Main Event
Day 2 Started
2017 partypoker LIVE Million Germany
Main Event
Day: 2
Welcome to Day 2 of the €1,100 partypoker LIVE Million Germany Main Event
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With players from Day 1a through Day 1g joining together, the Day 2 field of the €1M guaranteed partypoker LIVE MILLION Germany Main Event is sure to be a battle of the highest level. A lot of familiar faces are at the King's Casino in Rozvadov today, where qualifiers from both the online and live heats will be combined for a final showdown for the very first time.
Current chip leader going into Day 2 is German player Jung Dirg, who amassed an impressive 1,227,100 chips after 12 levels of play on Day 1a. He is still the only player to break into seven figures, but a lot of players are chasing his tail with Czech Josef Antoš as the closest contender with 950,000. Both men will have high hopes of making Day 3 with a chip count to challenge for the €200,000 top prize, but they'll have plenty of company in the chasing pack from their opening days at the felt.
Main Event Day 1 Details
| Day | Entrants | Survivors | Day Chip Leader | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1a (Live) | 28 | 5 | Jung Dirg | 1,227,100 |
| Day 1b (Online) | 22 | 7 | Damien Collins | 642,337 |
| Day 1c (Online) | 58 | 17 | Lukasz Finkas | 588,885 |
| Day 1d (Live) | 37 | 8 | Yehuda Cohen | 782,900 |
| Day 1e (Live) | 146 | 50 | Josef Antoš | 950,500 |
| Day 1f (Live) | 384 | 132 | Prezes | 810,000 |
| Day 1g (Live) | 139 | ~80 | Christian Stoyanov | 505,000 |
| No-Shows (Online Qualifiers) | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 820 | ~299 |
Other challengers will filter in the field today, including former EPT Grand Final champion Jan Bendik and partypoker Sponsored Pros Jan-Peter Jachtmann and Anatoly Filatov.
Blind levels are back to 45 minutes today after the Day 1g turbo heat that ended less than 20 minutes ago. The plan for today is to play to sooner of 13 levels are completed or the field narrowing down to 24 players. Cards should be in the air any minute now.
Day 2 Level structure
| Level | Clock | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 45 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 500 |
| 14 | 45 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 |
| 15 | 45 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 |
| 16 | 45 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 2,000 |
| 17 | 45 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 2,000 |
| 18 | 45 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 |
| 19 | 45 | 12,000 | 24,000 | 3,000 |
| 20 | 45 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 3,000 |
| 21 | 45 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 4,000 |
| 22 | 45 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 |
| 23 | 45 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 5,000 |
| 24 | 45 | 40,000 | 80,000 | 10,000 |
| 25 | 45 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 10,000 |
The Pokernews live reporting team will be on the floor to bring you every bit of poker action. You don't want to miss what is sure to be an epic day of tournament poker.
Level: 13
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 13
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Partypoker Tournament Director Christian Scalzi has asked the dealers to shuffle up and deal the first hand of Day 2.
Players Advancing from Day 1g
Level 13
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
With around 80 players advancing from today's turbo heat and just 15 minutes between Day 1g ended and Day 2 restarted, there has been no time to compose a list with the players advancing.
What we do know is, that right around 80 players made it through and are now back at the felt after a quick stretching of legs. Among the notables advancing are partypoker Ambassador Natalia Breviglieri, partypoker streamer Jonty Willis, Philipp Gruissem, Andre Haneberg, Norbert Berent and Aleksandar Tomovic.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000 | 5,000 |
|
225,000 | 165,000 |
|
185,000 | 85,000 |
|
125,000 | 10,000 |
|
105,000 | 105,000 |
|
100,000 | 10,000 |
Fozzy Excited to Double
Level 13
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
King's Casino regular Fozzy is well-known for wearing a Pittsburgh Steelers jersey while playing. He is also well-known for loud celebrations when he wins a hand.
He advanced from the Turbo Day 1g into Day 2 with about 10 big blinds. Very soon after Day 2 began, he jammed his stack with king-jack and was called by a player with ace-ten. The queen-ten-eight flop gave him a straight draw and two overcards.
After the nine completed his straight on the turn, Fozzy shouted loudly enough for everyone in the tournament area to hear, "Yeah!"
A seven completed the board on the river and Fozzy increased his stack to 137,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
137,000 | 137,000 |
Rounding Chips For Online Players
Level 13
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Many players that qualified to Day 2 via an online Day 1 had odd chip count numbers due to no chip runoffs and the general nature of online poker.
Their chip stacks were rounded off. As an example, partypoker Sponsored Pro Jan-Peter Jachtmann ended one of the online opening days with 410,214 and the stack was rounded to 410,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
410,000 | 410,000 |
Ala-Kassam and There's a Double
Level 13
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Yehuda Bardugo came into the pot with a raise to 12,000 from early position, and both the button and small blind made the call. Rehman Kassam in the big blind moved all-in for 105,000 total and with action back on Bardugo he reshoved for more than 600,000. The two remaining players wanted none of that, and the pot was heads up.
Kassam: 
Bardugo: 
Kassam was out in front, and it stayed that way through the 
flop. The 
on the turn sealed the deal, but the dealer still put out the 
river for good measure.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000 | |
|
235,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Jan-Peter Jachtmann Back on the Stream
Level 14
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
The day before the Main Event began, partypoker Sponsored Pro Jan-Peter Jachtmann won over €67,000 playing €100/€100 and €200/€200 pot-limit Omaha on the televised feature table.
He is back under the lights and camera with his table now being commentated on a 30-minute delay. You can check out the action by clicking on the Live Streaming tab in our coverage.
Also on the stream is British poker pro James Akenhead.