2017 PokerStars Festival Hamburg

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival Hamburg

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
43
Prize
€105,850
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€549,990
Entries
567
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Cicek Eliminated by Keles

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Alaettin Keles
Alaettin Keles

Iso Cicek shoved all in for his remaining 2,400 from the hijack and was called by the small blind and Alaettin Keles in the big blind.

They checked through the {9-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} on the flop to the {6-Diamonds} on the turn. The player in the small blind check-called the 2,300 bet of Keles.

The {8-Hearts} on the river completed the board, now the small blind check-folded to the 5,000 bet of Keles. Keles showed {K-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for the turned flush and Cicek was done for today as he held {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} in his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Alaettin Keles de
Alaettin Keles
32,000
-2,500
-2,500
Iso Cicek de
Iso Cicek
Busted

Tags: Alaettin KelesIso Cicek

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Mandic Doubles Through Januskevicius

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The pre-flop action is unclear but Tomislav Mandic had the all-in triangle in front of him for 25,300 while he was seated in the big blind. He was called by Gediminas Januskevicius in the cutoff.

Tomislav Mandic: {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}
Gediminas Januskevicius: {J-Spades}{J-Clubs}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{5-Spades}{a-Spades}{8-Hearts} - Mandic hit his set of fives on the flop and doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Tomislav Mandic de
Tomislav Mandic
58,000
4,000
4,000
Gediminas Januskevicius lt
Gediminas Januskevicius
25,000

Tags: Tomislav MandicGediminas Januskevicius

Baumann Shoves

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Franz Baumann limped from mid-position and action folded to Peyman Lueth on the button. He decided to raise to 4,000 and Baumann called.

The flop came {A-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{8-Spades}, Baumann check-called the 5,000 bet of Lueth.

The turn brought them the {9-Spades}, Baumann checked, Lueth tank-checked.

The river completed the board with the {9-Hearts}, Baumann looked at his cards again and shoved for about 15,000. Lueth tanked again but now he folded.

Player Chips Progress
Peyman Lueth de
Peyman Lueth
49,000
49,000
49,000
Franz Baumann de
Franz Baumann
35,000
35,000
35,000

Tags: Franz BaumannPeyman Lueth

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Munster's Aces Are Good

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Kai Munster raised to 2,700 from the under-the-gun position and was called by Rizkallah Kocheiche, in the hijack, and Juergen Boehm, in the big blind.

The flop came {Q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{J-Spades} on which they all checked to the {8-Clubs} on the turn. Boehm checked, Munster bet 4,500, Kocheiche called and Boehm now folded.

The river completed the board with the {5-Hearts} and both players checked. Munster tabled {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds} for an overpair which was good enough to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Rizkallah Kocheiche de
Rizkallah Kocheiche
140,000
30,000
30,000
Kai Munster de
Kai Munster
115,000
36,000
36,000
Fabian Demand de
Fabian Demand
72,000
Thomas Merten de
Thomas Merten
50,000
30,000
30,000
Juergen Boehm de
Juergen Boehm
43,000

Tags: Rizkallah KocheicheKai MunsterJuergen Boehm

Benedetto Makes the Right Call

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Angelo Benedetto
Angelo Benedetto

The board read {Q-Spades}{5-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Spades} with a pot of about 12,000 already. Norbert Seefeldt bet 6,100 from the big blind and Angelo Benedetto was sitting in the tank from under-the-gun. After some careful consideration, he decided to make the call.

Seefeldt showed {K-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for the missed straight draw and Benedetto knew he had made the right call as he turned over {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Angelo Benedetto it
Angelo Benedetto
101,000
77,000
77,000
Norbert Seefeldt de
Norbert Seefeldt
78,000
78,000
78,000

Tags: Angelo BenedettoNorbert Seefeldt