Grzegorz Derkowski raised from the cutoff and picked up calls by Rishi Bhasin on the button and Martin Wendt in the big blind. The flop fell and the action checked to Bhasin, who bet 7,000. Wendt folded while Derkowski check-raised to 22,000. Bhasin moved all in and was snap-called.
Rishi Bhasin:
Grzegorz Derkowski:
The turn improved Derkowski to unbeatable quads, and the river was a blank.
Oleg Volosin and Said Hossein Madani were eliminated in quick succession. Madani pushed from under the gun with ace-jack and [Removed:65] called in the big blind with pocket queens.
Thang Duc Nguyen raised on the button and called a three-bet to 28,000 by Toni Vardjavand. On the flop, Vardjavand continued for 35,000 and Nguyen called before the turn and river were checked down. Vardjavand showed and that won the pot.
Negjdet Avdylaj moved all in from the small blind and Andre Haneberg quickly called out of the big blind with . Avdylaj only had pocket sixes and the appeared right away on the flop, a blank on the turn left Avdylaj drawing dead.
Toni Vardjavand raised from the button and Jakob Madsen defended from the big blind. On the turn, Madsen checked and faced a bet of 21,000 by Vardjavand. Madsen check-raised all in for 95,000 and that forced a fold.
Jonas Wohlgemuth raised to 5,500 in the small blind and Federik Jensen called from the big blind. On the flop, Wohlgemuth bet 6,000 and Jensen called before the German shoved the turn. Jensen reluctantly called with for second pair, while Wohlgemuth had the dominating . The river was a blank and Wohlgemuth doubled to 100,000, while Jensen dropped to 125,000.
Sven Leu raised from under the gun and picked up three callers in Jakob Madsen, Thang Duc Nguyen and Toni Vardjavand in the big blind. The four players checked the flop and Vardjavand bet the turn for 15,100. Only Madsen called before the on the river was checked through.
Christian ZetzscheFrederik Jensen is among the big stacks heading into Day 2
The most expensive tournament of the 2017 PokerStars Festival at Casino Schenefeld in Hamburg, the €2,200 High Roller, kicked off the previous day and attracted a total field of 90 entries including 10 players that fired a second bullet. Of those, only 28 bagged up chips and more than half of them will leave empty-handed.
Only the top 13 spots will receive a share of the €174,600 prize pool with the min cash worth €3,490, while thw winner takes home €46,380. In the lead for Day 2 is Toni Vardjavand with 273,900, followed by local player Andre Haneberg with 221,900, while Sven Leu is third in chips with 182,900. Three former European Poker Tour Main Event champions are also still in contention including EPT3 Baden winner Thang Duc Nguyen (180,300), EPT8 Madrid champion Frederik Jensen (178,200) as well as EPT4 Warsaw champion Michael Schulze (78,200).
Other notables that will return to the tables of the Casino Schenefeld to battle for the PokerStars Festival High Roller trophy are Grzegorz Derkowski (144,700), Daniel Belov (98,200), [Removed:65] (71,200), Martin Wendt (54,300) and Aleksandar Tomovic (49,900).
The action will recommence with level 13 and blinds of 1,200/2,400 with a running ante of 400 and the levels continue to last 40 minutes throughout until a champion is crowned.
€2,200 High Roller Day 2 Seat Draw
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
1
Toni Vardjavand
Germany
273,900
114
1
2
Sven Leu
Germany
182,900
76
1
4
Jakob Madsen
Denmark
136,900
57
1
5
De Han Kim
Germany
94,600
39
1
6
Thang Duc Nguyen
Germany
180,300
75
1
7
Oleg Volosin
Estonia
43,600
18
1
8
Fredrik Andersson
Sweden
34,900
15
2
2
Negjdet Avdylaj
Macedonia
37,800
16
2
3
Andre Haneberg
Germany
221,900
92
2
4
Christian Freimuller
Germany
61,600
26
2
5
Adnan Dizdarevic
Denmark
35,100
15
2
6
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Germany
56,500
24
2
7
Daniel Belov
Estonia
98,200
41
2
8
Aleksandar Tomovic
Serbia
49,900
21
3
1
Erkan Sonmez
Germany
48,200
20
3
2
Jamila von Perger
Germany
71,600
30
3
3
Vytis Paskevicius
Lithuania
130,000
54
3
5
Michael Schulze
Germany
78,200
33
3
6
Vitaly Karayvan
Russia
74,600
31
3
7
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Germany
71,200
30
3
8
Said Hossein Madani
Germany
42,000
18
4
1
Florian Bach
Germany
67,900
28
4
2
Martin Wendt
Denmark
54,300
23
4
3
Jonas Wohlgemuth
Germany
49,800
21
4
4
Frederik Jensen
Denmark
178,200
74
4
5
Roberto Manfredi
Italy
78,000
33
4
6
Grzegorz Derkowski
Germany
144,700
60
4
8
Rishi Bhasin
Germany
91,700
38
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and the action checked to Bhasin, who bet 7,000. Wendt folded while Derkowski check-raised to 22,000. Bhasin moved all in and was snap-called.
turn improved Derkowski to unbeatable quads, and the 
river was a blank.
flop, Vardjavand continued for 35,000 and Nguyen called before the 
turn and 
river were checked down. Vardjavand showed 
and that won the pot.
. Avdylaj only had pocket sixes and the 
appeared right away on the flop, a blank on the turn left Avdylaj drawing dead.
turn, Madsen checked and faced a bet of 21,000 by Vardjavand. Madsen check-raised all in for 95,000 and that forced a fold.
flop, Wohlgemuth bet 6,000 and Jensen called before the German shoved the 
turn. Jensen reluctantly called with 
for second pair, while Wohlgemuth had the dominating 
. The 
river was a blank and Wohlgemuth doubled to 100,000, while Jensen dropped to 125,000.
turn for 15,100. Only Madsen called before the 
on the river was checked through.
and that won the pot.