Main Event
Day 1b Started
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
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 |
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The tournament staff has just welcomed the players to sunny Hamburg for Day 1b of the PokerStars Festival Hamburg Main Event. The players are spread over the tables and more players are walking through those casino doors. The button will start in seat 2. The dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal if there are three or more players at their table.
First Faces In The Field
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
De Han Kim has just joined the field after finishing late last night when he came second in the €2,200 High Roller for €32,210. Rishi Bhasin and Jay Tse are two other players that also played the High Roller.
The board read 
and Andreas Pirmann checked from the big blind. Ivica Pezelj bet 350 from under-the-gun and Martin Gorig folded on the button. Pirmann called. They both checked through the 
on the turn and the 
on the river. Pirmann tabled 
for a pair of tens which was good enough for Pezelj to muck his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000 | 31,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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29,850 | 29,850 |
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29,500 | 29,500 |
Melzger Chipping Up
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The board read 
and Michael Melzger had checked from the small blind. Nejat Guler, sitting in the under-the-gun position, bet 2,500 and Melzger called. Guler showed 
for ace-high and was beat by the 
of Melzger as he had flopped a set of sevens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,000 | |
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26,000 |
Neumann Starting Well
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The flop read 
and Carlos Spoddig bet 600 from the under-the-gun position. Both Alexandros Gkampranis (early position) and Christian Neumann (cutoff) called.
The turn brought them the 
, Spoddig checked, Gkampranis bet 1,100, Neumann called and Spoddig folded.
The river completed the board with the , now Gkampranis check-folded to the 2,000 bet of Neumann.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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33,000 | 33,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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28,500 | 28,500 |
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27,000 | 27,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
My Stack App Activated
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
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Cap Closing In
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
There is a cap of 200 players and there are currently 180 players that have taken their seat at the table.
Andre Haneberg who won the High Roller last night has taken his seat too after finishing late. As has Martin Wendt who finished in third place yesterday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |