Main Event Day 2 | 2017 PokerStars Festival Hamburg

11-25-2017 22:36 UTC+2

Domarkas Over a Million Now

Shirley Ang

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Karolis Domarkas raised to 22,000 from the button and was called by Alaettin Keles in the small blind. Philipp Lütkemeier, three-bet to 76,000. Domarkas called but Keles needed some more time to think and then decided to fold.

The flop came , Lütkemeier checked, Domarkas bet 90,000 which sent Lütkemeier into the tank. After a while, he decided to call.

The turn brought them the , Lütkemeier checked again. Domarkas continued with a bet of 127,000 and again Lütkemeier went into the tank. After about a minute or two, he decided to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Karolis Domarkas	1,060,000	478,000
Philipp Lutkemeier	449,000	54,000

Tags: Alaettin Keles Karolis Domarkas Philipp Lütkemeier

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

11-25-2017 22:27 UTC+2

Small Pot for Horecki

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Karim Rebei jammed several times to boost his stack without showdown while Ulrich Pauls also grinded some profit since the break.

Marcin Horecki defended his big blind against De Han Kim and the duo checked through the flop. Horecki bet the turn for 31,000 and Kim called before another bet of 68,000 on the river did the trick for the PokerStars Team Pro.

Player	Chips	Progress
De Han Kim	650,000	220,000
Marcin Horecki	620,000	20,000
Ulrich Pauls	600,000	170,000
Karim Rebei	420,000	90,000

Tags: De Han Kim Karim Rebei Marcin Horecki Ulrich Pauls

11-25-2017 22:19 UTC+2

Hysaj Runs Into Aces

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

The next two players to bow out were Mads Borregaard and Eljano Hysaj. The latter three-bet all in for 13 big blinds only to see big stack Jan Sigel quickly call.

Eljano Hysaj:
Jan Sigel:

There was in fact some hope for Hysaj who spiked a straight draw on the turn, but the river was a blank to reduce the field to the last 38 hopefuls.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Sigel	1,150,000	10,000
Eljano Hysaj	Busted
Mads Borregaard	Busted

Tags: Eljano Hysaj Jan Sigel Mads Borregaard

11-25-2017 22:16 UTC+2

Mandic Falls Victim to Nodea

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Vedran Mandic has just been eliminated by Andrei Nodea when he had shoved for 150,000.

Mandic had and Andrei Nodea held .

The board ran out , Mandic had hit a set on the flop but Nodea hit the ten on the river for a straight and another elimination to his name.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Nodea	620,000	150,000
Vedran Mandic	Busted

Tags: Andrei Nodea Vedran Mandic

11-25-2017 22:10 UTC+2

Silz Sends Jacobs Packing

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

There are only five tables remaining after the elimination of Sami Jacobs. Maximilian Silz raised to 25,000 from early position and called the push of jacobs in the big blind.

Sami Jacobs:
Maximilian Silz:

After a board of , Jacobs failed to find any help and was eliminated in 41st place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maximilian Silz	330,000	85,000
Sami Jacobs	Busted

Tags: Maximilian Silz Sami Jacobs

11-25-2017 22:03 UTC+2

Wagener Doubles Through Omar

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Jamil Omar raised to 21,000 from mid-position to be met with a shove of 77,000 from Christoph Wagener in the cutoff. Action folded back to Omar who called.

Christoph Wagener:
Jamil Omar:

The board ran out - Wagener hit a queen on the flop to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamil Omar	190,000	-70,000
Christoph Wagener	177,000	92,000

Tags: Christoph Wagener Jamil Omar

11-25-2017 22:02 UTC+2

Steinfeuer Up to a Million

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

There are only 41 players remaining as the latest batch of casualties includes Uwe Schrieber, [Removed:321] Qasim, Robert Zabel, and Hamid Zazai.

Igor Rybak doubled through Ulrich Pauls after his push with on the flop was called by Ulrich Pauls, who had bet 58,000. Pauls showed for top pair and the turn and river improved the Russian to a flush.

Schrieber lost his stack to [Removed:431] to make the latter a chip millionaire while Karim Rebei sent Qasim to the rail. Rebei had folded to a big raise by Peter Jaksland before and moved all in over the top of the push by Qasim.

[Removed:321] Qasim:
Karim Rebei:

The board came and the two pair of Qasim were counterfit on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:431]	1,000,000	60,000
Peter Jaksland	800,000	80,000
Igor Rybak	490,000	250,000
Ulrich Pauls	430,000	-130,000
Karim Rebei	330,000	30,000
Robert Zabel	Busted
Hamid Zazai	Busted
Uwe Schrieber	Busted
Mohammad Qasim	Busted

Tags: Hamid Zazai Igor Rybak Karim Rebei Mohammad Qasim Peter Jaksland Ulrich Pauls Uwe Schrieber

11-25-2017 21:54 UTC+2

Schulze Eliminates Tellenbach

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Alfred Tellenbach has just been eliminated when he had gone all in with against the of Johannes Schulze.

The board ran out - Schulze hit the ace on the turn and that was enough to send Tellenbach to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johannes Schulze	780,000	60,000
Alfred Tellenbach	Busted

Tags: Alfred Tellenbach Johannes Schulze

11-25-2017 21:53 UTC+2

Ali Runs Into Quads

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

The next two players to run out of chips were Walid Abdi Ali and Alfred Tellenbach.

Ali defended his big blind against a raise by Joseph Lalor and moved all in after the turn, which Lalor quickly called. Ali turned over and Lalor had the . The river was the cherry on top, giving Lalor quads, and Ali was gone in 47th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Lalor	420,000	190,000
Walid Abdi Ali	Busted

Tags: Alfred Tellenbach Joseph Lalor Walid Abdi Ali