The Race to the Money on Day 2 of the 2017 PokerStars Festival Hamburg Main Event Starts at 1pm
After a total of four starting days, the 2017 PokerStars Festival Hamburg €1,100 Main Event has comfortably surpassed the initial guaranteed prize pool of €500,000 thanks to an additional 114 entries in the turbo re-entry Day 1d, creating a prize pool of €549,990 here at Casino Schenefeld.
Only 213 players remain in contention to become the new PokerStars Festival Main Event champion and more than half of them will leave the tables empty-handed, as just the top 79 spots are guaranteed to take home at least €1,870 for their efforts. Leading the field of survivors is Rudolf Köster with 258,000 followed by 1b chip leader Matthias Rauscher (241,000), [Removed:321] Qusim (232,700) and Michal Lubas (222,000) are close behind.
Other notables still in contention with a big stack upon restart include 1c chip leader Johann Kroon (214,200), 1d chip leader Behzad Zarnegar (191,600), Francois Mittertreiner (188,900), Roberto Manfredi (157,000), Ali Sameeian (145,500), WSOP bracelet winner Adrian Apmann (136,700), UKIPT5 Isle of Man champion Daniel Stacey (130,200) and Andrey Andreev (112,900).
The red spade will be represented by PokerStars Team Pro Marcin Horecki (26,800) and Team Online's Felix Schneiders (22,100), but both have a lot of work ahead for today after bagging up fewer than the starting stack on Day 1c.
The Main Event in Numbers
| 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. | 63 of 134 players advanced to Day 2 |
| Day 1d | November 24th 2017 at 8 p.m. | 50 of 114 players advanced to Day 2 |
| Day 2 | November 25th 2017 at 1 p.m. | 213 of 657 return, 10 levels of 60 minutes each or down to the final table |
| Day 3 | November 26th 2017 at 1 p.m. | play down to a winner |
Action gets back underway at 1 p.m. local time with level 13 and blinds of 1,200/2,400 with a running ante of 400. A maximum of ten levels of 60 minutes each are scheduled for the penultimate tournament day, or until the official final table has been reached, whichever of the two comes first.
The PokerNews live reporting team will provide all the action from the tournament floor in Hamburg until a new PokerStars Festival Main Event champion is crowned on Sunday November 26th 2017.
flop, Becker moved all in for around 60,000 and Lalor let go.
turn and 
were of no help and Derkowski was eliminated. Felix Schneiders on the same table enjoyed a good start and has doubled his stack without showdown.
but he had 
. So I hit runner-runner straight."
flop. On the 
turn, Ayoub checked and Bratishchev made it 30,000 to go, then called the shove of Ayoub.
on the river failed to save the Russian and an excited Ayoub jumped up from the seat before collecting the chips.
and the big blind checked, Sigel bet 27,000 and Schneiders was the only caller.
turn, Sigel checked and Schneiders moved all in, Sigel quickly called. Schneiders showed 
on the river.
turn and 
river to eliminate Kroon.
and Fleischmann briefly sat back down after the river before realising that he was indeed the bubble boy.
and the action was checked to Hornung who bet 44,000. Keles check-raised to 125,000 and Kim as well as Targowski folded. Hornung moved all in for what appeared to be 390,000 in total, and Keles snap-called.
