in Romania because it's the national day. But during the military parade, another event will occur in the capital city with Day 1b of the €1,100 Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event at the JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel.
The tournament started yesterday, Thursday, November 30, with Day 1a. And after 11 one-hour levels, 32 players out of 120 entrants managed to qualify for Day 2. With 211,000 chips, Iulian Gaman and Koen Roos ended the day as co-chipleaders, while Iulian Leonte (204,000) and Jan Teunis (200,500) followed closely behind.
A few notable players also qualified for Day 2, such as 2023 EPT Cyprus Eureka Main Event runner-up Eduard Norel (118,000), two times Unibet Open champion Mateusz Moolhuizen (74,000), or Gabriel Gavrila (70,000).
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Iulian Gaman | Romania | 211,000 | 106 |
2 | Koen Roos | Netherlands | 211,000 | 106 |
3 | Iulian Leonte | Romania | 204,000 | 102 |
4 | Jan Teunis | Netherlands | 200,500 | 100 |
5 | Evert Bos | Netherlands | 192,500 | 96 |
6 | Silviu Pana | Romania | 181,500 | 91 |
7 | Alexandru Ersen | Romania | 153,000 | 77 |
8 | Jozsef Hegyi | Hungary | 152,000 | 76 |
9 | Stefan Gheorghe | Romania | 148,000 | 74 |
10 | Sebastian Ionita | Romania | 135,000 | 68 |
Day 1b will start at noon local time. Like on Day 1a, players will receive a 30,000 starting stack and play 11 one-hour levels before wrapping up. Late registration will remain open until the start of Level 7, but for those who are eliminated, the single reentry allowed will only be possible on Day 1c. This last Turbo flight will start at 8 p.m. with 20-minute levels.
The PokerNews team will be here in Bucharest to cover the event on-site from start to finish.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Cards are in the air on Day 1b of the 2023 Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event.
In a four-way pot, everybody checked a flop of K♦3♣A♠ to find the 5♠ on the turn.
From the big blind, Johannes De Hond took the lead and bet 1,000. The player under the gun folded, as well as the small blind, but Marek Gordejev on the button called.
On the river 3♥, De Hond fired a second barrel of 1,500. After a few seconds, Gordejev called and won the hand, as De Hond to muck his cards directly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marek Gordejev
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Johannes De Hond
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
Valentin Cardei raised to 300 from the button, and Dimitrios Loupakis called in the big blind.
Cardei continued with a bet of 200 on the flop K♠9♥8♣, then bet 500 on the turn 9♦. Both times, Loupakis kept calling. But on the river 3♦, Cardei and Loupakis slowed down and checked.
First to reveal his cards, Loupakis showed K♣5♣ for two pairs, and made Cardei fold.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Valentin Cardei
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
Dimitrios Loupakis
|
22,500
22,500
|
22,500 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Egan
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Damien Chennaf
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Nils Burgi
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Cosmin Dima |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Andreas Hagen |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Axel Sellen
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Claudiu Burlacu
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Christian Malm |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Baptiste Pouverau
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Robert Drummond |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Robert Burlacu |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Raoul Iancovici |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Norbert Laszlo |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Lucian Barbu opened to 300 from under the gun. He was called twice: by Robert Dymek in the cutoff and by Tiberiu Catalin in the big blind.
Catalin and Barbu checked a flop of K♣5♦Q♦, so Dymek took this opportunity to bet 300. Catalin folded, but Barbu didn't back down and called.
It was the last action of the hand, as the two remaining players checked the turn Q♥ and the river 9♦.
Barbu then showed 8♠8♣ and scooped the pot, because Dymek threw his cards into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Robert Dymek
|
31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
Lucian Barbu
|
17,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Marius Pertea defended from the big blind after Valentin Anghel opened to 500 from the hijack.
Anghel continued with a bet of 400 on the flop A♠9♥5♥, and Pertea check-called. Then he asked for 2,600 on the turn 4♦. Pertea made the call once again.
The Q♠ completed the board, but both players checked this time. Perta then showed 9♠5♠ for two pair, the winning hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marius Pertea |
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Valentin Anghel |
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |