🏆 Petar Chavdarov – chip leader for the Main Event Final
Petar Chavdarov is the chip leader with 18 left in the main event of the record-breaking Smart Poker Tour #5.
The Bulgarian crushed many souls today with his fearless style and managed to accumulate a total of 2,745,000.
The final day of the Main Event will continue at 1:00 PM tomorrow. Blinds: 15,000/30,000/30,000.
Average stack: 1,128,333.
Petar Chavdarov
Chip count:
- Petar Chavdarov – Bulgaria – 2,745,000
- Robert Dumitru – Romania – 2,645,000
- Roberth Marius – Romania – 1,785,000
- Bogdan Alexandru – Romania – 1,685,000
- Bogdan Stefan – Romania – 1,625,000
- Nicolae Eusebiu – Romania – 1,550,000
- Valentin Ionut – Romania – 950,000
- Vasil Veselinov – Bulgaria – 940,000
- Roey Krofman – Israel – 935,000
- Alexandru Razvan – Romania – 880,000
- Anton Asenov – Bulgaria – 785,000
- Robert Ionut – Romania – 765,000
- Ionut Chirap – Romania – 675,000
- Paul Calin – Romania – 665,000
- Denis Simionel – Moldova – 585,000
- Eduard Tiberiu – Romania – 500,000
- Fabian Hagen – Germany – 370,000
- Ionut Tiberiu – Romania – 225,000
End of day 2
Jan 28 – 22:00
With only 18 players left, Day 2 of the main event comes to an end.
In the meantime, the players in the High Roller are on a break – with a total of 93 entries so far.
Money, money, money
Jan 28 – 22:00
25. Miroslav Gochev – Bulgaria – €2,000
24. Zeng Zhiping – China – €2,000
23. Razvan Constantin – Romania – €2,000
22. Rares Popa – Romania – €2,000
21. Ivailo Evtimov – Bulgaria – €2,400
AK<AQ all-in preflop
20. Hagai Ben Yair – Israel – €2,400
19. Danut Titu – Romania – €2,400
18. Ionut Tiberiu – Romania – €2,900
🏆 25th place – Miroslav Gochev
15,000/30,000/30,000
Miroslav Gochev opens to 60,000 preflop, Robert Dumitru reraises to 175,000. Miroslav calls.
Flop: QJ6
Miroslav checks, Robert makes a big bet (appr. 300,000 chips) and Miroslav is snap all-in.
Snap call.
Miroslav: QJ
Robert: AQ
Turn X.
River A.
😱😱😱
Miroslav was third in chips but a few minutes before this hand, he doubled Ivailo Evtimov:
on T86 Ivailo had 97 and Miroslav held KK.
Miroslav Gochev
💸 Money, money, money
Jan 28 – 21:10
32. Narcis Nedelcu – Romania – €1,700
31. Milen Dimitrov – Bulgaria – €1,700
30. Rado L. – Bulgaria – €1,700
29. Marian Cocea – Romania – €1,700
28. Silviu Baltateanu – Romania – €1,700
27. Eduard Paraschiv – Romania – €1,700
26. Anonymous – Romania – €1,700
🏆 Top 3
Jan 28 – 20:20
Petar Chavdarov – Bulgaria – 2,450,000
Hagai Ben Yair – Israel – 1,140,000
Miroslav Gochev – Bulgaria – 1,100,000
📸 Photos
☠️ Narcis Nedelcu is the latest victim of Petar Chavdarov
Jan 28 – 20:00
Check out the hand:
10,000/20,000/20,000
Nedelcu raises UTG to 40,000. Anton Asenov calls from UTG+1. Petar Chavdarov also calls from CO. Ivailo Eftimov calls from the big blind.
The four players see flop: T93
Ivailo and Nedelcu check.
Anton Asenov bets 105,000. Petar calls. Ivailo folds.
Nedelcu reraises to 280,000. Anton folds and Petar goes all-in.
Nedelcu snap calls with 99. Petar showed… TT!
Nedelcu had 600,000 chips before the hand and Petar Chavdarov is now a massive chip leader with appr. 1,700,000 chips.
Narcis Nedelcu
Petar Chavdarov
👑 The hand for the chip lead
Jan 28 – 20:00
There was a massive hand between Petar Chavdarov and Valeri Savov that determined the new chip leader in the tournament:
Valeri raises from CO to 37,000. Petar Chavdarov calls from the small blind.
Flop: AAK.
Petar checks, Valeri bets 35,000. Petar calls.
Turn J.
Petar checks, Valeri bets 110,000. Petar calls.
River 6.
Valeri goes all-in for the rest of his stack (appr. 400,000 chips).
Petar thought for about 3 minutes until he finally called.
Valeri knocked on the table and just said „good call“.
Valeri had 89 and Petar won the hand with KJ.
This was a massive pot for approximately 1,000,000 chips with the average stack being 500,000.
Valeri Savov
💸 Money, money, money
Jan 28 – 19:50
45. Saeid Khalghamooz – Romania – €1,350
44. Ionut Toma – Romania – €1,350
43. Simeon Ivanov – Bulgaria – €1,350
42. Frantsis Manchev – Bulgaria – €1,350
41. Valeri Savov – Bulgaria – €1,350
40. Raul Ilyaev – Israel – €1,500
39. Alin Melinte – Romania – €1,500
38. Daniel Tudoria – Romania – €1,500
37. Valentin Cristea – Romania – €1,500
36. Sotir Gochev – Bulgaria – €1,500
Ionut Tiberiu raised preflop, Sotir went all-in for appr. 10BB and Ionut called.
Sotir: Q9
Ionut: AQ
Board: A88Q3
Sotir Gochev
35. Yavor Grigorov – Bulgaria – €1,500
34. Andrei Stoenescu – Romania – €1,700
33. Ion Voinea – Romania – €1,700
🏆 High Roller Satellite update
Jan 28 – 19:30
The mega satellite for the €100,000 GTD High Roller event attracted a total of 181 entries.
26 players won a ticket to the High Roller event and the rest of the prize pool went to the player on 27th place.
Final ranking:
- Veselin Petrov – Bulgaria – €1,000 ticket
- Mihai Cosmin Pancu – Romania – €1,000 ticket
- Kristiyan Kostov – Bulgaria – €1,000 ticket
- Stav David – Israel – €1,000 ticket
- Nicolae Preda – Romania – €1,000 ticket
- Dimitar Kukushkov – Bulgaria – €1,000 ticket
- Zorik Menashe – Israel – €1,000 ticket
- Ciprian Vancea – Romania – €1,000 ticket
- Plamen Yordanov – Bulgaria – €1,000 ticket
- Stanislav Bronshtein – Ukraine – €1,000 ticket
- Nasser Khelifi – France – €1,000 ticket
- Kostadin Mihailov – Bulgaria – €1,000 ticket
- Dorian Ungureanu – Romania – €1,000 ticket
- Critian Mihai Rajala – Romania – €1,000 ticket
- Alin Roman – Romania – €1,000 ticket
- Anonymous – Romania – €1,000 ticket
- Mihai Tusnea – Romania – €1,000 ticket
- Tsvetomir Kanchev – Bulgaria – €1,000 ticket
- Marius Iftimia – Romania – €1,000 ticket
- Kerem Akca – Germany – €1,000 ticket
- Sorin Tudor – Romania – €1,000 ticket
- Anonymous – Romania – €1,000 ticket
- Silviu Dumitrache – Romania – €1,000 ticket
- Gabriel Otescu – Romania – €1,000 ticket
- Cosmin Constantin – Romania – €1,000 ticket
- Iosif Botar – Romania – €1,000 ticket
- Geanina Geanina – Romania – €335
🏆 Main Event update
Jan 28 – 19:15
There are currently 40 players left in the main event.
The play today will continue until there are 18 players left or until the end of level 15.
Currently, the chip leader is one of the most famous Romanian players – Narcis Nedelcu.
We managed to get an exclusive interview – you can watch it HERE.
🌟 Viktor Filipov and Danail Balkanski
Live interview (in Bulgarian)
💸 Money, money, money
Jan 28 – 18:45
59. Ivailo Opalchenski – Bulgaria – €1,200
Roey Krofman opens preflop to 25,000 and Ivailo Opalchenski goes all-in for 116,000. Roey thought for a really long time before eventually calling. Showdown:
Ivailo Opalchenski: AK
Roey Krofman: AQ
Flop: AJ6
Turn: 8
River: Q
and Ivailo Opalchenski is out of the tournament.
58. Alexandru Ionita – Romania – €1,200
57. Andrei Roman Tamaduianu – Romania – €1,200
56. Ivan Kurtlakov – Bulgaria – €1,200
55. Ofir Pinhasov – Israel – €1,200
54. Lucian Hadar – Romania – €1,200
53. Robert Petcu – Romania – €1,200
52. Florin Brotoiu – Romania – €1,350
51. Denis Marinov – Bulgaria – €1,350
Valeri Savov opened preflop from UTG with TT and got a reraise from Denis Marinov from UTG+1.
Valeri goes all-in and Denis Marinov snap calls.
Both players have over 200,000 chips on blinds 6000/12000/12000.
Denis has AK, Valeri – TT.
A T on the river sent Denis Marinov in the audience.
Denis Marinov
50. Robert Catalin Banica – Romania – €1,350
49. Hojoon Choi – USA – €1,350
48. Ben Izrailov – Israel – €1,350
47. Tiberiu Panainte – Romania – €1,350
46. Adrian Delena – Romania – €1,350
💸 Money, money, money
Jan 28 – 18:30
71. Razvan Belea – Romania – €1,200
70. Andrei Roscan – Romania – €1,200
69. Iulian Acsinte – Romania – €1,200
68. Vasil Vasilev – Bulgaria – €1,200
Vasil Vasilev raised preflop from the CO and Hagai Ben Yair from Israel defended his big blind.
Flop: 567
Hagai leads on the flop, Vasil goes all-in and Hagai calls. Showdown:
Vasil Vasilev – JJ
Player from Israel – 98
Turn Q, river 6 and Vasil is out of the tournament
67. Vladislav Bakalov – Bulgaria – €1,200
66. Vlad Codrin Diaconu – Romania – €1,200
65. Luigi Zurio – Italy – €1,200
64. Vasile Liviu Berciu – Romania – €1,200
63. Andrei Alexandru Ilie – Romania – €1,200
62. Calin Stefan Gavrilescu – Romania – €1,200
61. Daniel Ben Glick – Israel – €1,200
60. Dimitar Kostov – Bulgaria – €1,200
💪 Milen Dimitrov is on a lucky streak
Jan 28 – 17:30
In one of the first hands after bursting the money bubble in the Main Event, Milen Dimitrov managed to triple up his stack. Milen had AJo vs AJs vs T8 and made a flush!
Milen Dimitrov
💸 In the money
Jan 28 – 17:20
The players in the main event are now IN THE MONEY.
Check out the play on the bubble in 2 videos:
And the unlucky player on the bubble is… Veaceslav Hariton from Romania.
📢 Tournament updates
Jan 28 – 16:55
The re-entry period for the High Roller satellite ends after level 12.
Soon we will reach the paid places in the Main Event!
👑 Triple up for Ivan Kurtlakov
Jan 28 – 15:20
Petar Chavdarov raised to 10,000. There are 3 calls and Ivan Kurtlakov from the small blind goes all-in for 58,000. Petar and one of the Romanian players called.
The two of them checked until the river on board:
258QQ
Ivan Kurtlakov: TT
Petar Chavdarov: AJ
Romanian player: KT
Ivan Kurtlakov
😱 Viktor Filipov is out
Viktor Filipov went all-in with a stack of 75,500 and got called by the player on position 7.
Viktor Filipov: JK
His opponent: AJ
After board 3664A and Viktor is out.
Winner of the hand
📢 Next 2 stops
- Smart Poker Tour Bansko: 8-12 March
- Smart Poker Tour Plovdiv: 3-7 May
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💸 €60,000 for the Big Winner of Smart Poker Tour #5
It’s now time to talk about what you’ve all been waiting for – the money!
A total of 71 players will get a share of the prize pool and the winner of the Smart Poker Tour #5 Main Event will get the mind-blowing €60,000!
Prize pool distribution:
- €60,000
- €38,000
- €23,000
- €16,000
- €12,222
- €10,000
- €8,600
- €7,500
- €6,600
- €5,700
- €4,800
- €4,100
- €4,100
- €3,450
- €3,450
- €2,900
- €2,900
- €2,900
- €2,400
- €2,400
- €2,400
- €2,000
- €2,000
- €2,000
- €2,000
- €1,700
- €1,700
- €1,700
- €1,700
- €1,700
- €1,700
- €1,700
- €1,700
- €1,700
- €1,500
- €1,500
- €1,500
- €1,500
- €1,500
- €1,500
- €1,500
- €1,500
- €1,500
- €1,350
- €1,350
- €1,350
- €1,350
- €1,350
- €1,350
- €1,350
- €1,350
- €1,350
- €1,200
- €1,200
- €1,200
- €1,200
- €1,200
- €1,200
- €1,200
- €1,200
- €1,200
- €1,200
- €1,200
- €1,200
- €1,200
- €1,200
- €1,200
- €1,200
- €1,200
- €1,200
- €1,200
Big pot for Vasil Vasilev
Jan 28 – 14:50
Triple all-in on table 9:
Romanian player: A9
Vasil Vasilev: KQ
Ivailo Evtimov: TT
Flop Q8K56
And the winner is….Vasko Vasilev!
Vasil Vasilev
😱 Kristian Kostov is out
Jan 28 – 14:35
Kristian Kostov had 140,000 chips before the hand. He opened to 10,500 and the chip leader for day 2, Tiberiu Eduard, raised to 35,000.
Kristian went all-in and Eduard snap called.
AK for Kristian versus KK for Eduard.
Flop QQQ and with no A until the end of the hand, Kristian was out of the tournament.
⚡ Big pot for Petar Chavdarov
Jan 28 – 14:30
2000/4000/4000
Petar Chavdarov opened to 8,000 from UTG. A player on position 4 calls from CO. Valeri Savov is on the button and reraises to 28,500. The players on the blinds fold.
Petar Chavdarov reraises to 72,000. #4 is fold and Valeri calls.
Flop: 3K3 – check/check.
Turn: 8
Petar bets 41,000. Valeri calls.
River: 6
Petar goes all-in with a stack of 170,000 chips.
Valeri folds and shows 7.
Petar showed AQ and got really, really excited winning this hand.
💪 Big pot for Miroslav Gochev
Jan 28 – 14:25
On board Q82 Miroslav Gochev calls a re-raise of 30,000 chips.
Turn 7. Miroslav checks, the opponent is all-in with a stack of 35,000. Miroslav calls.
Miroslav: J8
His opponent: 82
River: J
Miroslav Gochev
💪 Big hand on table 10
Jan 28 – 14:20
On board 2QKT Milen Dimitrov checks, the player on position 8 bets 8,000, the player on position 9 calls 8,000. Milen Dimitrov raises to 41,000. The player on position 8 is all-in. The player on position 9 is snap all-in, and Milen is also all-in.
A massive pot!
Showdown:
#8: JJ
#9: A6
Milen Dimitrov: 35
River: Q
The player on position 8 busted and the player on position 9 – Vasile Liviu Berciu triples up.
Milen (#7), #8 (already leaving), and #9 (winning the pot)
Double up for Dimitar Kostov
Jan 28 – 14:15
It’s all-in and a call preflop.
Dimitar Kostov on position 4: QQ
His opponent on position 5: AK
T8488 and a double up for Dimitar Kostov.
😱 Danail Balkanski is also out
Jan 28 – 14:10
Valeri Savov opened to 6,000 from the CO position. Danail Balkanski is on the small blind with a stack of appr. 70,000 and he defends his blind with KJo.
Flop: J76.
Danail checked, Valeri bets 6,000.
Danail raised to 19,000.
Valeri goes all-in, covering the stack of Balkanski, and Danail called.
Valeri showed AK – turn X, river – A and this is how Danail was out of the main event.
Danail Balkanski
☠️ Razvan Constantin busted Emil Trenkov
Jan 28 – 14:05
Could not catch the full hand, but just briefly: Razvan has QQ, Emil Trenkov has TJ – on a J-high board.
There was action on every street and Emil Trenkov is now out of the tournament.
Emil Trenkov
🔥 Extraordinary hand by Valeri Savov
Jan 28 – 14:00
1500/3000/3000
Table 3, we caught the hand on the river.
On board: 85233 the player on 5th position bets 30,000 in a pot of appr. 65,000 chips.
Valeri thought for a while before calling.
Eventually, Valeri decided to call. Showdown:
T8 for Valeri Savov
AK for his opponent
Valeri Savov
💪 Double up for Viktor Filipov
Jan 28 – 13:55
1500/3000/3000
The player from UTG+1 raises to 7500, Viktor Filipov reraises to 19,000. The player goes all-in covering the stack of Viktor. Viktor calls (with 77,000 chips).
AA for Viktor
and KK for his opponent
Board: Q7676
Double up for Viktor Filipov.
Viktor Filipov
😱 Plamen Yordanov is out
Jan 28 – 13:50
Plamen opened UTG with 88, the players from UTG+2, button, and big blind call.
Flop: 567
Plamen makes a c-bet (slightly over half of the pot), the player from UTG+2 min-raises, the other two players folded.
Plamen went all-in (he had appr. 37BB before the hand) and his opponent snap called with 55.
No help for Plamen and this is how he busted the tournament.
Plamen Yordanov
💪 Big pot for Sotir Gochev
Jan 28 – 13:45
We caught the hand on board:
52K9
Sotir Gochev goes all-in and Elena Lacramioara Toma calls.
Showdown:
98 for Elena and
AA for Sotir
River X and this is how Elena busted the tournament.
Elena Lacramioara Toma
Sotir Gochev
💪 Big pot for Ivailo Opalchenski
Jan 28 – 13:40
On table 11 – in one of the first hands of the day:
There is a raise from the player on position 5, Ivailo Opalchenski 3-bets from the small blind.
The first player goes all-in and Ivailo calls.
KK for the Romanian player and AK for Ivailo – lucky A on the river busted his opponent and helped Ivailo win a big pot.
🏆 How they got here – Milen Dimitrov
Jan 28 – 13:30
A quick story on how Milen Dimitrov made his stack of 242,000. The secret? You make quads on the turn and your opponent goes all-in 🤣
Milen Dimitrov
⚡ Start of Day 2
Jan 28 – 13:00
Hello and welcome to Day 2 of the Smart Poker Tour Main Event: a record-breaking edition of the festival with a total of 677 entries!
The guaranteed prize pool of €250,000 was surpassed even before the end of the second starting day and ultimately reached €295,172.
The play continues on 40-minute levels, starting on blinds 1500/3000/3000. Average stack: 115,398.
Chip leader for Day 2 is Eduard Tiberiu from Romania with a stack of 337,000 chips.
Eduard Tiberiu
Shuffle up and deal!