Ulrich Pauls Takes the Chip Lead Into the Final Day of the PokerStars Festival Hamburg Main Event
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.
| Day | Date | Further Info |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1a | November 22nd 2017 at 1 p.m. | 37 of 118 players advanced to Day 2 |
| Day 1b | November 23rd 2017 at 1 p.m. | 63 of 201 players advanced to Day 2 |
| Day 1c | November 24th 2017 at 1 p.m. | 63 of 134 players advanced to Day 2 |
| Day 1d | November 24th 2017 at 8 p.m. | 50 of 114 players advanced to Day 2 |
| Day 2 | November 25th 2017 at 1 p.m. | 15 of 213 players advanced to Day 3 |
| Day 3 | November 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
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Marcin Horecki | Poland | 1,825,000 | 76 |
| 1 | 2 | Rudolf Koster | Germany | 431,000 | 18 |
| 1 | 3 | Igor Rybak | Russia | 171,000 | 7 |
| 1 | 4 | Peter Jaksland | Denmark | 897,000 | 37 |
| 1 | 5 | Ulrich Pauls | Germany | 2,653,000 | 111 |
| 1 | 6 | Behzad Zarnegar | Germany | 1,425,000 | 59 |
| 1 | 7 | Bo Rundstr?m | Sweden | 655,000 | 27 |
| 1 | 8 | Daniel Stacey | United Kingdom | 1,112,000 | 46 |
| 2 | 1 | Jan Sigel | Germany | 1,019,000 | 42 |
| 2 | 2 | [Removed:431] | Germany | 1,620,000 | 68 |
| 2 | 3 | Michal Lubas | Poland | 635,000 | 26 |
| 2 | 5 | Karolis Domarkas | Lithuania | 2,234,000 | 93 |
| 2 | 6 | De Han Kim | Germany | 284,000 | 12 |
| 2 | 7 | Alaettin Keles | Germany | 1,463,000 | 61 |
| 2 | 8 | Andrei Nodea | Romania | 543,000 | 23 |