Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
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
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
|
50,000 |
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
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
|
50,000 |
|
67,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
60,000 |
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
|
40,000 |
|
|
Busted |
"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
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
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
|
30,000 |
|
155,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
120,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
17,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
More Faces in the Field
![[Removed:321] Qasim](https://s.pnimg.net/JdKMTSo0mFAEWCFDEZL3pq8JtPcmrjsJ-wclzTMbW_g/pr:reporting-gallery-thumbnail/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC8x/OTUzLzU3L3hlMGVl/Y2M1Y2FjLmpwZw.webp)
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
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
|
58,000 |
|
|
130,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
Busted |
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
|
66,000 |
|
|
Busted |