2017 partypoker LIVE German Poker Championship

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2017 partypoker LIVE German Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
96
Prize
€185,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€1,000,000
Entries
440
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000

Better Luske Next Time

Level 4 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Luske is definitely off to a better start on his second bullet
Luske is definitely off to a better start on his second bullet

Rifat Gegic opened with a raise to 14,000 from the button, with partypoker sponsored pro Marcel Luske calling from the big blind. The two players took a {q-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{6-Diamonds} flop, with Luske check-calling Gegic's 25,000 chip continuation bet.

Both players checked on the {5-Spades} turn, with Luske casually leading out for 50,000 on the {k-Spades} river. Gegic quickly called the river, and expresssed his frustration with an audible sigh as Luske showed him the {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}. Gegic turned over his {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} before tossing them forcefully into the community cards.

Luske is definitely off to a better start on his second bullet, while Gegic continues to lose chips at an alarming rate.

Player Chips Progress
Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
1,190,000
190,000
190,000

Tags: Marcel LuskeRifat Gegic

Break Time

Level 4 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Four levels have been completed which marks the half-way point of the day and it is time for the second 15-minute break of the day.

Level: 5

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Langlitz takes from Kabas

Level 5 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The former big stack of Rifat Gegic has vanished while table neighbor Edgar Suleyman sits on more than 2.5 million. Viktor Langlitz built his massive stack even further after just calling a bet of 160,000 by Domonik Kabas on the river of a board {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} and was good with {10-Hearts}{6-Hearts}, Kabas only briefly flashed his cards and dropped below a million.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Langlitz de
Viktor Langlitz
3,000,000
100,000
100,000
Edgar Suleyman
Edgar Suleyman
2,600,000
2,600,000
2,600,000
Domonik Kabas
Domonik Kabas
900,000
-430,000
-430,000
Rifat Gegic de
Rifat Gegic
85,000
-1,245,000
-1,245,000

Tags: Domonik KabasEdgar SuleymanRifat GegicViktor Langlitz

Langrock Chips Up Slightly

Level 5 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Facing a raise to 20,000 by a player in early position, Sebastian Langrock called and the flop fell {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}. Langrock checked and called a continuation bet for 29,000 in total before both players checked the {A-Hearts} on the turn. The {4-Diamonds} river saw Langrock lead for 25,000 and his opponent folded.

The German, now based in Vienna, won his first career bracelet at the World Series of Poker this summer by taking down $1,500 No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha - 8 Handed (Event #64) for $268,555.

Player Chips Progress
Sebastian Langrock de
Sebastian Langrock
510,000
70,000
70,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Sebastian Langrock

Weerd Gets There For Value From Jan Mach

Level 5 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jan Mach was in the cut-off looking at the turn of a board reading {4-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{a-Hearts}{7-Spades} and he checked it over to the player on the button calling himself Weerd, who bet 60,000.

Mach called and they saw the river {9-Hearts} complete the board.

Another check from Fuchs saw Weerd bet 125,000.

Fuchs called and mucked when Weerd showed him the {6-Hearts}{5-Hearts}. That provoked a bit of surprise from a few players at the table who reconstructed the hand a commented on the gut-shot and told Weerd, “nice hand.”

Mach kept his counsel, just a little damage to the stack.

Player Chips Progress
Jan Mach cz
Jan Mach
1,700,000
200,000
200,000
Weerd
Weerd
1,400,000
1,400,000
1,400,000

Tags: Jan Mach

Thomas and Sinclair on Board

Level 5 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Pierre Neuville added some more chips to his stack after taking down a 300,000 chip pot with {A-Spades}{K-Clubs} versus {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}. His opponent checked behind on the river of a board {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and the Belgian added some more.

Fellow countryman Fabrice Halleux is also on the way up, while Julian Thomas and Jack Sinclair were among those to register recently.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
1,750,000
220,000
220,000
Jiri Horak cz
Jiri Horak
1,750,000
200,000
200,000
Ivo Donev at
Ivo Donev
1,700,000
180,000
180,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Fabrice Halleux be
Fabrice Halleux
1,600,000
340,000
340,000
Julian Thomas de
Julian Thomas
1,000,000
WPT 1X Winner
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
1,000,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Konstantin Kostyakov ru
Konstantin Kostyakov
430,000
-20,000
-20,000

Tags: Fabrice HalleuxJack SinclairPierre NeuvilleJulian Thomas

Good Game Gegic

Level 5 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Perini was way out in front of Rifat Gegic
Perini was way out in front of Rifat Gegic

After a good start, Rifat Gegic has been losing big pots left, right, and centre. He moved all-in for his last 37,000 over an early position raise to 17,000. Emanuele Perini used this as an opportunity to shove for his last 250,000 chips and, with the original raiser folding, the cards were on their backs.

Perini's {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} was way out in front of Gegic's {j-Clubs}{7-Clubs}, and the {q-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{3-Hearts} flop did nothing to change proceedings. It was all over when the {6-Clubs} turn paired the board and, as the {8-Diamonds} was dealt on the river as a mere formality, Gegic stood up to hastily leave the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Emanuele Perini it
Emanuele Perini
330,000
Rifat Gegic de
Rifat Gegic
Busted

Tags: Emanuele PeriniRifat Gegic

Pierre Neuville Gives Some Back

Level 5 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Pierre Neuville
Pierre Neuville

Pierre Neuville is not afraid to play an unorthodox style at times, it has brought him a good deal of success over his poker playing career, which started pretty late in his life. In the last level or so though a few hands have gone against him with players making thin value bets and picking off a bluff here and there.

One of the latest was on the river of a board reading {5-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{7-Spades}{k-Hearts}{8-Clubs} where Neuville led out from the small blind for 100,000. Ban Kuo Yong on the button gave it some thought but didn’t take too long to call.

Neuville showed the {4-Clubs}{3-Hearts} bluff while Yong tabled the winning {j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}

Neuville is still above starting stack though and looking, as usual, unperturbed.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
1,200,000
-550,000
-550,000
Ban Kuo Yong
Ban Kuo Yong
900,000
900,000
900,000

Tags: Pierre Neuville

Horak Takes a Big Hit

Level 5 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With 240,000 in the pot and the board showing {K-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}, Jiri Horak checked from early position and called a bet of 155,000 by Matze. The {10-Hearts} river completed the board and Horak checked again before Matze made it 155,000 once more. Within a second, Horak tossed in a single chip and was shown {K-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for a full house to drop below a million.

Sebastian Langrock has chipped up since and is slightly ahead of Horak.

Player Chips Progress
Matze
Matze
1,280,000
1,280,000
1,280,000
Sebastian Langrock de
Sebastian Langrock
780,000
270,000
270,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jiri Horak cz
Jiri Horak
745,000
-1,005,000
-1,005,000

Tags: Jiri HorakMatzeSebastian Langrock