€5,300 High Roller Day 1 | 2017 partypoker LIVE German Poker Championship

08-09-2017 23:30 UTC

Julian Thomas Leads High Roller After Day 1 in Rozvadov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

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.

PokerNews is your one-stop-shop for all you need to know during the festival at Europe's biggest poker arena in Rozvadov, so make sure to tune back in regularly.

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

Tags: Anatoly Filatov Andreas Eiler Artur Rudziankov Hossein Ensan Ismael Bojang Jack Sinclair Jan-Peter Jachtmann Julian Thomas Kenny Hallaert Kristen Bicknell Manig Loeser Matthias De Meulder Maximilian Lehmanski Moritz Dietrich Paul Michaelis Philipp Gruissem Pierre Neuville Sander van Wesemael Vojtech Ruzicka

08-09-2017 22:53 UTC

Brutal End To The Day

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Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Michaelis on the right end of a brutal cooler

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

Tags: Paul Michaelis Pierre Neuville

08-09-2017 21:36 UTC

Two Pair Dilemma Sends Eiler to the Rail

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Not long ago Pierre Neuville started receiving a massage and that has since paid off, as the Belgian just sent Andreas Eiler to the rail. The hand started rather innocent, that was until Eiler ended up all in and at risk after a flop of . Neuville looked him up for the last 39,400 and Eiler was in need ot a miracle.

Andreas Eiler:
Pierre Neuville:

Eiler needed running hearts or a three in order to avoid elimination, but the turn and river were both blanks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre Neuville	190,000 100,000	100,000
Andreas Eiler	Busted

Tags: Andreas Eiler Pierre Neuville

08-09-2017 18:14 UTC

"See You Later Guys"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Philipp Gruissem is the early chip leader

Philipp Gruissem raised to 1,000 and received calls by Matthias de Meulder and Jack Sinclair. Hossein Ensan on the button three-bet to 4,000 and Gruissem asked for his stack size. "Around 35,000," Ensan replied and Gruissem four-bet to 11,000. Both de Meulder and Sinclair quickly folded, but Ensan moved all in.

Gruissem snap-called and said "not a good timing" to see Ensan drawing very thin and in need of help.

Hossein Ensan:
Philipp Gruissem:

It was all over after the turn of a board and Ensan left the table with a "see you later guys."

Player	Chips	Progress
Philipp Gruissem	240,000 40,000	40,000

Hossein Ensan	Busted

Tags: Hossein Ensan Jack Sinclair Matthias De Meulder Philipp Gruissem

08-09-2017 17:34 UTC

Five Bet Mayhem

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Level 2 : 150/300, 300 ante

Jachtmann drags one of the more interesting pots so far

Fellow partypoker sponsored pros Jan-Peter Jachtmann and Anatoly Filatov have drawn the same table after the players were reshuffled to accomodate the opening of a third table.

Jachtmann wasted no time getting busy, raising to 800 from first position. He picked up no fewer than three callers, before Van Tiep Nguyen three-bet to 3,000 from the big blind. Jachtmann's response was to put in the four-bet to 7,900 before Andreas Eiler, who had previously just called the first raise, made a five-bet re-raise to 16,200.

Nguyen made the call, as the rest of the table fell quiet. Action was back on Jachtmann, who studied for a long time before tossing in a single 25,000-value chip to call. The three players took a flop, which everyone quickly checked.

The hit the turn, which checked around to Eiler, who put in a 13,500 bet. Nguyen folded, with Jachtmann making the check-raise to 40,000. Eiler dwelled for two full minutes before laying it down, with Jachtmann dragging one of the more interesting pots of the High Roller so far!

08-09-2017 13:41 UTC

partypoker LIVE High Roller Kicks Off German Poker Championships

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Welcome to the German Poker Championships at King’s Casino on the Czech Republic–Germany border in the charming town of Rozvadov nestled in the ancient Bohemian Forest.

The casino has recently been rapidly expanding with a new poker room added and brand new hotel expected to be opened right next door in the next few days.

Rozvadov is quickly gaining popularity as a destination for poker players and gamblers from all over the word and is earning the nickname ‘RozVegas’ after the gambler’s home Las Vegas.

Wednesday 9th August sees the partypoker LIVE German Poker Championships High Roller Day 1 kick off. This is an 8-max event with a €250K guarantee. The buy-in is €5,000 + €300 for a 100,000 starting stack and blinds will be 45 minutes.

Cards are in the air at 6 p.m. for the High Roller with late registration open until 12:30 a.m.

Plenty of Team partypoker will be joining battle on the felt including Boris Becker, Sam Trickett, Jan-Peter Jachtmann, Anatoly Filatov, Kristen Bicknell, Marcel Luske, and Natalia Breviglieri. They will likely be joined by a host of top German Pros and other stellar names from around the world.

The German Poker Championships consist of a multi-day poker tournament held both online and live. It has a massive €1,000,000 guaranteed prizepool including at least €200,000 for the winner.

The GPC started with four weeks of Online Phase 1s running every Sunday on partypoker from 9th July. From 9th August 2017 Live Phase 1s and Day 1s will run at King’s Casino. Thursday August 10th sees the first Day 1a kick off at King’s Casino with further opportunities to get in on the action. Click here for FAQs.

The PokerNews Live reporting team will be on hand over the next six days to bring you all the action from the felt as King’s Casino crowns a new German Poker Champion.

Tags: Jan-Peter Jachtmann Kristen Bicknell Marcel Luske Natalia Breviglieri Sam Trickett