Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
2017 PokerStars Festival Hamburg
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Festival Hamburg
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€549,990
Entries
567
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Al-Labani Among Big Stacks; Haran Busts Lenz
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Hael Al-Labani sent table neighbor Sebastian Lenz to the rail after calling the shove of the German for 19,700, Christian Viereck came along as well. On a ten-high flop both remaining active players invested 20,000 and Viereck check-folded on a 
turn to see Al-Labani turn over pocket fours for a set, Weltz had no miracle anymore with ace-king.
Sebastian Lenz moved all in for 18,800 and Phillip Buddenhagen called on the button. Shachar Haran moved all in over the top for 95,000 out of the big blind and Buddenhagen folded.
Sebastian Lenz: 
Shahar Haran: 
The board ran out 
and Haran paired his king on the turn to send Lenz packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | 65,000 |
|
135,000 | 105,000 |
|
45,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Van Loo Dumps Another One
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
De Han Kim raised to 4,000 from the cutoff. Fanos Zachariou shoved all in from the button for the 36.900 he had behind. The small blind folded but Tim Van Loo was up next. He also shoved having Zachariou covered. Kim folded quickly.
Tim Van Loo: 
Fanos Zachariou: 
The board ran out 
- Van Loo's tens held and he eliminated Zachariou from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | 44,000 |
|
Busted |
Hysaj Takes from Pezelj; Michels Doubles
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
On the tail end of a bigger pot between Ivica Pezelj and Eljano Hysaj, the latter bet 17,500 with the river showing 
. Pezelj gave it some consideration and announced "I call." Hysaj turned over 
and Pezelj tapped the table before sending his 
into the muck.
Tim Michels was all in for 12,600 from early position and Salim El Boustani in the cutoff announced "I raise" before putting in 5,500. Apparently he had not noticed the all in of Michels despite the all in triangle right in front of Michels and was forced to min-raise to 23,600, which got everyone else out of the hand.
Tim Michels:
Salim El Boustani: 
The board came 
and Michels doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
78,000 | -42,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
27,000 | 27,000 |
|
13,800 | -61,200 |
Yavuz Can't Win Against Rauscher
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
There were a bunch of people standing around one table so the live reporting team went over to see what had happened.
The board read 
and Matthias Rauscher had the all-in triangle in front of him and his stack was being counted as he had 
for a straight on the river. His opponent was Oguz Yavuz who held for two pair, aces and queens. When the dealer had finished counting the stack, it was confirmed that Rauscher had 67,200. Yaguz seemed pretty miffed with the fact that he now only had 14,700 left to play with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | |
|
14,700 |
Assorted Counts From Level 11
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | 95,000 |
|
|
145,000 | 55,000 |
|
90,000 | 56,000 |
|
|
75,000 | 30,000 |
|
65,000 | 35,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 40,800 |
|
55,000 | -5,000 |
|
55,000 | -13,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
24,000 | -16,000 |
|
10,000 | -40,000 |
German eSports presenter Melek 'm3lly' Balgün on her first major poker tournament experience
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The crossover between poker and eSports has been evident for years now. You only have to look as far as the PokerStars Team Pro rosters, where the likes of Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier and Lex 'RaSZi' Veldhuis transitioned from professional eSports (Starcraft in both cases) to winning millions in poker.
As we're in Hamburg, one of the biggest names in the German eSports world is Melek 'm3lly' Balgün. Counter Strike player, TV host, YouTube personality, social media consultant; Balgün has many strings to her bow, and she's here at the PokerStars Festival trying to add one more.
Read more on the PokerStars Blog.
Howe Busted by Van Loo
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The board read 
with an accumulated pot of about 30,000 already. Tim Van Loo sat in the big blind and had gone all in for about 18,000. His opponent was Axel Howe, who was trying to figure out what to do. In the end, he called. Van Loo tabled for a set of tens. Howe got up from the table and showed for two pair, kings and jack, which wasn't good enough. Howe had 17,000 behind so he knew he was eliminated and left the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
66,000 | 66,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Negrii Busts to Bach
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Down to around 14,000, Dragos-Constantin Negrii put his last hopes on the and Florian Bach quickly called with 
. The board of 
left the Romanian drawing dead on the turn and he headed to the rail.
The same table also features big stack Roberto Manfredi, while fellow High Roller participant [Removed:65] is thriving two tables over.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | 58,000 |
|
|
130,000 | 93,000 |
|
120,000 | 120,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200