Van Hiep Tran was among those to buy in directly for Day 1b along with King's Casino regular "King", while Wolfgang Simperl is back in. Kacper Pyzara already built his stack and Cheng-Wei Yin did so when his on the river of a board was paid off for 31,500.
Ashkan Khatami played on Day 1a and busted, and he qualified again for Day 1b. Khatami raised to 9,500 from the small blind and the big blind called. On the flop, Khatami bet 12,000 and that won the pot without further resistance.
Also in is Belgium's Cenk Oguz, who carried over exactly one million in chips.
Germany's Viktor Langlitz leads those entereing Day 1b with the biggest stack of almost two million in chips, while other big stacks include Antony Hallam, Dominik Desset, Alexander Nekrasov and Pim van Wieringen.
Cards are in the air for Day 1b of the partypoker German Poker Championship and with 190 entries on the board and more registering there is a real buzz in the King’s Casino which is Europe’s largest poker arena.
The players are all set and hoping to make it all the way to the end of eight levels of play.
Welcome to Day 1b of the partypoker 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.
Friday August 11th is set to be a big one with 170 players already registered to play having qualified through a series of online satellites and live phases.
They will all be vying for a slice of the €1,000,000 guarantee and ultimately the title of German Poker Champion 2017.
Day 1a on Thursday saw 64 entries with 36 players ultimately bagging up chips. Those who didn’t make it, or were unhappy with their final stack can register for subsequent Day 1s and bring their biggest stack through to Day 2.
Friedrich Raz from Switzerland finished on top yesterday with 3,180,000 but not far behind him was partypoker ambassador Boris Becker who bagged and impressive 2,839,000.
For those already entered they will bring their stack forward to Day 1b, for new entries €2,200 gets you a 1,000,000 starting stack.
Play is scheduled for eight one-hour levels with a 15-minute break every two level, and one re-buy per Day 1 is allowed.
The final Day 1c is at 12 p.m. on Saturday and is a Turbo with a 20-minute clock with Day 2 starting the same day at 3 p.m.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the action from the felt right up until the crowning of a new partypoker German Poker Champion so you don’t miss a thing.
on the river of a board 
was paid off for 31,500.
and Bufarini check-called a 10,000 bet from Demjan.
hit the turn and they both checked it to see the 
complete the board.
for rivered trips and Bufarini silently slid his cards to the muck unseen.
flop, Khatami bet 12,000 and that won the pot without further resistance.
