Day 1b of the PokerStars Festival Hamburg Main Event Set to Start at 1 PM
Welcome to Day 1b of the PokerStars Festival Hamburg €1,100 Main Event in Casino Schenefeld. This is the second of four flights in total to reach Day 2 on Saturday, November 25. The action is scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. local time here.
Yesterday on Day 1a there were 118 players in total who attempted to make Day 2 and 37 of those players reached their first goal on their way to victory on Sunday. Chip leader of the day was Rudolf Koster with 258,000 chips. Second and third in the chip counts are Michael Ratkowski (189,400) and Francois Mittertreiner (188,900).
Will today be the day that Team PokerStars Pro Marcin Horecki and Team PokerStars Online Felix Schneiders join the fray? Quite a few of the notables that we have seen in the High Roller have played yesterday and have either made it through already or might have to reenter Day 1d. The PokerNews live reporting team is curious to see who will come through those casino doors today.
Hamburg has already played host to two PokerStars events under the Eureka Poker Tour banner over the previous years. In 2015 Tom Holke was victorious in a 581-entry strong field and took €107,920 and the trophy home with him after having qualified online. Last year it was Dinesh “NastyMinder” Alt who grabbed the win for Switzerland and cashed €69,120 for beating the rest of the field which contained 367 entries.
PokerStars Festival Main Events in 2017 at a glance
| PSF Stop | Buy In | Entries | Prize Pool | Champion | Prize | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | £ 990 | 944 | £ 824,112 | Rehman Kassam | £89,320 | $111,638 |
| Rozvadov | €1,100 | 1126 | € 1,089,310 | Petr Svoboda | €124,346 | $131,283 |
| Chile | $1,650 | 329 | $500,000 | Christopher Franco | $97,360 | $97,360 |
| Marbella | €1,100 | 949 | €911,040 | Ignacio De Maturana | €168,700 | $188,017 |
| South Korea | KRW1,650,000 | 285 | KRW414,675,000 | Taehoon Han | KRW83,130,000 | $73,954.00 |
| Lille | €1,100 | 800 | €768,000 | Philippe Le Touche | €143,000 | $164,849 |
| Manila | PHP55,000 | 594 | PHP28,809,000 | Uday Bansal | PHP4,676,000 | $92,793 |
| Bucharest | €1,100 | 736 | €706,560 | Sam Grafton | €117,707 | $138,192 |
| Uruguay | $1,650 | 169 | $379,755 | Julio Belluscio | $66,748 | $66,748 |
| Dublin | €1,100 | 544 | €679,000 | Gary McGinty | €91,808 | $107,925 |
| Sochi | RUB66,000 | 699 | RUB30,000,000 | Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy | RUB7,700,000 | $133,951 |
The players will start with 30,000 chips today. There are 12 45-minute levels scheduled with a 15-minute break after every three levels. There is a cap of 200 players and registration will be possible until the start of Level 7. If players, unfortunately, bust on either Day 1b or 1c, they can choose to reenter Day 1d (reentry flight) which takes place on Friday, November 24 at 8 p.m and will be played with 20-minute levels.
Follow all updates on PokerNews as the team will be there for all the wins, double-ups, bad beats, and bust-outs.
Structure
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45 | 50 | 100 | - |
| 2 | 45 | 75 | 150 | - |
| 3 | 45 | 100 | 200 | 25 |
| 15-minute break | ||||
| 4 | 45 | 150 | 300 | 50 |
| 5 | 45 | 200 | 400 | 50 |
| 6 | 45 | 250 | 500 | 75 |
| 15-minute break | ||||
| 7 | 45 | 300 | 600 | 100 |
| 8 | 45 | 400 | 800 | 100 |
| 9 | 45 | 500 | 1,000 | 100 |
| 60-minute dinner break | ||||
| 10 | 45 | 600 | 1,200 | 200 |
| 11 | 45 | 800 | 1,600 | 200 |
| 12 | 45 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 300 |
flop, which Jobmann called. On the 
turn, Abdi made it 3,000 and received a call before firing a third barrel for 4,500 on the 
river.
for top two pair.
so he had hit a pair of queens on the flop but didn't improve that afterward.
as he had flopped a straight against his two opponents on the flop already and there was no danger on the turn or the river.
, both Witter and Samardzic checked. Offen bet 2,300, Glissmann folded and Witter and Samardzic called.
, again Witter and Samardzic checked. Now Offen opened to 5,500. Witter folded but Samardzic called.
. Action checked to Montagnolli and he bet 1,525, Hansen was the only caller and bet the 
turn for 3,800 with Montagnolli tossing in the chips for the call.
river, Hansen bet 4,000 and Montagnolli raised to 13,700. Hansen gave it some thought and called to see Montagnolli roll over 
for a pair of sixes only. Hansen had that beat with 
on the river gave Kim a full house and the stacks were counted, Kim had 27,350 and Karayvan was covered by a mere 50 chips to join the rail. "So that's how you get far in High Roller tournaments?" Andre Haneberg joked, sitting on the other side of the table. It was Haneberg that defeated Kim in heads up in the early morning hours and they may be back at it in the Main Event as well.
flop gave Kopyl top set, while Glaeser regained the lead with the 
completed the board and Glaeser sent two opponents to the rail.
and the river completed the drama with the 
