2017 partypoker LIVE German Poker Championship

€5,300 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 partypoker LIVE German Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
€64,125
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€270,750
Entries
57
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
20,000

Updated Counts for Level 10

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jan Mach check-raised the river of a board {10-Spades}{9-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{7-Spades} from 20,000 to 80,000 and that had sole opponent Matthias de Meulder well covered. The Belgian had less than 50,000 behind and eventually folded.

Yair Bitoun re-entered and lost a few chips at the start before successfully three-betting, as did Kristen Bicknell - without the re-entry part - as the Canadian is slightly down for the day thus far.

Michael Brandau doubled his short stack for 11,700 with {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs} against the {A-}{4-} of Pierre Neuville on a board of {8-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{7-Spades}{4-Clubs} before Neuville doubled for 18,000 against Robin Hegele to leave the German short in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andreas Eiler de
Andreas Eiler
190,000
90,000
90,000
Profile photo of Jan Mach cz
Jan Mach
140,000
15,600
15,600
Profile photo of Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
140,000
-16,500
-16,500
Profile photo of Yair Bitoun fr
Yair Bitoun
90,000
90,000
90,000
Profile photo of Matthias De Meulder be
Matthias De Meulder
47,000
-65,300
-65,300
Profile photo of Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
40,000
-19,000
-19,000
Profile photo of Michael Brandau de
Michael Brandau
25,000
-46,100
-46,100
Profile photo of Robin Hegele de
Robin Hegele
17,000
-45,600
-45,600

Tags: Jan MachKristen BicknellMatthias De MeulderMichael BrandauPierre NeuvilleRobin HegeleYair Bitoun

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Ensan Busts to Sinclair

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Hossein Ensan
Hossein Ensan

Wim Neys raised from early position and Moritz Dietrich three-bet to 9,500 from one seat over. "Here we go again, the chip leader bullies," Jan-Peter Jachtmann said and let go out of the blinds. Neys eventually moved all in and Dietrich quickly folded.

One table over, Hossein Ensan raised to 4,000 from the small blind and Jack Sinclair called from the big blind. Ensan instantly shoved the {10-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{4-Spades} flop for his last 29,300 and Sinclair gave it some thought before calling.

Hossein Ensan: {6-Hearts}{4-Hearts}
Jack Sinclair: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}

Neither the {Q-Spades} turn nor the {8-Diamonds} river improved Ensan and he busted for the second time in this tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Moritz Dietrich
390,000
111,900
111,900
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
145,000
37,000
37,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jan-Peter Jachtmann de
Jan-Peter Jachtmann
85,000
-25,000
-25,000
Profile photo of Wim Neys be
Wim Neys
75,000
7,100
7,100
Profile photo of Hossein Ensan de
Hossein Ensan
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Hossein EnsanJack SinclairJan-Peter JachtmannMoritz DietrichWim Neys

Gruissem Doubles; Bitoun Busts

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Petr Liesner
Petr Liesner

On the three-way flop of {K-Spades}{9-Hearts}{7-Clubs}, the initial bet was already pulled in while Petr Liesner in the blinds had a raise to 26,000 in front of his cards. Philipp Gruissem then moved all in and Yair Bitoun reshoved. Liesner asked for a count and folded to the shove of Bitoun for 127,000, while Gruissem was the player at risk for 71,700.

Philipp Gruissem: {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}
Yair Bitoun: {K-Hearts}{5-Hearts}

The {Q-Spades} turn and {7-Diamonds} river failed to improve Bitoun and Gruissem took more than half of his stack to double. Soon after, Bitoun was all in himself for around 55,000 with the {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} and Liesner looked him up with {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}. After a board of {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{10-Spades}, Bitoun became the second casualty of the day, but promised to re-enter shortly via table chat.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
175,000
95,000
95,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Petr Liesner cz
Petr Liesner
160,000
38,000
38,000
Profile photo of Yair Bitoun fr
Yair Bitoun
Busted

Tags: Philipp GruissemYair BitounPetr Liesner

Jachtmann Bluffs Karlic; Wong Doubles Through Sinclair

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

On the tail end of a board {K-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}, Jan-Peter Jachtmann bet 35,000 against Gerald Karlic and the latter reluctantly folded to be shown {J-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a pair of fives only.

One table over, Jonathan Wong faced a three-bet to 12,000 by Jack Sinclair and four-bet all in for 93,800, which Sinclair called.

Jonathan Wong: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}
Jack Sinclair: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}

A roller coaster board of {K-Clubs}{2-Spades}{2-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} awarded the double to Wong and Sinclair dropped to around the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jonathan Wong gb
Jonathan Wong
190,000
94,300
94,300
Profile photo of Jan-Peter Jachtmann de
Jan-Peter Jachtmann
110,000
32,700
32,700
Profile photo of Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
108,000
-82,400
-82,400
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Gerald Karlic at
Gerald Karlic
75,000
-25,000
-25,000

Tags: Gerald KarlicJack SinclairJan-Peter JachtmannJonathan Wong

Gruissem Takes Another Hit

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The start of Day 2 has been disastrous so far for Philipp Gruissem, as he just took another hit to fall below the starting stack. It was Vojtecj Ruzicka that ended up all in and at risk for his last 31,200 with {4-Hearts}{4-Spades} against the {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds} of Gruissem. The board came {Q-Clubs}{9-Spades}{7-Spades}{4-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and Ruzicka spiked a set on the turn to avoid a re-entry for now.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
80,000
-40,000
-40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
65,000
36,200
36,200

Tags: Philipp GruissemVojtech Ruzicka

Rudziankov Eliminated; Hallaert In

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Maxi Lehmanski won a small pot against table neighbor Sander van Wesemael when his {A-Spades}{4-Spades} found top pair on a board of {A-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{3-Spades}{Q-Hearts}.

Artur Rudziankov lost the remainder of his short stack early on while Kenny Hallaert is the next player to fire a second bullet after busting on Day 1.

Player Chips Progress
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Kenny Hallaert
100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Maxi Lehmanski de
Maxi Lehmanski
100,000
17,300
17,300
Profile photo of Sander van Wesemael nl
Sander van Wesemael
95,000
-19,300
-19,300
Profile photo of Artur Rudziankov cz
Artur Rudziankov
Busted

Tags: Artur RudziankovKenny HallaertMaximilian LehmanskiSander van Wesemael

Two Further Entries

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Gerald Karlic entered with a fresh stack of 100,000 on his first bullet while Andreas Eiler played on Day 1 and busted, then opted to re-enter again today. This brings the total field up to 45 entries and just five further are needed to cover the guarantee of €250,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Andreas Eiler
100,000
100,000
100,000
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Gerald Karlic
100,000

Tags: Andreas EilerGerald Karlic

Passet Doubles Through Gruissem

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

In the first hand of the day, Philipp Gruissem raised to 3,600 from the small blind and Yair Bitoun three-bet the big blind to 7,100, which Gruissem called. The flop came {10-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{7-Spades} and Gruissem check-folded to a bet of 15,000.

The next hand, Gruissem raised the button to 3,600 again and Bitoun called in the small blind. Abraham Passet three-bet to 14,000 in the big blind and Gruissem took his time before announcing all in. Bitoun quickly folded, but Passet snap-called all in for 94,800.

Abraham Passet: {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}
Philipp Gruissem: {2-Spades}{2-Clubs}

There was no upset on the board {J-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and Passet doubled right away in Day 2.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Abraham Passet gb
Abraham Passet
193,000
98,100
98,100
Profile photo of Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
120,000
-99,200
-99,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Yair Bitoun fr
Yair Bitoun
105,000
5,000
5,000

Tags: Yair BitounPhilipp GruissemAbraham Passet

The Flying Dutchman Enters Day 2

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

There are three new entries before the start of Day 2 so far and this includes partypoker team pro Marcel "The Flying Dutchman" Luske, Yair Bitoun and Robert Kokoska. Luske comes fresh off a 23rd place in the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event and the field is up to 43 entries.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
100,000
Profile photo of Yair Bitoun fr
Yair Bitoun
100,000
Profile photo of Robert Kokoska cz
Robert Kokoska
100,000

Tags: Marcel LuskeRobert KokoskaYair Bitoun