The Winner of the PokerStars Festival Hamburg Main Event Will be Determined Tonight
A winner will be crowned today as the final day of the PokerStars Festival Hamburg Main Event is commencing again at 1 p.m local time. The winner will take home the trophy but also very important, an amazing amount of €105,850. A pretty wonderful return for their €1,100 buy-in.
Ulrich Pauls will start the day with a convincing chip lead but nothing is said and done yet as there are 14 other players that have their eyes set on the tournament win. Pauls won his chips by eliminating quite a few players yesterday and bluffing his way through some big hands. Karolis Domarkas, the friendly Lithuanian, won’t be that nice to just let Pauls continue the run he had yesterday. Even though Domarkas starts at the other table, he will try his best to stop Pauls if they get to the same table.
PokerStars Team Pro Marcin Horecki will be looking to take this win for the PokerStars team. He had a wonderful day yesterday by going from 26,000 chips to finishing with 1,825,000 in his bag. Those are 76 big blinds, so he has enough room to play around with those. Igor Rybak on the other hand has some less space to make big moves as he took 7 big blinds with him from yesterday.
All in all, today will be an action filled day as they play down to a winner. The PokerNews live reporting will be here to bring you all the updates until a new PokerStars Festival Hamburg Main Event Champion has been determined.
Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Marcin Horecki | Poland | 1,825,000 | 76 |
| 1 | 2 | Rudolf Koster | Germany | 431,000 | 18 |
| 1 | 3 | Igor Rybak | Russia | 171,000 | 7 |
| 1 | 4 | Peter Jaksland | Denmark | 897,000 | 37 |
| 1 | 5 | Ulrich Pauls | Germany | 2,653,000 | 111 |
| 1 | 6 | Behzad Zarnegar | Germany | 1,425,000 | 59 |
| 1 | 7 | Bo Rundström | Sweden | 655,000 | 27 |
| 1 | 8 | Daniel Stacey | United Kingdom | 1,112,000 | 46 |
| 2 | 1 | Jan Sigel | Germany | 1,019,000 | 42 |
| 2 | 2 | [Removed:431] | Germany | 1,620,000 | 68 |
| 2 | 3 | Michal Lubas | Poland | 635,000 | 26 |
| 2 | 5 | Karolis Domarkas | Lithuania | 2,234,000 | 93 |
| 2 | 6 | De Han Kim | Germany | 284,000 | 12 |
| 2 | 7 | Alaettin Keles | Germany | 1,463,000 | 61 |
| 2 | 8 | Andrei Nodea | Romania | 543,000 | 23 |
- Horecki paired his ace up on the river to deal the final blow of Rybak and send him to the rail. Rybak finished in 15th place today.
, Lubas bet 230,000, Steinfeuer shoved for 708,000 and Lubas snap-called.
to complete the board. No help for Steinfeuer as he was sent to the rail in 14th place.
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and neither short stack improved to see Jaksland bow out in 13th place, while Stacey took 12th place. Both take home €6,490 for their efforts and the field has suddenly been reduced to the last 11 hopefuls.
and the four on the turn was followed by an eight on the river to see Kim bow out in 11th place for €7,640.
on the turn. Domarkas bet 125,000 and Sigel immediately responded with a shove. Domarkas asked for a count. After the dealer had counted Sigel's stack, it was confirmed that Sigel had 660,000 behind. Domarkas tanked, looked at the board and Sigel's stack several times, and then ended up calling. 
for top pair. Sigel punched the table with happiness when the dealer completed the board with the 
for a flush and the double up.
- no help for Keles as Domarkas had the higher kicker and Keles was eliminated in 10th place.
river a formality. Köster takes home €9,290 for his efforts and the official eight-handed final table has now been reached.
and Horecki was drawing dead on the turn, bowing out in 8th place for €11,770.
