€2,200 High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2017 partypoker LIVE Million Germany
€2,200 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 partypoker LIVE Million Germany
Buy-in
€2,200
Entries
100
Level
28
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Day 1 in the Books: Anatoly Filatov Leads the High Roller at partypoker LIVE Million Germany
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Level 7
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
After seven levels of 45 minutes each, Day 1 of the 2017 partypoker LIVE Million Germany €2,200 High Roller at King's Casino Rozvadov generated a total of 65 entries. Most of the field made it through with 48 hopefuls bagging up chips when the tournament clock was finally stopped just before midnight.
Play initially began on just one table before a handful of players joined in on the action, necessitating the opening of a second table. Among the early participants was partypoker Ambassador Natalia Breviglieri, and though the Brit got off to quite the start by four-betting ace-eight suited and rivering a straight against Norway's Lars Wik, she was also the first one out a couple of hours later after losing a big one to fellow team pro Anatoly Filatov before she ultimately shoved the remains of her stack into the straight of Jan Mach.
Breviglieri reentered but never succeeded in regaining momentum, and she busted her second bullet shortly before the end of the day. Filatov, however, never looked back, and more than tripled his starting stack during today's play. The Russian will have 304,700 chips when the tournament restarts - good enough for the overnight chip lead.
Another partypoker Ambassador in Rozvadov to not bag and tag any chips in this high roller was Jan-Peter Jachtmann. The German cash game specialist didn't register until late in the day thanks to the concurrent live streamed €100/€100 pot-limit Omaha game, which later became a €200/€200 game. Although he did take a seat in the tournament area around 10:30 p.m., he never managed to get anything going and busted within the hour. It doesn't seem likely the bracelet-holder will lose any sleep over his High Roller exit, as he ended up a €67,000 winner in the cash game, and the German is expected to make it back into the tournament during the late registration period tomorrow.
Other notables to advance includes EPT Grand Final winner Jan Bendik (267,100) and WSOP bracelet holder Paul Michaelis (195,000), while Germany's Phillip Gruissem (111,500) made it through despite having a tough day at the felt.
Another 35 entries are needed to reach the €200,000 guarantee but with late registration and reentry still available during the first three levels tomorrow, the total tally might very well end up surpassing the 100 players needed.
High Roller action will resume at midday tomorrow, and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide you with every bad beat, cooler and hero call until a winner has been crowned. Furthermore, there will be coverage from the €1,000,000 guaranteed partypoker LIVE Million Germany Main Event tomorrow from 3 p.m., so don't forget to tune in for another great day of poker coverage.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 7
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
304,700 | 164,700 |
|
272,800 | 272,800 |
|
271,900 | 271,900 |
|
267,100 | 62,100 |
|
228,600 | -26,400 |
|
204,200 | 204,200 |
|
201,200 | 201,200 |
|
195,000 | 138,000 |
|
|
188,000 | 88,000 |
|
178,400 | 178,400 |
|
|
177,900 | 177,900 |
|
|
177,300 | 177,300 |
|
172,400 | 172,400 |
|
166,900 | 166,900 |
|
166,300 | 8,300 |
|
166,300 | 166,300 |
|
160,100 | 71,100 |
|
159,000 | 59,000 |
|
158,300 | 56,300 |
|
158,000 | 158,000 |
|
138,000 | 38,000 |
|
136,600 | 136,600 |
|
|
135,500 | 135,500 |
|
130,500 | 30,500 |
|
125,000 | 125,000 |
Anatoly Filatov First Over 300K & "Feels Cool"
Level 7
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Players are playing the final hands and bagging chips. Partypoker Ambassador Anatoly Filatov from Russia can go to sleep tonight knowing he will come back with over 150 big blinds as he bagged a stack of 304,700 with tomorrow action kicking off with blinds at 1,000/2,000 with an ante of 300.
Filatov was having fun all day long whether he was chatting with fellow players, listen to music or filming on his Go Pro camera. One player even gave Filatov a refresher about a WSOP tournament a few years ago where they both went deep.
The Russian poker pro shared that he "feels cool" about his day with mostly everything going his way and "had fun and was entertained" at the same time. His day started off good and got better. Straight out of the gates, he chipped up against fellow partypoker Ambassador Natalia Breviglieri after hitting a runner-runner full house to beat her set.
After his early start, Filatov explained his key to success was "just winning a lot of pots."
As play on the day is wrapping up, a full list of chip counts as well as an end-of-day recap will follow shortly.
Clock Stopped
Level 7
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The clock stopped with about 15 minutes left in Level 7 with the tournament director announcing for dealers to deal four more hands.
Pyzara Returns
Level 7
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Kacper Pyzara became the first player in the field to fire his third bullet. He is likely to carry this one into tomorrow with the tournament director about to call for the final few hands of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Kacper Pyzara Busted Twice
Level 6
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Kacper Pyzara was one of the players building a stack early before being eliminated. He quickly re-entered and his second entry lasted less than a blind level.
On his second bullet, Pyzara bluffed all in for 114,000 with 
on a 
board. His opponent tanked before calling with pocket aces.
Pyzara has a little more than one blind level left today to re-enter for his third bullet. He can also re-enter tomorrow up until Level 10 concludes a couple of hours into Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
"My Name is Joe Campbell, and I'm Here to Gamble"
Level 6
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Michal Mrakes opened up the action early, and Jan-Peter Jachtmann on the button reraised to 13,000. With action back on Mrakes, he shoved all in for 55,200 total, and Jachtmann wasted no time getting the table talk going.
"My name is Joe Campbell, and I'm here to gamble," the German proclaimed with a forced American accent, resulting in quite a few laughs around the table. Ultimately Jachtmann committed the additional 42,200 chips and hands were on their backs.
Mrakes: 
Jachtmann: 
"Ooooh, so close. Give me a six," Jachtmann said with a smile on his face, but it quickly faded as the board ran out 
. Jachtmann is down to less than half a starting stack while Mrakes is back above the 100K mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
114,000 | 114,000 |
|
40,000 | -60,000 |
Wik Last One Standing in Five-Way Pot
Level 6
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Piotr Sadowski opened to 2,800 from early position, and that turned out to be a popular rate as four players made the call including Norbert Berent and Lars Wik.
Sadowski fired out 6,000 on the 
flop, but Wik had bigger plans and made it 16,000 total from the button. Only Sadowski called. The dealer burned and turned the 
before Sadowski checked his option. Wik continued for 18,000 leaving himself 35,000 behind, and Sadowski contemplated his options for a few minutes before releasing his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000 | 40,300 |
|
|
102,000 | 102,000 |