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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
The Aces of Skryabin Get Cracked
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Walid Abdi Ali raised to 2,600 and Aleksandr Skryabin from one seat over three-bet to 8,600 in the hijack. Michal Lubas in the cutoff four-bet to 21,000 after some consideration and the players behind them including chip leader Johannes Wassmuth folded.
Ali folded as well, while Skryabin moved all in. Lubas only thought about it for a few moments and called all in for 74,000.
Michal Lubas: 
Aleksandr Skryabin: 
On the 
flop, Ali said "I had king jack, it's a one outer." Neither the 
turn nor the 
river improved Lubas and he lost the vast majority of his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | 30,000 |
|
155,000 | 155,000 |
|
120,000 | -20,000 |
|
17,000 | 17,000 |
"Am I on the Internet Now?"
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Clemens Michaelis raised to 2,400 from early position and called a three-bet to 6,800 by Adrian Apmann in the cutoff. On the heads-up flop of 
, Michaelis checked and called a bet worth 5,100 by Apmann before check-calling a second barrel of 6,800 on the 
turn.
The 
river paired the board and Michaelis checked the third street in a row. Apmann moved all in and Michaelis called it off for his last 26,500. Apmann turned over the 
and Michaelis nodded. As it was an all in showdown, his cards were revealed to be the 
and he stood up from the table, ready to leave the tournament area.
Michaelis spotted the live reports next to the action and asked "Am I on the internet now?" before heading to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | 80,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Lorenz Busts Oswald
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
With plenty of chips already in the middle and the turn showing 
, Patrick Lorenz bet enough to push Michael Oswald all in for around 26,000 and the latter called to show 
. Lorenz only had , but the river came to the rescue and Oswald banged his hand on the table before exiting the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Thiessen's Tens Beat Streber
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The flop read 
and Benjamin Streber had checked from the big blind. Lewe Thiessen bet 3,200 from the hijack. Roberto Manfredi was next to act and decided to fold. Streber called.
The turn brought them the on which they both checked. The river completed the board with the , now Streber bet 6,600 which Thiessen called. Streber showed 
for the missed straight draw which was beaten by the 
of Thiessen as he had a pair of tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
122,000 | 50,000 |
|
67,000 | -8,000 |
|
|
60,000 |
Valasavicius Loses a Big Flip
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Soon after the players came back from the dinner break, the action kicked off once more and it was Darius Valasavicius that took a big flip for his last 48,000. Tim Becker looked him up with the slightly superior stack and one of the most classic coin flips proceeded:
Darius Valasavicius: 
Tim Becker: 
The board came 
and that was it for the Lithuanian. Another big stack at the same table is Moussa Khanafer, who fell just behind Becker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000 | 50,000 |
|
120,000 | 120,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Dinner Break
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The 103 remaining players have just been sent for their 60-minute dinner break.
Various Pre Dinner Counts
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
128,000 | 62,000 |
|
|
120,000 | 45,000 |
|
|
90,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
90,000 | 5,000 |
|
90,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
85,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
75,000 | -5,000 |
|
68,000 | -3,000 |
|
|
65,000 | 5,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Satellite Overflow
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The satellite for tomorrow's Day 1c had a cap of 80 players and with the Main Event Day 1b still running strong and cash game tables underway, the Casino Schenefeld is reaching the capacity. As soon as a table breaks, players are being seated for the satellite to ensure as many as possible have a chance at winning an entry to the third starting day.