PokerFest Mamaia was on between 5 and 9 of September. A number of 238 players sat around the tables at Palas Mamaia and the cup, the tenth, was kept here thanks to the winner – Dumitru Ion.
The participation was numerous at PokerFest Mamaia and the prizepool was generous – EUR172,620. The protagonists of the Final Table, arranged by the number of chips held at the Main Event at PokerFest Mamaia live poker tournament – first leg of the second season – are as such:
1. Medeş Cornel – 1,170,000 chips
2. Ioan Timotei – 803,000 chips
3. Dumitru Ion – 539,000 chips
4. Dumitru Tinta – 497,000 chips
5. Vlad Voicu – 476,000 chips
6. Şapera Tănase – 350,000 chips
7. Torok Barna – 190,000 chips
8. Gabriela Moldovan – 112,000 chips
9. Lucian Stoian – 111,000 chips
First out after an hour
The first person at the Final Table during the PokerFest Mamaia tournament had to wait for an hour before being eliminated, despite the fac that most of them only had all-in stacks. Gabriela Moldovan, with her 4 blinds, reached to all-in by AQ and was taken out by Dumitru Ion, who hit a flush by the river, with AK on a Q flop
Dumitru Tinta had to go all-in from early position with QT, but he was immediately followed by Cornel Medes in a Big Blind – with an AK in hand and a K on flop, he kicked Tinta out. Torok Barna placed seventh, as he was eliminated by the pair of sixes of Vlad Voicu, who hit a flop with a K. Ioan Timotei came on the sixth, after a shove with A6, successfully blocked by the JJ of Tanase Sapera. Tanase also eliminated Cornel Medes. Later on, there said goodbye Vlad Voicu and Lucian Stoian. The heads-up was between Tanase Sapera and Dumitru Ion.
The cup stays home
The winner of the poker tournament in Constanta was Dumitru Ion, 40. Thanks to him, the cup got to stay here, at the Black Sea, thus confirming the rumour that the people playing at home have got the ‚best hand’. Dumitru Ion has been playing poker for 20 years. He raked in a wonderful prize, EUR 45,570, and so did the other two on the podium – second place EUR30,300 and the third place EUR16,550. The last positions to go in the money at PokerFest Mamaia were 26 and 27, each with EUR1,450.