Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
2017 PokerStars Festival Hamburg
Main Event
Day: 1c
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
Updated Counts
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
Martin Mulsow has recently taken a seat and quickly lost a few chips while Erjat Balinca recovered some of the earlier losses.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
29,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
27,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
17,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Early Exit for Balinca
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
Erjat Balinca raised to 800 and picked up one caller before Dustin Mangold on the button three-bet to 3,000. Balinca four-bet to 8,300 for effectively half of his remaining stack and the cold-caller folded. Mangold moved all in for around 24,000 and Balinca called it off.
Erjat Balinca: 
+Dustin Mangold: 
The board of 
was not without a glimmer of hope, but Balinca failed to hit a miracle to join the rail before the first break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Bilda is Building a Stack
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
The flop of 
was checked between Leon Canniccioni and Christian Vadillo-Bilda. On the turn, Vadillo-Bilda check-called a bet of 1,500 and both players checked again the 
on the river. Canniccioni showed 
and Vadillo-Bilds had that beat with .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Crevena Doesn't Sit Still
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
Alessandro Crevena raised to 1,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Alexey Bratischchev in the big blind. He went all in with a bigger stack than Crevena's. Crevena called having only 3,950 in total.
Alessandro Crevena: 
Alexey Bratischchev: 
The board ran out 
- Crevena's jacks held and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | |
|
8,200
2,600
|
2,600 |
Mulsow Versus McDowell
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
Robert McDowell raised to 850 from mid-position and was called by Martin Mulsow and Johnn Kroon in the blinds.
The flop came 
, Mulsow and Kroon both check-called the 2,400 bet of McDowell.
They all checked through the 
on the turn to the 
on the river. Now Mulsow bet 4,500. Kroon folded and after a few seconds, McDowell called. Mulsow showed 
for top pair and that was enough to take the pot as McDowell mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
Break
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
The players have just gone for their first 15-minute break of the day.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
More Updated Counts
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
EPT3 Baden Main Event champion Thang Duc Nguyen has joined the field recently and below are further assorted counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
59,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
39,500
39,500
|
39,500 |
|
33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
32,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
31,300
-200
|
-200 |
|
29,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
28,500
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
||
|
|
25,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
Phusisot Doubles Through Acar
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Tim Reusch raised to 900 from the under-the-gun position. Erik Wulf (mid-position) and Ercan Acar (hijack) both called. Suksan Phusisot shoved for the 11,525 he still had behind. Reusch and Wulf folded immediately. Acar asked for a count and the dealer confirmed the amount. He counted out calling chips but then tanked to consider his options. In the end, he decided to call.
Suksan Phusisot: 
Ercan Acar:
The board ran out 
- Phusisot's jacks held and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |