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2025 The Festival Rozvadov Day 6

2025 The Festival Rozvadov Day 6

Horst Leads Player of Series  12.06.2025 11:19 by Jonathan Raab

A further four events that qualify for the Rozvadov Player of the Series race were completed on Wednesday, after which three players have emerged as front runners in the race for the €1,600 package. Horst Günter Böschen took third place in the 8-Game, propelling him to the top of the chart, on 114 points.

Horst Boeschen, PLO Championship Winner The Festival Series 2025, Rozvadov, Kings Resort, Czechia
Horst Günter Böschen

He is just 2 points ahead of Kare Hallamaa, who also made a final table yesterday, taking 6th in the Wednesday Night Turbo. Moreno Rutten drops back to third, once again all the additional points he earned yesterday were only participation points. Just outside the top ten is Sascha Manns, who took second place in the Wednesday Night Turbo. He has 73 points, just one point below tenth place.

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Sascha Manns
Player/NicknamePoints
Horst Günter Böschen114
Kare Hallamaa112
Moreno Rutten108
Ville Hakala90
Johannes Goossens89
Haik Tougu81
Nils Doverklint81
ChippingLeaks78
Siarhei Narozhny77
TURKEY74
Sascha Manns73
Schmidt Strikes Again – Pulls €6k Bounty 12.06.2025 00:59 by Patrick Cole
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Anja Schmidtt departed in third place here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov.

On her way out of the tournament area, she pressed the big red bounty button and hit the first of 2 €6,000 bounties!

That’s all for the blog tonight, stay tuned to The Festival’s coverage on the live blog and social media.

Binder Overturns Huge Chip Deficit to Win the €250 8-Game 12.06.2025 00:25 by Patrick Cole
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Lukas Binder has overcome an insane chip deficit of around 15:1, even higher than first estimated by this particular poker blogger here in Rozvadov.

He has taken home €4,032 for his efforts over the eight-and-a-half-hour duration.

PlacePlayerNationalityPayout
1Lukas BinderGermany€4,032
2Koen RoosNetherlands€2,916
3Horst BoeschenGermany€1,882
4Siarhei NarozhnyBelarus€1,425
5Julien Antonin TeissedreFrance€1,102
6Rudolf KudernakGermany€860
7Sami Haadell,Sweden€685
8Barrie DearUnited Kingdom€538

NLH Mystery Bounty Down to the Final Three 12.06.2025 00:00 by Patrick Cole
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Currently more bounties remain than players here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. The final three are €11,000 bounty puller Anja Schmidt, Mariya Todorova and Mikhail Zaitsev.

The two €6,000 bounties remain in play, adding an extra element to the fixed prize pool.

Heads-Up in the €250 8-Game 11.06.2025 23:35 by Patrick Cole
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Koen Roos has a commanding chip lead, estimated to be around 9 or 10:1, over his opponent Markus Binder. Horst Boschen departed in third place. Below are the payouts so far.

PlayerCountryPayout
€4,032
€2,916
Horst BoeschenGermany€1,882
Siarhei NarozhnyBelarus€1,425
Julien Antonin TeissedreFrance€1,102
Rudolf KudernakGermany€860
Sami Haadell,Sweden€685
Barrie DearUnited Kingdom€538

NLH Mystery Bounty Update 11.06.2025 23:07 by Patrick Cole
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The field of 71 that started Day 2 of The Festival Series in Rozvadov has streamlined to 7-handed play here at King’s Resort. The two €6,000 bounties remain in play. Below is the current final table lineup.

SeatPlayerCountry
1
2Stephan Maximilian BlochGermany
3Mariya TodorovaBulgaria
4Antje SchmidtGermany
5Rene DreismannGermany
6Philipp HartwigGermany
7Mikhail ZaitsevRussia
8Tobias EcklGermany
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Bubble Burst in the €250 8-Game, Final Table Assembled 11.06.2025 22:30 by Patrick Cole
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Allan Arjut is the bubble boy in the €250 8-Game here at The Festival Series in Rozvadov. He won’t be adding to his first Festival title in this event.

Horst Boschen is in contention for his third Festival Series title here in Rozvadov.

Koen Roos will earn his 21st Hendon Mob flag, having made the money in this event.

Below is the final table lineup.

SeatPlayerNationality
1Julien Antonin TeissedreFrance
2Siarhei NarozhnyBelarus
3Horst BoschenGermany
4Rudolf KudernakGermany
5Markus BinderGermany
6Sami HaadellSweden
7Koen RoosNetherlands

First Hospitality Event A Hit! 11.06.2025 22:16 by Patrick Cole

Hospitality package holders were treated to fun, food, and games at the local Vian Restaurant in Rozvadov, which specialises in Asian cuisine. See below for more details about the upcoming hospitality events click here.

Below is a selection of photos from the event that took place this evening.

Bubble Time in the 8-Game 11.06.2025 21:59 by Patrick Cole
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A total of 9 remain and only 8 will find the money in the €250 8-Game here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Stay tuned to find out who falls to the bubble and who takes home the title!

Bounty Update! Schmidt Takes The Biggest Bounty! 11.06.2025 21:15 by Patrick Cole
Mystery Bounty Prizes The Festival Series Rozvadov 2025, KIng's Resort Czechia

The biggest bounty on offer has found a home with German national Anja Schmidt! She locked up €11,000, good for first place money in this tournament!

See the table below for the rundown of what prizes are left.

Bounty PrizeAmount
€11,0000
€6,0002
€3,5000
€1,0001
€3006
€1002

Check Out the Interview With Live Reporter Christoffer Karlen 11.06.2025 20:45 by Patrick Cole

Andreas Hoglund spent some time with his fellow Swede and Poker Media Professional Christoffer Karlen. Click the video below to check it out.

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8-Game Payouts Announced 11.06.2025 20:25 by Patrick Cole

A field of 64 entrants has become 24 in the €250 8-Game, and only 8 will get paid here at King’s Resort. Below is the payouts table.

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PositionPayout
1€4,032
2€2,916
3€1,882
4€1,425
5€1,102
6€860
7€685
8€538

NLH Mystery Bounty Update! 11.06.2025 20:12 by Patrick Cole
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Only a field of 21 remains after the first three hours of play. The biggest bounties remain in play at King’s Resort in this year’s Rozvadov installment of The Festival Series NLH Mystery Bounty event.

Here are the remaining bounties.

Bounty PrizeAmount
€11,0001
€6,0002
€3,5000
€1,0003
€30012
€1007

And We Have a New Mixed Game HORSES Main Event Winner! 11.06.2025 19:45 by Patrick Cole
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After six-hours of play today, the €550 Mixed Game HORSES Main Event has crowned a winner! German national “N.J.44” has finished on top of the 20 that took to the felt today here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov!

The final three agreed on an ICM chop for the payouts, but Lechner is the champion! Below is the full payout table.

Mixed Games Main Event HORSES Payouts

PositionPlayerCountryPayout
1N.J.44Germany€5,647*
2TURKEYTurkey€5,160*
3BERSERKUkraine€4,785*
4Toomas MaekikokkoFinland€2,473
5Rachel KundaIsrael€1,935
6Henrik LouwersNetherlands€1,505

Here’s The Highlights from Day 5 of The Festival Series 2025 Rozvadov 11.06.2025 19:25 by Patrick Cole

Check out the highlights of yesterday’s action by clicking the video below!

Don’t forget to like, comment, share, and subscribe to keep up to date with all The Festival action.

Check Out Our Interview With Record Breaking Hendon Mob Champ Haik Tougu (Estonian) 11.06.2025 19:09 by Patrick Cole

Click the video below to hear Mairo Toom’s interview with Check record-breaking Hendon Mob Champ Haik Tougu. This interview was conducted in Estonian, and there is also an English version on the same channel.

Don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe and share!

Bubble Burst in The Festival Series NLH Mystery Bounty – Final Day 11.06.2025 18:45 by Patrick Cole
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The remaining field of 35 is all in the money. Tommy Alm fell victim to the bubble, departing in 45th place.

Manns Can’t Defend Mixed Game Main Event HORSES Title – Falls Victim to the Bubble 11.06.2025 18:20 by Patrick Cole
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The final five remain in the €550 Mixed Game Main Event HORSES here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. German national Sascha Manns fell victim to the bubble, meaning a new champion will be crowned when play concludes this evening.

Henrik Louwers departed in sixth, the first cash place, for €1,505.

The Festival Main Event – Day 1A Commences at 6 p.m. 11.06.2025 17:40 by Patrick Cole
Presiyan Tsvetanov, The Festival Series Main Event Champion 2025

The first flight to the €500,000 guaranteed Festival Main Event starts tonight at 6 p.m.

Will you be in the field to take down the title just like Presiyan Tsvetanov did at this event last year? He took home €90,350 from just a €550 buy-in!

Mystery Bounties Announced! 11.06.2025 17:10 by Patrick Cole
Mystery Bounty Prizes The Festival Series Rozvadov 2025, KIng's Resort Czechia

The Mystery Bounty prizes have been announced here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. See the table below for the prizes.

Bounty PrizeAmount
€11,0001
€6,0002
€3,5004
€1,00010
€30023
€10031
Payouts Announced for the NLH Mystery Bounty – Final Day 11.06.2025 16:45 by Patrick Cole
Mystery Bounty at Rozvadov
Mystery Bounty at Rozvadov

The payouts have been released ahead of the NLH Mystery Bounty – Final Day which commences in just shy of 20-mintues time here at King’s Resort, Rozvadov. The bounty payouts will be released in due course.

PlacePayouts
1€11,250
2€7,050
3€5,100
4€4,000
5€3,150
6€2,475
7€1,875
8€1,300
9€1,020
10€845
11€845
12€725
13€725
14€630
15€630
16€565
17€565
18€500
19€500
20€500
21€440
22€440
23€440
24€385
25€385
26€385
27€385
28€335
29€335
30€335
31€335
32€335
33€335
34€335
35€335
36€290
37€290
38€290
39€290
40€290
41€290
42€290
43€290
Final Table of Seven Assemble in HORSES Main Event 11.06.2025 16:14 by Patrick Cole
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Seven players remain in contention to become a Festival Series Main Event Winner, with Sascha Manns looking to defend his title. Here is the lineup and seating arrangement.

SeatPlayerNationality
1Sascha MannsGermany
2Christopher LechnerGermany
3Alexander DovzhenkoUkraine
4Henrik LouwersNetherlands
5Rachel KundaIsrael
6Toomas MaekikokkoFinland
7Serkan KuruTurkey
Bubble Approaches in the HORSES Main Event 11.06.2025 15:51 by Patrick Cole
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Only 8 remain of the field that took to the felt for Day 2 of the HORSES Main Event.

Defending champion Sascha Manns remains in the field. Can he successfully defend his title here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov?

Even More Mixed Games! €250 8-Game Starts at 4 p.m. 11.06.2025 15:20 by Patrick Cole
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King of Kings: Mixed Games Main Event Champion Sascha Manns

The €250 8-Game is set to commence at 4 p.m. Like HORSES, 8-Game is a tournament that offers, you guessed it, 8 different variants of poker, with one different variant taking place each level.

8-Game consists of: 2-7 Triple Draw, Limit Hold’em, Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Razz (click to learn more), Seven Card Stud, Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better, No-Limit Hold’em, and Pot-Limit Omaha.

Additionally, this guide will give you more information on Texas Hold’em, PLO Hi-Lo, Seven-Card Stud, and Stud Hi-Lo!

Payouts Announced in the Mixed Games Main Event HORSES 11.06.2025 14:50 by Patrick Cole
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Only six of the remaining 20 players will find the money in the Mixed Games Main Event HORSES here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. See the table below to see which place will receive which prize.

PositionPayout
1€7,312
2€5,054
3€3,226
4€2,473
5€1,935
6€1,505

State of Play in The Festival Series 2025 Rozvadov Blackjack Tournament 11.06.2025 14:13 by Patrick Cole
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Here is the current leaderboard in The Festival Series 2025 Rozvadov Blackjack Tournament. For more information on the format, click here.

Player Chip Count
Barrie Dear39,600
Jeremias Sivanne34,000
Kare Hallamaa31,000
Oleksandr Sadovyi30,500
Riku Maeaettae24,000
Thomas Lechner21,000
Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk21,000
Tero Lipponen20,000
Sasha Manns20,000
Tomas Slovacek19,500
Sasha Eigner18,000
Ilan Sarusi17,000
Evangelos Karagianis16,000
Riku Muhonen16,000
William Meeuwisse14,000
Julian Teissedre12,000
Andreas Dyll9,000
Volodymyr Hera7,800
Nuno Antunes7,500
Daniel Shuster7,000
Mati Pirn5,000
Werner Eigner1,000

Qualify to the €550 Main Event Today! 11.06.2025 13:40 by Patrick Cole
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The Festival Series 2025 has been running satellites to the €550 Main Event since Day 1 of this installment of the series here in Rozvadov.

Today, there are two chances to bag a ticket to the marquee event, the first of which takes place at 3 p.m. local time. The Turbo Satellite to Main Event – Day 1A is and €80 event with 15-minute levels and unlimited re-entries for the first 8 levels of play.

Day 1A then commences at 5 p.m. local time. However, the second satellite runs shortly after that in the form of the Super Satellite to Main Event – Day 1B. Again an €80 buy-in with the same re-entry and registration parameters. Both satellites will provide players with a 10,000 chip starting stack.

Come down and play, it is incredible value for money considering the €500,000 prize pool on offer in this Main Event! Check out the full schedule here.

Highlights From Day 4 of The Festival Series Rozvadov 2025 11.06.2025 13:00 by Patrick Cole

Check out the highlights from Day 4 of The Festival Series Rozvadov 2025. There is still plenty more to come throughout the coming days. Come down and get involved in the €550 Main Event!

Check Out Some Action from the Cash Game Challenge! 11.06.2025 12:35 by Patrick Cole

The Cash Game Challenge has been running here at King’s Resort at The Festival Series in Rozvadov. Check out the video below to see some of the action that has been taking place at the palace of poker’s featured table.

The Festival Series – Day 5 Recap 11.06.2025 12:30 by Patrick Cole

Day 5 of the Festival saw the continuation of flights to the NLH Mystery Bounty – Day 1C (€100 Bounty), the final flight of the Mixed Games Main Event HORSES, and a multiway deal in the Seniors 50+ event, as well as the arrival of package qualifiers from online tournaments. The blackjack tournament started and ran deep into the night here at Europe’s palace of poker, Kings Resort. Let’s have a look at what happened. 

Seniors 50+ Event

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Two players took to the felt today looking for a third Festival title. One was Swedish national Joakim Olin, who was looking for a third seniors title. 

Unfortunately for him, he couldn’t top the rankings and he departed in sixth place, taking the first of the cash prizes on offer.

The final table resulted in a deal, and it turned out that Olin didn’t, claim the last cash prize, as Angela Jauß received a €300 bubble stipend for her efforts. The final five ICM chopped the rest of the prize pool, and it was Maltese national Joseph Grech who came out on top with the title. Below is the full list of payouts.

Seniors Event 50+

PositionPlayerCountryPayout
1Joseph Grech🇲🇹€2,164*
2Roman Karl Cieslik🇩🇪€1,931*
3Siarhei Tsentsevitski🇧🇾€1,912*
4Hassan Fouladgar🇩🇪€1,729*
5Roland Alexander Di Huebscher🇩🇪€1,388*
6Joakim Olin🇸🇪€656
7Angela Jauß🇩🇪€300**
* Denotes deal **Bubble stipend
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PLO Tuesday Knockout (Bounty 25€)

Dual Rozvadov winner Horst Boschen couldn’t complete a hattrick in this event and he was one of the first players to take to the table and to depart as he bust within the first few hands.

This bounty tournament saw a total of 102 entrants, with 67 unique players taking to the felt in pursuit of a title and lots of bounties.

The tournament ran deep into the night at King’s Resort, and it was Estonian national Allan Arjut, aka “ChippingLeaks”, who bested Finnish national and Festival Series regular Sami Pullianen heads-up to take down the title. Below is the full payouts exclusive of bounties won.

This is Arjut’s first ever recorded victory across all variants of poker. Arjut has recorded 11 second-place finishes and 6 third-place finishes. Now the Estonian has completed the podium place finishes with a victory here at The Festival Series in Rozvadov.

PositionPlayer/NicknameCountryPayout
1Allan Arjut aka “ChippingLeaks”🇪🇪€ 2,167
2Sami Aleksi Pulliainen🇫🇮€ 1,506
3Victor B.🇩🇪€ 996
4Nils Leif Michael Doverklint🇸🇪€ 779
5Burbone🇮🇹€ 628
6Bohdan Zahurskyi🇺🇦€ 490
7TURKEY🇹🇷€ 388
8Nuno Miguel Campos Antunes🇵🇹€ 302
9Georgios Toumpoulis🇬🇷€ 228
10KAZERO🇫🇷€ 175
11Falk Henrik Adrian Louwers🇳🇱€ 175
12Carlo Braccini🇮🇹€ 163
13Antti Juhani Honkala🇫🇮€ 163
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Today’s Schedule June 11th

TimeTournamentGTDBuy-in
11:00NLH Mystery Bounty – Day 1D Turbo (100€ Bounty)100 000 €250€
13:00Mixed Games Main Event HORSES – Final Day25 000 € 
15:00Turbo Satellite to Main Event – Day 1A5 500 €80€
16:008-Game10 000 €250€
17:00NLH Mystery Bounty – Final Day100 000 € 
18:00The Festival Main Event – Day 1A500 000 €550€
19:00Super Satellite to Main Event – Day 1B5 500 €80€
21:00PLO Wednesday Night Turbo5 000 €125€

That’s all, folks. Stay tuned to The Festival Series on social media and on the live blog for continued coverage of this years Rozvadov installment of the Festival Series.

Guarantee Reached in the €250 NLH Mystery Bounty! 11.06.2025 12:11 by Patrick Cole
Mystery Bounty at Rozvadov
Mystery Bounty at Rozvadov

There have been a total of 487 entrants so far across all flights to the €250 NLH Mystery Bounty (€100 Bounty), 242 of which are unique.

This means the guarantee of €100,000 has become €102,690, and there is still time for that number to grow. The bounty prize pool stands at €48,900, and the payout structure will see €53,000 in that side of the prize pool,

Still Tight at the Top of the Leaderboard 11.06.2025 11:40 by Jonathan Raab

Just one further event that counts towards the Player of the Series raced was completed on Tuesday, the €125 PLO Tuesday knockout. None of the players who were in the top ten cashed in the event, but the top two both played, picking up additional participation points. 

Horst Günter Böschen and Moreno Rutten are now both on 84 points. Kare Hallamaa also played and moved up one spot to 3rd, overtaking Haik Tougu.

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Kare Hallamaa

Maureen Bloechlinger has now dropped out of the top ten and the news has just come in that she won’t be returning to the Festival later in the week. 

There is one significant new entry in the top 10, Nils Doverklint debuts on the leaderboard in 6th place, following his 4th place in the PLO Knockout. But the race is wide open, with only 5 points difference between 1st and 5th place. With most of the big events yet to come, there’s likely to be some big changes at the top of the leaderboard in the next few days.

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Nils Doverklint

Top 10 After Day 5

Player Name/NicknamePoints
Horst Günter Böschen84
Moreno Rutten84
Kare Hallamaa82
Haik Tougu81
Johannes Goossens79
Nils Doverklint76
ChippingLeaks73
Ville Hakala71
Victor B.66
Philipp Klok62