David Lappin Among Day 1b Qualified Players for Day 2
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.
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