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The Festival in Rozvadov Day 1 Recap

The opening day of The Festival in Rozvadov was the first of ten busy days at Kings Casino. 

The day started with the opening flight of the €200,000 guaranteed €250 The Hendon Mob Championship, in which 70 players took their seats, all aiming for safe passage through to the second day of the tournament. Nine players made it through the day, with Dominik Martan from the Czech Republic leading the way, taking 629,000 into Day 2.

The Mixed Games Main Event also began, featuring a H.O.R.S.E.S format which adds Sviten Special to the rotation of the usual equestrian mixed game. Sixteen players took part in the first starting day, including Scott Kenyon, who topped The Festival Bratislava Leaderboard last autumn. By the end of the day, six players remained, with Koen Roos sitting at the top of the pile, with a 151k chip stack.

Later in the day, the The Hendon Mob Championship held its second of five flights, where a further 109 players began their flag hunting journey, with fifteen lucky souls surviving to the end of the sixteen levels that were played. 

There were also two non-Hold’em side events which took place on Friday. The first to get going was the €250 Sviten Special, which was won by Jari Johannes Virta, who outlasted a field of 48 runners to claim the €3,796 first prize. The last tournament of the day was by far the busiest, with 176 players entering the €125 Crazy Pineapple. Bulgarian Ilia Pendev took top honours.

Sviten Special Result

  • Buy-In: €250
  • Entries: 48
  • Prize Pool: €10,260
PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Jari Johannes VirtaSweden€3,796
2Lachezar Angelov TsenovBulgaria€2,616
3Andereas KlimmerGermany€1,667
4Nils HallenstamSweden€1,206
5Jill Alva Gunnel MellstroemSweden€975
Sviten Special Winner Jari Johannes Virta

Crazy Pineapple Result

  • Buy-In: €125
  • Entries: 176
  • Prize Pool: €18,392
PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Ilia PendevBulgaria€5,553
2Antonio FragaleItaly€2,762
3David BerdisSlovakia€1,824
4Christopher CampisanoItaly€1,503
5Markus Kleine TebbeGermany€1,208

Twenty players were paid, for the full list of payouts, visit the Results Page

Saturday’s Schedule at The Festival in Rozvadov

Friday was quite a busy one for the opening day of the festival, but Saturday will be huge. There are two further starting days for The Hendon Mob Championship, another flight of the €550 H.O.R.S.E.S Mixed Main Event, the €250 PLO Master and the €125 Texas Saturday Knockout. But that’s not all, as this evening the Cash Game Challenge begins, with the first two of ten sessions, one Hold’em and one PLO.

DateTimeEvent NameBuy-InGTD
Sat Jun-111:00The Hendon Mob Championship - Day 1C€ 220+30€ 200,000
Sat Jun-112:00Turbo Satellite to Mixed Games HORSES - Day 1B€ 70+10€ 2,750
Sat Jun-115:00Mixed Games Main Event HORSES - Day 1B€ 500+50€ 25,000
Sat Jun-115:30Satellite to THMC - Day 1D€ 35+5€ 2,500
Sat Jun-116:00PLO Masters€ 225+25€ 10,000
Sat Jun-118:00The Hendon Mob Championship - Day 1D€ 220+30€ 200,000
Sat Jun-120:00Super Satellite to Main Event€ 70+10€ 5,500
Sat Jun-120:00Cash Game Challenge TX NL €5-€5
Sat Jun-122:00Texas Saturday Knockout (Bounty 50€)€ 110+15€ 10,000
Sat Jun-122:30Cash Game Challenge PLO €5-€5