Today Day 1c of the 2017 PokerStars Festival Hamburg Main Event started at 1 p.m. local time. This was the final day of the starting days with two flights taking place today. Day 1c had 12 30-minute levels which were shorter than the levels on Day 1a and Day 1b as they played 45-minute levels.
There were 134 entries in total of which 63 players made it through to the bagging stage. Johann Kroon takes the honors of the chip lead for Day 1c with 214,200 chips. Second on that list today is Markus Meekma (180,100). The last one to fill the podium is Daniel Stacey with 130,200 chips.
Other notables that have made it through to Day 2 are the two PokerStars players, Team Pro Marcin Horecki (26,800) and Team Online Felix Schneiders (22,100). They seemed to have kept a pretty low profile at their tables but will be happy to have made it through to tomorrow to show what they're made of.
The players that haven’t made it through today or over the previous day, have another chance in Day 1d. When this flight finishes, the total amount of players returning for Day 2 will be set and they will return to Casino Schenefeld tomorrow, November 25th, 2017 at 1 p.m. local time. The players will start on Level 13 which has a small blind of 1,200, a big blind of 2,400, and a running ante of 400.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the action of Day 1d.
Johann Kroon raised to 1,200 from mid-position and Leon Canniccioni three-bet to 4,300 from late position. Action folded to Markus Meekma in the big blind who checked out the stacks of his opponents after having looked at his hole cards. He four-bet to 11,000. Kroon folded but Canniccioni called.
The flop came , Meekma now bet 13,500 and Canniccioni answered with a shove. Meekma snap-called.
Anton Meekma:
Leon Canniccioni:
The rest of the board ran out with the and the . No danger for Meekma as he eliminated Canniccioni and has now really cemented himself at the top of the chip counts (for now).
On the heads-up turn of , Alexey Bratischchev was all in for his last 27,100 and Holger Klock called with little chips more and the . Bratischchev had and the river was no threat.
The very next hand, Klock moved all in for the last 7,000 and Bratischchev called from the small blind with the . Klock only had and the board came .
Matthias Schrader defended his big blind against a raise by Wim Verhaegen and checked the flop. Verhaegen bet 2,000 and Schrader called before doing so again for the very same amount on the turn. The river completed the board and Schrader checked the third street in a row.
Verhaegen bet 6,000 and was called to roll over . Schrader nodded, flashed his cards to show the case king and mucked.
One hand later, Jens Patzner raised to 1,500 and Mike Hill called, as did Schrader in the small blind, the big blind made it four ways to the flop of . When the action reached Hill, he moved all in for 9,200 and all opponents folded.
Two players limped in and Karim Rebei raised in the cutoff, which was called by Liutauras Armanavicius in the small blind and Sefa Terzi in the hijack. On the flop, Armanavicius checked and Terzi bet 3,500. Rebei raised to 8,200 and Armanavicius moved all in, as did Terzi.
Rebei had started the hand with a little over 40,000 and eventually called on pot odds to put two players at risk.
Sefa Terzi:
Liutauras Armanavicius:
Karim Rebei:
The turn changed nothing much but a deuce would result in a three-way chop. Instead, the fell on the river and Rebei improved to a flush, sending two opponents to the rail.
Tom Holke raised to 1,100 from the under-the-gun position, Esad Omerbasic called from the hijack, as did Hermann Behrens in the small blind.
The flop came , Behrens checked, Holke bet 2,500, Omerbasic called, Behrens raised to 7,000. Holke shoved for 22,900, Omerbasic called with 21,000 behind. Behrens called with the biggest stack, having them both covered.
Esad Omerbasic:
Hermann Behrens:
Tom Holke:
Omerbasic had already hit a set of threes on the flop so Berhens and Holke both needed some help. The turn brought them the and the river completed the board with the . No help for Holke as he has been eliminated. Omerbasic tripled up and Berhens took the small side-pot.
Armen Akopjan limped in from the under-the-gun position. Alessandro Crevena raised to 500. Levi Mulders called. Francesco Fama three-bet to 3,000. Akopjan folded. Crevena four-bet to 6,500. Mulders quickly got out of the way. Fama five-bet-shoved and Crevena called with the bigger stack.
Francesco Fama:
Alessandro Crevena:
The board ran out - Fama's aces held and he takes the early lead in the chip counts by beating his fellow countryman in this hand.
The third and penultimate starting day of the PokerStars Festival Hamburg €1,100 Main Event in Casino Schenefeld kicks off in two hours from now, as Day 1c gets underway at 1 p.m. local time. So far, the event has attracted fields of 118 entries and 201 participants respectively to boost the field size to 319 entries in total.
Day 1c is the last regular flight, albeit with a reduced level duration of 30 minutes. All those that have not taken a shot at the €500,000 guaranteed prize pool will be joining the action today including Team PokerStars Pro Marcin Horecki and Team PokerStars Online Felix Schneiders. Also in the mix today will be Mike Hill as well as 2015 Eureka Hamburg Main Event champion Tom Holke, who emerged victorious at this very venue two years ago.
Day
Date
Further Info
Day 1a
November 22nd 2017 at 1 p.m.
37 of 118 players advanced to Day 2
Day 1b
November 23rd 2017 at 1 p.m.
63 of 201 players advanced to Day 2
Day 1c
November 24th 2017 at 1 p.m.
12 levels of 30 minutes each; registration closes start of level 7
Day 1d
November 24th 2017 at 8 p.m.
12 levels of 20 minutes each; re-entry for players eliminated on Day 1a-1c only
Day 2
November 25th 2017 at 1 p.m.
10 levels of 60 minutes each or down to the final table, whichever comes first
Day 3
November 26th 2017 at 1 p.m.
play down to a winner
The players will start with 30,000 in chips today and there is a cap of 200 players with the registration remaining open until the start of level seven mid-way through the day. All those to take part and bust have another chance in the Day 1d (reentry flight) which takes place as of 8 p.m local time with 20-minute levels.
Day 1c Level Structure
Level
Duration
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
1
30
50
100
-
2
30
75
150
-
3
30
100
200
25
4
30
150
300
50
15-minute break
5
30
200
400
50
6
30
250
500
75
7
30
300
600
100
8
30
400
800
100
15-minute break
9
30
500
1,000
100
10
30
600
1,200
200
11
30
800
1,600
200
12
30
1,000
2,000
300
Follow along the action from Hamburg as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor until a new PokerStars Festival Main Event champion is crowned this Sunday, November 26th 2017.
, Meekma now bet 13,500 and Canniccioni answered with a shove. Meekma snap-called.
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. No danger for Meekma as he eliminated Canniccioni and has now really cemented himself at the top of the chip counts (for now).
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river was no threat.
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flop. Verhaegen bet 2,000 and Schrader called before doing so again for the very same amount on the 
turn. The 
river completed the board and Schrader checked the third street in a row.
. When the action reached Hill, he moved all in for 9,200 and all opponents folded.
flop, Armanavicius checked and Terzi bet 3,500. Rebei raised to 8,200 and Armanavicius moved all in, as did Terzi.
turn changed nothing much but a deuce would result in a three-way chop. Instead, the 
and the river completed the board with the 
