The PokerStars Festival Hamburg €1,100 Main Event Has Arrived
Welcome to the second day of our live reporting coverage and today brings you Day 1a of the PokerStars Festival Hamburg €1,100 Main Event in Casino Schenefeld. This is the first of four flights in total to reach Day 2 on Saturday, November 25. The action is scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. local time here while the High Roller will restart at 5 p.m.
Hamburg has played host to two previous PokerStars events under the Eureka Poker Tour banner over the previous years. In 2015 Tom Holke was victorious in a 581-entry strong field and took €107,920 and the trophy home with him after having qualified online. Last year it was Dinesh “NastyMinder” Alt who grabbed the win for Switzerland and cashed €69,120 for beating the rest of the field which contained 367 entries.
PokerStars Festival Main Events in 2017 at a glance
| PSF Stop | Buy In | Entries | Prize Pool | Champion | Prize | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | ￡ 990 | 944 | ￡ 824,112 | Rehman Kassam | ￡89,320 | $111,638 |
| Rozvadov | €1,100 | 1126 | € 1,089,310 | Petr Svoboda | €124,346 | $131,283 |
| Chile | $1,650 | 329 | $500,000 | Christopher Franco | $97,360? | $97,360? |
| Marbella | €1,100 | 949 | €911,040 | Ignacio De Maturana | €168,700 | $188,017 |
| South Korea | KRW1,650,000 | 285 | KRW414,675,000 | Taehoon Han | KRW83,130,000 | $73,954.00 |
| Lille | €1,100 | 800 | €768,000 | Philippe Le Touche | €143,000 | $164,849 |
| Manila | PHP55,000 | 594 | PHP28,809,000 | Uday Bansal | PHP4,676,000 | $92,793 |
| Bucharest | €1,100 | 736 | €706,560 | Sam Grafton | €117,707 | $138,192 |
| Uruguay | $1,650 | 169 | $379,755 | Julio Belluscio | $66,748 | $66,748 |
| Dublin | €1,100 | 544 | €679,000 | Gary McGinty | €91,808 | $107,925 |
| Sochi | RUB66,000 | 699 | RUB30,000,000 | Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy | RUB7,700,000 | $133,951 |
Expected to join the field in the Main Event are Team PokerStars Pro Marcin Horecki and Team PokerStars Online Felix Schneiders. Hopefully they will show their faces today, if not, they will definitely join one of the other Day 1s.
The players will start with 30,000 chips in their quest to finding a bag at the end of the day. There are 12 45-minute levels scheduled for today with a 15-minute break after every three levels. There is a cap of 200 players and registration will be possible until the start of Level 7. If players, unfortunately, bust on either Day 1a, 1b or 1c, they can choose to reenter Day 1d (reentry flight) which takes place on Friday, November 24 at 8 p.m and will be played with 20-minute levels.
Follow all updates on PokerNews as the team will be there for all the wins, double-ups, bad beats, and bust-outs.
Structure
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45 | 50 | 100 | - |
| 2 | 45 | 75 | 150 | - |
| 3 | 45 | 100 | 200 | 25 |
| 15-minute break | ||||
| 4 | 45 | 150 | 300 | 50 |
| 5 | 45 | 200 | 400 | 50 |
| 6 | 45 | 250 | 500 | 75 |
| 60-minute dinner break | ||||
| 7 | 45 | 300 | 600 | 100 |
| 8 | 45 | 400 | 800 | 100 |
| 9 | 45 | 500 | 1,000 | 100 |
| 15-minute break | ||||
| 10 | 45 | 600 | 1,200 | 200 |
| 11 | 45 | 800 | 1,600 | 200 |
| 12 | 45 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 300 |