2025 The Festival Rozvadov Day 8

Following another deep run in which Kare Hallamaa finished 3rd in the Deuce to Seven event, the Finn has now opened up a significant lead in the Player of the Series race. Despite having a big lead, he can still be caught, as the Main Event is the one that awards by far the most points to the top few finishers.

Top 20

We’ve now expanded the table to show the top 20 players, as we enter the latter stages of the Festival in Rozvadov. 

How Are Player of the Series Points Calculated?

So how does this leaderboard work? I can almost hear some of you thinking this as you’re reading it. For the complete rules on how the leaderboard works, there’s an article on the main site that explains it all, but here’s a brief rundown. 

Qualifying Events

• Only tournaments that are open to all count, therefore no leaderboard points for cash game challenge, Festival Queens or the Seniors
• Satellites do not count either

Participation Points

• Players get points for simply taking part, but these can only be earned once per tournament, you don’t get extra points for extra bullets.
• The amount of participation points is based on the buy-in of the event, the full breakdown is in the article linked above.

Base Points

• Players “in the money” are awarded base points, with 25 awarded to the winner, 20 for second, 18 for third etc.
• But if there is a deal, the points awarded to those involved in the deal are frozen and all are awarded the points earned by the player in the lowest finishing position in the deal, e.g. if three players, make a deal, they all receive the points awarded for a 3rd place finish.

Multiplier

• A multiplier related to how many entries there were in the tournament is applied to the base points.

Total Point Per Event = (Base Points x Multiplier) + Participation Points

“Dagobert”, a German national is the bubble boy in the 2-7 Triple Draw. Fellow countryman Benedict Kaiser departed in ninth and Latvian Raimonds Svans was next out in eight.

I am the next to depart, catch you all later!

A field of 49 unique entries has been whittled down to the final 11. Allan Arjut, Kare Hallamaa, and Julien Teissedre all remain in the field looking for additional Festival cashes and leaderboard points here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov at the Festival Series.

Even more from The Festival Series photographer Mairo Toom. A general selection of shots from across the tournament area today and yesterday. Give him a follow on Instagram: @EstonianWeirdo

Check out this selection of photos from The Festive Series photographer Mairo Toom. Give him a follow on Instagram: @EstonianWeirdo

Here are the payouts for the €150 2-7 Triple Draw. A field of 28 remain to battle it out for a title in the one and only Triple Draw tournament this festival.

Horst Boschen was eliminated early and his quest for a third title has been put on hold. Kare Hallamaa will be looking to add yet another cash and leaderboard points to keep him in contention to win a €1,600 package to the next Festival Series Event in Malta this coming September.

Krzysztof Kordus has emerged as the Open Face Chinese champion here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. He bested Yurii Rassamakin heads-up to secure the title. Below are the payouts in full.

The Open Face Chinese is three-handed, with Krzysztof Kordus, Yurii Rassamakin and “Guverner” all battling it out for the title. Below are the payouts so far.

Kare Hallamaa continues to run well here at The Festival Series at King’s Resort in Rozvadov.

He won a 10-handed PLO flip making a boat, and also a 5-handed flip, outkicking one of the King’s staff members in a trips v trips situation. Hallamaa had J3 vs T3.

A Super Satellite to the Main Event Day 1E is set to commence at 8 p.m, as are Franke’s Flips that will take place at tables 11 and 12, which are located near the tournament registration area.

The flips are €25 and rake free! Get involved to qualify for the final flip off, which commences on Sunday at 1.30 p.m. local time. Come and join the fun!

One unfortunate player is set to miss out on a minimum cash of €40 or a €550 Main Event ticket as the bubble is in effect here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Only 15 remain of the 167 that entered.

A field of 41 have taken to the felt for the €125 2-7 Triple Draw here in King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Dual Festival winner Horst Boschen is in the field hunting his third title.

The tournament offered a €3,000 guarantee before the off, but the prize pool has ballooned to a total of €4,305! Registration remains open until 9.55 p.m. local time so there is still time for the prize pool to grow even more!

Francisco Arenas is the bubble boy in the Open Face Chinese tournament here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. The payouts have now been announced. See the table below for the rundown of who will win what.

Registration will close shortly for the Open Face Chinese. A field of 28 remain of the 91 total entrants, 61 of which were unique entries. The €10,000 guarantee has been smashed, with the prize pool currently standing at €19,110.

If you would like to learn more about “OFC”, click here to find out more about this interesting points-based variant of poker.

Only two levels left of registration remain here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. A field of 76 remains out of a total of 126 total entrants.

The second of the two flights that run today commences at 6 p.m,. and two flights will run tomorrow at the same starting times of 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

The same again will occur on Sunday, but the first flight will be a turbo flight with 15-minute blinds, and the final flight is a Flip and Go Pineapple variant.

More results from The Festival Series have been put up online, click here to check them out. More will be posted throughout the coming days.

Check out the Highlights from Day 7 of The Festival Series 2025 in Rozvadov. The Hospitality events, and the poker, is now in full swing, with the first flights to the Main Event having taken place.

Don’t forget to like, comment, share, and subscribe to keep up to date with all The Festival action here in Rozvadov and at future stops.

The Cash Game Challenge has been running here at King’s Resort during this installment of The Festival Series 2025.

Below are the current rankings, and it’s Mario Scholz who currently leads the way with a big blind profit of 1,120, which is almost 6 minimum buy-ins worth of gains!

A field of 62 total entrants has become 42 here at The Festival Series in Rozvadov.

If you’re new to the game or want to brush up on some strategy, check out this article here.

With five events concluding on Thursday, its all change at the top of the leaderboard in the Player of the Series race. Finland’s Kare Hallamaa booked two third place finishes, in the Blakjack and the PLO 4/5/6 events and has now has a 38 point lead over fellow Finn Ville Hakala.

Hakala, who won the PLO 4/5/6, had been in 4th place, but this moves him into clear second place, leapfrogging Horst Günter Böschen and Moreno Rutten. Nils Doverklint who finished 9th in the PLO 4/5/6 moves up to 5th place.

There are also two new entries in the top 10. Debuting at number 6 is Sascha Manns, following his 3rd place finish in the Thursday Texas Turbo Midnight Madness. Barrie Dear, winner of the Blackjack tournament sneaks into the list in 10th place. Franke sits just outside the top 10, 2 points adrift of Barrie, on 92 points.

There may be two players from Finland at the top, but this race is still a long away from the Finnish line.

A field of 75 players of 95 total entrants is currently in play here at the King’s Resort in the Czech countryside town of Rozvadov. There are still 5 levels of 40-minutes left to register and plenty more flights running from today through to Sunday.

Come and take your seat at the table and be a part of what could be another record-breaking event here at The Festival.

Seeming as the blogger forgot to include the schedule in today’s recap, here it is! Good luck to all who take to the tables today.

Check out Andreas Hoglund’s interview with flag-hunter extraordinaire Maureen Bloechlinger! The Swiss national has cashed in over 40 countries worldwide! Don’t forget to like, comment, share an subscribe to keep up to date with the Festival action!

Here is our interview with Allan Arjut, who at the time was hunting for his first tournament win. Since then, he has won his first-ever title, which came in a PLO event just a few days ago. As always don’t forget to like, comment, share and subscribe to keep up to date with all the Festival action.

The Festival Series in Rozvadov will see its first Open Face Chinese tournament run today at noon local time. A field of 10 has already registered for this unique variant of poker. If you are new to the game, click here to learn more about the rules and strategy.

A field of 54 assembled from 11 a.m. this morning in pursuit of qualification to Day 2 of the marquee tournament here at King’s Resort, The Festival Series Main Event, which has seen a total of 254 entries over the first three flights, inclusive of 1C.

For €550, you can take a stab at winning a chunk of the whopping €500,000 prize pool. Come down and get involved, but as always, only stake what you can afford to lose.

Here is a table that shows the current winners of Franke’s Flips. These players will all be in a draw to win a package worth €1,600 to the next Festival Series that takes place in Malta this September.

Today is the last day to get involved with the flips. Entry is €25 and rake free! Come and get involved at 8 p.m. at the tables that are located near the tournament buy-in desk. Here are the results so far.