€5,300 High Roller
Day 1 Completed
€5,300 High Roller
Day 1 Completed
The 2017 partypoker LIVE German Poker Championships saw a total of 40 entries for the €5,300 High Roller tournament at the King's Casino in Rozvadov, putting the event on track to meet the guarantee of €250,000. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available for another four levels on Day 2 and the action will recommence as of 2 p.m. local time on Thursday, August 10th.
Leading the field of 33 survivors that bagged up chips is 2013 WPT Prague champion Julian Thomas (288,000), who edged past Moritz Dietrich (278,100) in the last level of the night. Thomas was among those to join with a slight delay and immediately scored a huge boost to his stack when his back door nut straight on the turn was good enough to double through Manig Loeser's turned set of jacks.
German High Roller regular Philipp Gruissem rounds out the top three overnight with 219,200, while Paul Michaelis follows close behind with 214,500. Just before the clocks were stopped and the last hands for the night announced, the WSOP bracelet winner from Berlin flopped a set of nines and scored a full double through the flopped set of deuces of Pierre Neuville. The Belgian made it through to Day 2 with just 59,000 as a result.
Other notables and big stacks include 2017 WSOP Main Event 8th place finisher Jack Sinclair (190,400), Ismael Bojang (180,000), partypoker team pro Kristen Bicknell (156,500), Sander van Wesemael (114,300), Matthias de Meulder (112,300), Maxi Lehmanski (82,700), the second-ever Czech WSOP bracelet winner Artur Rudziankov (77,800), partypoker team pro Jan-Peter Jachtmann (77,300), 2016 November Niner Vojtech Ruzicka (28,800) and former EPT champion Hossein Ensan (26,000).
Among those to bust on Day 1 were Kenny Hallaert, Andreas Eiler and Anatoly Filatov. They may all very well be back in action for level nine with blinds of 800-1,600, the button ante is in play. All new entries and re-entries will receive 100,000 in chips and the tournament is scheduled to play down to a winner on Day 2, though depending on the field size this may be alternated still.
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Day 2 Seat Draw
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
83 | 1 | Scott Hanna | Czech Republic | 106,000 | 66 |
83 | 2 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | Germany | 77,300 | 48 |
83 | 3 | Oliver Heidel | Germany | 96,400 | 60 |
83 | 5 | Wim Neys | Belgium | 67,900 | 42 |
83 | 7 | Ismael Bojang | Germany | 180,000 | 113 |
84 | 2 | Maxi Lehmanski | Germany | 82,700 | 52 |
84 | 3 | Sander van Wesemael | Netherlands | 114,300 | 71 |
84 | 4 | Paul Michaelis | Germany | 214,500 | 134 |
84 | 5 | Michal Schuh | Czech Republic | 92,600 | 58 |
84 | 6 | Matthias de Meulder | Belgium | 112,300 | 70 |
89 | 3 | Fabrice Halleux | Belgium | 98,500 | 62 |
89 | 4 | Jonathan Wong | United Kingdom | 95,700 | 60 |
89 | 5 | Jan Mach | Czech Republic | 124,400 | 78 |
89 | 7 | Hossein Ensan | Germany | 26,000 | 16 |
89 | 8 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | 190,400 | 119 |
90 | 1 | Roman Cieslik | Germany | 113,700 | 71 |
90 | 2 | Artur Rudziankov | Czech Republic | 77,800 | 49 |
90 | 3 | The Talk | Germany | 99,400 | 62 |
90 | 6 | Joseph Oren | United States | 143,500 | 90 |
90 | 8 | Kristen Bicknell | Canada | 156,500 | 98 |
95 | 2 | Van Tiep Nguyen | Germany | 185,000 | 116 |
95 | 3 | Pierre Neuville | Belgium | 59,000 | 37 |
95 | 4 | Kacper Pyzara | Poland | 145,100 | 91 |
95 | 6 | Robin Hegele | Germany | 62,600 | 39 |
95 | 7 | Michael Brandau | Germany | 71,100 | 44 |
96 | 2 | Philipp Gruissem | Germany | 219,200 | 137 |
96 | 6 | Abraham Passet | Germany | 94,900 | 59 |
96 | 7 | Petr Liesner | Czech Republic | 122,000 | 76 |
96 | 8 | Vojtech Ruzicka | Czech Republic | 28,800 | 18 |
101 | 1 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 50,900 | 32 |
101 | 2 | Moritz Dietrich | Austria | 278,100 | 174 |
101 | 4 | Benjamin Benoit | France | 119,800 | 75 |
101 | 7 | Julian Thomas | Austria | 288,000 | 180 |
A recap of today's action is to follow. Day 2 resumes at 2 p.m. local time with at least 33 players remaining.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Julian Thomas |
288,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
||
Moritz Dietrich |
278,100
38,100
|
38,100 |
Philipp Gruissem |
219,200
17,200
|
17,200 |
|
||
Paul Michaelis |
214,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
Jack Sinclair |
190,400
114,400
|
114,400 |
|
||
Van Tiep Nguyen |
185,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Ismael Bojang |
180,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
Kristen Bicknell |
156,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
Kacper Pyzara |
145,100
45,100
|
45,100 |
Joseph Oren |
143,500
-21,500
|
-21,500 |
Jan Mach |
124,400
24,400
|
24,400 |
Petr Liesner |
122,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Benjamin Benoit |
119,800
66,800
|
66,800 |
Sander van Wesemael |
114,300
-45,700
|
-45,700 |
Roman Cieslik |
113,700
-81,300
|
-81,300 |
Matthias De Meulder |
112,300
-37,700
|
-37,700 |
Scott Hanna
|
106,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
The Talk |
99,400
29,400
|
29,400 |
Fabrice Halleux |
98,500
-35,500
|
-35,500 |
Oliver Heidel |
96,400
26,400
|
26,400 |
Jonathan Wong |
95,700
700
|
700 |
Abraham Passet |
94,900
-10,100
|
-10,100 |
Michal Schuh |
92,600
-7,400
|
-7,400 |
Maxi Lehmanski |
82,700
-52,300
|
-52,300 |
Artur Rudziankov |
77,800
-27,200
|
-27,200 |
Jonathan Wong raised to 3,000 on the button and Kristen Bicknell three-bet to 10,500 from the small blind, which Wong called. On the flop, Bicknell continued for 8,000 and was called before the turn went check, check. The appeared on the river and Bicknell's bet of 13,500 was called eventually to see the Canadian turn over for top pair and rake in the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kristen Bicknell |
150,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Jonathan Wong |
95,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
We join the action on a board, in a hand between Pierre Neuville and Paul Michaelis, with just over 100,000 in the middle.
The hit the river, with Neuville checking over to Michaelis, who moved all-in for his last 57,500. Neuville made the call, turning over , which was no good versus Michaelis' .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul Michaelis |
217,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
Pierre Neuville |
85,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
The clocks have been stopped with 13 minutes left on the level and three more hands will be played before bagging and tatting.
The action at the tables has slowed down considerably and many hands don't go past the flop.One such prime example saw a check by Benjamin Benoit in late position and Jan-Peter Jachtmann bet 5,500 from the cutoff on the . Benoit check-raised to 14,000 and Jachtmann tried to get any kind of information via table chat after two other players had folded already.
"I can't even put you on a bluff here," Jachtmann said. After three minutes in the think tank he folded pocket kings and Benoit showed him the .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jan-Peter Jachtmann |
145,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Benjamin Benoit |
53,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
While the High Rollers bag up and come back for Day 2 af of 2 p.m. local time tomorrow, all those that busted or are interested to join in on the action can do so until the fourth level of the day.
Matthias de Meulder opened to 3,000 and Kristen Bicknell as well as Philipp Gruissem in the big blind called. On the flop, Gruissem checked and subsequently folded while de Meulder bet 5,600 and Bicknell called.
After the turn, de Meulder checked and Bicknell claimed the pot without showdown by betting 10,000.
On table over, Pierre Neuville made it 3,000 to go from the button and Paul Michaelis three-bet to 10,500 in the small blind., Neuville called. On the flop, Michaelis checked and was suddenly the one to call a bet of 10,000. Boht checked the turn and Michaelis' bet of 12,500 on the river was reluctantly called. Michaelis turned over for top pair and that won the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pierre Neuville | 165,000 | |
Kristen Bicknell | 123,000 | |
Paul Michaelis | 119,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200