In a battle hijack versus cutoff, a pot of 9,000 emerged before the flop of and Erkan Sonmez checked first to act. Florian Bach bet 3,400 and Sonmez check-raised to 8,900, picking up a call by Bach.
On the turn, Sonmez checked and called a bet of 12,000 before moving all in for 18,600 on the river. Bach had him covered by less than one big blind and called, then mucked when Sonmez flipped over for the nut flush. Bach was thrown all the way down to 300 chips and then doubled twice to get up to 4,000.
Gevorg Gevorgian reentered during the dinner break so had found himself another seat at a new table. He raised to 1,600 from the hijack and was called by Jan Meinberg in the big blind.
The flop came and Meinberg checked. Gevorgian continued with a bet of 1,600 which Meinberg called.
They both checked through the on the turn and the on the river. Meinberg showed but was outclassed by Gevorgian with the in his hand and Gevorgian is back to building his stack up.
The registration period has now officially ended and the tournament staff has confirmed that there were 90 entries in total with 80 unique players entering the event. The details of the prize pool will be announced soon.
When we hear that a PokerStars Festival Cup event has come to an end, we usually assume that Sander van Wesemael has won it. After all, the young Dutchman took down three consecutive events (the Marbella Poker Cup, Lille Poker Cup, and Barcelona Poker Cup) throughout June, July and August in 2017.
But seeing as Van Wesemael let someone else have a chance in Dublin (Ankit Ahuja took that one down), it wasn't too surprising to discover we had a first-time winner here in Hamburg too.
Francesco Delfoco was sent to the rail while Fredrick Andersson re-entered just before the end of the level.
Jan Timo Jobmann was all in for 10,300 on the and Said Hossein Madani eventually called. Jobmann showed and Madani split the main pot of 14,000 with .
Soon after Madani got into a raising war with Phong Than Pham and five-bet before calling the shove of the Dane for 29,925.
Phong Than Pham:
Said Hossein Madani:
The board ran out and Pham locked up the double on the turn already.
There was one other big pot going and that included Gregor Derkowski on his second bullet and Daniel Belov. Derkowski raised to 1,100 and Belov called on the button. On the flop, Derkowski checked and called a bet of 1,000 before checking the turn. Belov bet 2,500 and called a check-raise to 8,000 by Derkowski.
On the river, Derkowski moved all in for 21,575 and Belov reluctantly called to see his opponent turn over for a full house, Belov only had .
Sven Leu raised to 1,300 from the under-the-gun position and was called by Christian Freimuller in the cutoff.
The came on the flop and now Leu bet 1,600. Freimuller called.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Leu decided to check in this instance but Freimuller bet 4,000 without much hesitation. Leu tanked but then called. Freimuller showed for top pair and that enough for Leu to throw his cards into the muck.
and Erkan Sonmez checked first to act. Florian Bach bet 3,400 and Sonmez check-raised to 8,900, picking up a call by Bach.
turn, Sonmez checked and called a bet of 12,000 before moving all in for 18,600 on the 
river. Bach had him covered by less than one big blind and called, then mucked 
when Sonmez flipped over 
for the nut flush. Bach was thrown all the way down to 300 chips and then doubled twice to get up to 4,000.
and Gevorg Gevorgian looked him up with the 
. The board came 
and Rohr doubled.
and Meinberg checked. Gevorgian continued with a bet of 1,600 which Meinberg called.
on the turn and the 
in his hand and Gevorgian is back to building his stack up.
and Said Hossein Madani eventually called. Jobmann showed 
.
and Pham locked up the double on the turn already.
turn. Belov bet 2,500 and called a check-raise to 8,000 by Derkowski.
river, Derkowski moved all in for 21,575 and Belov reluctantly called to see his opponent turn over 
for a full house, Belov only had 
.
