Break
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
The 103 remaining players have just gone on their only 15-minute break of the night.
2017 PokerStars Festival Hamburg
Main Event
Day: 1d
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
Schmidt Busts Gregersen
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
With 16,500 in the pot and the board showing 
, Rene Gregersen checked out of the small blind and Bennet Schmidt moved all in from under the gun. Gregersen had around 10,000 left and stood up from his chair, turned around and took a big sip from his beer. He then grabbed his phone and looked back at the table, trying to gather any kind of info from Schmidt.
There were some surprised faces by the other players at the table and one of them called the clock. Gregersen nodded and eventually called it off to roll over the 
. Schmidt turned over his 
and the 
on the river was a blank.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
Busted |
Mandic Wins With a Full House
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Marco Dittmann raised to 1,025 from mid-position and was called by Tomislav Mandic (hijack) and Mario Schulz (cutoff). Serafim Kovalevskiy raised to 3,600 from the button. The blinds folded but the rest called.
The flop came 
and they all checked. The turn brought them the 
, Dittmann checked, Mandic bet 5,100, Schulz folded. Kovalevskiy called and Dittmann folded.
The river completed the board with the 
, now Mandic bet 9,500 and Kovalevskiy went into the tank. After about a minute or two, Mandic called the clock on him. The floor was called and he asked the dealer if Kovalevskiy had had enough time. The dealer confirmed. The floor gave Kovalevskiy 60 seconds to take a decision. After 30 seconds the floor advised that 30 seconds had passed. After about another 15 seconds Kovalevskiy called. Mandic showed 
for a full house, kings over tens, and that won him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000 | 45,000 |
|
13,000 |
Holke Continues to Run Hot
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
After a limp, Jan Timo Jobmann raised to 1,600 and the limper was the only caller to see a flop of 
. The limper checked and Jobmann got the job done with a bet of 1,300 to grab yet another pot.
One table over, the Tom Holke show continues and his latest victim was Erik Scheidt. On the completed board of 
, Holke's bet of 8,525 was called by Scheidt and Holke showed 
for a busted straight draw that improved to runner runner trips nines.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
88,000 | 14,000 |
|
43,000 | 10,000 |
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
More for Holke and Haneberg; Less for Nguyen
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
On the 
flop, Thang Duc Nguyen in the small blind and his opponent both invested 2,000 chips and the appeared on the turn. Nguyen checked and his opponent motioned to see the stack of the EPT3 Baden champion. Nguyen obliged to reveal 20,000 and some change, and a bet of 5,000 by the opponent did the trick to force a fold.
Tom Holke was given some more chips after a hero call of an opponent came at the wrong time, while Andre Haneberg scooped a small pot on a different table. Haneberg had raised from under the gun and the big blind defended. Until the 
turn, some 5,000 were in the middle but no further betting action took place as the 
river was also checked through.
The big blind flashed 
for a pair of tens and Haneberg had 
for top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
74,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
33,000 | 33,000 |
|
32,000 | -1,000 |
|
27,000 | -3,000 |
|
20,500 | 20,500 |
Van Zadelhof Rivers a Flush
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
At the end of the previous level Eazy Shabaz raised to 1,000 from the early position and was called by Andreas Van Zadelhof (hijack) and [Removed:321] Safaei (cutoff).
The flop came 
, both Shabaz and Van Zadelhof checked. Safaei bet 3,000, Shabaz folded and Van Zadelhof called.
The turn brought them the 
, Van Zadelhof check-called the 3,000 bet of Safaei again.
They both checked on the on the river. Van Zadelhof showed for the rivered flush and the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,000 | |
|
|
17,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Kopyl's Hits Trips
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
The pot contained about 6,000 already and the board read 
. Waldemar Kopyl (big blind) and Said Nadjem (mid-position) both checked. [Removed:321] Safaei bet 2,500 from the button and both Kopyl and Nadjem called.
The river completed the board with the on which they all checked. Kopyl was first to show and he tabled 
for trip deuces and that was ample to make the others muck their cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
41,000 | 41,000 |
|
38,000 | 38,000 |
|
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
The Holke Train Runs Hot
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
Hand 1
On the three-way turn of 
, Tom Holke checked out of the small blind and Korbinian Sonnenholzner bet 3,000 from early position. The third player in the hand folded and Holke called, before checking again the river. Sonnenholzner bet 3,000 and Holke quickly called and showed , which Sonnenholzner had beat with . "So you really hit the king," Holke sighed, but he got his revenge right away.
Hand 2
One hand later, Sonnenholzner bet a three-way flop of 
flop for 1,800. Holke was the only caller on the button and Sonnenholzner continued for 4,000 on the turn, Holke called. After the 
on the river, Sonnenholzner checked and Holke bet 10,000 before his opponent check-raised all in.
Holke quickly called and tabled 
for the straight, Sonnenholzner was caught bluffing with 
and grabbed his beer before heading to the rail. Hamza Miri joked "don't worry, it has been like this the entire time. Those two played 28 out of the last 30 hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
66,000 | 37,000 |
|
28,000 | 28,000 |
|
Busted |