Aleksandar Tomovic entered the partypoker German Poker Championship Day 1c Turbo halfway through in level four of eight and proceed to blitz through the pack and turn his 1,000,000 starting stack into 4,650,000.
Tomovic first scored a double up when Kadir Uzunoglu five-bet shoved preflop with and Tomovic called with .
In level six Tomovic was involved in a three-way all in holding aces to knock out two more opponents, and just before the final level he was again dealt aces and knocked out another victim who had ace-king.
The last Day 1 began at 12 p.m. and at a final count attracted 56 entries. After eight fast and furious levels 42 players remained and were immediately given their new seat draw.
Some of the other notables who made it through to Day 2 include Martin Kabrhel (2,000,800), Benjamin Benoit (2,519,000) and Jonathan Wong (1,420,000).
They don’t have long to wait before they are in action again as Day 2 begins in just a few minutes at 3 p.m. local time with eight one-hour levels scheduled.
The PokerNews live reporting team will continue to bring you coverage of that as well as the Super High Roller that kicks off at 6 p.m. and is set to host a number of stellar poker names.
Aleksandar Tomovic late-registered for Day 1c and now sits atop a massive stack of more than three million. The latest hand saw him score a double knockout in spectacular fashion.
After Tomovic raised, Kadir Uzunoglu moved all in for his last 135,000 and Little Buddha called. Tomovic reraised to 571,000 and Little Buddha called with some 840,000 behind to see a flop of . Little Buddha was first to act and moved all in, and Tomovic called after getting a count.
Kadir Uzunoglu:
Little Buddha:
Aleksandar Tomovic:
The turn left Little Buddha drawing dead for the hefty side pot and Uzunoglu could all but chop it. However, the river was a blank and Tomovic claimed the entire massive pot.
In one hour from now at 12 p.m. noon local time, the third and final starting day of the 2017 partypoker LIVE German Poker Championship kicks off at the King's Casino in Rozvadov. Throughout the first two starting days in the past two days, a total of 360 entries emerged, some of which initially earned their entry through partypoker, and at least 27 players brought stacks in for Day 1c.
The structure remains the same, as the same eight blind levels are played. However, the level duration for the turbo heat is 20 minutes only and Day 1c will conclude less than half an hour before Day 2 gets underway at 3 p.m. local time.
Day 1c blind structure
Level
Small Blind
Big Blind
Button Ante
1
1,500
3,000
3,000
2
2,000
4,000
4,000
3
2,500
5,000
5,000
4
3,000
6,000
6,000
5
4,000
8,000
8,000
6
5,000
10,000
10,000
7
6,000
12,000
12,000
8
8,000
16,000
16,000
The tournament will be played with the button ante format, with seven to nine players per table the player on the button has to post a full big blint as ante and for two to six players per table, it is the small blind only.
Leading the field thus far after Day 1a and Day 1b in Europe's biggest poker arena is Viktor Langlitz with a massive stack of 8,058,000, followed by partypoker sponsored pro Anatoly Filatov (5,500,000) and Sonay Kehya (4,667,000). Whether or not one from the turbo heat will be able to catch up on those remains to be seen and the PokerNews live reporting team will be there to provide the action from the tables.
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and Tomovic called with 
. 
. Little Buddha was first to act and moved all in, and Tomovic called after getting a count.
turn left Little Buddha drawing dead for the hefty side pot and Uzunoglu could all but chop it. However, the 
river was a blank and Tomovic claimed the entire massive pot.
