Main Event
Day 1b Started
Main Event
Day 1b Started
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.
The following players have won their entry to Day 1b via either an online satellite on partypoker or a live satellite here in the King's Casino.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stefan Fuchs | 1,760,000 | |
Ivo Donev
|
1,360,000 | |
Rinaldo Aquino | 1,034,000 | |
Grzegorz Idziak | 1,012,000 | |
Jiri Horak | 972,600 | |
Alain Riss | 944,000 | |
Artur Wasek | 934,000 | |
Andrej Desset | 885,000 | |
Jerome Sgorrano | 736,000 | |
Marek Blasko | 725,500 | |
Kacper Pyzara | 718,750 | |
Mandrake
|
627,000 | |
Roman Cieslik | 605,000 | |
Karol Radomski | 590,000 | |
Cheng-Wei Yin | 525,000 | |
Tezer Cetindag | 427,000 |
Level: 1
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
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.
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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Viktor Langlitz
|
1,995,000 | 1,995,000 |
Dominik Desset | 1,941,000 | 1,941,000 |
Antony Hallam | 1,871,000 | 1,871,000 |
Alexander Nekrasov
|
1,613,000 | 1,613,000 |
Pim van Wieringen | 1,422,900 | 1,422,900 |
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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Cenk Oguz | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
Ashkan Khatami
|
435,000 | 105,000 |
Jan Demjan opened the action and got a call from Luca Bufarini who defended his big blind.
The flop was and Bufarini check-called a 10,000 bet from Demjan.
Demjan gave his opponent a hard stare as the hit the turn and they both checked it to see the complete the board.
Bufarini checked, Demjan bet 20,000 and Bufarini called. Demjan showed his for rivered trips and Bufarini silently slid his cards to the muck unseen.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jan Demjan
|
390,000 | |
Luca Bufarini
|
290,000 |
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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kacper Pyzara | 1,020,000 | 301,250 |
Van Hiep Tran | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
King
|
1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
Wolfgang Simperl | 950,000 | 950,000 |
Cheng-Wei Yin | 580,000 | 55,000 |
Two players limped in including Karol Radomski and Artur Wasek on the button raised it up to 15,000. Only Radomski called and the duo checked the board of entirely. Radomski and Wasek joked on who was to show first with the former turning over , and Wasek had that beat with .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Artur Wasek | 965,000 | 31,000 |
Karol Radomski | 560,000 | -30,000 |