2017 PokerStars Festival Hamburg

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival Hamburg

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
43
Prize
€105,850
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€549,990
Entries
567
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Day 1b of the PokerStars Festival Hamburg Main Event Set to Start at 1 PM

All In & Poker Chips
All In & Poker Chips

Welcome to Day 1b of the PokerStars Festival Hamburg €1,100 Main Event in Casino Schenefeld. This is the second of four flights in total to reach Day 2 on Saturday, November 25. The action is scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. local time here.

Yesterday on Day 1a there were 118 players in total who attempted to make Day 2 and 37 of those players reached their first goal on their way to victory on Sunday. Chip leader of the day was Rudolf Koster with 258,000 chips. Second and third in the chip counts are Michael Ratkowski (189,400) and Francois Mittertreiner (188,900).

Will today be the day that Team PokerStars Pro Marcin Horecki and Team PokerStars Online Felix Schneiders join the fray? Quite a few of the notables that we have seen in the High Roller have played yesterday and have either made it through already or might have to reenter Day 1d. The PokerNews live reporting team is curious to see who will come through those casino doors today.

Hamburg has already played host to two PokerStars events under the Eureka Poker Tour banner over the previous years. In 2015 Tom Holke was victorious in a 581-entry strong field and took €107,920 and the trophy home with him after having qualified online. Last year it was Dinesh “NastyMinder” Alt who grabbed the win for Switzerland and cashed €69,120 for beating the rest of the field which contained 367 entries.

PokerStars Festival Main Events in 2017 at a glance

PSF StopBuy InEntriesPrize PoolChampionPrizePrize (USD)
London£ 990944£ 824,112Rehman Kassam£89,320$111,638
Rozvadov€1,1001126€ 1,089,310Petr Svoboda€124,346$131,283
Chile$1,650329$500,000Christopher Franco$97,360$97,360
Marbella€1,100949€911,040Ignacio De Maturana€168,700$188,017
South KoreaKRW1,650,000285KRW414,675,000Taehoon HanKRW83,130,000$73,954.00
Lille€1,100800€768,000Philippe Le Touche€143,000$164,849
ManilaPHP55,000594PHP28,809,000Uday BansalPHP4,676,000$92,793
Bucharest€1,100736€706,560Sam Grafton€117,707$138,192
Uruguay$1,650169$379,755Julio Belluscio$66,748$66,748
Dublin€1,100544€679,000Gary McGinty€91,808$107,925
SochiRUB66,000699RUB30,000,000Aleksandr MerzhvinskiyRUB7,700,000$133,951

The players will start with 30,000 chips today. There are 12 45-minute levels scheduled with a 15-minute break after every three levels. There is a cap of 200 players and registration will be possible until the start of Level 7. If players, unfortunately, bust on either Day 1b or 1c, they can choose to reenter Day 1d (reentry flight) which takes place on Friday, November 24 at 8 p.m and will be played with 20-minute levels.

Follow all updates on PokerNews as the team will be there for all the wins, double-ups, bad beats, and bust-outs.

Structure

LevelDurationSmall BlindBig BlindAnte
14550100-
24575150-
34510020025
 15-minute break   
44515030050
54520040050
64525050075
 15-minute break   
745300600100
845400800100
9455001,000100
 60-minute dinner break   
10456001,200200
11458001,600200
12451,0002,000300

Tags: Dinesh AltFelix SchneidersFrancois MittertreinerMarcin HoreckiMichael RatkowskiRudolf KosterTom Holke