Do Tran raised to 5,000 from mid-position and was called by Ittai Gluska (hijack) and Maximilian Bracht (button). Philipp Viebbcke shoved all in from the small blind and Ali Kanaan, in the big blind, folded. Tran called and both Gluska and Bracht folded.
Philipp Viebcke:
Do Tran:
Viebcke already got up from the table even though he was currently ahead. The board ran out - Viebcke sat down again as he doubled up.
Murat Tuelek has been eliminated. According to the Grinding It Up crew, he lost a flip with ace-king against the pocket jacks of Kevin Kohler. The same table features two big stacks in Srdjan Patkovic and Jamil Omar, while the two current chip leaders are one table over.
Anton Meekma lost a few chips, while Johann Kroon just moved all in with his big stack and forced a fold, showing .
Soon after, Grzegorz Derkowski was also spotted with the red triangle of death at that very table. The flop showed and Derkowski faced a bet of 7,000 by the player in the small blind. He moved all in for more than 55,000 and forced a fold.
Do Tran was no longer in his seat and Daniel Stacey was kind enough to provide the details of his elimination, as the chips were in fact sent to him. According to Stacey, Tran limped in from under the gun, as did the button. Stacey raised to 9,000 in the small blind and Tran moved all in, forcing a fold from the button.
Stacey eventually called with pocket queens and was very relieved when Tran only showed pocket jacks.
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.
- Viebcke sat down again as he doubled up.
and Derkowski faced a bet of 7,000 by the player in the small blind. He moved all in for more than 55,000 and forced a fold.
