Smart Poker Tour #5 Day 1B + 1C (LIVE REPORT)

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📢 Day 2 Chip Count

Day 2 continues on Saturday at 1:00 PM.

176 players left out of 677: a record-breaking edition of the Smart Poker Tour festival!

Tomorrow we continue with day 2: blinds 1500/3000/3000. Average stack: 115,398.

	Player	Country	Chips
1	Tiberiu Eduard	Romania	337000
2	Alexandru Ionita	Romania	320500
3	Andrei Alexandru	Romania	310000
4	Eusebiu Nicolae	Romania	310000
5	Andrei Gabriel	Romania	296500
6	Silviu Baltateanu	Romania	296000
7	Alexandru Razvan	Romania	289000
8	Narcis Nedelcu	Romania	285500
9	Ionut Chirap	Romania	262000
10	Daniel Tudorie	Romania	242500
11	Milen Dimitrov	Bulgaria	242500
12	Denis Marinov	Bulgaria	235000
13	Stefan Aurelian	Romania	232000
14	Miroslav Gochev	Bulgaria	219000
15	Itay Itzhaky	Israel	218000
16	Anonymous	Israel	211000
17	Bogdan Alexandru	Romania	207500
18	Denis Simionel	Romania	207500
19	Ion Pana	Romania	202000
20	Ion Voinea	Romania	200000
21	Tiberiu Onut	Romania	198500
22	Sorin Duta	Romania	197500
23	Ivailo Opalchenski	Bulgaria	193500
24	Valeri Savov	Bulgaria	192000
25	Vlad Diaconu	Romania	189000
26	Alin Melinte	Romania	181000
27	Florin Brotoiu	Romania	181000
28	Razvan Costinel	Romania	180000
29	Ivan Petrov	Bulgaria	180000
30	Marian Cristian	Romania	171500
31	Eduard Paraschiv	Romania	170000
32	Silviu Dumitrache	Romania	167500
33	Lucian Hadar	Romania	167000
34	Pavel Ion Vescu	Romania	166500
35	Petar Chavdarov	Bulgaria	166000
36	Raul Ilyaev	Israel	165000
37	Bogdan Stefan	Romania	164000
38	Adrian Grosan	Romania	163000
39	Razvan Constantinescu	Romania	162000
40	Dimitar Kostov	Bulgaria	161500
41	Anton Asenov	Bulgaria	160500
42	Rom Itay Fatal	Israel	160000
43	Patrick Raymond Bueno	France	158500
44	Dan Petrea	Romania	156500
45	Boyan Toshev	Bulgaria	156000
46	Daniel Curea	Romania	155000
47	Mihai Ciorteanu	Romania	155000
48	Alexis Tsaousidis	Greece	154500
49	Mircea Alexandru	Romania	153000
50	Avraham Sisso	Israel	151000
51	Veselin Petrov	Bulgaria	150000
52	Roberth Marius	Romania	150000
53	Ben Benyamin	Israel	147500
54	Zeng Zhiping	China	147500
55	Gabriel Otescu	Romania	146500
56	Ofir Pinhasov	Israel	146000
57	Anonymous	Romania	142500
58	Valentin Marius	Romania	141000
59	Ionut Chirnoaga	Romania	140000
60	Yavor Grigorov	Bulgaria	136500
61	Iulian Acsinte	Romania	135000
62	Radu Munteanu	Romania	133000
63	Vasile Berciu	Romania	132000
64	Adrian Alexandru	Romania	131500
65	Ivan Kurtlakov	Bulgaria	129500
66	Viorel Curea	Romania	128500
67	Viorel Gabriel	Romania	126500
68	Ionut Tiberiu	Romania	125500
69	Plamen Todorov	Bulgaria	125000
70	Sorin Neagoe	Romania	123000
71	Alexandru Sautner	Romania	123000
72	Ionut Grigore	Romania	123000
73	Paul Ciaca	Romania	122500
74	Alin Roman	Romania	119500
75	Robert Mihai	Romania	118000
76	Dragos Piele	Romania	117000
77	Razvan Negreanu	Romania	115500
78	Ivailo Evtimov	Bulgaria	115000
79	Frantsis Manchev	Bulgaria	115000
80	Kristiyan Kostov	Bulgaria	112500
81	Anatolii Halca	Romania	111500
82	Sotir Gochev	Bulgaria	111000
83	Veaceslav Hariton	Romania	110000
84	Kostadin Mihailov	Bulgaria	110000
85	Eugen Vlad Popa	Romania	106000
86	Ionut Robert	Romania	105000
87	Dionysios Kartsam	Greece	104500
88	Hojoon Choi	USA	103500
89	Valentin Ionut	Romania	103000
90	Simeon Ivanov	Bulgaria	102500
91	Catalin Gabriel	Romania	102500
92	Adrian Ionut	Romania	102000
93	Dan Cristian	Romania	101000
94	Eran Cohen	USA	100000
95	Eduard Norel	Romania	99500
96	Anonymous	Romania	97500
97	Erez Hen	Israel	97500
98	Andrew Leathem	UK	97500
99	Yizhak Derei	Israel	96000
100	Luigi Zurio	Italy	95000
101	Hagai Ben Yair	Israel	94000
102	Plamen Yordanov	Bulgaria	93500
103	Tsvetelin Stefanov	Bulgaria	92500
104	Anonymous	Romania	92000
105	Constantin Visan	Romania	90500
106	Tudorei Costache	Romania	87500
107	Constantin Eugen	Romania	86000
108	Dragos Vasile	Romania	84000
109	Rares Popa	Romania	83500
110	Slaven Popov	Bulgaria	79500
111	Adrian Tudor	Romania	78500
112	Jonathan Samuel	Romania	78500
113	Viktor Filipov	Bulgaria	78000
114	Cristian Rajala	Romania	76500
115	Calin Stefan	Romania	76000
116	Stefan Hurjui	Romania	76000
117	Corneliu Catalin	Romania	76000
118	Paul Berman	Malta	76000
119	Ferdoussi Mohamed	Iran	74000
120	Ionut Flavius	Romania	70500
121	Marian Virlanuta	Romania	70500
122	Veselin Pavlov	Bulgaria	70000
123	Stefan Sebastian	Romania	68500
124	Alexandru Caba	Romania	67500
125	Roey Krofman	Israel	67000
126	Cosmin Constantin	Romania	67000
127	Dumitru Robert	Romania	65000
128	Constantin Chincisan	Romania	65000
129	Nicolae Alexandru	Romania	65000
130	Robert Petcu	Romania	64000
131	Alexandru Budai	Romania	63500
132	Mariyan Todorov	Bulgaria	61000
133	Raoul Ioan	Romania	60000
134	Andrei Stoenescu	Romania	59500
135	Julian Emerano	France	59000
136	Elena Lacramioara	Romania	57500
137	Bogdan Alexandru	Romania	56500
138	Danut Titu	Romania	55500
139	Vladislav Bakalov	Bulgaria	55000
140	Roger Hairabedian	France	55000
141	Ionut Alexandru	Romania	54500
142	Iosif Botar	Romania	53000
143	Anonymous	Romania	52000
144	Petru Moraru	Romania	51500
145	Aharon Arbeli	Romania	50500
146	Robert Catalin	Romania	50500
147	George Madalin	Romania	50000
148	Valentin Boghean	Romania	48500
149	Danail Balkanski	Bulgaria	48000
150	Anonymous	Romania	48000
151	Vasil Veselinov	Bulgaria	47500
152	Ivan Dimitrov	Bulgaria	45000
153	Stav Oded	Israel	45000
154	Shlomo Swissa	Israel	43500
155	Marius Constantin	Romania	42500
156	Yordan Mitrentsov	Bulgaria	42500
157	Itzhak Zenati	Israel	42000
158	Stefan Fabian	Romania	41500
159	Robert Andrei	Romania	40500
160	Vasil Vasilev	Bulgaria	39500
161	Emil Trenkov	Bulgaria	39500
162	Cornel Ionut	Romania	38000
163	Rado L	Bulgaria	37500
164	Stefan Claudiu	Romania	36500
165	Andrei Roman	Romania	36500
166	Eduard Florin	Romania	34500
167	Fabian Hagen	Germany	34500
168	Mehran Moghazehi	Iran	34500
169	Saeid Khalghamooz	Romania	32500
170	Deutsch Mourad	Germany	30000
171	Anonymous	Romania	30000
172	Mark Markota	Germany	27500
173	Daniel Ben Glick	Israel	26500
174	Andrei Nodea	Romania	24000
175	Ivan Ciursin	Romania	12500
176	Petre Bogdan	Romania	8500

⚡ End of day 1C

Day 1C ended with 28 players.

Expect soon the combined chip count for day 2.

The game continues on Saturday at 1:00 PM.

⏳ Last few minutes of day 1C

There are 30 players left in the last few minutes of day 1C.

💸 Tournament update

45 players left out of 92.

⚡ Double up

Atanas Georgiev managed to double his stack in the first level of day 1C:

100/100. A player opens to 300, another player raises to 1200. Atanas Georgiev is on the button and reraises to 4000.

The initial raiser folds, while the player after him goes all-in for 30,000. Georgiev calls.

Showdown:

Atanas Georgiev – KK

Opponent – KQs

😱😱😱

With no surprises on the board, Atanas has now a stack of 60,000 chips.

Atanas Georgiev

Part of the Bulgarian group in 1B

📸 Photos

You can find all day 1B photos here.

📢 Day 1C Turbo update

Jan 27 – 00:10

There are 55 players left out of 90 entries in day 1C. We are now in level 8, blinds – 400/800/800.

Notable players: Dan Chisu, Atanas Georgiev, Andrew Leathem, Carmen Zainescu, Yordan Mitrentsov, Sotir Gochev, Yassen Dichev, and Plamen Todorov.

⚡ Attention Main Event Players ⚡

⚡ Day 2 will start at 1 PM on Saturday ⚡

🌟 Yassen Dichev

Live interview (in Bulgarian)

🏆 Day 1B chip count

	Player	Country	Chips
1	Eusebiu Nicolae	Romania	310000
2	Alexandru Razvan	Romania	289000
3	Ionut Chirap	Romania	262000
4	Milen Dimitrov	Bulgaria	242500
5	Anonymous	Israel	211000
6	Bogdan Alexandru	Romania	207500
7	Ion Pana	Romania	202000
8	Ion Voinea	Romania	200000
9	Ivailo Opalchenski	Bulgaria	193500
10	Alin Melinte	Romania	181000
11	Florin Brotoiu	Romania	181000
12	Ivan Petrov	Bulgaria	180000
13	Petar Chavdarov	Bulgaria	166000
14	Bogdan Stefan	Romania	164000
15	Adrian Grosan	Romania	163000
16	Razvan Constantinescu	Romania	162000
17	Dimitar Kostov	Bulgaria	161500
18	Anton Asenov	Bulgaria	160500
19	Rom Itay Fatal	Israel	160000
20	Patrick Raymond Bueno	France	158500
21	Dan Petrea	Romania	156500
22	Boyan Toshev	Bulgaria	156000
23	Mihai Ciorteanu	Romania	155000
24	Roberth Marius	Romania	150000
25	Zeng Zhiping	China	147500
26	Gabriel Otescu	Romania	146500
27	Ofir Pinhasov	Israel	146000
28	Anonymous	Romania	142500
29	Valentin Marius	Romania	141000
30	Iulian Acsinte	Romania	135000
31	Vasile Berciu	Romania	132000
32	Ivan Kurtlakov	Bulgaria	129500
33	Viorel Gabriel	Romania	126500
34	Ionut Tiberiu	Romania	125500
35	Paul Ciaca	Romania	122500
36	Alin Roman	Romania	119500
37	Razvan Negreanu	Romania	115500
38	Frantsis Manchev	Bulgaria	115000
39	Veaceslav Hariton	Romania	110000
40	Eugen Vlad Popa	Romania	106000
41	Ionut Robert	Romania	105000
42	Valentin Ionut	Romania	103000
43	Adrian Ionut	Romania	102000
44	Eran Cohen	USA	100000
45	Anonymous	Romania	97500
46	Erez Hen	Israel	97500
47	Tsvetelin Stefanov	Bulgaria	92500
48	Tudorei Costache	Romania	87500
49	Dragos Vasile	Romania	84000
50	Slaven Popov	Bulgaria	79500
51	Adrian Tudor	Romania	78500
52	Jonathan Samuel	Romania	78500
53	Viktor Filipov	Bulgaria	78000
54	Cristian Rajala	Romania	76500
55	Paul Berman	Malta	76000
56	Marian Virlanuta	Romania	70500
57	Stefan Sebastian	Romania	68500
58	Alexandru Caba	Romania	67500
59	Constantin Chincisan	Romania	65000
60	Nicolae Alexandru	Romania	65000
61	Robert Petcu	Romania	64000
62	Mariyan Todorov	Bulgaria	61000
63	Julian Emerano	France	59000
64	Elena Lacramioara	Romania	57500
65	Vladislav Bakalov	Bulgaria	55000
66	Roger Hairabedian	France	55000
67	Iosif Botar	Romania	53000
68	Anonymous	Romania	52000
69	George Madalin	Romania	50000
70	Valentin Boghean	Romania	48500
71	Danail Balkanski	Bulgaria	48000
72	Ivan Dimitrov	Bulgaria	45000
73	Stav Oded	Israel	45000
74	Marius Constantin	Romania	42500
75	Stefan Fabian	Romania	41500
76	Vasil Vasilev	Bulgaria	39500
77	Emil Trenkov	Bulgaria	39500
78	Cornel Ionut	Romania	38000
79	Rado L	Bulgaria	37500
80	Andrei Roman	Romania	36500
81	Mehran Moghazehi	Iran	34500
82	Saeid Khalghamooz	Romania	32500
83	Deutsch Mourad	Germany	30000
84	Mark Markota	Germany	27500
85	Andrei Nodea	Romania	24000

🌟 Atanas Georgiev

Live interview (in Bulgarian)

💪 End of day 1B

Jan 27 – 22:30

Day 1B just ended – with 85 players left out of the record-breaking 312 entries.

Which can only mean one thing – the guaranteed prize pool of €250,000 was reached even before the end of the second starting day!

The player with the largest stack from 1B is Eusebiu Nicolae from Romania – with 310,000 chips, followed by Alexandru Razvan (289,000 chips), Ionut Chirap (262,000 chips), and Milen Dimitrov (242,500 chips).

Expect full chip count after day 1B later on!

📢 Tournament update

Jan 27 – 21:00

Follow the Instagram page of Smart Poker Tour for more live updates and hand reporting.

🌟 Slaven Popov

Live interview (in Bulgarian)

👑Top 10 in chips

Jan 27 – 19:30

Gabriel Otescu – Romania – 167,000
Adrian Grosan – Romania – 95,000
Dragos Vasile – Romania – 80,100
Tudorei Costache – Romania – 74,000
Adrian Eugen – Romania – 70,800
Constantin Chincisiu – Romania – 66,000
Vasil Vasilev – Bulgaria – 62,200
Paul Mark Berman – Malta – 61,000
Adrian Tudor – Romania – 60,800
Slaven Popov – Bulgaria – 56,400

💤 Break

Jan 27 – 18:55

And almost 300 entries!

🎬 „An idiot with a stack“

Jan 27 – 18:30

There is one Romanian player in day 1B that can proudly tell the story of how he made Phil Hellmuth lose his mind during a hand.

His name is Cristian Dragomir.

Check out the footage:

This is the situation in detail:

⚡ Triple up

Jan 27 – 17:40

On table 11 the player from UTG limps 500, Viktor reraises to 1500. Noam Dotan from Israel reraises to 4500. The original raiser calls and Viktor Filipov goes all-in for 13,000. Noam calls. The original raiser is also all-in (for appr. 10,000 chips).

Board: JT364

Showdown:

Viktor Filipov: KJ
Noam Dotan: AT
UTG player: K3

Viktor wins the pot and the UTG player is out of the tournament.

Viktor Filipov

🙉 Double up for Presiyan Minchev

Jan 27 – 17:20

Presiyan Minchev managed to double his stack with AA versus the JJ of his opponent.

„Keep the rest of these chips, I’ll take them as well“, teased Presiyan after the hand.

Presiyan Minchev

😱 Royal Flush

Jan 27 – 17:10

Ivan Petrov was lucky enough to see a royal flush today.

He bets 8,000 on the river, but his opponent managed to avoid a terrible call. Ivan called us to show his hand 😍

🌟 Vasil Vasilev

Live interview (in Bulgarian)

📢 Start of LVL 5

Jan 27 – 16:50

💸 Big pot for Vladimir Zapryanov

Jan 27 – 16:25

Vladimir Zapryanov from Bulgaria has one of the largest stacks (80,000+) in day 1B right now after winning a big 3-way hand.

The image below partially shows the 3-way all-in.

The Bulgarian has 89 and makes full house on the river, beating the two other players with a flush.

🔥 222 players IN

Jan 27 – 16:21

The players are now in their first break of the day and the entry counter shows exactly 222!

Registration is still open and so is the option for re-entries.

After the break, we continue with level 5 and blinds 200/400/400.

☠️ Tables of Death

Jan 27 – 16:00

Table 3: Dan Chisu, Slaven Popov, Vasil Vasilev

Table 10: Dimitar Kostov, Viktor Poshtadzhiev, Yordan Mitrentsov, Sotir Gochev

Table 18: Frantsis Manchev, Anton Asenov, Patrick Bueno, Plamen Todorov, Roger Hairabedian

📸 A few photos from day 1B

Jan 27 – 15:50

A big hand on table 9

Slaven Popov and Vasil Vasilev from Bulgaria

Dimitar Kostov

Yordan Mitrentsov

Plamen Todorov

Plamen Todorov and Viktor Filipov

Plamen Todorov and Frantsis Manchev

🌟 168 and counting

Jan 27 – 15:15

We are now near the end of level 2 and there are already 168 entries in day 1B.

Looks like we’re breaking records today!

There are many popular faces from the Romanian poker scene at the tables such as Dan Chisu, Dragomir Cristian, Viorel Gabriel Gavrila, BebeSas, Alex Farcasanu, Marian Virlanuta, Gusti Adrian Sas, and many, many others.

👑 Gentlemen’s Poker Club

Jan 27 – 14:40

And a few words about our lovely hosts…

The Gentlemen’s Poker Club in Bucharest opened in November and has quickly become the hottest spot for poker in the city. With its 27 poker tables, attractive schedule of events, and high-quality service, the poker club is the new go-to place for all poker players in Bucharest.

Address: COCOR STORE ( Bd.I.C. Bratianu. Nr. 29-33, Sector 3 ) Bucharest, Romania

💪 108 players at the start of day 1B

Jan 27 – 14:15

There are currently 108 participants in day 1B and the registration continues.

The Bulgarians are the second largest group in the tournament so far with some of the most popular players like: Slaven Popov, Yassen Dichev, Yordan Mitrentsov, Alexander Georgiev, Plamen Todorov, Vasil Vasilev, Viktor Filipov, Anton Asenov, Ivan Kurtlakov, Danail Balkanski, Frantsis Manchev, Sotir Gochev, Milen Dimitrov, and Mihail Hristov.

Another notable mention: Dimitar Kostov – the winner of the Mystery Bounty, who is here to collect an even bigger trophy!

📢 Ready to start!

Jan 27 – 13:55

Hello and welcome to day 1B of the €250,000 GTD Smart Poker Tour Main Event!

The tournament with a buy-in of €500 has a total of 3 starting days. Players start with 30,000 chips and can make unlimited re-entries until the end of level 14. In 1B the levels change every 30 minutes and in 1C Turbo – every 20 minutes.