Langlitz On Top, Filatov Among Leaders After Day 1b of German Poker Championship

The second of three starting days of the 2017 partypoker LIVE German Poker Championship €2.200 Main Event is in the books. A total of 170 players had qualified with stacks via the online satellites on partypoker and the live satellites in the King's Casino in Rozvadov, and a further 126 direct buy-ins were added throughout the eight levels of one hour each to create a field of 296 entries.

Only 167 players bagged up chips and all those that failed to do so have two further chances to join the action. As of 12 p.m. local time the turbo heat Day 1c with levels of 20 minutes kicks off and Day 2 of the Main Event restarts at 3 p.m. local time. A single re-entry can be fired for both and the registration for 1c remains open for the entire duration, while all players can also re-enter once throughout the first four levels of Day 2.

Leading the field of Day 1b survivors is Viktor Langlitz, who also came into the day with the biggest stack. Langlitz coolered several opponents on the way to bag up an impressive 8,058,000 while partypoker sponsored pro and €5,300 High Roller champion Anatoly Filatov made it through with 5,500,000, Sonay Kehya rounds up the top three with 4,667,000. Marcel Luske had to fire a second bullet after running dry in the first three levels and carried over 2,109,000.

Other big stacks and notables include Alamzad Sina (3,996,000), Miroslav Lelek (3,703,000), Jan Mach (3,666,000), Kacper Pyzara (2,977,000), Jesper Hansen (2,913,000), Marek Blasko (2,899,000), Ondrej Mar (2,858,000), Marko Simic (2,470,000), Hossein Ensan (2,200,000), Paul Michaelis (1,969,000), and 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event 8th place finisher Jack Sinclair (1,377,000). Slovakia's Andrej Desset, who won back-to-back partypoker Grand Prix Main Events, advanced to Day 2 with 1,724,000 and his brother Dominik bagged up 910,000.

Some big names fell on Day 1b and that list includes Pierre Neuville, Sander van Wesemael, Martin Kabrhel, Andrew King and Moritz Dietrich. Neuville was on the wrong end of a straight-versus straight showdown while van Wesemael busted his first bullet quickly before taking a brutal beat on the second entry. Eventual chip leader Langlitz got it in preflop against the Dutchman with ace-king suited versus aces, and instead of a gutshot on the flop he hit running clubs for a flush to bust van Wesemael.

Martin Kabrhel and his card and chip-protecting hippo joined in the second-last level of the night, and the Czech poker brat ran out of chips in the very last hand. Kabrhel was at risk with pocket eights and Sandro Pitzanti looked him up with ace-jack off suit to hit a royal flush in order to dispatch Kabrhel in style.

The tournament is on track to not only meet but exceed the guaranteed prize pool of €1,000,000. The two starting days at Europe's biggest poker arena attracted 360 entries so far, of which 203 already have chips for Day 2. On top of that, another 37 players qualified for Day 2 on partypoker to make it 240 survivors, and further ones will be added to the mix via Day 1c.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide updates until the Main Event champion is crowned on Monday, August 14th 2017.

Seat Draw Day 1a/b and online qualfiiers

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
79	1	Koen de Weerd	Netherlands	1,889,000	94
79	2	Kai Kassebaum	Germany	450,256	23
79	3	Daniel Trunk	Germany	158,000	8
79	4	Marek Blasko	Slovakia	2,899,000	145
79	6	Vojtěch Kratochvíl	Czech Republic	2,662,000	133
79	7	Matthias Rolenz	Germany	1,016,000	51
79	8	Paul Michaelis	Germany	1,969,000	98

83	1	JeffersonMC	Germany	3,070,000	154
83	2	Tom Dickerson	United Kingdom	1,328,827	66
83	4	H.O.R.S.T	Germany	260,000	13
83	5	Patrick Wiper	United Kingdom	2,377,255	119
83	6	Jochen Wien	Germany	1,462,000	73
83	7	Michal Marian Skalski	Poland	1,350,000	68
83	9	Younes El Boujdaini	Belgium	1,854,000	93

84	2	Andreas Gann	Germany	1,036,000	52
84	3	Victor Tyurin	Russia	1,470,000	74
84	5	Benjamin Schroder	Germany	2,145,000	107
84	6	Rishi Ravi Bhasin	Spain	1,848,000	92
84	7	Michael Koran	Switzerland	1,836,000	92
84	8	Nadine Wegener	Germany	482,762	24
84	9	Mario Oberst	Germany	716,000	36

85	1	Manig Loeser	Germany	515,000	26
85	2	Kenny Hallaert	Belgium	1,048,000	52
85	3	Jiri Horak	Czech Republic	763,000	38
85	4	Tonio Roder	Germany	2,500,000	125
85	7	Sascha Minerva	Germany	918,000	46
85	8	Petr Vlček	Czech Republic	1,557,000	78
85	9	Anatoly Voropaev	Russia	1,439,000	72

89	1	Rick Leinarts	Netherlands	559,000	28
89	2	Tommaso Bonni	Italy	1,719,000	86
89	4	Martin Lenoch	Germany	1,950,000	98
89	6	David Urban	Slovakia	1,153,000	58
89	7	Piotr Trebacz	Poland	1,007,971	50
89	8	Nourreddine Chinek	Belgium	869,000	43
89	9	Martin Bartos	Slovakia	1,036,000	52

90	1	Rudolf4	Slovakia	1,790,000	90
90	4	Mir Ahmad Sharifrazi	Belarus	714,000	36
90	5	Radek Jantos	Czech Republic	2,589,000	129
90	6	Paul Jackson	United Kingdom	993,972	50
90	7	Igor Hudacek	Czech Republic	868,000	43
90	8	Anatoly Filatov	Russia	5,500,000	275
90	9	Robert Zipf	Germany	942,000	47

91	1	Antony Hallam	United Kingdom	1,810,000	91
91	3	Vytautas Semaska	Lithuania	672,000	34
91	4	Emanuele Perini	Italy	908,000	45
91	6	Andreas Aulike	Germany	442,374	22
91	7	Horst Knobloch	Germany	1,082,146	54
91	8	Marek Soukup	Czech Republic	1,040,000	52
91	9	Alexander Nekrasov	Belarus	710,000	36

95	2	Horst Riedlingen	Germany	1,952,000	98
95	3	eMKey	SK	1,815,000	91
95	4	Tibor	Slovakia	987,000	49
95	5			755,859	38
95	6	Andreas Puhl	Germany	1,256,134	63
95	7	Daniel Wiedmann	Germany	598,482	30
95	8	Martin Joseph Kus	Canada	1,178,000	59

96	1	Ngoc Bui Hai	Germany	3,115,000	156
96	2	Josef Gulas	Czech Republic	2,140,000	107
96	4	Tobias Ziegler	Germany	421,981	21
96	5	Camilla Reventlow	Germany	1,198,000	60
96	6	Miroslav Lelek	Slovakia	3,703,000	185
96	7	Albert Skobelev	Russia	1,846,000	92
96	8	Ondrej Mar	Czech Republic	2,858,000	143

97	2	Laurent Manderlier	Belgium	1,720,000	86
97	3	SUPER_MARIO	Belgium	600,000	30
97	4	Elena Litvinyuk	Russia	1,858,000	93
97	5	Vojtech Ruzicka	Czech Republic	1,545,000	77
97	6	Bernd Rygol	Germany	2,485,000	124
97	8	Andreas Hildebrand	Germany	1,059,159	53
97	9	Jerome Abitbol	France	873,000	44

101	3	Tilo Schrimm	Germany	678,000	34
101	4	Philipp Gruissem	Germany	2,791,919	140
101	5	Marc Doring	Germany	1,687,000	84
101	6	Sergii Teslenko	Ukraine	340,000	17
101	7	Leo Tran	Germany	1,231,000	62
101	8	Giuseppe D'Imperio	Italy	2,126,000	106
101	9	Michael Ballack	Germany	1,600,000	80

102	1	Leo Schulz	Germany	2,040,000	102
102	2	Ivo Donev	Austria	1,930,000	97
102	3	Daniel Buhrig	Germany	1,000,000	50
102	4	Arsenii Karmatckii	Russia	3,114,000	156
102	6	Marcel Luske	Netherlands	2,109,000	105
102	7	Jan Henning	Germany	1,463,661	73
102	8	Karin Huber	Germany	704,000	35

103	1	Andrej Desset	Slovakia	1,724,000	86
103	2	Frank Robotka	Germany	2,165,000	108
103	3	Jaroslav Novotny	Czech Republic	975,000	49
103	4	Paris	Germany	1,409,000	70
103	6	Johannes Jonkers	Germany	1,690,000	85
103	7	Patrik Wagner	Germany	686,000	34
103	8	The Talk	Germany	1,436,000	72

107	1	Michael Brandau	Germany	1,526,000	76
107	3	Adam Wieczorek	Poland	482,770	24
107	5	Markus Eicher	Germany	594,000	30
107	6	rlyB	Germany	620,000	31
107	7	Vladimir Bednar	Slovakia	1,793,000	90
107	8	Ngoc Minh Hoang	Czech Republic	1,764,000	88
107	9	[Removed:24]	Germany	894,000	45

108	1	Joseph Bray	Germany	577,000	29
108	2	Maciej Kondraszuk	Poland	1,681,000	84
108	3	Dirk Flessing	Germany	1,740,146	87
108	4	Jack Sinclair	United Kingdom	1,377,000	69
108	5	David Scguster	Germany	504,000	25
108	7	Marko Simic	Germany	2,470,000	124
108	8	Christian Hoffmann	Germany	971,000	49

109	1	Kristen Bicknell	Canada	1,449,000	72
109	2	Ezequiel Lebed	Argentina	1,210,000	61
109	3	Aleksandr Lebedev	Russia	241,000	12
109	5	Flash	Germany	696,000	35
109	6	Zdeněk Záhorčík	Czech Republic	1,203,000	60
109	7	Stefan Fuchs	Germany	1,411,000	71
109	8	Leonardo Armino	Netherlands	1,308,000	65

113	1	Artur Wasek	Poland	483,000	24
113	2	Josef Šnejberg	Czech Republic	1,069,000	53
113	3	Kasparas Klezys	Lithuania	246,000	12
113	5	Kacper Pyzara	Poland	2,977,000	149
113	6	Martin Staszko	Czech Republic	2,658,000	133
113	7	David Taborsky	Czech Republic	2,047,000	102
113	8	Wladimir Gerner	Germany	1,088,000	54

114	1	Lukas Svoboda	Czech Republic	1,667,000	83
114	2	Han Kuo Yong	Germany	1,137,000	57
114	4	Mustafa Uyar	Germany	2,815,000	141
114	5	Fabian Wahlers	Germany	1,375,000	69
114	6	Hans-Jürgen Homner	Germany	1,586,000	79
114	8	Gregor Kampmann	Germany	204,000	10
114	9	Boris Kotleba	Slovakia	1,176,000	59

115	1	Frank De Busscher	Belgium	850,000	43
115	3	Bruno Stefanelli	Italy	1,223,000	61
115	5	Jesper Hansen	Denmark	2,913,000	146
115	6	Peter Marz	Germany	424,000	21
115	7	Sandro Pitzanti	Netherlands	2,450,000	123
115	8	Marko Topic	Bosnia	1,758,562	88
115	9	Christoph Brüll	Austria	2,084,000	104

119	2	Nicky Pietersz	Netherlands	906,000	45
119	3	Lukasz Wasek	Poland	267,000	13
119	4	Werner Oberbauer	Germany	1,042,000	52
119	5	Friedrich Raz	Switzerland	3,180,000	159
119	6	Levent Efe	Germany	1,100,000	55
119	8	David Novotny	Czech Republic	445,000	22
119	9	Christian Dewile	Germany	531,000	27

120	1	Petr Targa	Czech Republic	2,381,000	119
120	4	Mihai Stinca	Belgium	1,302,000	65
120	5	Markus Steger	Germany	1,000,000	50
120	6	Milan Topoly	Slovakia	1,902,000	95
120	7	Nicol Brix	Germany	310,000	16
120	8	Hossein Ensan	Germany	2,200,000	110
120	9	AffenPalme	Germany	291,000	15

121	1	Dominik Desset	Slovakia	910,000	46
121	2	Alexander Burkart	Germany	1,119,626	56
121	4	Jerome Sgorrano	Belgium	1,326,000	66
121	6	Andy Wool	United Kingdom	1,220,000	61
121	7	Michael Sklenička	Czech Republic	880,000	44
121	8	Jan Hajek	Czech Republic	699,000	35
121	9	Olena Kuzenna	Ukraine	460,000	23

125	1	Robert Kokoška	Czech Republic	555,000	28
125	3	Gert-Jan Kars	Netherlands	2,063,000	103
125	4	Rene Konig	Germany	175,208	9
125	5	Patrik Meca	Czech Republic	913,000	46
125	6	Claudius Istrate	Germany	578,000	29
125	7	Witold Krawczyk	Poland	453,000	23
125	8	Matej Olearnik	Slovakia	1,115,000	56

126	2	Teunis Kooij	Netherlands	2,184,000	109
126	3	Aleksei Ivanov	Belarus	478,000	24
126	4	Michal Schuh	Czech Republic	750,000	38
126	5	Julian Zahn	Germany	702,261	35
126	6	Manuel Hoffmann	Germany	514,000	26
126	7	Tezer Cetindag	Germany	1,304,000	65
126	9	Pim van Wieringen	Netherlands	1,760,000	88

127	1	Lukas Klima	Czech Republic	1,118,000	56
127	2	Petr Šubík	Czech Republic	860,000	43
127	3	SantaClaus	Germany	1,376,000	69
127	4	Oliver Sosna	Germany	1,565,000	78
127	5	Mike Emde	Germany	1,196,828	60
127	8	Vincas Tamašauskas	Lithuania	771,000	39
127	9	Lulzim Gajraku	Germany	675,000	34

131	1	Jan-Peter Jachtmann	Germany	1,902,329	95
131	3	Grzegorz Wyraz	Poland	802,243	40
131	4	Jan Schurr	Germany	1,151,222	58
131	5	Nico Heinrich	Germany	417,340	21
131	6	Paul Rosner	Austria	3,095,000	155
131	7	Oliver Hauck	Germany	1,020,000	51
131	9	Erich Kollmann	Austria	1,384,000	69

132	2	Aymon Hata	United Kingdom	1,312,539	66
132	3	Zdenko Slavik	Slovakia	1,451,000	73
132	6	Rinaldo Aquino	Brazil	2,880,000	144
132	7	Matous Skorepa	Czech Republic	1,279,000	64
132	8	Wilhelm Isaak	Germany	601,000	30
132	9	Martin Sturc	Germany	699,940	35

133	1	Jan Zavoral	Czech Republic	1,134,000	57
133	3	Manuel De Leyva Perez	Spain	828,261	41
133	5	Aleksandr Nemtcov	Russia	698,000	35
133	6	Claudia Lokar	Germany	926,000	46
133	7	Matouš Houžvíček	Czech Republic	1,857,000	93
133	8	Andrey Ivlev	Russia	939,110	47
133	9	Gerald Karlic	Austria	1,421,000	71

137	3	King	Germany	220,000	11
137	4	Way-Lap Wong	Malaysia	671,914	34
137	5	Sebastian Langrock	Austria	686,000	34
137	6	Fabrice Halleux	Belgium	2,095,000	105
137	7	Julian Thomas	Austria	1,073,000	54
137	8	LocalHero	Germany	1,243,000	62
137	9	Boris Becker	United Kingdom	2,839,000	142

138	2	Marek Tatar	Slovakia	3,100,000	155
138	3	Jeff Lisandro	Australia	1,236,000	62
138	4	Philipp Zukernik	Canada	1,152,000	58
138	5	Vítězslav Pešta	Czech Republic	895,000	45
138	6	Henning W.	Germany	1,343,000	67
138	7	Kubala	Germany	516,000	26
138	9	FREEAIR	Switzerland	1,136,000	57

139	1	Jan Mach	Czech Republic	3,666,000	183
139	2	Herz Wie Löwe	Germany	3,033,000	152
139	4	Oliver Knoll	Germany	1,204,000	60
139	5	Artur Rudziankov	Czech Republic	1,746,000	87
139	6	Stanislav Jaksa	Czech Republic	866,000	43
139	7	Ducardo Ueberfeldt	Germany	1,341,000	67
139	8	Jan Bednar	Czech Republic	940,000	47

143	1	Mohamed Harrouchy	Belgium	2,945,000	147
143	4	Natalia Breviglieri	United Kingdom	958,000	48
143	5	Alamzad Sina	Romania	3,996,000	200
143	6	Enrique	Germany	1,407,080	70
143	7	Anna Yamshchikova	Russia	811,000	41
143	8	Sonay Kehya	Netherlands	4,667,000	233

144	1	Cyborg	Germany	2,394,000	120
144	3	Mandrake	Germany	615,000	31
144	5	Wim Neys	Belgium	816,000	41
144	6	Andreas Ahrer	Austria	1,860,395	93
144	7	Prezes	Poland	329,000	16
144	9	Julez	Germany	1,339,000	67

145	2	Grzegorz Idziak	Poland	1,142,000	57
145	3	Viktor Langlitz	Germany	8,058,000	403
145	6	Jan Penc	Czech Republic	1,136,000	57
145	7	Eugen Schirnin	Germany	776,000	39
145	8	Armin Voss	Germany	1,333,000	67
145	9	Milan Hart	Czech Republic	910,000	46