Ulrich Pauls raised with and Igor Rybak defended his big blind with before getting it in after a flop of . Rybak was in dire shape, but the turn and river ensured a runner runner split pot.
Soon after, Daniel Stacey raised to 56,000 and Pauls defended the big blind. The start-of-the-day chip leader check-called a bet of 62,000 by Stacey on the flop and checked through the turn. Pauls bet the river for 160,000 and Stacey folded.
A raise by Jan Sigel on the button was called by Michal Lubas in the big blind, who checked the flop. Sigel checked behind and Lubas checked the turn before calling a delayed continuation bet worth 75,000 by Sigel. The on the river went check, check, again and Lubas turned over as winning hand while Sigel just shook his head,
In a battle of the blinds, Daniel Stacey opened to 62,000 and Marcin Horecki called. The flop fell and Stacey continued for 70,000, Horecki called. Both players checked the on the turn and the river completed the board.
Stacey bet 75,000 and Horecki raised to 250,000 before Stacey reraised to 625,000. Horecki tossed in a single chip for the call and mucked when Stacey turned over the for a full house.
The tournament staff has welcomed the players back to the final day of the PokerStars Festival Hamburg Main Event. The button will start on seat 7. The dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal.
A winner will be crowned today as the final day of the PokerStars Festival Hamburg Main Event is commencing again at 1 p.m local time. The winner will take home the trophy but also very important, an amazing amount of €105,850. A pretty wonderful return for their €1,100 buy-in.
Ulrich Pauls will start the day with a convincing chip lead but nothing is said and done yet as there are 14 other players that have their eyes set on the tournament win. Pauls won his chips by eliminating quite a few players yesterday and bluffing his way through some big hands. Karolis Domarkas, the friendly Lithuanian, won’t be that nice to just let Pauls continue the run he had yesterday. Even though Domarkas starts at the other table, he will try his best to stop Pauls if they get to the same table.
PokerStars Team Pro Marcin Horecki will be looking to take this win for the PokerStars team. He had a wonderful day yesterday by going from 26,000 chips to finishing with 1,825,000 in his bag. Those are 76 big blinds, so he has enough room to play around with those. Igor Rybak on the other hand has some less space to make big moves as he took 7 big blinds with him from yesterday.
All in all, today will be an action filled day as they play down to a winner. The PokerNews live reporting will be here to bring you all the updates until a new PokerStars Festival Hamburg Main Event Champion has been determined.