Meet your final eight within the Eureka6 Bucharest main event:

Seat 1: Moshe Eliyahu, 27, Nahariya, Israel

Moshe Eliyahu had only $13k in reported live cashes previous to entering Eureka6 Bucharest. He's now certain to double that; making the general table here already secures him a €11,630 payday. This isn't Eliyahu's first visit to the Romanian capital; last August, he arrived to Bucharest for the Israeli Poker Tour and collected three cashes throughout the festival, including his best result until today: €8,910 for a sixth place finish within the €550 Main Event. Eliyahu have been wearing a green shirt of his favourite football club Maccabi Haifa in the course of the Eureka Bucharest Main Event. He can become the third Eureka champion from Israel should he follow within the footsteps of his compatriots Idan Greenberg (Eureka1 Bulgaria winner) and Liran Machluf (Eureka3 Bulgaria champ).

Seat 2: Avishai Shitrit, 30, Beersheva, Israel

Another Israeli player at the final table is Avishai Shitrit from Beersheva, who's sitting right next to his fellow countryman Moshe Eliyahu. Shitrit is a poker pro who started playing six years ago. He's specializing in both tournaments and cash games. The 30-year-old splits his time on the tables between live and online, and making the general table here's the most important achievement of his career.

Seat 3: Razvan "razvyqq" Belea, 27, Targu Jiu, Romania, PokerStars player

Razvan Belea comes from Targu Jiu, Romania. His live results don't reveal much about him as he has recorded only two small cashes at the home soil. However, he's a poker pro, grinding online as "razvyqq". Within the online realm, his biggest accolades came within the PokerStars Big $11. Belea has made five final tables of that very same tournament including two second and two third place finishes. He banked over $11k several times in these events but making the overall table here at Eureka6 Bucharest is unquestionably his biggest achievement up to now. Belea's moniker indicates that his favourite hand is pocket Queens but on Day 3, he didn't mind holding a couple of Kings when he knocked out Mihai Ciorteanu (18th) & Adrian Ion Popa (19th) in one hand. Except poker, Belea's hobbies are playing football and watching movies. The linguists amongst you may benefit from the undeniable fact that Belea means "trouble" in Romanian.

Seat 4: Yasen Dichev, 27, Varna, Bulgaria

Bulgaria's Yasen Dichev hails from Varna's suburb Aksakovo. The 27-year-old emerged because the chip leader on the end of Day 2, bagging up about 14% of all chips in play. That already made Dichev an enormous favourite on making the general table. Should he finish sixth or better, he'll celebrate the most efficient results of his career. So far, he's amassed $54k in live tournament cashes with the largest prize of €21,000 earned within the €1k Event at EPT12 Prague. Dichev is currently ranked #57 at the Bulgarian all-time money list but can possibly move thirty places up the ladder if he wins this tournament. He's been playing poker for ten years and considers himself an amateur. However, he's also doing well in online tournaments; his biggest payday was around $119k.

Seat 5: Jozsef Liszkovics, 28, Odorheia Secuiesc, Romania, PokerStars player

Jozsef Liszkovics is a poker pro from Odorheia Secuiesc, Romania. He's been playing poker for four years, almost exclusively online. The 28-year-old makes a speciality of tournaments and his biggest accolade was a primary place within the PokerStars Bigger $109 worth about $37k. He's also an enormous Real Madrid fan, filling a sentence "Hasta el final, vamos Real" in his profile. While his favourite football club is preparing for next week's Champions League final, Liszkovics will experience his biggest final tomorrow.

Seat 6: Razvan "b91pit" Bordei, 34, Bucharest/Romania, PokerStars qualifier

Amateur poker player Razvan Bordei has made his biggest live tournament final table here in his home city. The 34-year-old from Bucharest have been enjoying poker since 2009, playing both live and online. Previous to entering Eureka6 Bucharest, Bordei amassed $24k in live cashes including a €2,080 payday for a 134th place at Eureka4 Vienna. He'll collect his second Eureka Main Event cash here within the Romanian capital and it'll even be the largest of his live career. Within the online realm, Bordei's biggest win was about $25k.

Seat 7: Florin Ionut Pandilica, 36, Bucharest, Romania

Florin Ionut Pandilica could also be a neighborhood player. He's been playing poker for the past decade and has racked up over $75k in live tournament winnings. Pandilica collected his biggest cash at EPT8 Barcelona, finishing 50th for €14,000 primarily Event. He prefers tournaments over cash games.

Seat 8: Carmen Zainescu, 45, Plaiesti, Romania

There were only four female players within the Eureka6 Bucharest Main Event but one among them made it to the overall table. Carmen Zainescu celebrated it loudly as she'd had the shortest stack within the tournament since there have been two tables left but still found her way amongst the overall eight. Zainescu, 45, hails from Plaiesti and have been playing live tournaments for 5 years. Her resumé includes cashes worth nearly $26k and she's about to spice up it along with her lead to this tournament, which has already beaten her previous best (€3,700 for 15th at PokerFest Bucharest back in 2013). Zainescu claims family to be her other hobby.

All profiles by Jan Kores. Photos by Tomas Stacha.

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