2024 The Festival Rozvadov Day 5

The fifth day is drawing to a close here at Kings Casino, but there are still several tournaments still in play and one that has concluded.

Seniors 

The tournament that is over is the Seniors event, which is a good job, as its way past their bedtime. There were 68 entries in total, generating a €14,535 prize pool and paying out nine spots. It was won by Swede Joakim Olin after a deal was done three handed, leaving Joerg Mueller in second and Stig Moen in third. 

Mystery Bounty

Day 1c had 237 entries and is now in level 12, with play schedule to end when 36 players remain. There are still 79 players left, but a long way to go until the end of the day. Spotted in the field today and still in command of chips are mixed game specialists Nikolas Bokowski, Sascha Manns and Bruno Stefanelli. 

Seven Card Stud

Thirty players entered the €220 Seven Card Stud Fixed Limit and it is now down to the final table, with six players left in, but only three getting paid. Siaehei Narozhny, who came second in the Mixed Games Main Event is still in and until recently held a significant chip lead. However he has lost a few pots and is now average stacked, but looking very focused. 

Finishing second seems to spur players on, as it did for Sascha Manns who’s Mixed Games Main Event victory came just one day after he finished as runner up in the 8-Game. Will Narozhny go one better tonight? Well it could be a long one and I certainly won’t be awake when it does end, but we’ll update further on the outcome in the morning.

PLO Knockout

The €125 PLO Knockout was a popular event, with just under 100 entries (96) and they are also now on the final table, having reached the money not so long ago, with 11 players getting paid. As I write this, Antoine Degiorgio has just busted in 8th. There are two players left in who have already collected trophies this week, in the shape of Bulgarian Angelo Lachezar Angelov Tsenov, who is looking to pick up back to back trophies, after winning last night’s €250 PLO Freezeout. The other champ still in is Ivo Gadze from Croatia, who won Sunday night’s Win The Button tournament.

It’s now time for this senior citizen (yes, I am old enough to play the Seniors) to get a mug of cocoa and retire for the night. Sleep well and put the bad beats out of your mind, its just a game! Good night Larry!

The €125 Blackjack tournament reached its crescendo on the very final hand of the last heat, with Estonians Maili Tannbaum and Mati Pirn watching restlessly amongst the large crowd that had gathered around the table. Former champion Andreas ‘Wiseguy’ Hoglund took his seat in the final heat, but ran out of chips before the final hand.

However the player in seat four was on a tear and going into the final hand he was on 27,000 chips and a win (with no splits or doubles) would have tied him for the lead and push Mati down to third place. However, it wasn’t to be, as he hit a hard 13 and faced a decision on whether to double or just draw a card. He chose not to double, pulled a face card and busted, to settle the tournament in Maili’s favour.

We’re still waiting for official result and payouts of the biggest blackjack tournament in the history of The Festival, with 93 entrants and a prize pool of €10,230, more than double the €5,000 guarantee!

The €125 Blackjack tournament is entering the last half hour and its close at the top.

Estonians still occupy the top two spots with Maili Tannbaumon 29,000 while Mati Pirn lies in second with 28,000. There have been 84 entries so far and there’ still time for a few more heats.

Maili and Mati both played in the same heat and Maili got off to a great start with a blackjack on her first hand. The dealer busted five times during it and Maili only lost two of her ten hands.

Will anyone knock her off the top spot before registration closes?

Having decided to give the Seven Card Stud a miss, our Mixed Games Main Event Champion Sascha Manns has chosen to play the Mystery Bounty. After he took his seat Franke took this opportunity to present him with his winner’s drawing, which has now been found….albeit a little sketchy.

Today’s flight of the €300 Mystery Bounty is the last of the regular starting days, but there is one final turbo structured Day 1d on Wednesday, prior to the start of Day 2. There are ten levels for late registration and they will play until the end of level 18. At the first break of the day there were 154 entries, pushing the total number of entries up to 349.

Side Events

In other news, the Seniors ended up with 68 entries and they are down to the last two tables. The Seven Card Stud now has 28 players and there is one level left for late registration.

Tonight’s side event starts a little earlier than usual at 9pm and is a €125 PLO Knockout, with each bounty worth €50. There is also an €80 satellite to the Main Event, which has just started.

Blackjack Tournament Update

The Blackjack tournament is ongoing and so far over 60 players have taken part, with another three hours before the event concludes. It’s already by far the biggest blackjack tournament The Festival has ever staged and will get even bigger by the time registration closes at 23.30. Estonian fingers should be crossed for the next few hours as Maili Tannbaum leads the way with 29,000 while Mati Pirn lies in second with 28,000. The €5,000 guarantee has already been smashed.

Want to see photos from the events at The Festival in Rozvadov? Click on the ‘Galleries” button above and then click on the pics to view the full galleries from each event. There’s also a gallery where we are uploading the drawings of the winners, but where the heck the one of Sascha is we just don’t know? Seems to have gone missing, sorry about that Mr Manns, you’ll just have to win another event…

No, this is not a post about the rock band, but about the state of play at Kings Casino Rozvadov during The Festival Series, which is now on its fifth day out of ten. The €550 Main Event begins tomorrow and this afternoon the €250 Seniors, the €220 Seven Card Stud and a €50 satellite to tonight’s Day 1c of the €300 Mystery Bounty. 

Late registration in the Seniors is closing soon. There have been 66 entries so far, with 35 still in the running for a boost to their pensions. Franke is still in, as is Ukrainian Alexander Dovzhenko. Michael ‘Mick’ Jäger is also still in, hooded, not suited and looking to get some satisfaction at the poker table today. 

The Seven Card Stud is running with 22 players, including Nikolas Bokowski who won the Sviten, but Mixed Games Main Event winner Sascha Manns is giving this one a miss in favour of taking his seat in the Mystery Bounty this evening. 

The satellite to the Mystery Bounty was a busy one, with 170 entries. There are 57 players left fighting it out for the 24 seats that it generated.

The Blackjack tournament is also underway, with non-stop heats running until 11.30pm.

There are casino games tournaments on the schedule too, with the first of these, a blackjack tournament starting at 4pm this afternoon, and continuing on a rolling basis all evening, with the last buy-in at 11.30pm.

Blackjack tournaments are very different to casino blackjack, as the object is not to beat the house, but to beat the other players, by making the most profit from a set number of hands. The hands are all played against the dealer, therefore it’s mostly a staking strategy game, as you take it in turns to place your bets, with a dealer button moving round the table, so that each player in the hand acts first.

However for this tournament, there are a few differences. Instead of playing against the players in a heat with the best two players progressing to the next round, which is the usual format, in this the goal is simply to win the most from ten hands of blackjack. The scores will be recorded and the top 10% will win prizes, distributed in the same way as in a poker tournament.

Rules

• Buy-in: €125 at the poker room cash desk, from 16:00-32.30
• Players per Table: Min 1, Max 5
• Number of hands payed per round: 10
• Starting Chips: 10,000
• Minimum Bet: 100
• Maximum Bet: 2,000
• One Box Per Player
• Standard Casino Blackjack rules, but no surrender allowed

Games will take place on blackjack tables close to the bar/restaurant near the main entrance of the casino. The highest scores achieved so far will be displayed on a screen near the table.

As we have frequently been pointing out, The Festival Series is about so much more than poker. We’ve set up a games zone for players to chill in and enjoy when they fancy a break from the poker tables. There’s an air hockey table, Fussball, darts and a football darts game too. 

Kings Cup in the Game Zone

Today we’re holding a competition in the fun zone, or the games area which is its official name. It started yesterday when we had Day 1a and today between 15:00-17:00 is Day 1b. It’s completely free to enter and all are welcome to come and compete in Air Hockey, Darts and Fussball games, with a chance to win a seat into the €250 PokerListings tournament on Saturday. There are three tickets in total to be won, in each of the three games.

The best performing players will return at 5pm this afternoon when Day 2 will start and the tournament reaches its climax.

The first event to start on Tuesday at The Festival in Rozvadov is the €250 Seniors, a no limit Hold’em tournament, which is only open to players who are at least as old as Franke. Last year Franke was only 49 and the seniors event in Bratislava was for players who were 49 or older, however this upset a few people and this year the required age is 50. 

Play began with 38 players seated as the first hands are being dealt.

The Hendon Mob Championship, won by Majid Alimoradpour and the Mixed Games Main Event won by Sascha Manns were the highlights of the fourth day of The Festival in Rozvadov. More info about their victories other news can be found in the end of day report.

Tuesday is one of the quieter days of The Festival in Rozvadov, but there’s still lots going on. Today’s schedule includes the Seniors, 7-Card Stud and a PLO bounty tournament, in addition to the third flight of the Mystery Bounty. There is also a blackjack tournament and more Franke’s Flips.

The cash game challenge also continues today and in the fun games area, the Kings Cup will take place, a fun competition with Air Hockey, Darts and Fussball, which is free to enter and will award three tickets to the €250 PokerListings Cup to the winners of each game. It will run from 3-5pm.