The flop read and Gevorg Gevorgian had bet 1,200 from the hijack. Aleksandar Tomovic had shoved for more than Gevorgian still had behind. He took some time but then called.
Aleksandar Tomovic:
Gevorg Gevorgian:
Tomovic had hit a set of kings and Gevorgian had top pair with the aces. He needed some help to survive this all-in.
The turn brought them the and the on the river were not the cards he was looking for as he grabbed his stuff and left the tournament area.
Toni Vardjavand called a bet of 9,000 by Daniel Montagnolli on the river of a board and the Austrian flashed queen-high, which Vardjavand had beat with . Several players tapped the table and said "good call."
This threw Montagnolli off the top of the counts while Andre Haneberg is right there now. He had already built a massive stack and just check-raised Jay Tse after defending his big blind in a three-way pot. The flop showed and Tse's bet of 1,600 was met by a raise to 4,225 by Haneberg, who forced a fold from the under-the-gun player and Tse. "Do you want to see?" Haneberg asked and offered to show one of his cards.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
and Gevorg Gevorgian had bet 1,200 from the hijack. Aleksandar Tomovic had shoved for more than Gevorgian still had behind. He took some time but then called.
and the 
on the river were not the cards he was looking for as he grabbed his stuff and left the tournament area.
and the Austrian flashed queen-high, which Vardjavand had beat with 
. Several players tapped the table and said "good call."
and Tse's bet of 1,600 was met by a raise to 4,225 by Haneberg, who forced a fold from the under-the-gun player and Tse. "Do you want to see?" Haneberg asked and offered to show one of his cards.
was revealed.
came on the flop and now Leu bet 1,600. Freimuller called.
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 Madani split the main pot of 14,000 with 
.
and Pham locked up the double on the turn already.
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.
river, Derkowski moved all in for 21,575 and Belov reluctantly called to see his opponent turn over 
and Broch rivered a four to remain in contention.
