Day 2 of the 2017 PokerStars Festival Hamburg High Roller Kicks Off at 5pm!
The most expensive tournament of the 2017 PokerStars Festival at Casino Schenefeld in Hamburg, the €2,200 High Roller, kicked off the previous day and attracted a total field of 90 entries including 10 players that fired a second bullet. Of those, only 28 bagged up chips and more than half of them will leave empty-handed.
Only the top 13 spots will receive a share of the €174,600 prize pool with the min cash worth €3,490, while thw winner takes home €46,380. In the lead for Day 2 is Toni Vardjavand with 273,900, followed by local player Andre Haneberg with 221,900, while Sven Leu is third in chips with 182,900. Three former European Poker Tour Main Event champions are also still in contention including EPT3 Baden winner Thang Duc Nguyen (180,300), EPT8 Madrid champion Frederik Jensen (178,200) as well as EPT4 Warsaw champion Michael Schulze (78,200).
Other notables that will return to the tables of the Casino Schenefeld to battle for the PokerStars Festival High Roller trophy are Grzegorz Derkowski (144,700), Daniel Belov (98,200), [Removed:65] (71,200), Martin Wendt (54,300) and Aleksandar Tomovic (49,900).
The action will recommence with level 13 and blinds of 1,200/2,400 with a running ante of 400 and the levels continue to last 40 minutes throughout until a champion is crowned.
€2,200 High Roller Day 2 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Toni Vardjavand | Germany | 273,900 | 114 |
| 1 | 2 | Sven Leu | Germany | 182,900 | 76 |
| 1 | 4 | Jakob Madsen | Denmark | 136,900 | 57 |
| 1 | 5 | De Han Kim | Germany | 94,600 | 39 |
| 1 | 6 | Thang Duc Nguyen | Germany | 180,300 | 75 |
| 1 | 7 | Oleg Volosin | Estonia | 43,600 | 18 |
| 1 | 8 | Fredrik Andersson | Sweden | 34,900 | 15 |
| 2 | 2 | Negjdet Avdylaj | Macedonia | 37,800 | 16 |
| 2 | 3 | Andre Haneberg | Germany | 221,900 | 92 |
| 2 | 4 | Christian Freimuller | Germany | 61,600 | 26 |
| 2 | 5 | Adnan Dizdarevic | Denmark | 35,100 | 15 |
| 2 | 6 | [Removed:179] | Germany | 56,500 | 24 |
| 2 | 7 | Daniel Belov | Estonia | 98,200 | 41 |
| 2 | 8 | Aleksandar Tomovic | Serbia | 49,900 | 21 |
| 3 | 1 | Erkan Sonmez | Germany | 48,200 | 20 |
| 3 | 2 | Jamila von Perger | Germany | 71,600 | 30 |
| 3 | 3 | Vytis Paskevicius | Lithuania | 130,000 | 54 |
| 3 | 5 | Michael Schulze | Germany | 78,200 | 33 |
| 3 | 6 | Vitaly Karayvan | Russia | 74,600 | 31 |
| 3 | 7 | [Removed:65] | Germany | 71,200 | 30 |
| 3 | 8 | Said Hossein Madani | Germany | 42,000 | 18 |
| 4 | 1 | Florian Bach | Germany | 67,900 | 28 |
| 4 | 2 | Martin Wendt | Denmark | 54,300 | 23 |
| 4 | 3 | Jonas Wohlgemuth | Germany | 49,800 | 21 |
| 4 | 4 | Frederik Jensen | Denmark | 178,200 | 74 |
| 4 | 5 | Roberto Manfredi | Italy | 78,000 | 33 |
| 4 | 6 | Grzegorz Derkowski | Germany | 144,700 | 60 |
| 4 | 8 | Rishi Bhasin | Germany | 91,700 | 38 |
The PokerNews live reporting team will provide all the action from the floor until a winner is crowned and you can also check the updates of Day 1a of the €1,100 Main Event as well.
and the action checked to Bhasin, who bet 7,000. Wendt folded while Derkowski check-raised to 22,000. Bhasin moved all in and was snap-called.
turn improved Derkowski to unbeatable quads, and the 
river was a blank.
and Nguyen was left empty-handed.
appeared on the turn and Schulze now bet 22,000, which De Han min-raised to 45,000. Schulze called after just a few seconds of consideration and left himself with around 60,000 behind. On the 
river, Schulze gave it a minute before moving all in and De Han snap-called. Since the other table was already finished, they turned over the cards right away.
for the nut straight to let the bubble burst.
appeared on the turn and Haneberg checked, Paskevicius bet 36,000 and quickly called the shove of Haneberg.
and Henning improved to trips nines, sending Karayvan to the rail in 11th place for €3,750.
left Belov drawing dead on the turn and he headed to the rail in 10th place for €3,750. A short break is to follow in order to redraw and set up the unofficial final table.
