2017 PokerStars Festival Hamburg

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Ulrich Pauls Takes the Chip Lead Into the Final Day of the PokerStars Festival Hamburg Main Event

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Ulrich Pauls
Ulrich Pauls

At 1 p.m local time the 213 players that survived the four starting days came together with a goal of reaching the final day. After 10 levels of 60 minutes each, 15 have done just that. They will all return tomorrow for a bigger share of the €549,990 prize pool.

Ulrich Pauls is on top of the chip counts with 2,653,000 chips after having won several incredible hands. He eliminated Raffael Targowski and Dustin Mangold in one hand where he had jack-ten and was up against the pocket fours of Targowski and the ace-king of Mangold. He hit a jack on the turn to win the hand. Just a bit earlier he also eliminated both Christoph Wagener and Erik Scheidt in two separate hands where he held pocket fives and they had ace-king and got no help from the board.

Second in the chip counts is Karolis Domarkas with 2,234,000 chips. A chunk of those chips were collected when he won a flip against Maximilian Silz with ace-king against jacks and he hit a king on the turn. And third on the overnight podium is PokerStars Team Pro Marcin Horecki who started the day with only 26,000 and finished with much multiplied amount of that: 1,825,000 chips. He collected some of those chips by eliminating Johannes Wassmuth when he hit a straight with his queen-ten against the ace-nine of his opponent.

Other players that will return tomorrow with an above average stack are [Removed:431] (1,620,000), Alaettin Keles (1,463,000), and Behzad Zarnegar (1,425,000). Further players to keep an eye on are Michal Lubas (635,000), who finished second in the 2017 PokerStars Festival Rozvadov Main Event for €91,000, and €2,200 High Roller Runner Up De Han Kim (284,000). They will both be looking to win the tournament so they can add that to their palmares.

DayDateFurther Info
Day 1aNovember 22nd 2017 at 1 p.m.37 of 118 players advanced to Day 2
Day 1bNovember 23rd 2017 at 1 p.m.63 of 201 players advanced to Day 2
Day 1cNovember 24th 2017 at 1 p.m.63 of 134 players advanced to Day 2
Day 1dNovember 24th 2017 at 8 p.m.50 of 114 players advanced to Day 2
Day 2November 25th 2017 at 1 p.m.15 of 213 players advanced to Day 3
Day 3November 26th 2017 at 1 p.m.play down to a winner

Action will continue at 1 p.m. local time on Level 23 and blinds of 12,000/24,000 with a running ante of 4,000. A winner will be crowned tomorrow so keep following all the updates by the PokerNews live reporting team.

Day 3 Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
11Marcin HoreckiPoland1,825,00076
12Rudolf KosterGermany431,00018
13Igor RybakRussia171,0007
14Peter JakslandDenmark897,00037
15Ulrich PaulsGermany2,653,000111
16Behzad ZarnegarGermany1,425,00059
17Bo RundströmSweden655,00027
18Daniel StaceyUnited Kingdom1,112,00046
      
21Jan SigelGermany1,019,00042
22[Removed:431]Germany1,620,00068
23Michal LubasPoland635,00026
25Karolis DomarkasLithuania2,234,00093
26De Han KimGermany284,00012
27Alaettin KelesGermany1,463,00061
28Andrei NodeaRomania543,00023

Tags: Alaettin KelesAndrei NodeaBehzad ZarnegarDaniel StaceyDe Han KimDustin MangoldErik ScheidtIgor RybakJan SigelKarolis DomarkasMarcin HoreckiMichal LubasPeter JakslandRaffael TargowskiRudolf KosterUlrich Pauls