Adrian Ionescu shoved his short stack of 230,000 from early position and was at risk when Alexandru Brumaru moved all in for almost 2,000,000 chips in the cutoff. the rest of the table passed, and the hands were tabled.
Adrian Ionescu: K?Q?
Alexandru Brumaru: A?A?
Brumaru was in dominant position and held on the 5?9?9?6?2? runout, sending Ionescu to the rail in 16th position.
After a raise from chip leader Konstantinos Vatseris on the button, Ioan Asultani moved all in from the small blind. Vatseris called and the hands were turned up.
Ioan Asultani: 8?8?
Konstantinos Vatseris: A?4?
Vatseris connected on the A?5?K?5?7? flop, as Asultani was sent to the rail early on Day 3.
An exciting 888poker LIVE Bucharest festival will come to an exciting end today, as the final 17 players battle for the trophy in the €560 Main Event. The successful series at 888poker Room Bucharest is ready to come to a close, but not before handing out a shiny piece of hardware at the top prize of €37,000.
When action resumes at 3 p.m. local time, Konstantinos Vatseris will be looking to better his performance in the Main Event last summer in Bucharest. Vatseris made the final table and finished in seventh in the 2023 edition, and leads the way this time with 2,700,000 chips.
That lead is not very big, as Romanians Alexandru Varninschi and Florin Elisei join Vatseris above the 60 big blind mark.
Konstantinos Vatseris
Day 3 Top 10 Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Konstantinos Vatseris
Greece
2,700,000
68
2
Alexandru Varninschi
Romania
2,600,000
65
3
Florin Elisei
Romania
2,500,000
63
4
Alexandru Brumaru
Romania
1,700,000
43
5
Dumitrel Postu
Romania
1,500,000
38
6
Alexandru Lupuleac
Romania
1,300,000
33
7
Andrei Miron
Romania
1,300,000
33
8
Ionut Zanfirache
Romania
1,200,000
30
9
Alexandru Mitracu
Romania
1,125,000
28
10
Dumitru Barta
Romania
730,000
18
Alexandru Lupuleac
Among the names still in contention is Alexandru Lupuleac, who built up a strong stack after bursting the money bubble on Saturday. Day 1c chip leader Dan Galinschi is also returning to action, but he’ll need to make up ground after bagging 10 big blinds to finish up Day 2.
The remaining combatants have all secured at least €2,275, with just 17 people still alive to take home the €37,000 up top and the 888poker LIVE trophy.
€560 Main Event Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
€37,000
8
€4,900
2
€24,000
9
€4,200
3
€18,400
10-11
€3,600
4
€15,000
12-13
€3,100
5
€12,000
14-15
€2,600
6
€9,000
16-17
€2,275
7
€6,500
Play will restart at 3 p.m. local time, when the blinds will climb to 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. Once again, the 888poker Twitch and YouTube channels will have all of the action. Streaming will be on delay, as will the PokerNews live reporting coverage.
Be sure to join us and follow every moment until the winner’s photos are taken as the series wraps up in the Romanian capital.
