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
Total Entries
567
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 567
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Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Al-Labani Among Big Stacks; Haran Busts Lenz

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Hael Al-Labani sent table neighbor Sebastian Lenz to the rail after calling the shove of the German for 19,700, Christian Viereck came along as well. On a ten-high flop both remaining active players invested 20,000 and Viereck check-folded on a {J-} turn to see Al-Labani turn over pocket fours for a set, Weltz had no miracle anymore with ace-king.

Sebastian Lenz moved all in for 18,800 and Phillip Buddenhagen called on the button. Shachar Haran moved all in over the top for 95,000 out of the big blind and Buddenhagen folded.

Sebastian Lenz: {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}
Shahar Haran: {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}

The board ran out {4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and Haran paired his king on the turn to send Lenz packing.

Tags: Christian ViereckChristian WeltzHael Al-LabaniSebastian LenzShachar Haran

Van Loo Dumps Another One

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

De Han Kim raised to 4,000 from the cutoff. Fanos Zachariou shoved all in from the button for the 36.900 he had behind. The small blind folded but Tim Van Loo was up next. He also shoved having Zachariou covered. Kim folded quickly.

Tim Van Loo: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Fanos Zachariou: {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}

The board ran out {7-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{6-Hearts} - Van Loo's tens held and he eliminated Zachariou from the tournament.

Tags: De Han KimFanos Zachariou

Hysaj Takes from Pezelj; Michels Doubles

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

On the tail end of a bigger pot between Ivica Pezelj and Eljano Hysaj, the latter bet 17,500 with the river showing {9-Spades}{7-Spades}{6-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{5-Spades}. Pezelj gave it some consideration and announced "I call." Hysaj turned over {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and Pezelj tapped the table before sending his {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} into the muck.

Tim Michels was all in for 12,600 from early position and Salim El Boustani in the cutoff announced "I raise" before putting in 5,500. Apparently he had not noticed the all in of Michels despite the all in triangle right in front of Michels and was forced to min-raise to 23,600, which got everyone else out of the hand.

Tim Michels: {K-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
Salim El Boustani: {Q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

The board came {7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and Michels doubled.

Tags: Eljano HysajIvica PezeljSalim El BoustaniTim Michels

Yavuz Can't Win Against Rauscher

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

There were a bunch of people standing around one table so the live reporting team went over to see what had happened.

The board read {4-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{7-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} and Matthias Rauscher had the all-in triangle in front of him and his stack was being counted as he had {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} for a straight on the river. His opponent was Oguz Yavuz who held {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} for two pair, aces and queens. When the dealer had finished counting the stack, it was confirmed that Rauscher had 67,200. Yaguz seemed pretty miffed with the fact that he now only had 14,700 left to play with.

Tags: Oguz YavuzMatthias Rauscher

Assorted Counts From Level 11

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

German eSports presenter Melek 'm3lly' Balgün on her first major poker tournament experience

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Melek Balgün
Melek Balgün

The crossover between poker and eSports has been evident for years now. You only have to look as far as the PokerStars Team Pro rosters, where the likes of Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier and Lex 'RaSZi' Veldhuis transitioned from professional eSports (Starcraft in both cases) to winning millions in poker.

As we're in Hamburg, one of the biggest names in the German eSports world is Melek 'm3lly' Balgün. Counter Strike player, TV host, YouTube personality, social media consultant; Balgün has many strings to her bow, and she's here at the PokerStars Festival trying to add one more.

Read more on the PokerStars Blog.

Tags: Melek Balgün

Howe Busted by Van Loo

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The board read {5-Spades}{K-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} with an accumulated pot of about 30,000 already. Tim Van Loo sat in the big blind and had gone all in for about 18,000. His opponent was Axel Howe, who was trying to figure out what to do. In the end, he called. Van Loo tabled {10-Hearts}{10-Spades} for a set of tens. Howe got up from the table and showed {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} for two pair, kings and jack, which wasn't good enough. Howe had 17,000 behind so he knew he was eliminated and left the tournament area.

Tags: Axel HoweTim Van Loo

Negrii Busts to Bach

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Down to around 14,000, Dragos-Constantin Negrii put his last hopes on the {A-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} and Florian Bach quickly called with {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}. The board of {Q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{A-Spades} left the Romanian drawing dead on the turn and he headed to the rail.

The same table also features big stack Roberto Manfredi, while fellow High Roller participant [Removed:65] is thriving two tables over.

Tags: Dragos NegriiFlorian BachRoberto Manfredi

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200