2023 EAPT Bucharest

�560 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2023 EAPT Bucharest

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
€36,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€560
Prize Pool
€223,560
Entries
486
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
97
Players Left
15

Corneliu Cretu Leads Day 1a of �560 EAPT Main Event

Level 14 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Corneliu Cretu
Corneliu Cretu

A few minutes after 4 a.m., the bubble finally burst on Day 1a of the 2023 Eurasian Poker Tour �560 EAPT Main Event at 888poker Room in Bucharest.

After 16 levels, only 15 players out of a field of 97 entrants still had chips and have qualified for Day 2. And as good things come in pairs, they are also in the money, in this �200,000 guaranteed event.

The key was to be discreet to get a big stack today. Corneliu Cretu perfectly got it as, slowly but surely, he managed to end the day as the chip leader with 521,000 chips. His closest competitor wasn't more talkative but was equally efficient, finishing the day with 480,000 chips.

Day 1a Top 10

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Corneliu CretuRomania521,00065
2John OneRomania480,00060
3Aristeidis KtenioudakisGreece398,00050
4Bogdan TrifanescuRomania361,00045
5Cristian RajalaRomania311,00039
6John TwoRomania308,00039
7Gheorghe BileaRomania263,00033
8Stefan HurjuiRomania250,00031
9Cosmin LupuRomania227,00028
10Adrian ConstantinRomania197,00025

Greece's Aristeidis Ktenioudakis completed the podium with 398,000 chips, slightly more than the pot he won in the last levels of the day with a flopped flush against a set. Bogdan Trifanescu bagged almost the same stack (361,000), while Cristian Rajala, thanks to whom the bubble burst, filled his bag with 311,000 chips.

Gheorghe Bilea and Mihai Tabac seemed to have a lot of fun when they found themselves at the same table, as they kept laughing together. Both of them will be back on Day 2, with 131,000 chips for Bilea and 131,000 for Tabac. In between those two are Stefan Hurjui (250,000), Cosmin Lupu (227,000) and Adrian Constantin, who held the chip lead for a long moment today, before his stack decreased to 197,000.

Finally, Iulian Tataru (115,000) and Alexandru Ersen (88,000) ended the day with the smallest stacks, but secured the min-cash.

Mihai Tabac
Mihai Tabac

Tomorrow, Thursday, November 10, the second of four starting flights will begins at 5 p.m. time and will again play on 40-minute levels down to the final 15 percent of the field.

There will also be a Day 1c flight on Friday, November 11 at 2 p.m. and a turbo Day 1d on the same day at 8 p.m. with 20-minute levels. The surviving players from each starting flight will then combine for Day 2 on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Stay tuned as PokerNews follows all the action the rest of the way until a champion is crowned.

Tags: Adrian ConstantinAlexandru ErsenAristeidis KtenioudakisBogdan TrifanescuCorneliu CretuCosmin LupuCristian RajalaGheorghe BileaIulian TataruMihai TabacStefan Hurjui