Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Austria
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Austria
Buy-in
€115
Entries
2,794
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Mirel Pfaffenrath Leads The Way at partypoker Grand Prix Austria Main Event After Day 1b
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Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Play has concluded on the first of this weekend’s two live Day 1’s at the €500,000 guaranteed partypoker Grand Prix Austria €115 Main Event in Vienna. A total of 158 entrants joined us at the Montesino Card Casino for the 1pm flight, with a further 337 for the 7pm flight, and 60 more for 1030pm hyper-turbo.
With a queue to the door during registration of the second flight, it’s safe to assume that tomorrow will be equally busy, with hundreds of eyes on that six-figure prizepool.
Mirel Pfaffenrath leads the way at the end of Friday’s action, bagging up 1,138,000 in chips and is one of only two players to make it through with a seven-figure stack. Also bagging up over a million is Vladimir Cocis with 1,058,000. Other notable stacks include Alex Halmenschlager with 988,000, Jaroslav Pech with 975,000, and Yans Wang with 965,000.
We’re going to do the same thing tomorrow, with PokerNews providing coverage of the 1pm and 7pm flights, as well as the 1030pm hyper-turbo to finish. These will run alongside multiple day 1’s held at Concord Card Casino venues throughout Vienna.
Day 2 begins at 230pm local time on Sunday 8th, with the blind levels doubling in length to 40 minutes, while the final day takes place on Monday 9th at 1pm, with 60-minute blind levels, and the PokerNews live reporting team will be here to capture all of it.
Day 1B Chip Counts (full)
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,138,000 | |
|
1,058,000 | 388,000 |
|
|
988,000 | |
|
975,000 | |
|
925,000 | |
|
886,000 | |
|
726,000 | |
|
718,000 | |
|
|
716,000 | |
|
|
713,000 | |
|
|
700,000 | |
|
|
697,000 | |
|
|
680,000 | |
|
|
618,000 | |
|
|
593,000 | |
|
572,000 | |
|
|
525,000 | |
|
|
466,000 | |
|
|
402,000 | |
|
|
393,000 | |
|
358,000 | |
|
|
346,000 | |
|
|
346,000 | |
|
|
317,000 | |
|
|
279,000 |
The Bubble Has Burst!
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The bubble has burst in both the second flight and the hyper-turbo flight!
One of the many short stacked players in the second flight moved all-in for his last 120,000 with 
, running into Friedrich Pfalzer's 
. The whole room was funking for Pfalzer, hoping he faded an eight. It was a great start for all those hoping to make the cash, as Pfalzer flopped top set on the 
flop. The turn 
secured a €250 min-cash for our 34 remaining players, with the 
completing the board and concluding the day's action.
The tournament officials are now busy bagging up the chips, and distributing the payouts, with all of the remaining players having earned themselves a good night's sleep, and a whole day off before play resumes on Sunday.
We will have chip counts for you shortly.
Better Luck This Time
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The player who had his kings cracked in the last post found himself all-in again, this time at risk, with kings again, this time versus two queens. He held on an 
runout to double up his 111,000 stack and stay alive on the bubble.
Brutal Run Out
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
It was clear we were looking at two big hands, as the button and big blind on table 32 went to war. It took a few bets, but the pair managed to get all-in pre, with both players turning over pocket kings. The was an eruption of audible surprise from tablemates and spectators alike, and a look of relief on both players' faces born from not running into aces.
It suddenly all got a little dicey for the player on the button, as the dealer spread an 
flop, giving the player in the big blind a flush draw. Another groan eminated from the table, this time one of anticipation.
The dealer burned and turned the and the crowd went crazy. The player on the button, unsurprisingly, did not see the funny side, as the majority of his chips were cut down and shipped across the table. Not the ideal scenario when you're three from the money!
Hyper Turbo Almost Home
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
There are just nine players left on the last table of the 1030pm hyper-turbo. They're looking to lose three more players before they reach the money, and bag up for Day 2 on Sunday.
Running Into It
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
We lost one of our three remaining female players from this flight of Grand Prix Austria, when the player in the cutoff 3-bet shoved for 333,000 and ran into a monster waiting in the small blind who also shoved. The big blind and original raiser both took a moment before folding, but eventually made the right decision.
She rolled over 
but was drawing just two outs, having run head first into the small blind's 
. The 
did not help, at all. The bricked the turn, with the 
pairing the river, and that was all she wrote. We're now down to our last 41 players, seven from the money.
Quickest Call Of The Day So Far
Level 18
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
With action on table 24 folding all the way around, the player on the button decided to move all-in, amply covering both the blinds. No sooner had the words left his lips, the player in the small blind shouted, "yep!" and was also awarded a big, red "all-in" button. The big blind quickly got out of the way and the cards were on their backs.
The button's 
was in bad shape against the small blind's , and it was all but over after he flopped top pair on 
. It was going to take running cards, of which the 
appeared in precisely zero of those combinations, and the button was turned dead. The was dealt on the river as a mere formality, as 110,000 was shipped from button to small blind, as he picks up a crucial double 14 players from the money.
Level: 18
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000