Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2016 Unibet Open Bucharest
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Unibet Open Bucharest
Buy-in
€1,000
Prize Pool
€584,910
Entries
603
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
50,000
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
The record-breaking 603-entry strong 2016 Unibet Open Bucharest €1,100 Main Event saw 156 hopefuls return to the tables in the Grand Ballroom of the stunning JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel and almost half of them left empty-handed. Not only did the bubble burst within the 11 levels of 60 minutes each, the field was whittled down to the last 15 contenders for the elusive Unibet Open trophy and first-place payout of €100,000.
Leading the finalists for tomorrow is Eli Heath with 2,460,000 closely followed by Eugen Chiva (Eugen Chiva), whereas start-of-the-day chip leader Gabriel Gavrila claims the last spot on the overnight podium with 2,080,000. The big story of the day may very well be Dan Murariu though, as the two-time Unibet Open champion navigated through the minefields of an action-packed day and made the final day with 880,000 to keep the hopes of a third title alive. Also still in is Unibet qualifier William Hens, who will return with 10 big blinds and already has €7,120 locked up for his efforts.
The day started with plenty of eliminations in the first two levels and early casualties included Jozsef Liszkovics, Lee Egan, Anti Reinthal, Alexandru Papazian, 2016 Copenhagen champion Joni Liimatta, James Mitchell as well as Mate Mecs. Dan Glimne and Olof Haglund also missed out on the money while another former Unibet Open winner then became the bubble boy. Farook Ghafoor had just scored a massive double up with pocket aces and runner-runner full house against a flopped straight. Martin Soukup on the same table was then all in for less than a big blind with pocket sevens and Eszter Fabian in the big blind flopped two pair with six-deuce off suit to let the bubble burst.
Jessy Marillaud, Daniel Wittikko, Slaven Popov and Viliyan Petleshkov were among the first two dozen players in the money. Quentin Lecomte and Jeroen van Belzen followed soon after, before Dehlia de Jong had to settle for 50th place. She first lost most of the stack with king-eight suited against the ace-jack of Daniel Juul, then her pocket fives were counterfeit by the ace-three of Hens. Quentin Laurentjoye lost a big flip with ace-king against the pocket queens of Martin Wendt and Ghafoor ran with a flopped gutshot and top pair on the turn into pocket aces.
The very active Alexandre de Zutter never recovered from an unfortunate move with ace-king against the ace-six suited of Malinovskiy, who had flopped trips and even made quads on the river, and the Frenchman then bowed out in 40th place for €3,270. Day 1a chip leader Markus Heikkila (37th), Jonathan Spicer (30th) and Krzysztof Idziak (29th) missed out on the last three tables. By then, Gavrila was the dominating chip leader and he also sent Fabian to the rail in 22nd place with queen-eight suited versus ace-ten, spiking a queen on the flop. Aldo Monteleone went from hero to zero in two hands after doubling up Roei Motola with sixes versus kings and then jamming with ace-five into the kings of Gavrila.
The hot run of Heath then started on the last two tables. He first turned trips with five-six suited against the ace-king of Malinovskiy before rivering a straight against the flopped set of Nicolay Langfeldt to take two third of his opponent's stack. Dejan Govedic ran with tens into queens and lost the remaining few big blinds with ace-jack against the pocket nines of Ionut-Alin Tambura. Langfeldt eventually bowed out in 17th place, sending the remainder of his stack with king-queen to Heath who held ace-queen suited. Last but not least, Bogdan Diaconu became the last casualty of Day 2. Short, he shoved with ace-six and Tambura looked him up with pocket queens.
Main Event Day 2 top 5 Chip Counts
1st - Eli Heath (United Kingdom) - 2,460,000
2nd - Eugen Chiva (Romania) - 2,400,000
3rd - Gabriel Gavrila (Romania) - 2,080,000
4th - Ionut-Alin Tambura (Romania) - 2,075,000
5th - Nikita Malinovskiy (Russia) - 1,935,000
Main Event Day 3 Seat Assignments
| Table 1 | Table 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat | Player | Nationality | Chip Count | Player | Nationality | Chip Count |
| 1 | Eli Heath | United Kingdom | 2,460,000 | Adrian Stefan Calusaru | Romania | 910,000 |
| 2 | Cosmin Cimpeanu | Romania | 635,000 | empty | ||
| 3 | Gordon Plomp | Netherlands | 565,000 | Martin Wendt | Denmark | 345,000 |
| 4 | Nikita Malinovskiy | Russia | 1,935,000 | Ionut-Alin Tambura | Romania | 2,075,000 |
| 5 | Cristian Dan | Romania | 1,270,000 | Roei Motola | Israel | 880,000 |
| 6 | empty | Eugen Chiva | Romania | 2,400,000 | ||
| 7 | William Hens | Netherlands | 405,000 | Juho Launonen | Finland | 660,000 |
| 8 | Dan Murariu | Romania | 880,000 | Gabriel Gavrila | Romania | 2,080,000 |
| 9 | Traian Bostan | Romania | 570,000 | empty |
Besides Day 2 of the record-breaking Main Event, the €2,200 High Roller kicked off as well. There were 64 entries in total and the top nine spots share a portion of €124,160 prize pool. Leading the field of the 15 survivors is Sam Grafton with 287,000, Keith Cummins (220,000), Jessy Marillaud (218,500), Mihai Manole (144,000) and Jasper Wetemans (72,000) are in contention. The top nine spots will claim at least €3,600 and the winner can look forward to a payday of €36,300.
The PokerNews live reporting team will provide updates of the Main Event until a winner is crowned and action resumes at 12 p.m. local time on Sunday with level 23 and blinds of 20,000-40,000 and a running ante of 5,000. There may be some security delay though, as the live stream with hole cards will be running as well.
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,460,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
|
2,400,000 | |
|
2,080,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
2,075,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
1,935,000
535,000
|
535,000 |
|
1,270,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
910,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
|
880,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
||
|
880,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
660,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
635,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
570,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
565,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
405,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
345,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
After the last hand went without any notable action, the remaining 15 players bagged up their chips and will be back tomorrow at 12 p.m. local time. The chip counts, seat assignments and a recap of today's action will be available soon.
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Bogdan Diaconu moved all in for 115,000 and Ionut-Alin Tambura called from the cutoff, the rest of the table folded.
Bogdan Diaconu: 
Ionut-Alin Tambura: 
Martin Wendt was calling for a queen, and the wish was granted as the board ran out 
to eliminate Diaconu in 16th place. One more hand will be played before the players get to bag and tag.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,100,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Roei Motola has doubled up a few times today with pocket kings, and yet another episode of that just took place. Martin Wendt raised and Motola then shoved for another 370,000 on top. Wendt eventually called and the cards were tabled.
Roei Motola: 
Martin Went: 
The board ran out 
and Motola doubled up, taking half of Wendt's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000 | |
|
|
400,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Cristian Dan raised to 70,000 and Dan Murariu then shoved for 435,000. Dan called after some consideration and the whole table joked when both players tabled pocket eights.
Dan Murariu: 
Cristian Dan: 
The flop of 
was a big sweat for the two-time champion, and after a blank 
turn, he indeed found a flush thanks to the 
on the river to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
|
900,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
|
||
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Bodgan Diaconu raised to 75,000 and Martin Wendt moved all in for 390,000 from one seat over, Diaconu called.
Martin Wendt: 
Bogdan Diaconu: 
The same suits meant even less outs for Diaconu, and he found no help on a board of 
to see Wendt double up and his stack diminsh to a few big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
|
180,000
-395,000
|
-395,000 |
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
William Hens shoved for his last 220,000 from the cutoff and Eli Heath called in the big blind.
William Hens:
William Hens: 
The board of 
improved the Dutchman to two pair and he doubled up to around half a million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,700,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
|
500,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Nicolay Langfeldt faced the raise of Eli Heath from under the gun and moved all in for around 380,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Heath quickly called.
Nicolay Langfeldt:
Eli Heath:
The board came 
and the Norwegian had to settle for 17th place and a payday of €6,380.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,900,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
Busted |