€1,100 Main Event Day 1bc | 2023 Unibet Open Bucharest

€1,100 Main Event

Day 1bc Completed

12-02-2023 02:29 UTC+2

David Lappin Among Day 1b Qualified Players for Day 2

Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

After Day 1a, another long day was needed to reach the end of Day 1b at the JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel. However, 43 players out of 150 entrants survived the 11 levels of the day and put chips in their bags. There were also 40 out of 90 on Day 1c, so the 2023 Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event recorded a total of 360 entries, with only 115 players remaining.

Robert Burlacu bagged 340,000 chips on Day 1b, which is the chip lead of the flight and also the overall chip lead. Second in chips, Sorin Flutur has more than 100,000 chips less than Burlacu (277,000). And the gap is even bigger with Nir Fartuk (245,000), the third largest stack of the day.

Day 1b Top 10

Rank	Player	Country	Chip count	Big Blinds
1	Robert Burlacu	Romania	374,000	187
2	Sorin Flutur	Romania	277,000	139
3	Nir Fartuk	Israel	245,000	123
4	Ivan Alin Constantin	Romania	240,000	120
5	Henry Broens	Netherlands	218,500	109
6	Petter Berg	Norway	172,500	86
7	Valentin Anghel	Romania	171,000	86
8	Danut Chisu	Romania	160,000	80
9	Traian Stanciu	Romania	149,000	75
10	Andrei Racolta	Romania	146,500	73

2022 EPT London finalist Danut Chisu managed to reach the top ten of Day 1b with 160,000 chips, like Traian Stanciu (149,000) for example. David Lappin also qualified, but he will be the only Ubinet Ambassador on Day 2, as Dara O'Kearney was eliminated earlier in the day. Dwayne Sluis (87,000), Robert Cezarescu (68,000), Adrian Constantin (56,500) or the short stack Valentin Cristea (25,000) also qualified for Day 2 through Day 1b.

During the night, the last flight of the Main Event, Day 1c, came to an end. It was a quick Turbo flight, but some players didn't need more time to build big stack, such as Jaakko Hotti (191,000), who finished the flight as the chip leader. Anton Ional (158,000) took the second place, ahead of Bart Van Disk (149,000).

France's Yannick Cardot also qualified for Day 2 through this last flight (80,000), closely followed by 2023 EPT Paris winner Razvan Belea (71,500). Another EPT Paris finalist, Henri Kasper will be back on Day 2 as well, with 47,000 chips.

The 115 remaining player will come back tomorrow, Saturday, December 3 at noon local time, for Day 2 of the Main Event. Levels will still be one-hour long, and the first goal of the day will be to reach the money. The payouts will be announced at the beginning of the day.

As always, stay tuned into PokerNews for all the updates on the Unibet Open Bucharest and all the other best events happening around the world!

Tags: Adrian Constantin Andrei Racolta Anton Ional Bart Van Disk Danut Chisu Dara O'Kearney David Lappin Dwayne Sluis Henri Kasper Ivan Alin Constantin Jaakko Hotti Nir Fartuk Petter Berg Razvan Belea Robert Burlacu Robert Cezarescu Traian Stanciu Valentin Anghel Valentin Cristea

12-02-2023 02:13 UTC+2

Day 2 Seat Draw

Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip count	Big Blinds
1	1	Raymond Wheatley	Ireland	51,500	21
1	2	Kenneth Heinsvig	Denmark	42,000	17
1	3	Petre Chiriac	Romania	29,500	12
1	4	Jeffrey Drooghenbroot	Belgium	40,000	16
1	5	Patrice Ramkhelawan	Netherlands	57,500	23
1	6	Dan Chisu	Romania	160,000	64
1	7	Viktor Salesjo	Sweden	93,500	37
1	8	Chris Clark	England	85,000	34

2	1	Tiberiu Tirca	Romania	42,000	17
2	2	Vlad Mercori	Romania	124,500	50
2	3	Henri Kasper	Estonia	47,000	19
2	4	Nima Alamzad	Iran	35,500	14
2	5	Marius Pertea	Romania	225,000	90
2	6	Yannick Cardot	France	80,000	32
2	7	Nir Fartuk	Israel	245,000	98
2	8	Brage Aasen	Norway	30,000	12

3	1	Bogdan Berinde	Romania	81,500	33
3	2	Bogdan Ionescu	Romania	32,500	13
3	3	Evert Bos	Netherlands	192,500	77
3	4	Ivan Ciursin	Moldova	12,500	5
3	5	Robert Cezarescu	Romania	68,000	27
3	6	Salih Kaya	Denmark	46,500	19
3	7	Laurentiu Creanga	Romania	139,000	56
3	8	Joeri Scheerhoorn	Netherlands	89,500	36

4	1	Johan Sundgren	Sweden	37,000	15
4	2	Alex Kuniszyk	Poland	36,000	14
4	3	Valentin Ghioca	Romania	69,500	28
4	4	Olavi Paluviir	Estonia	47,500	19
4	5	Stefan Drusca	Romania	15,000	6
4	6	Alexandru Ersen	Romania	153,000	61
4	7	Patrick Bueno	France	109,000	44
4	8	Vlad Rosu	Romania	75,000	30

5	1	Dwayne Sluis	Netherlands	87,000	35
5	2	Ionel Anton	Romania	158,000	63
5	3	Tomas Martinsson	Sweden	22,500	9
5	4	Balazs Kovacs	Hungary	121,000	48
5	5	Christopher Heidelbacher	Romania	59,500	24
5	6	Ioan Taizs	Romania	63,500	25
5	7	Carsten Meyer-Nordhorn	Germany	117,500	47
5	8	Lawrence Lazar	United States	134,000	54

6	1	Bjorn Samuelsson	Sweden	63,500	25
6	2	Gusti Sas	Romania	52,500	21
6	3	Daniel Balaiasa	Romania	95,500	38
6	4	Jan Teunis	Netherlands	200,500	80
6	5	Andrei Spataru	Romania	83,000	33
6	6	Robin Valting	Estonia	102,000	41
6	7	Robert Drummond	England	61,500	25
6	8	Maxence Cingu	Belgium	102,500	41

7	1	Eduard Norel	Romania	118,000	47
7	2	Mateusz Moolhuizen	Netherlands	74,000	30
7	3	Alexandru Paraschiv	Romania	67,000	27
7	4	Herli Olop	Estonia	66,500	27
7	5	Iulian Gaman	Romania	211,000	84
7	6	Samuel Goje	Romania	75,000	30
7	7	Robert Burlacu	Romania	374,000	150
7	8	Teunis Arendse	Belgium	60,500	24

8	1	Emill Gramatikov	Bulgaria	51,000	20
8	2	Alexandru Farcasanu	Romania	46,500	19
8	3	Roberth Cazan	Romania	42,500	17
8	4	Cosmin Ganera	Romania	47,000	19
8	5	Cristian Trif	Romania	23,000	9
8	6	Stefan Gheorghe	Romania	148,000	59
8	7	Andrei Racolta	Romania	146,500	59
8	8	Silviu Pana	Romania	181,500	73

9	1	Jaakko Hotti	Finland	191,000	76
9	2	Valentin Anghel	Romania	171,000	68
9	3	Andreas Hagen	Norway	62,500	25
9	4	Sandor Szekely	Romania	106,500	43
9	5	Sebastian Ionita	Romania	135,000	54
9	6	Michal Kulesza	Poland	118,000	47
9	7	Constantin Stanila	Romania	103,000	41
9	8	Sebastian Gorecki	Poland	29,000	12

10	1	Alin Ivan	Romania	240,000	96
10	2	Gabriel Gavrila	Romania	70,000	28
10	3	Adrian Constantin	Romania	56,500	23
10	4	Iulian Dragan	Romania	87,500	35
10	5	Ionut Decher	Romania	69,500	28
10	6	Jozsef Hegyi	Hungary	152,500	61
10	7	Koen Haenen	Netherlands	54,500	22
10	8	Iulian Leonte	Romania	204,000	82

11	1	Andrei Tamaduianu	Romania	31,000	12
11	2	Koen Roos	Netherlands	211,000	84
11	3	Bart Van Dijk	Netherlands	149,000	60
11	4	Eduard Francu	Romania	133,000	53
11	5	Kristjan Jakobson	Estonia	64,500	26
11	7	Marius Irimia	Romania	134,000	54
11	8	Mairold Millert	Estonia	85,500	34

12	1	Fredrik Josefsson	Sweden	42,000	17
12	2	David Lappin	Malta	87,000	35
12	3	Alin Cismaru	Romania	34,500	14
12	4	Henry Broens	Netherlands	218,500	87
12	6	Denis Poteras	Romania	31,000	12
12	7	Gabriel Radulescu	Romania	49,000	20
12	8	Florin Pandilica	Romania	50,000	20

13	1	Mihai Tabac	Romania	51,500	21
13	2	Traian Stanciu	Romania	149,000	60
13	3	Gianmarco Kovari	Italy	44,000	18
13	4	Valentin Cristea	Romania	25,000	10
13	5	Robin Agerlo	Sweden	44,000	18
13	6	Andrei Nodea	Romania	56,500	23
13	7	Dragos Anton	Romania	47,500	19

14	1	Pierre De Almeida	France	86,500	35
14	3	Pekka Ikonen	Finland	102,000	41
14	4	Cosmin Nedelea	Romania	110,500	44
14	5	Petter Berg	Norway	172,500	69
14	6	Eugen Chiva	Romania	105,000	42
14	7	Daniela Pricop	Romania	40,000	16
14	8	Sorin Flutur	Romania	277,000	111

15	1	Chris Yndgaard	Hungary	60,000	24
15	2	Paul Rosen	Sweden	78,000	31
15	3	Dimitrios Loupakis	Lithuania	27,000	11
15	4	Iacob Iulian	Romania	47,000	19
15	5	Razvan Belea	Romania	71,500	29
15	7	Catalin Moraru	Romania	73,000	29
15	8	Toni Englund	Sweden	43,000	17

12-02-2023 02:00 UTC+2

Day 1c Chip Counts

Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaakko Hotti	191,000 191,000	191,000

Ionel Anton	158,000 158,000	158,000
Bart van Dijk	149,000 149,000	149,000
Marius Irimia	134,000 134,000	134,000
Vlad Mercori	124,500 124,500	124,500
Patrick Bueno	109,000 109,000	109,000

Eugen Chiva	105,000 105,000	105,000
Maxence Cingu	102,500 102,500	102,500
Pierre De Almeida	86,500 86,500	86,500
Andrei Spataru	83,000 83,000	83,000
Bogdan Berinde	81,500 81,500	81,500
Yannick Cardot	80,000 80,000	80,000
Samuel Goje	75,000 75,000	75,000
Catalin Moraru	73,000 73,000	73,000
Razvan Belea	71,500 71,500	71,500

Ionut Decher	69,500 69,500	69,500
Ioan Taizs	63,500 63,500	63,500
Andreas Hagen	62,500 62,500	62,500
Andrei Nodea	56,500 56,500	56,500
Adrian Gusti	52,500 52,500	52,500
Raymond Wheatley	51,500 51,500	51,500
Mihai Tabac	51,500 51,500	51,500
Dragos Anton	47,500 47,500	47,500
Henri Kasper	47,000 47,000	47,000
Cosmin Ganera	47,000 47,000	47,000

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12-02-2023 01:54 UTC+2

Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Burlacu	374,000 164,000	164,000

Sorin Flutur	277,000 41,000	41,000
Nir Fartuk	245,000 -30,000	-30,000
Ivan Alin Constantin	240,000 240,000	240,000
Max Broens	218,500 53,500	53,500
Petter Berg	172,500 2,500	2,500
Valentin Anghel	171,000 26,000	26,000
Danut Chisu	160,000 119,000	119,000
Traian Stanciu	149,000 4,000	4,000
Andrei Racolta	146,500 26,500	26,500
Laurentiu Creanga	139,000 2,000	2,000
Lawrence Lazar	134,000 103,000	103,000
Eduard Francu	133,000 -9,500	-9,500
Sandor Szekely	106,500 6,500	6,500
Denis Poteras	97,500 -19,500	-19,500
David Lappin	97,500 -500	-500

Marius Pertea	88,000 5,000	5,000
Iulian Dragan	87,500 -52,500	-52,500
Dwayne Sluis	87,000 34,000	34,000
Paul Rosen	78,000 -72,000	-72,000
Vlad Rosu	75,000 19,400	19,400
Valentin Ghioca	69,500 69,500	69,500
Robert Cezarescu	68,000 68,000	68,000
Alexandru Paraschiv	67,000 21,000	21,000
Frederik Josefsson	65,000 19,000	19,000

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12-02-2023 01:32 UTC+2

End of Day 1b

Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

43 players managed to reach the end of Day 1b. They have qualified for Day 2 which will start at noon local time tomorrow.

Stay tuned for a full recap of the day's action as well as full updated chip counts that will be available shortly.

12-02-2023 01:24 UTC+2

Three More Hands

Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With the end of the day approaching, the action clearly slowed down.

Also, the tournament director just stopped the clock. Three more hands will be played today before wrapping up.

12-02-2023 01:00 UTC+2

Bad Spot for Matei

Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

After an open to 4,500 by the cutoff, Alexandru Matei on the button raised all in for roughly 60,000. The small blind folded, but Nir Fartuk in the big blind reshoved for more than 200,000 chips. The cutoff folded, and cards went on their backs.

Alexandru Matei: K♦10♦
Nir Fartuk: Q♥Q♠

The dealer fanned a flop of 7♦A♥Q♦. Matei then called for the jacks, but the 9♠ came on the turn, followed by the 7♠ on the river, leading to his elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nir Fartuk	275,000 110,000	110,000
Alexandru Matei	Busted

Tags: Alexandru Matei Nir Fartuk

12-02-2023 00:50 UTC+2

Gherciu Sent to the Rail

Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Table 5, Viorel Gherciu in early position found himself at risk for 20,000 against Eduard Francu on the button.

Viorel Gherciu: Q♦J♠
Eduard Francu: A♦J♣

Gherciu stood up when he flipped his cards and was ready to leave. But his elimination was only confirmed after the dealer revealed a board of 2♦K♣6♣K♥7♠, which let Francu's ace-high in the lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eduard Francu	142,500 142,500	142,500
Viorel Gherciu	Busted

Tags: Eduard Francu Viorel Gherciu

12-02-2023 00:40 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sorin Flutur	236,000 11,000	11,000
Robert Burlacu	210,000 5,000	5,000

Ivan Constantin	185,000 70,000	70,000
Ion Parnica	180,000 40,000	40,000
Petter Berg	170,000 86,000	86,000
Max Broens	165,000 165,000	165,000
Nir Fartuk	165,000 -15,000	-15,000
Paul Rosen	150,000 80,000	80,000
Traian Stanciu	145,000 5,000	5,000
Valentin Anghel	145,000 121,000	121,000
Iulian Dragan	140,000 30,000	30,000
Andrei Racolta	120,000 10,000	10,000
David Lappin	98,000 37,000	37,000