Day 2 of the 888pokerLIVE Bucharest �888 Main Event Kicks off at 1PM
After three starting days the 2018 888pokerLIVE Bucharest �888 Main Event in cooperation with Pokerfest Romania at the stunning JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel has not only been met but easily surpassed it's guarantee of �288,000, as a total of 469 entries generated a prize pool of �360,192. The payouts will be published when the 120 survivors will return to the tables of the Grand Ballroom at 1 p.m. local time.
Day 2 of the first ever 888pokerLIVE event in the capital of Romania will recommence with blinds of 1,500/3,000 and a running ante of 5,000. The average upon restart will be almost 40 big blinds and Tudor Purice leads the field into the penultimate tournament day with a monster stack of 435,500, followed by fellow Day 1b big stacks Ivan Stankov (398,000), 888poker online qualifier Krzysztof Chmielowski (295,500) and Radu Danut (289,500).
| Tournament Day | Entries | Survivors |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1a | 110 | 27 |
| Day 1b | 281 | 69 |
| Day 1c | 78 | 25 |
| Day 2 | 469 | 120 Survivors for Day 2 |
Iovan Tops Turbo Heat 1c
A total of 78 entries were generated in last night's turbo Day 1c with levels of 22 minutes each and 25 players advanced to Day 2. Aurel Iovan topped the counts with 277,000, while Marius Pertea finished in second with 240,500. Other notables that used their last chance for a shot at the juicy prize pool include Orestis Kanakopoulos (156,000), �230 Opening Event champion Narcis Gabriel Nedelcu (147,500), Alexandru Farcasanu (138,500), Marius-Alexandru Gicovanu (123,500), Andrei Racolta (119,000), Georgios Tavoularis (52,000) and Dimitros Dimitrios (45,500).
Among those that busted without anything to show for on the final starting day were such familiar names as Cristinel Dumitru, Evangelos Bechrakis, Viliyan Petleshkov, �230 Opening Event runner-up Eduard Norel, Radu Lungu, Emanuel Flesner, Danut Chisu, Alin Grasu and Natan Grossman.
Other big stacks and notables still in contention for Day 2 include Radu Pitic (273,500), Iulian Iacob (249,000), Sergiu Cornea (232,000), Day 1a chip leader Nicolae Sorin Son (203,000), Catalin Pop (185,500), Dan Murariu (188,500), Luca Moschitta (185,000), Romania's first-ever WSOP bracelet winner Alexandru Papazian (162,000), Ran Azor (86,000) and Manfred Sierke (47,500).
Two of the three 888poker ambassadors that took part in Bucharest advanced to Day 2 in Vivian Saliba (146,500) and Natalie Hof (87,500), their team mate Sofia Lovgren was eliminated after the registration had closed on Day 1b.
The goal of Day 2 is to play down to official final table and the levels last 60 minutes each with a break every two levels. A live-streamed feature table with commentary and hole cards displayed will run on a security delay of 30 minutes on the 888poker Twitch Channel, and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action.