2025 The Festival Rozvadov Live Blog

The final day of this Festival Series saw a new winner crowned in this year’s Rozvadov installment of the €550 Main Event. Ondřej Már of Czechia emerged victorious after a 12-hour stint at the tables here at Europe’s palace of poker, King’s Resort. With this career-best score, he has taken his total live earnings to $424,083. His top four cashes of his career have come here in Rozvadov. Let’s run down the highlights.

A field of 22 took to the felt at the start of play today/yesterday at 1 p.m. sharp local time. That number quickly shortened up as eventual final tablist Rasmus Lundstroem caught Matteo Intiso speeding on one of the two outer tables. Intiso was the first out in today’s play.

Czech national Tomas Fara was next to go, and the first elimination of today’s feature table as he lost a flip versus German Andreas Rauch.

The sole remaining lady in the field, Anja Wisney, was dispatched by eventual winner .Már flopped the top two pair to crack Wisney’s pocket jacks. Mourad Tounnouti, the Netherlands’ sole representative, quickly followed suit.

“Andrey” and “Mr B” were stacked by Rauch on the feature table. Both players were all in for sub-10 big blind stacks, and Rauch had them both covered by heaps. His eights held against sevens and a suited king to send two players to the rail.

Next, it was Karaminev’s turn to depart as he ran into cowboys after jamming his nineteen big blind stack with queens. from the button over an early position open from another final tablist, Giuseppe Grupposo.

Stefanos Michalidis departed in 13th, an unlucky number for some (not for Festival photographer Mairo Toom, though) and is certainly the case for Michalidis. Rauch and Fare were eliminated in quick succession, with the latter also running into cowboys. He jammed his short-stack from the button against Grupposo, who again had Kings from early position.

Vasyl Pidhrushnyi was the victim of an ace from space after he called off a three-bet jam versus Ondrej Mar, who was climbing up the counts consistently.

Ten remained at that point, and one player had to miss out on making the Main Event final table and a shot at the first place prize of €91,101. That player was Samuel Saariano, who was the final elimination on the feature table before the players assembled to form the final table.

Final Table Play

The final table was reached after around three and a half hours of play, with Már, Richard Koppel, who started the day as an overwhelming chip-leader, and Giuseppe Grupposo in first, second, and third, respectively.

Georgian Giorgi Surmava came into the final table in sixth, but he doubled up through Lundstroem, who started in fourth. Another cooler spot, Lundstroem had queens, and Sumarva had kings, which left Lundstroem short.

Kuablek accumulated some early final chips, courtesy of multiple barrels from Koppel into his flopped Broadway straight.

“Easy Game” didn’t have such an easy game, and he couldn’t spin up his short-stack and was the first casualty of the final table.

Lundstroem was left even shorter by “Schulle” as the German doubled through him with a superior ace. It was then Lundstroem’s turn to double as his kings held against Mar’s ace-queen suited.

Grupposo was next out, as once again, queens ran into kings in a pure cooler spot around half an hour after the end of the first break in final table play.

Lundstroem then doubled again from short-stack to middle of the pack, but then fell around twenty minutes later, losing his short-stack in back-to-back hands.

“Schulle” was short for most of the final play and was eventually toppled by Koppel in sixth place, having moved all in for his final five blinds.

Finnish national Sami Pullianinen was active throughout and decided to run a bluff on Oliver Kubalek of Sweden. Kubalek was a non-believer and called Pullianinen with ace-high on a board containing trips.

Surmava doubled through the native Czech Már to stay in contention, having turned a boat in a preflop all-in situation.

Már continued to chip up and got paid with a boat, cracking Koppel’s queens in the process.

Pullaianinen’s time came to an end at the final table as he found the solver special. He elected to three-bet jam ace-five suited for 18 big blinds from the big blind versus Kubalek’s cutoff open. Unfortunately for the Fin, Kubalek had Big Slick, and he made top-top to finish off Pullianinen.

Surmava was the shortest stack after Pullianinen’s departure, and he was next on the chopping block. He jammed 4,150,000 from under the gun with king-ten suited for around 11 big blinds and was sent packing by Kubalek, who called in the small blind.

Three-Handed Play

Mar showed great understanding and situational awareness throughout today’s play. He opened to 900,000 with the blinds at 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 big blind ante with K Q . Koppel three-bet to 2,700,000, and Már called.

The 9 J 2 flop was checked around before both players hit the K turn. It hit Koppel harder as he made two pair, and he bet 3,500,000. Már called. Koppel attempted to trap on the 2 river, but Már didn’t bite and checked back, losing the perceived minimum.

Már then proceeded to put Kubalek in the blender as he four-bet jammed ace-king offsuit versus Kubalek, who had tens. Kubalek tanked for five minutes before shipping his cards face down to the dealer.

The final three briefly discussed a deal, but those talks were quickly put on ice before the players headed off to an impromptu 30-minute dinner break.

Play resumed about as even as it gets in terms of distribution, as each player had at least 30% each of the total chips in play.

Koppel won a few uncontested pots and put himself ahead to put some distance between himself and his opponents.

However, he lost a flip with tens after calling a limp-three-bet jam of 25 big blinds blind v blind. Már had ace-king off and binked a king on the turn to secure the double up to 50 big blinds to put Már in a significant lead.

A few hands late, Már raised with ace-queen off from the small blind, and Koppel called in the big blind. Már flopped top two on A Q 10 and bet five big blinds into Koppel who called. The 7 turn saw Már size up to a bet of 10 big blind,s and Koppel called again.

The river 10 paired the board and put Koppel all in, and he snap-called and was eliminated to Már superior two pair, taking play heads-up.

Heads-Up

Már came into heads-up play with a whopping 94% of the total chips in play, as his 99 big blinds played Kubalek’s 6 big blind stack.

It was Kubalek who struck first, doubling up with ace-eight off suit versus jack-three suited. He paired his eight to scoop the pot to chip up to 11 big blinds.

The next hand of note involved Kubalek doubling again after Már jammed queen-duece off on the button. Kubalek flopped trips with ten-seven suited and turned quads to stay alive.

Kubalek continued to take from Már, chipping up to 26 big blinds after jamming on the turn with a pair and a flush draw with 6 3 versus Már’s 6 4 . The board was 9 7 6 Q .

Kubalek then chipped up to 31 big blinds after flopping trips and check-raising the turn, which forced Már out of the pot.

The Swede continued to chip away at Már, winning numerous small pots pre and post-flop. Remarkably, Kubalek chipped up to hold 45% of the chips in play when the recount was published on the stream 45 minutes into the heads-up duel.

It was then Már’s turn to take down numerous pots as he continued to apply pressure to maintain his chiplead.

Már scooped a sizeable one when defending ten-nine offsuit in the big blind versus a 2.2 big blind open from Kubalek, who had queen-eight offsuit.

Már check called a bet of three big blinds on K 10 5 before check-calling again on the 3 turn, this time a wager of 5.5 big blinds. Kubalek surrendered on the board-pairing 3 river, and Már’s pair of tens was good at showdown, and his lead grew.

Kubalek was resilient and fought back, attempting a double-barrel bluff on turn and river with five-high on a flush completed and paired board. However, Már sniffed it out and called with king-high with no heart in hand.

This hand set up Már to regain the majority of the chips in play. Már then jammed ace-three off, and Kubalek snap-called with queens for his tournament life.

The 2 6 10 flop was clean, as was the 8 turn. However, yet another ace from space hit on the A river sealed Kubalek’s fate for good, leaving Már with all of the chips in play, and the Czech national €91,001 richer and his first Festival Series title.

That’s all from us at the beautiful King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Stay tuned to thefestival.com and on social media channels for upcoming articles and events. The cardroom, now the quietest it has been in the last eleven days, as players from across Europe and the world depart for the lands they call home. Until next time.

Final Table Payouts

Place	Player	Country	Payout
1	Ondřej Már	🇨🇿	€91,001
2	Oliver Kubalek	🇸🇪	€55,000
3	Richard Koppel	🇪🇪	€38,700
4	Giorgi Surmava	🇬🇪	€29,000
5	Sami Pulliainen	🇫🇮	€22,500
6	“Schulle”	🇩🇪	€16,800
7	Rasmus Lundstroem	🇫🇮	€12,000
8	Giuseppe Grupposo	🇮🇹	€8,600
9	“Easy Game”	🇵🇹	€6,811

This bloggers fingers are tired. So if you would like to keep up to date, watch the stream on YouTube or Twitch!!

Depending on the time that this event concludes, the recap will either be up tonight or sometime tomorrow afternoon.

Until later, take care and enjoy the stream.

Oliver Kubalek opened to 650,000 with the blinds at 150,000/300,000 and a 300,000 big blind ante. He had A K . Sami Pullianinen three-bet jammed 5,800,000, around 18 big blinds, with A 5 . Kubalek called.

Kubalek flopped top pair top kicker on 9 K 2 6 4 and Pullianinen was eliminated, but banked €21,500 for his solid effort and play over the last few days.

Richard Koppel opened to 600,000 on the button with Q Q and Ondrej Mar defended the big blind with J 4 .

Mar check-called a bet of 625,000 on the flop of 6 3 J flop before checking again on the J turn. Koppel checked back.

The 4 river saw Mar lead for 2,900,000 and Koppel snap-called.

Ondrej Mar moved all in from the small blind. Giorgi Surmava called for 3,475,000 in the big blind, 11 big blinds at 150,000/300,000 300,000 big blind ante.

Sumarva made a boat across the A Q Q A 9 runout with A 10 and Mar had J 7 .

Oliver Kubalek opened to 550,000 from the cutoff. Sami Pullianinen defended the big blind.

The 5 9 10 flop was checked around before Pullianinen bet 350,000 on the 9 . Kubalek called.

On the 9 river, Pullianinen bet 350,000 and Kubalek called with A K and Pullianinen had J 7 .

Richard Koppel opened to 500,000 from the cutoff. “Schulle” moved all in from the button for 1,350,000, worth 5 big blinds. Koppel called.

Koppel made two pair across the K 10 9 3 9 to stack “Schulle”, who banked €16,800.

Rasums Lundstroem opened from early position to 500,000 with A 10 . Giorgi Surmava defended the big blind with 6 3 .

Surmava took the lead on the flop of 2 6 8 and moved all in for 2,000,000, around 8 big blinds.

Lundstroem took a moment before calling. He couldn’t find one of his two overs on the J turn and 9 river and he was left with 1,100,000, four big blinds or so.

Two hands later, Richard Koppel opened to 500,000 with A K from under the gun. Rasmus Lundstroem moved all in for 600,000 in the big blind with 7 4 as he was committed due to having posted the big blind and was short-stacked. Koppel called.

Lundstroem flopped a flush draw and Koppel hit top pair on 10 K 6 but he couldn’t improve on the 10 turn and 7 and he eliminated in seventh for €11,000.

Rasmus Lundstroem jammed for 1,275,000 on the button. Richard Koppel called in the small blind.

He had A 8 and Lundstroem had K Q he flopped two pair across the 10 Q K 3 4 to double up to 15 big blinds.

He then jammed K J from the cutoff over an open of 200,000 from Sami Pulliainen who had A 5 in the hijack.

The final seven are guaranteed a six-figure score here in Rozvadov at King’s Resort.

Place	Payout
1	€91,001
2	€55,000
3	€38,700
4	€29,000
5	€22,500
6	€16,800
7	€12,000

Giuseppe Grupposo opened to 400,000 from the cutoff. Ondrej Mar three-bet to 1,100,000 on the button. Grupposo four-bet jammed all in for 5,650,000 and was snap-called by Mar.

Mar had K K and Grupposo had Q Q . The A 7 5 6 J kept Mar ahead and he added even more chips to his stack. Grupposo took home €8,600 for his deep run.

Updated counts after the first break here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov.

Place	Player	Country	Payout
1	Ondrej Mar	Czech	10,050,000
2	Richard Koppel	Estonia	9,875,000
3	Sami Pullianinen	Finland	7,825,000
4	Giuseppe Grupposo	Italy	7,100,000
5	Oliver Kubalek	Germany	6,550,000
6	Giorgi Surmava	Georgia	5,025,000
7	“Schulle”	Germany	3,625,000
8	Rasmus Lundstroem	Finland	2,600,000

Ondrej Mar opened to 325,000 from the hijack before Rasumus Lundstroem moved all in for 1,725,000 from the small blind.

Lundstroem had K K and Mar had A Q . The Q 2 8 3 10 runout secured the double for Lundstroem to put him back in contention with a twenty big blind stack.

Schulle opened to 320,000 with the blinds at 80,000/160,000 160,000 big blind ante from early position. Rasmus Lundstroem three-bet jammed for 3,400,000. Schulle called.

He had A Q and Lundstroem had A J . Both made two pair across the 3 J Q K K runout to secure the double up.

“Easy Game” shoved 875,000 with Q 10 from under the gun, around 8 big blinds. Action folded around to Schulle who called in the big blind with 7 7 .

“Easy Game” couldn’t find either of his two overs across the K 4 9 4 3 runout, and he was sent to the rail.

Oliver Kubalek opened to 285,000 from early position. Richard Koppel three-bet to 525,000 from the big blind. Kubalek called.

Koppel led on K Q 10 for 290,000. Kubalek called. The 5 turn saw another barrel from Koppel, this time for 750,000. Kubalek called again.

On the 7 river Koppel bet 1,780,000 and Kubalek snap-called for his tournament life.

He had flopped Broadway with A J and Koppel had 9 9 .

Rasums Lundstroem opened to 250,000 from early position. Oliver Kubalek called in the cutoff before Giorgi Sumarva three-bet to 720,000 from the big blind.

Lundstroem four-bet to 1,650,000. Kubalek folded and Surmava jammed for 3,260,000. Lundstroem called.

Surmava had K K and Lundstroem had Q Q . Both players made two pair across the runout of 4 10 5 8 8 but Sumarva had the best of it in the first big collision of the final table.

The final table of the €550 Festival Series Main Event has been reached after around three and a half hours of play here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Below are the chip counts and the lineup of the final nine players.

Place	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Ondrej Mar	Czech	10,100,000
2	Richard Koppel	Estonia	9,895,000
3	Giuseppe Grupposo	Italy	8,095,000
4	Rasmus Lundstroem	Finland	7,310,000
5	Sami Pullianinen	Finland	6,980,000
6	Giorgi Surmava	Georgia	4,100,000
7	Oliver Kubalek	Sweden	3,655,000
8	“Schulle”	Germany	1,530,000
9	“Easygame”	Portugal	875,000

Ondrej Mar opened to 250,000 with Q 8 from the cutoff, and Samuel Saariano (pictured, centre) defended the big blind with Q 9 .

Saariano check-called a bet of 260,000 on the flop of 10 9 5 before check-calling a bet of 600,000 on the J turn.

Mar then put Saariano all in on the 5 river after the Finnish national checked to the Czech. Mar bet 1,090,000 and Saariano called with his two pair versus Mar’s second nut straight.

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Vasyl Pidhrushnyi opened to 250,000 with J J with the blinds at 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 big blind ante. Ondrej Mar three-bet to 2,400,000 from the small blind with A 10 . Pidrushny called.

The 2 K 9 flop was good for Pidhrushnyi as was the 2 turn. However, the A hit on the river to send Pidhrushnyi to the rail in brutal fashion.

It appears to this poker blogger, who was unfortunately pulled away from the outer tables by The Boss Martin “Franke” von Zweighbergk, that Andreas Rauch ran into a premium or was coolered due to having around 40 big blinds before leaving the feature table.

He has now left the tournament area due to being eliminated. I did make it back in time to catch Juan Farre (pictured) hit the rail.

Farre three-bet jammed around 550,000 from the button over an under-the-gun open to 240,000 from Giuseppe Grupposo.

Grupposo had K K and Farre had K J . The 4 8 7 3 J was clean for Grupposo and Fare hit the rail.

Stefanos Michailidis is next to depart on the outer table, taking the field to the unlucky number of 13.

Juan Farre opened from under the gun to 260,000 with the blinds at 50,000/100,000 100,000 big blind ante. Giuseppe Grupposo three-bet to 700,000 from middle position.

Kaloyan Karaminev moved all-in from the cutoff for around 1,900,000. The button, blinds and Fare folded, Grupposo called with K K . Karaminev had Q Q .

The 7 5 9 4 K provided Grupposo with top set and Karaminev was eliminated. He wished his tablemates luck before departing the tournament area.

“Andrey” moved all in for 9 big blinds from under the gun with K 6 . “Mr B” called with 7 7 in the hijack for 3 big blinds.

Andreas Rauch iso-jammed 40 big blinds with 8 8 . Action folded around and the players showed down.

Rauch’s snowmen held across the 3 J 6 Q 4 to score a double knockout on the feature table.

The stream has gone on break but will be back shortly, so the two-table redraw can be arranged. Check it out by clicking the video below.

The sole representative of the Netherlands has hit the rail here at the Festival Series in Rozvadov. Mourad Tounnouti was eliminated, and the field is down to 18 players.

Anja Wisney opened to 225,000 with the blinds at 40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 big blind ante.

Ondrej Mar (pictured) three-bet to 600,000 from the small blind. Wisney went into the tank for around a minute before moving all in for around 1,750,000. Mar called with A K . Wisney had J J .

Mar flopped two pair across the 6 A K 8 10 board to eliminate Wisney.

Finland’s Kare Hallamaa has been the runaway leader of the Player of the Series race at The Festival in Rozvadov for the last few days. 

On Sunday his nearest challenger, compatriot Ville Hakala, added a further 18 points to his total, seemingly closing the gap to first place to 34 points. However, the Main Event points have not yet been included in the leaderboard and Kare has 17 points for his 33rd place finish, which will be added after the Festival concludes. So Kare actually now has 236 points and is still 51 points clear of his rival. Ville has only closed the gap by one point.

There is nobody else who has a chance to catch Kare, as he is 95 points ahead of third placed ChippingLeaks. The Main Event will award 86 points to the winner, but that won’t be enough for any of the remaining 22 players who made the final day.

We believe the Ville may attempt to multi-table the remaining events in a last ditch attempt to snatch victory. Will be do it? Stay tuned to The Festival in Rozvadov blog to find out.

Position	Player/Nickname	Points
1	Kare Hallamaa	219 +17 points to be added after ME concludes
2	Ville Hakala	185
3	ChippingLeaks	141
4	Moreno Rutten	125
5	Barrie Dear	124
6	Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk	121
7	Horst Günter Böschen	119
8	Sascha Manns	118
9	Nils Doverklint	117
10	Julien Teissedre	114
11	Leslie Smith	113
12	N.J.44	109
13	Silver	108
14	Siarhei Narozhny	107
15	Eden Vaturi	104
15	TURKEY	102
17	Yurii Rassamakin	102
18	Johannes Goossens	98
19	Haik Tougu	94
20	Bychku	92

Tomas Fara was the first elimination on the feature table, having called a jam from Andreas Rauh, who had 7 7 . Fara had A 3 in the big blind. He had 7 big blinds and couldn’t find an ace across the 6 4 3 J 2 runout.

Action was picked up on the river with Matteo Intiso moving all in for around 500,000 from the big blind on the river of 3 4 6 8 4 .

Rasmus Lundstroem was in the tank contemplating the call, as he would be left short if he called and was wrong. After a minute or so of deliberation, he flicked in the call and tabled 5 5 for two pair.

Intiso tabled J 10 for a complete bluff.

Follow the blog for coverage of the outer tables from King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Alternatively, or in conjunction with, watch the streamed feature table with commentary from Northern Ireland’s finest, Richard Hayes!

Walter Engelen has cashed in the €550 The Festival Series in 45th place for a score of €1,620. This may not sound much, but he qualified for €1 through a satellite online, winning a €1,850 package to qualify for the Main Event at King’s Resort here in Rozvadov.

He fired one bullet at the satellite, meaning he banked an ROI of 1620%.

That’s all for now. Come back in the afternoon when the Main Event takes full focus and the recap of today’s play.

The €1,100 NLH High Roller remains in play here in Rozvadov. Only five will find the money.

Marius Gicovanu and Hendon Mob Champion Haik Tougu remain in the field vying for the title. Below are the payouts.

Place	Payout
1	€11,763
2	€8,100
3	€5,136
4	€3,735
5	€3,020

Ville Hakala has cashed once again and Allan Arjut has made his second final table of the day in the PLO Sunday Turbo here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov.

Dimitri Bogdanov jammed Q 10 for seven big blinds and was called by Blerim Ibrahimi in the big blind who had 6 6 .

Ibrahimi flopped Bogdanov essentially dead on 2 4 6 , and the turn Q confirmed his exit from the tournament. The Q was salt in the wounds as Bogdanov improved to trips and Ibrahimi made a boat.

Check out the live stream to save the bloggers’ fingers!

Fabian Bartuschk has won the €1,100 Open Face Chinese High Roller, besting Vlastimil Cerny heads-up in a grind that took around two hours. Below are the payouts.

1	Fabian Bartuschk	German	€5,532
2	Vlastimil Cerny	Czech	€3,532
3	Jiri Heidtke	Czech	€2,156

A field of 18 remains in the PLO Turbo here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Ville Hakala and Allan Arjut are still in contention with yet another deep run here at the Festival Series, looking for additional cashes and leaderboard points. Here are the payouts.

Item	Amount
1	€2,396
2	€1,704
3	€1,116
4	€858
5	€680
6	€532
7	€418
8	€327
9	€248
10	€218
11	€218

Martin “Franke” von Zweighbergk bubbled the OFC, prompting him to declare: “I hate poker!” as he returned to the media desk.

Jiri Heidtke took third place for €2,153, leaving Vlastimil Cerny and Fabian Bartuschk heads-up for the title.

If you are not interested in poker, then go check out the karaoke that is about to commence in the shisha bar, hosted by The Festival Series’s very own rockstar Plujw! (@plujw on Instagram)

Northern Ireland’s finest Richard Hayes is on comms duty tonight covering the feature table here in King’s Resort, Rozvadov. Check it out!

Bubbling a satellite always sucks.

Jonas Janavicius jammed from the button and Toni Vuolle called in the small blind. He had A 6 and was short-stacked, whilst Janavicius had a lot to play with.

The board ran out 4 Q 10 2 3 gave Janavicius top pair and sent Vuolle packing.

Kemal Soenmez finished in the money place for €852, but it appeared to me that he would have been much happier with the ticket.

Beatriz Camino has doubled her short-stack twice on the satellite bubble. She flopped a set with 8 8 having called a shove from the small blind whilst practically all in already in the big blind.

Pavel Stribrny jammed 6 4 and Camino took the pot across the 2 8 Q K J runout.

She was then all in again versus Stribrny with K 10 versus 10 7 . She made a flush across 5 2 2 3 8 .

The €1,100 NLH High Roller is underway at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Seven players are in the field and will be joined by nine from the ongoing satellite. Bo Alm, who won the €30k GTD Texas NL last night, is putting some of his newly earned funds to use as he is in the field of seven.

In the satellite, nine tickets will be given, and the tenth will receive €852 for their efforts.

The field has been quickly whittled down to a total of 91. The remaining players have all guaranteed an extra €185 on top of their €1,000 min cash here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov.

Players to have recently been sent on an early and extended dinner include: Paul-Adrian Covaciu, David Vesely and Jordy Engelen.

Fabian Bartuschk has made his fourth entry just before the end of registration into the €1,100 Open Face Chinese High Roller here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. He is one of five people left in contention to take down the title.

The Festival founder Martin “Franke” von Zweighbergk, on his second bullet, remains in the field, looking for his first win of the series.

Click here to find out more about the rules and strategy.

The payouts have been formally released, and this year’s The Festival Series Main Event winner will take home over €90,000.

Place	Payout
1	€91,001
2	€55,000
3	€38,700
4	€29,000
5	€22,500
6	€16,800
7	€12,000
8	€8,600
9	€6,811
10	€5,600
11	€5,600
12	€5,050
13	€5,050
14	€4,550
15	€4,550
16	€4,050
17	€4,050
18	€3,550
19	€3,550
20	€3,550
21	€3,050
22	€3,050
23	€3,050
24	€2,555
25	€2,555
26	€2,555
27	€2,555
28	€2,195
29	€2,195
30	€2,195
31	€2,195
32	€2,195
33	€2,195
34	€2,195
35	€2,195
36	€1,895
37	€1,895
38	€1,895
39	€1,895
40	€1,895
41	€1,895
42	€1,895
43	€1,895
44	€1,895
45	€1,625
46	€1,625
47	€1,625
48	€1,625
49	€1,625
50	€1,625
51	€1,625
52	€1,625
53	€1,625
54	€1,395
55	€1,395
56	€1,395
57	€1,395
58	€1,395
59	€1,395
60	€1,395
61	€1,395
62	€1,395
63	€1,395
64	€1,395
65	€1,395
66	€1,395
67	€1,395
68	€1,395
69	€1,395
70	€1,395
71	€1,395
72	€1,395
73	€1,185
74	€1,185
75	€1,185
76	€1,185
77	€1,185
78	€1,185
79	€1,185
80	€1,185
81	€1,185
82	€1,185
83	€1,185
84	€1,185
85	€1,185
86	€1,185
87	€1,185
88	€1,185
89	€1,185
90	€1,185
91	€1,185
92	€1,185
93	€1,185
94	€1,185
95	€1,185
96	€1,185
97	€1,185
98	€1,185
99	€1,185
100	€1,185

A total of 1,053 entrants have been streamlined to a field of 135 here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. All who have retaken their seats at the tables have only one thing on their mind – holding all the chips at the end of play tomorrow. Stay tuned to keep up with the action.

Alexander Raab opened from middle position to 60,000 during level 21. The blinds 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante.

Action folded around and Maxim Ksenofontov moved all in for around 675,000. He had Raab covered and he made the call.

Raab was behind with A 10 and Ksenofontov had 7 7 , making it a fair fight. The Q 4 5 8 K runout meant that Raab would miss out on the €1,000 min-cash and a shot at Main Event glory.

Only 22 remain of the 147 total entrants that took to the felt this morning at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Of the 22, 19 will progress to the marquee event of the Festival Series, the €550 Main Event.

There is a delay to the start of play due to this flight remaining in play and with flip and goes still in progress. Stay tuned for more information in a very rainy Rozvadov.

Get yourself up to the tournament registration area to enter the €550 flips to Day 2 of the Main Event. If you win a flip you will get an average stack in the Main Event Day 2, plus a min-cash of €1,100. It is the easiest, and now the only way to make Day 2.

If you do choose to play, please play responsibly!

Bo Alm of Sweden bested a field of 177 unique players, with 238 total entrants being made. He took down the title after beating Eden Vaturi of Israel heads-up in the small hours of this morning. The guaranteed prize pool of €30,000 ballooned to a massive €39,984! Below are the results in full.

Place	Player	Country	Payout
1	Bo Alm	Sweden	€ 8,452
2	Eden Vaturi	Israel	€ 5,694
3	Renaud Cellini	France	€ 4,014
4	Kemal Soenmez	Turkey	€ 3,255
5	Hieu Nguyen	Vietnam	€ 2,575
6	Gary Birden	France	€ 1,955
7	k	Romania	€ 1,427
8	Bulent Belek	Turkey	€ 1,044
9	buke	Turkey	€ 864
10	Joaquim Ferreira	Portugal	€ 732
11	Bychku	Poland	€ 732
12	Martin Kevin	Slovakia	€ 652
13	ZABALETA	Czech Republic	€ 652
14	Pokerfriseur	Germany	€ 592
15	Peter Hofmeister	Germany	€ 592
16	Antoine Degiorgio	Malta	€ 532
17	Ralf Hildebrandt	Germany	€ 532
18	Zopito Travaglini	Italy	€ 472
19	SUPERMARIO	Turkey	€ 472
20	Mario Paola	Italy	€ 472
21	N.J.44	Germany	€ 432
22	Jacky	Germany	€ 432
23	Daniel Koch	Germany	€ 432
24	Mephisto	Germany	€ 392
25	Victor den Houting	Spain	€ 392
26	Zoran Zoric	Sweden	€ 392
27	Dmitri Dan	Israel	€ 392
28	Dimitrios Tsakalakos	Greece	€ 352
29	Marius Gicovanu	Romania	€ 352
30	Oleh Khimich	Ukraine	€ 352
31	Yariv Gavriel	Israel	€ 352

The €550, €500,000 guaranteed Festival Main Event has officially passed the 1,000 entrants mark across all flights that have taken place here in Rozvadov.

1G has attracted 147 entrants, and 57 remain in the field, all of which will be hoping to progress to Day 2 of the marquee event, which commences at 4.30 p.m. local time today.

Poland’s Szymon Politowski (left) has been announced as the Cash Game Challenge winner, and Andreas Klimmer (right) of Germany is the Franke’s Flip Flop champion.

Both players have won a €1,600 Package to the next Festival Series in Malta.

Check out the highlights from Day 9! Shot by Nekita (@hellsjesus on instagram) and edited by Alex (@plujw on instagram). Don’t forget to like, comment, share and subscribe to the Youtube channel and drop the guys a follow!

The Festival Series here in Rozvadov saw the last two non-turbo flights to Day 2 of the series marquee event run at King’s Resort in the Czech countryside – the €550 Main Event. Melvin Schroen’s favorite tournament, the Razz Big Bounty (€100 Bounty) was cancelled, then put “back on the menu” yesterday afternoon, and the first High Roller took place in the shape of the €1,100 PLO.

Main Event Field Takes Shape – Passes 850 Total Entrants

The two flights that ran yesterday proved to be the busiest yet of this Festival Series so far, with 1E seeing 229 total entrants and 1F gaining 163 total. The tables below offer a comparison between the entries this year and last year.

Main Event Numbers 2024

Date	Flight	Buy-ins	Re-entries	Total
Wednesday, 5. June 2024	1A	90	19	109
Thursday, 6. June 2024	1B	108	25	133
Thursday, 6. June 2024	1C	109	21	130
Friday, 7. June 2024	1D	158	55	213
Friday, 7. June 2024	1E	168	53	221
Saturday, 8. June 2024	1F – Turbo	136	47	183

Main Event Numbers 2025

Date	Flight	Buy-ins	Re-entries	Total
Wednesday, 5. June 2024	1A	90	19	109
Thursday, 6. June 2024	1B	108	25	133
Thursday, 6. June 2024	1C	109	21	130
Friday, 7. June 2024	1D	158	55	213
Friday, 7. June 2024	1E	168	53	221
Saturday, 8. June 2024	1F – Turbo	136	47	183

So far, three players have progressed with a seven-figure stack. In fourth place, with just shy of the one million mark, is Romanian national Marius Alexandru Gicovanu (pictured above), who bagged 973,000.

His Hendon Mob profile is one of, if not the biggest, in the field, with over $2,000,000 in recorded live tournament cashes. Gicovanu also featured in the €1,100 PLO High Roller the very same afternoon, but he was one of the first to depart from the small field event in the four-card streets.

Razz Big Bounty (€100 Bounty)

The only Razz tournament took place yesterday, after a cancellation which came around five minutes after the tournament was due to start due to a lack of entrants. It appeared that the would-be players weren’t in the building yet. A group of Finnish players, including Kare Hallamaa and Ville Hakala made their way down to the floor and registered their interest in Melvin’s favorite tournament.

As players gathered, the tournament was put back on the schedule and started a little later in the day. A small field of 54 total entrants was made up of 32 unique players.

Jon Thannhauser was the unfortunate victim of the bubble, and only three players would make the money due to the small field and the big bounties. He did come away with a few of the €100 bounty tokens, so his effort wasn’t completely in vain.

The tournament did see a big winner. Stefan Petri claimed the €702 first-place prize, plus a staggering 21 bounty tokens, taking his overall tally to just shy of €3,000! Runner-up Enrique Bergemann claimed eight bounty tokens plus €421, making it a German 1-2 in the tournament. Below are the payouts.

Razz Big Bounty Payouts

Place	Player	Country	Payout
1	Stefan Petri	🇩🇪	€2,802
2	Enrique Bergemann	🇩🇪	€1,221
3	Bruno Stefanelli	🇮🇹	€781

€1,100 PLO High Roller

The first High Roller of the series attracted a field of 30 at King’s Resort yesterday afternoon. Leaderboard first and second Kare Hallamaa and Ville Hakala took to the felt but couldn’t find the money, and Richard Koppel was the bubble boy.

Allan Arjut continues to have a brilliant Festival Series after notching his first ever tournament win here, which came in the €125 PLO Knockout on Day 5.

He banked €8,415 for a career-best score for his second-place finish, and will have shot up the leaderboard rankings with this deep run. The winner was “Gold Fisch”, who racked up a score of €11,220 for his effort. The payouts can be seen below.

The final hand played out like this. Arjut had AKK3 vs AAxx. The players took turns potting and repotting until Arjut was all in and at risk.

He flopped a boat on K22. The turn changed nothing but “Gold Fisch” was saved by an Ace from space on the river to lock up the title.

PLO High Roller Results

Place	Player	Country	Payout
1	“Gold Fisch”	🇨🇿	€11,220
2	Allan Arjut	🇪🇪	€8,415
3	Vasilis Nikolas	🇸🇪	€5,610
4	Fabian Bartuschk	🇩🇪	€2,805

Schedule Today 15.6.25

Time	Tournament	GTD	Buy-in
11:00	The Festival Main Event – Day 1G Turbo	500 000 €	550€
13:00	OFC Highroller	5 000 €	1 100 €
13:30	FLIP FINALS
14:00	The Festival Main Event – Day 1 Flip and Go Pineapple	500 000 €	550€
15:00	Sat to NLH Highroller	6 600 €	100€
16:30	The Festival Main Event – Day 2	500 000 €
18:00	NLH High Roller	30 000 €	1 100 €
19:00	Sunday PLO Turbo Madness	5 000 €	125€
21:00	Sunday Texas Turbo	10 000 €	150€

Three events concluded on Saturday at The Festival in Rozvadov, but there hasn’t been much change at the top of the leaderboard. Kare Hallamaa from Finland still has a 52 point lead over compatriot Ville Hakala, with neither player cashing in further events. 

The only significant mover on the table is ChippingLeaks, whose 2nd place in the PLO moves him up from 8th to third, but that’s 77 points adrift of the leader.

But, it’s still not over and with two high roller events on Sunday, plus the Main Event still to finish (which will award 86 points to the victor), Kare can still be caught. Will Kare Hallamaa hold on to take the title, or will there be a last minute upset? Stay tuned to The Festival Series blog to find out…

Position	Player/Nickname	Points
1	Kare Hallamaa	219
2	Ville Hakala	167
3	ChippingLeaks	141
4	Moreno Rutten	125
5	Horst Günter Böschen	119
6	Sascha Manns	118
7	Nils Doverklint	117
8	Julien Teissedre	114
9	Barrie Dear	113
10	Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk	110
11	N.J.44	109
12	Siarhei Narozhny	107
13	Eden Vaturi	102
14	Yurii Rassamakin	100
15	Johannes Goossens	98
15	TURKEY	98
17	Silver	91
18	Bychku	90
19	Leslie Smith	87
20	Haik Tougu	81

The Festival Series’s turbo flight to The Main Event, 1E, has just topped 100 total entrants, taking the overall total entrants to 967 across all flights.

Rozvadov regulars Rachid El Yaacoubi, Siarhei Narozhny, who has recorded multiple cashes here at The Festvial series, and Szymon Politowski are just some amongst the 59 strong field still going here in King’s Resort in Rozvadov.

Only 12.5% of the field will progress in the final non-turbo flight to the marquee tournament of the series – The Festival Main Event.

When the recap is released tomorrow afternoon, you will find out who will progress to Day 2 and the results of the first High Roller, the €1,100 PLO.

The total 229 entrants has become 29, and only 28 can bag for Day 2 here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov and secure a min-cash.

Five remain and four will be paid in the PLO High Roller. Leaderboard first and second Ville Hakala and Kare Hallamaa have been eliminated before the money in sixth and seventh but both will pick up leaderboard points for their efforts.

Fabian Bartuschk, Allan Arjut, Josef Dvorak, Vasilis Nikolas, and Richard Koppel remain in the field, all vying for the title.

Stefan Petri wins Melvin’s favorite tournanemnt – the Razz Big Bounty, besting Enrique Manfred Bergemann for a score of €700 plus around twenty bounty tokens worth €100 a piece. Bergemann had claimed eight bounties.

EyDuBrot and PATELLA are heads-up for the title in the Razz Bounty.

Jos Thannhauser has bubbled the Razz Big Bounty here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. He was by far the shortest stack of the four that remained. Here are the three payout places, not inclusive of bounties.

Place	Payout
1	€702
2	€421
3	€281

Here are the four payout places in the PLO High Roller.

Place	Payout
1	€11,220
2	€8,415
3	€5,610
4	€2,805

The Razz Big Bounty is down to its final 4 players. Only 3 will be paid due to the Big Bounty nature of the tournament and the 54 total entries the tournament attracted. “EyDuBrot” appears to have the most bounties at the table by a considerable margin, but it is “PATELLA” who leads the waty in chips.

The PLO High Roller has 15 player remaining and only 4 will get paid. Finnish nationals Kare Hallamaa and Ville Hakala remain in contention for additional leaderboard points and a first and second title, respectively.

The Ladies event was unfortunately cancelled earlier this evening due to a lack of entrants.

The Main Event 1E saw 229 total entrants and at the time of writing 47 remain, with 12.5% of the field finding the money and progressing to Day 2.

The Main Event 1F has attracted 136 total entrants thus far, and 101 remain. Registration remains open until 11.55 p.m. local time.

The €200 €30k GTD Friday Texas Hold’em has been in play for an hour and has seen 124 total entrants. Registration closes at 11.55 p.m. local time.

Come and join the Festival Team (who are full of beer and meat) on the lawn outside the front of King’s Resort in Rozvadov. We are playing Molky and there are cans of beer!

The team is going for dinner, so there will be no blog posts for an hour or so!

Be back later!

A field of 10 have taken to the felt in the first High Roller of the series, the €1,100 PLO High Roller. Amongst the small field is Romanian national Marius Alexandru Gicovanu, who has recorded $2,135,209 in live tournament earnings.

He has bagged three six-figure scores in Rozvadov, including two wins (€111,350 and €115,350) and one second-place finish (€164,961). Can he add a first Festival title to his impressive resume?.

Rozvadov regular Rachid El Yacoubi is in the field here at King’s Resort in the Czech countryside. He will be looking to add another big score to his tally, and a first The Festival Series win to his resume. His current recorded Hendon Mob earnings sit at around €760,000, and all five of his biggest scores have come here in Rozvadov, including two deep runs in WSOPE bracelet events last October.

He won the €250 Italian Poker Open for €100,000 in 2021, finished 3rd in the €1,650 6-Max WSOPE Bracelet Event for €53,500 last October and banked €48,700 in the €10,350 WSOPE Main Event Bracelet event at the same series last year.

Paul-Adrian Covaciu has taken to the felt to be a part of the €500,000 guaranteed Festival Series Main Event here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. The Romanian national has racked up $1,321,788 in live tournament earnings so far.

His best cash came in a very familiar venue: King’s Resort in Rozvadov. He scored $330,734 for a 5th-place finish in the €10,350 WSOPE Main Event in 2022. His second-best cash of $102,665 also came in Czechia, in the €5,300 Main Event at EPT Prague in the same year. Can he add a first Festival title to his collection?

Day 1E has proved to be a hit here at The Festival Series at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. The €550 buy-in tournament has seen a total of 216 entrants, and 131 remain in the field. The number will continue to grow for the next couple of hours as registration remains open until the conclusion of Level 10, so there is still plenty of time to get involved. Below is a table of the numbers so far.

Flight	Total Entrants	Advance
1A	77	10
1B	123	16
1C	136	17
1D	139	18
1E	216	TBC

The field size currently stands at three entrants for the €1,100 PLO High Roller here in Rozvadov. However, the Satellite to the PLO High Roller remains in play, with 16 left in the field battling it out for a ticket.

Of the 16, only 8 will win a ticket, with 9th place securing a cash of €524 for their efforts. Friend of The Festival Allan Arjut aka “ChippingLeaks” remains in contention to qualify for the first High Roller of the Festival.

Check out the highlights from Day 8 of the Festival Series from here in Rozvadov! Shot by Nekita (@hellsjesus on Instagram) and edited by Aleks (@pljuw on Instagram). Drop the guys a follow!

At 4 p.m. local time today, The Festival Series 2025 hosts its first High Roller tournament of this installment here in Rozvadov.

The €1,100 PLO High Roller offers players 25-minute levels and unlimited entries for the first 8 levels. As always, play responsibly and only risk what you can afford to lose. The starting stack will be 100,000 and the blinds commence at 200/500 with a 500 big blind ante.

A total of 184 entrants have been made in The Festival Main Event so far, and 129 remain in the field. The total number should easily pass the 200 mark within the next hour. Will you be joining the field here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov?

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. 

Position	Player	Points
1	Kare Hallamaa	204
2	Ville Hakala	152
3	Moreno Rutten	125
4	Horst Boeschen	119
5	Nils Doverklint	117
6	Julien Teissedre	114
7	Sascha Manns	114
8	ChippingLeaks	110
9	Olaf Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk	110
10	Siarhei Narozhny	107
11	N.J.44	102
12	Yurii Rassamakin	100
13	Barrie Dear	98
14	Johannes Goossens	98
15	TURKEY	98
16	Silver	87
17	Leslie Smith	83
18	Haik Tougu	81
19	Oleksandr Sadovyi	80
20	berserk	78

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

Fresh off his success in the record-breaking Hendon Mob Championship, Haik Tougu has joined the field of 130 in The Festival Main Event Day 1E. There have been 162 total entrants thus far, and registration remains open until 6.45 p.m. local time.

A field of 113 total entrants has already hit the tables at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, and it isn’t even the third level yet! Here is a table of the numbers from the previous flights in this Festival Series.

Flight	Total Entrants	Advance
1A	77	10
1B	123	16
1C	136	17
1D	139	18

Social media extraordinaire Lemon Poker took to Hospitality hosting duties yesterday here in Rozvadov. Check out a selection of photos taken by our resident “EstonianWeirdo” Mairo Toom.

As the blogger finally emerges this morning and is working on the recap, here is a hand history from last night’s Texas Turbo Friday Madness involving The Festivals’ very own Melvin Schroen.

The blinds were at 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante. Schroen opened from the cutoff to 4,200 and was three-bet by the button to 10,000. The blinds folded, and Schroen called.

He check-called a bet of 6,500 on the flop of K 10 J before the Q was checked around. The 9 put a straight on board, and Schroen checked again. The button then bet 15,000, and after some deliberation, Schroen folded.

He found the money, finishing in 23rd place for his effort, and was coolered in the process. He open-jammed approximately 13 big blinds from under the gun with Kings and was called by the big blind, who was playing a stack of around 15 big blinds. He made the call with fives, and a five in the window sealed Schroen’s fate and sent him up to his hotel room for the night. Unlucky lad!

“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.

Item	Amount
1	€1,998
2	€1,433
3	€932
4	€703
5	€546
6	€432
7	€325
8	€228
9	€228

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.

Player	Country	Payout
Krzysztof Kordus	Poland	€5,000
Yurii Rassamakin	Ukraine	€3,450
“Guverner”	Czech	€2,250
Siarhei Narozhny	Belarusian	€1,650
Ronny Albrigtsen	Norwegian	€1,240
Jos Thannhauser	Dutch	€895
Stefan Schrittwieser	Austria	€895
Mati Pirn	Czech	€895
Fabian Hagen Bartuschk	German	€590
Bo Markus Lindahl	Finnish	€590
Jiri Heidtke	Czech	€590
Petr Filip	Czech	€425
Dominic Joel Oertle	Switzerland	€425
Bruno Stefanelli	Italy	€425

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.

Name	Nationality	Amount
Siarhei Narozhny	Belarusian	€1,650
Ronny Albrigtsen	Norwegian	€1,240
Jos Thannhauser	Dutch	€895
Stefan Schrittwieser	Austria	€895
Mati Pirn	Czech	€895
Fabian Hagen Bartuschk	German	€590
Bo Markus Lindahl	Finnish	€590
Jiri Heidtke	Czech	€590
Petr Filip	Czech	€425
Dominic Joel Oertle	Switzerland	€425
Bruno Stefanelli	Italy	€425

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.

Place	Payout
1	€5,000
2	€3,450
3	€2,250
4	€1,650
5	€1,240
6	€895
7	€895
8	€895
9	€590
10	€590
11	€590
12	€425
13	€425
14	€425

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!

Date	Time	Game	Blinds	Stream	Profit (in big blinds)	Player
8.6.25	20:00	NLH	1/2	no	197	Thomas Winkler
8.6.25	22:30	NLH	1/2	no	1120,5	Mario Scholz
9.6.25	20:00	PLO	2/2	yes	598,5	Helman Volkats
9.6.25	22:30	NLH	1/2	yes	168	Helman Volkats
10.6.25	20:00	PLO	2/2	no		cancelled
10.6.25	22:30	NLH	1/2	no	566,5	Taavi Pusa
13.6.25	20:00	NLH	5/5	no
13.6.25	22:30	PLO	5/5	no

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.

11:00	The Festival Main Event – Day 1C	500 000 €	550€
12:00	Open Face Chinese	10 000 €	250€
15:00	Super Satellite to Main Event – Day 1E	5 500 €	80€
18:00	The Festival Main Event – Day 1D	500 000 €	550€
18:00	Celebrity Streamer Cash Game
19:00	Deuce to 7 triple draw	3 000 €	125€
20:00	Super Satellite to Main Event	5 500 €	80€
20:00	Cash Game Challenge TX NL €5-€5
21:00	Friday Texas 20K Madness	20 000 €	150€
22:30	Cash Game Challenge PLO €5-€5

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.

Date	Player	Amount of Wins
7.06	Andreas Hoglund	3
8.06	Kare Hallamaa	6
9.06	Andreas Klimmer + Roman Mikus	1
10.6	Samuel Saariaho	2
11.6	Guiseppe Gruppso	1
12.6	Adrianus van Dongen	3

Maarten Mol is the bubble boy in the Crazy Pineapple. The field has quickly whittled down to 10.

That’s all from the blog tonight. Stay tuned for continued coverage on what will be an exciting day filled with action on and off the tournament floor here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov.

Only 16 remain of the 111 total entrants who entered King’s Casino in Rozvadov. In due course, we will find out who will be the victim of the bubble.

Play in the H.O.R.S.E has resulted in a seven-way chop and a famous Franke Flip for the remaining €300 and the title. Florian Wittich won the flip and took the remainder of the money and the title! Below are the payouts. (BERSERK is pictured above)

Place	Player	Payout
1	Florian Wittich	€1,843
2	TURKEY	€1,601
3	BERSERK	€1,561
4	Martin von Zweigbergk	€1,561
5	BYCHKU	€1,463
6	Robert Varga	€1,352
7	Julien Teissedre	€1,329

Siarhei Narozhny was the victim of the bubble in the H.O.R.S.E here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. The remaining seven are now in the money and all will be keen to take down the title.

TURKEY will add more points to his leaderboard tally, as will Narozhny himself with this deep run. The Boss Martin “Franke” von Zweighbergk has secured his fourth festival cash.

The final table has been assembled here in Rozvadov for the solo mixed game tournament of the day at King’s Resort. Below is the lineup. The Boss still remains at the table, but is fairly short-stacked.

Seat	Player
1	Robert Varga
2	Siarhei Narozhny
3	“BERSERK”
4
5	Florian Wittich
6	Martin “Franke” von Zweighbergk
7	Julien Teissedre
8	“Bychku”
9	“TURKEY”

The payouts have been announced in the Crazy Pineapple tournament. Only 33 remain of the total 111 entrants.

Place	Payout
1	€2,999
2	€2,063
3	€1,352
4	€1,096
5	€880
6	€688
7	€542
8	€414
9	€303
10	€245
11	€245
12	€216
13	€216
14	€198
15	€198

Poker media professional and all-around super Swede Christoffer Karlen has taken to the felt on his day off here at King’s Resort here in Rozvadov.

He’s joined a field of 45 in the tournament, which features 15-minute levels and unlimited re-entries for the first 8 levels.

Here is a collection of photos from today’s Hospitality event!

Ville Hakala has secured his first Festival win this series and his fourth cash in total here in Rozvadov. He beat Leslie Smith heads-up, winning €3,060 in the process.

This is how the winning hand played out: Smith called in the small blind. Hakala raised to pot in the big blind and Smith called.

Smith then led out of turn on the flop of A K 2 before checking. Hakala asked the dealer if Smith’s bet still stands if he checks. Hakala then checked and Smith put in the rest of his chips, around 140,000 into a pot of 420,000. Hakala called.

Hakala had Q Q 7 J and Smith had A 2 5 8 . Smith was ahead with top and bottom pair and the 7 changed nothing.

However Hakala spiked a set on the Q river to finish the tournament.

Only Leslie Smith and Ville Hakala remain in the 4/5/6 PLO.

Smith has a mountain to climb, as the chip deficit stands at around 15:1. However as we saw last night in the 8-Game, anything can happen here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov!

A field of 43 unique players has been whittled down to 16 here at the King’s Resort in Rozvadov.

Amongst the runners is The Festival founder Martin “Franke” von Zweighbergk. Can he find his fourth cash of The Festival? Only seven will be paid. Below are the payouts.

Place	Payout
1	€3,374
2	€2,437
3	€1,553
4	€1,178
5	€910
6	€696
7	€562

The second flight to The Festival Main Event, 1B, has seen a total of 108 entrants take to the tables here at Kings’s Resort in Rozvadov. A field of 74 remain.

There are five levels left of registration, and players receive a 50,000 starting stack for their buy-in. The next level is Level 6 with blinds of 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante, which equates to 50 big blinds.

Kristjan Laas and Markus Drunagel are out of the 4/5/6 PLO in seventh and sixth, respectively. Hallamaa is set to add to his total leaderboard points haul so far with yet another deep run here in King’s Resort in Rozvadov at The Festival Series 2025. Who will take down the title?

Check out the highlights from Day 6 of The Festival Series from here in Rozvadov. The cards continue to hit the felt and the Hospitality events are in full swing.

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The final table in the 4/5/6 PLO has been reached here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Here is the lineup.

Seat	Player	Country
1	Ville Hakala	Finland
2	N.J.44	Germany
3	Kare Hallamaa	Finland
4	Markus Drunagel	Germany
5	Leslie Smith	United Kingdom
6	Kristjan Laas	Estonia
7	Matthias Wieser	Germany

Ten remain in the 4/5/6 PLO (7-Max). Finland’s Kare Hallamaa and Germany’s Mathias Wieser appear to be leading the way in the chip counts here in King’s Resort in Rozvadov.

Stay tuned to see who makes the seven-handed final table and who comes away with the title.

Thirty-seven remain of the thirty-nine total entrants who took to the felt at 2 p.m. this afternoon here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Two levels of registration remain, and the field contains the likes of Sascha Manns, Horst Boschen, and Allan Arjut.

One player had to miss out on the money here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, and unfortunately for Andrea Di Giovanni, it was him. The remaining players are now in the money. Below are the payouts.

Place	Payout
1	€3,060
2	€2,070
3	€1,340
4	€1,110
5	€900
6	€710
7	€530
8	€380
9	€380
10-11	€251
12-13	€219
14-17	€190

A field of 14 have taken to the tables in the pursuit of Main Event glory here at the Kings Resort in Rozvadov. There are 10 levels of registration, so there is plenty of time to come down and get involved, and a satellite to Day 1C will be running later on this evening.

A field of 24 remain in the PLO 4/5/6 tournament here at The Festival Series in Rozvadov and King’s Resort. Below is the payouts table.

Position	Payout
1	€3,060
2	€2,070
3	€1,340
4	€1,110
5	€900
6	€710
7	€530
8	€380
9	€380
10-11	€251
12-13	€219
14-17	€190

The Turbo Satellite to Main Event – Day 1B has proved popular at King’s Resort at The Festival Series, Rozvadov. There have been 120 total entrants, 87 of which are unique. Only 52 remain with registration now closed. Below is the payout table.

Place	Payout
1	€550 Ticket
2	€550 Ticket
3	€550 Ticket
4	€550 Ticket
5	€550 Ticket
6	€550 Ticket
7	€550 Ticket
8	€550 Ticket
9	€550 Ticket
10	€550 Ticket
11	€550 Ticket
12	€550 Ticket
13	€550 Ticket
14	€550 Ticket
15	€364

Here is a look at what is taking place today here at The 2025 Festival Series Rozvadov.

Time	Tournament	GTD	Buy-in
14:00	H.O.R.S.E.	10 000 €	250€
16:00	The Festival Main Event – Day 1B	500 000 €	550€
18:00	Crazy Pineapple (TX NLH)	10 000 €	125€
20:00	Super Satellite to Main Event – Day 1D	5 500 €	80€
21:00	Thursday Texas Turbo Midnight Madness	10 000 €	125€

Barrie Dear is the Blackjack Tournament champion of The Festival Series 2025 Rozvadov! Below is the full table of results.

Blackjack Tournament Results

Place	Player	Country	Payout
1	Barrie Dear	United Kingdom	€2,027
2	Jeremias Sivanne	Finland	€1,455
3	Kare Hallamaa	Finland	€738
4	Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk	Sweden	€738
5	Julien Teissedre	France	€738
6	Oleksandr Sadovyi	Ukraine	€430
7	Riku Maeattae	Finland	€340
8	N.J.44	Germany	€232
9	Tero Lipponen	Finland	€232

Andreas Hoglund spent some time with Kare Hallamaa at the Blackjack table during The Festival Series Blackjack Tournament that took place here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Click the video below to check it out and don’t forget to like, comment, share and subscribe to keep up to date with The Festival Series action!

Check out our Interview with a friend of the festival, Dan Pilgrim! He spent some time chatting to Andreas Hoglund. Click the video below and don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe, and share.

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.

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.

Player/Nickname	Points
Horst Günter Böschen	114
Kare Hallamaa	112
Moreno Rutten	108
Ville Hakala	90
Johannes Goossens	89
Haik Tougu	81
Nils Doverklint	81
ChippingLeaks	78
Siarhei Narozhny	77
TURKEY	74
Sascha Manns	73

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.

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.

Place	Player	Nationality	Payout
1	Lukas Binder	Germany	€4,032
2	Koen Roos	Netherlands	€2,916
3	Horst Boeschen	Germany	€1,882
4	Siarhei Narozhny	Belarus	€1,425
5	Julien Antonin Teissedre	France	€1,102
6	Rudolf Kudernak	Germany	€860
7	Sami Haadell,	Sweden	€685
8	Barrie Dear	United Kingdom	€538

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.

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.

Player	Country	Payout
		€4,032
		€2,916
Horst Boeschen	Germany	€1,882
Siarhei Narozhny	Belarus	€1,425
Julien Antonin Teissedre	France	€1,102
Rudolf Kudernak	Germany	€860
Sami Haadell,	Sweden	€685
Barrie Dear	United Kingdom	€538

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.

Seat	Player	Country
1
2	Stephan Maximilian Bloch	Germany
3	Mariya Todorova	Bulgaria
4	Antje Schmidt	Germany
5	Rene Dreismann	Germany
6	Philipp Hartwig	Germany
7	Mikhail Zaitsev	Russia
8	Tobias Eckl	Germany
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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.

Seat	Player	Nationality
1	Julien Antonin Teissedre	France
2	Siarhei Narozhny	Belarus
3	Horst Boschen	Germany
4	Rudolf Kudernak	Germany
5	Markus Binder	Germany
6	Sami Haadell	Sweden
7	Koen Roos	Netherlands

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.

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!

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 Prize	Amount
€11,000	0
€6,000	2
€3,500	0
€1,000	1
€300	6
€100	2

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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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.

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

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 Prize	Amount
€11,000	1
€6,000	2
€3,500	0
€1,000	3
€300	12
€100	7

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

Position	Player	Country	Payout
1	N.J.44	Germany	€5,647*
2	TURKEY	Turkey	€5,160*
3	BERSERK	Ukraine	€4,785*
4	Toomas Maekikokko	Finland	€2,473
5	Rachel Kunda	Israel	€1,935
6	Henrik Louwers	Netherlands	€1,505

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

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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.

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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.

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 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!

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

Bounty Prize	Amount
€11,000	1
€6,000	2
€3,500	4
€1,000	10
€300	23
€100	31

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.

Place	Payouts
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

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.

Seat	Player	Nationality
1	Sascha Manns	Germany
2	Christopher Lechner	Germany
3	Alexander Dovzhenko	Ukraine
4	Henrik Louwers	Netherlands
5	Rachel Kunda	Israel
6	Toomas Maekikokko	Finland
7	Serkan Kuru	Turkey

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?

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!

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.

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

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 Dear	39,600
Jeremias Sivanne	34,000
Kare Hallamaa	31,000
Oleksandr Sadovyi	30,500
Riku Maeaettae	24,000
Thomas Lechner	21,000
Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk	21,000
Tero Lipponen	20,000
Sasha Manns	20,000
Tomas Slovacek	19,500
Sasha Eigner	18,000
Ilan Sarusi	17,000
Evangelos Karagianis	16,000
Riku Muhonen	16,000
William Meeuwisse	14,000
Julian Teissedre	12,000
Andreas Dyll	9,000
Volodymyr Hera	7,800
Nuno Antunes	7,500
Daniel Shuster	7,000
Mati Pirn	5,000
Werner Eigner	1,000

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.

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!

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.

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

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+

Position	Player	Country	Payout
1	Joseph Grech	🇲🇹	€2,164*
2	Roman Karl Cieslik	🇩🇪	€1,931*
3	Siarhei Tsentsevitski	🇧🇾	€1,912*
4	Hassan Fouladgar	🇩🇪	€1,729*
5	Roland Alexander Di Huebscher	🇩🇪	€1,388*
6	Joakim Olin	🇸🇪	€656
7	Angela Jauß	🇩🇪	€300**
* Denotes deal	**Bubble stipend

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.

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

Today’s Schedule June 11th

Time	Tournament	GTD	Buy-in
11:00	NLH Mystery Bounty – Day 1D Turbo (100€ Bounty)	100 000 €	250€
13:00	Mixed Games Main Event HORSES – Final Day	25 000 €
15:00	Turbo Satellite to Main Event – Day 1A	5 500 €	80€
16:00	8-Game	10 000 €	250€
17:00	NLH Mystery Bounty – Final Day	100 000 €
18:00	The Festival Main Event – Day 1A	500 000 €	550€
19:00	Super Satellite to Main Event – Day 1B	5 500 €	80€
21:00	PLO Wednesday Night Turbo	5 000 €	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.

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,

Fight 1D of the NLH Mystery Bounty – (€100 Bounty) is in play here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov.

This is the flight before Day 2 kicks off today at 5 p.m. local time. Blinds are currently at 300/600 with a 600 big blind ante, Level 4. Registration opens until the conclusion of Level 10, and blinds run for 15 minutes in duration.

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.

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.

Top 10 After Day 5

Player Name/Nickname	Points
Horst Günter Böschen	84
Moreno Rutten	84
Kare Hallamaa	82
Haik Tougu	81
Johannes Goossens	79
Nils Doverklint	76
ChippingLeaks	73
Ville Hakala	71
Victor B.	66
Philipp Klok	62

Registration has now closed for the PLO Tuesday Knockout (Bounty €25) here in Rozvadov. Below is the payout structure which excludes bounties earned.

Position	Payout
1	€2,167
2	€1,506
3	€996
4	€779
5	€628
6	€490
7	€388
8	€302
9	€228
10	€175
11	€175
12	€163
13	€163

The Festival’s own Andreas Hoglund won FOUR flips throughout the Festival Series so far, for a total of €575. The table below shows the full result.

Player	Payout
Andreas Hoglund	575 €
Abdellah Mazid	250 €
Maureen Lynn Bloechlinger	175 €
Oleksandr Sadovyi	200 €
Maureen Lynn Bloechlinger	175 €
Oleksandr Sadovyi	200 €

Here is the list of payouts from the Seniors 50+ Event ,which ended in a deal. Joseph Grech came out best and gets first place money and a portrait made to commemorate his victory.

Position	Player	Country	Payout
1	Joseph Grech	Malta	€2,164*
2	Roman Karl Cieslik	Germany	€1,931*
3	Siarhei Tsentsevitski	Belarus	€1,912*
4	Hassan Fouladgar	Germany	€1,729*
5	Roland Alexander Di Huebscher	Germany	€1,388*
6	Joakim Olin	Sweden	€656
7	Angela Jauß	Germany	€300
*Denotes deal

The final five have struck a deal in the Seniors 50+ Event here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. The numbers will be officially released shortly by the tournament staff here in Czechia.

Some well-known regulars of the Festival Series have arrived at King’s Resort, Rozvadov, on the eve of the first flight of the €550 Main Event.

Norwegian Ronny Albrigsten, flaghunter Koen Roos, everyone’s favourite Antoine Digiorgio, and our last Tallinn Weekender Main Event Champion Risto Viljur.

King’s Resort has seen some resounding numbers so far this series across a range of events, and many more are on their way to the Czech countryside to take part in the festivities on and off the felt.

There is plenty more action to come from here in Rozvadov, and if you’re thinking of joining us, click here to find out more about travelling to the venue.

A further two events concluded on Monday at Kings Casino, where The Festival in Rozvadov is now on its fifth day, but not quite yet at the halfway mark of the 11-day poker extravaganza.

The results have been checked and verified, and I can now reveal that there’s a change at the top of the leaderboard. Haik Tougu hasn’t added any further points to his total since his THMC win and has slipped down to third place. He’s been overtaken by Horst Boeschen and Moreno Rutten, who are tied on 82 points.

Horst added to his PLO win on Friday by taking down the Holdem 6+ (Short Deck), while Moreno has played in almost every event so far and has bumped his score up purely with participation points.

Player	Points
Horst Boschen	82
Moreno Rutten	82
Haik Tougu	81
Kare Hallamaa	80
Johannes Goosens	77
Ville Hakala	69
Philipp Klok	62
Doofy Downswinger*	58
Maureen Bloechlinger	57
Fabio Eckel	53
*Nickname used

But wait, somebody is missing, there’s absolutely no sign anywhere on the leaderboard of double Player of the Series winner (should have been 3-time, could have been more) Scott “Pokerbrahs” Kenyon. What the actual heck? Turns out he’s not very well at the moment and has had to give this edition of The Festival Series a miss. Get better soon Scott, hope to see you at the Malta edition in September.

No news yet of whether Maureen Blochlinger will make an unscheduled return to Czechia to maintain her challenge for the title. Having not played on Monday, she’s now slipped a little further back on the leaderboard, but could still potentially challenge for the €1,600 Malta package, if she makes a return.

Only eight remain in the Seniors Event 50+ here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Six will get paid. Stay tuned to find out who takes down the title!

Come down and join the nine entrants who will be taking to the felt in the PLO Tuesday Knockout (Bounty €25).

Action will be a plenty in a knockout version of “The Great Game” here at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czechia. There are 8 levels of registration, and players will be able to register an unlimited number of times. Of course, be gamble aware and only stake what you can afford to lose!

Can Horst Boschen win his third title of the series?

The final table of nine has been assembled in the Seniors Event 50+ here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czechia. Below is the lineup, which includes Joakim Olin, who’s aiming for his third The Festival Seniors title. Only six will be paid for this event.

Seat	Player	Country
1	Angela Jauß	Germany
2	Joseph Grech	Malta
3	Hassan Fouladgar	Germany
4	Franz Dominik Fischer	Germany
5	Joakim Olin	Sweden
6	Stefano Bertoldi	Italy
7	Roman Karl Cieslik	Germany
8	Siarhei Tsentsevitski	Belarus
9	Roland Alexander Di Huebscher	Germany

Franke’s Flips is set to take place at the tables near the tournament registration area!

For just €25, you can flip your way to glory in a series of “stand and goes” in a quest to win a pair of Franke’s fabled flip flops and tournament credits! Come join in the fun!

Oh, and there’s a chance to win a Malta package worth €1,600!

Click the video below to check out the highlights of yesterday’s action from here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov!

Only 18 remain of a total field of 103 entrants in the Satellite to Day 1C of the Mystery Bounty – Day 1C here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Whoever busts next will miss out on the €250 ticket but will claim a cash prize of €78 for their efforts.

Time to raise a glass and officially open the Hospitality Program!

Join us for welcome drinks where the atmosphere is relaxed, the drinks are flowing (on the house), and excitement is in the air.

Federico and Franke will deliver a warm welcome and introduce the rules for the massive 29-hour Blackjack Tournament.

We’ll also do Hospitality FLIPS to award Black Jack tickets—1 per 8 players. This is where the week’s fun gets real, and where you might win your first advantage for the games to come.

For more information on the hospitality events, click here.

A distinctly unique tournament is set to run here at The Festival Series 2025 at the King’s Resort in Rozvadov.

The Blackjack Tournament is a €125 buy-in and will be held on the gaming floor. Players will have a 10-hand session per entry, and the top 10% of all scores win prizes!

If you’re interested in joining in on the action, click here for more details from Melvin!

The third of four flights to Day 2 of the NLH Mystery Bounty – Day 1C (€100 Bounty) tournament starts tonight at 6 p.m.

This is the final non-turbo flight, with levels set at 30-minutes in duration. Currently, 23 have bagged for Day 2, will you be joining them at the table come tomorrow night?

A field of 16 has taken to the felt in the second and final flight to the Mixed Games Main Event HORSES Day 2.

There is plenty of time to register as the tournament is still within the first level of play, and registration remains open until the conclusion of Level 10.

The Festival’s founder Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk is in the field, so if you fancy taking your chances trying to stack The Boss, come down and buy-in!

For those new to Mixed Games, click here to learn the rules of each game that is played.

The Seniors Event 50+ is currently taking place here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Currently, a field of 32 remains of the 46 total entrants. Thirty-nine of the 44 entrants are unique, and registration remains open for the remaining 18-minutes of the current level (5) and the entirety of the next 30-minute level (6). The buy-in for this event is €250.

The Hendon Mob Championship winner Haik Tougu spent some time with our very own Andreas Hoglund! See the video below to find out more about our record-breaking winner.

Chip counts have been released from the first flights of the €250 NLH Mystery Bounty (€100 Bounty) tournament here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Below is the table of 1Bs progressing players. The flight saw a total 111 entrants.

NLH Mystery Bounty Day 1B Chip Counts

Position	Player/Nickname	Country	Chip Count
1	BLACKROCK	Germany	1,145,000
2	Ahmad Fahim Aslami	Afghanistan	952,000
3	Marek Jozef Mleczko	Poland	620,000
4	BL	Turkey	518,000
5	Luke Nieuwenhuis	Netherlands	496,000
6	Christophe Olivier Rodriguez	France	347,000
7	Urmas Lepik	Estonia	317,000
8	Ihor Yaromenko	Ukraine	218,000
9	Andriy Berezyak	Ukraine	212,000
10	Marcel Thorsten Sircely	Austria	195,000
11	Ulrich Maurice Imbach	France	175,000
12	Bechara Koyess	Lebanon	135,000
13	Mitchel Blaauw	Netherlands	120,000
14	Stylianos Papantoniou	Cyprus	98,000

Chip counts have been released from the first flights of the €250 NLH Mystery Bounty (€100 Bounty) tournament here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Below is the table of 1A’s progressing players. The flight saw a total 69 entrants.

NLH Mystery Bounty Day 1A Chip Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Marc Andrew Hunter	United Kingdom	668,000
2	Seyed Reza Ali Fazeli	United States of America	537,000
3	Andreas Sauter	Germany	507,000
4	Victor Den Houting	Spain	460,000
5	Alexandru Tomuta	Germany	296,000
6	Laszlo Vincze	Hungary	288,000
7	Rene Dreismann	Germany	284,000
8	Toni Vuolle	Finland	211,000
9	Stefan Schrittweiser	Austria	199,000

The payouts have been announced in today’s Sviten Special. Only nine will find the money.

Position	Payout
1	€3,990
2	€2,539
3	€1,703
4	€1,207
5	€907
6	€724
7	€618
8	€561
9	€561

There are two levels left of registration in the Mystery Bounty Day 1B. There are currently 56 players remaining of the 91 total entrants.

Registration is closed in the Sviten Special, and the 61 total entrants has become a field of 23. The payouts will be announced shortly.

It is the last level of registration for Day 1A of the Mixed Games Main Event Horses -Day 1A. A small field of 11 players remain of the 15 entrants.

The Hendon Mob Championship winner Haik Tougu has taken a narrow lead in the Player of the Series race, with 81 points, 77 of which he banked with his win. However, the Estonian is only 2 points ahead of Moreno Rutten from Netherlands, who has cashed in four events so far at Kings Casino, Rozvadov.

Four of the players in the current top ten are those who made the final table of The Hendon Mob Championship with Omaha Masters winner Oleksandr Sadovyi sneaking into the top ten. 

Maureen Bloechlinger currently sits in 5th place with 57 points, having made final tables in both the Friday and Saturday Texas Madness events. She’s unlikely to challenge for the €1,600 Malta package, as she has already returned home to Switzerland. But its only an eight hour drive, so we won’t rule out the possibility that she returns.

With six events of The Festival in Rozvadov now completed, here’s an early peek at the Player of the Series leaderboard. 

Player	Points
Haik Tougu	81
Moreno Rutten	79
Philipp Klok	62
Doofy Downswinger*	58
Maureen Bloechlinger	57
Fabio Eckel	53
Silver*	51
Max Value*	50
Oleksandr Sadovyi	50
chiKKita banAAna*	49

Two levels of registration remain in the €250 Sviten Special here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czechia.

Currently, 30 remain out of 53 entrants, but the filed size could grow over the next hour. Come get involved in one of Scandinavia’s finest exports!

If you would like to learn more about the game, also known as “Drawmaha”, click here!

Horst Boeschen has won his SECOND title at The Festival Series 2025 here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov!

He has added the €125 Holdem 6+ Bounty (Short deck) (Bounty €25) title to his victory in the €150 PLO Championship from the first day of the festival! He topped a field of 109 entrants, 59 of which were unique. Judging by the stack of bounty cards Boeschen had in front of him, it looks like he secured a decent portion of the bounties that were put into play, on top of the €2,189 first-place prize! Below is the payout table, not including bounties earned.

Position	Player	Country	Payoiut
1	Horst Boeschen	Germany	€2,189
2	Kare Valtteri Hallamaa	Finland	€1,520
3	Torsten Rink	Germany	€1,005
4	Siarhei Narozhny	Belarus	€787
5	Claudiu Descultu	Romania	€634
6	Tino Mitmeier	Germany	€494
7	Daniel Albrecht Stueber	Germany	€391
8	Christa van Berkel	Netherlands	€305
9	Jukka Juho Petteri Moisio	Finland	€231
10	Laviniu Manea	Romania	€177
11	Matthias Wieser	Germany	€177
12	Thony Sjoelund	Sweden	€165
13	Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk	Sweden	€165

Franke’s Flips is set to take place at the tables near the tournament registration area! For just €25, you can flip your way to glory in a series of “stand and goes” in a quest to win a pair of Franke’s fabled flip flops and tournament credits! Come join in the fun!

Oh, and there’s a chance to win a Malta package worth €1,600!

The first of two Cash Game Challenges is set to commence at 8 p.m. this evening.

Today will start with “The Great Game” of PLO, with the minimum buy-in set at €200. The challenge will be held on the featured table, which will be streamed on King’s Casino’s YouTube channel.

The challenge is decided on a leaderboard basis, meaning whoever finishes up the most amount of money during the challenges will win a €1,600 package to the next installment of The Festival Series in Malta!

Feel free to tune in and check it out when the action kicks off shortly.

Seven players have become four at a decent pace here in Rozvadov. Here is a look at the current payouts, all of which exclude bounties earned throughout play today.

Position	Player	Country	Payout
1			€2,189
2			€1,520
3			€1,005
4			€787
5	Claudiu Descultu	Romania	€634
6	Tino Mitmeier	Germany	€494
7	Daniel Albrecht Stueber	Germany	€391
8	Christa van Berkel	Netherlands	€305
9	Jukka Juho Petteri Moisio	Finland	€231
10	Laviniu Manea	Romania	€177
11	Matthias Wieser	Germany	€177
12	Thony Sjoelund	Sweden	€165
13	Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk	Sweden	€165

The final table of 7 players has been assembled here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czechia. Here is a look at the lineup.

Seat	Player	Country
1	Horst Boeschen	Germany
2	Tino Mitmeier	Germany
3	Claudiu Descultu	Romania
4	Torsten Rink	Germany
5	Kare Valtteri Hallamaa	Finland
6	Siarhei Narozhny	Belarus
7	Daniel Stueber	Germany

Stefano Bertoldi was all in for 6,000 in the big blind with the blinds at 3,000/6,000.

Torsten Rink called from under the gun, as did the €150 PLO Championship winner, Horst Boeschen.

The J K J 6 8 runout was checked down by the two non-all-in players. Boeschen believed that Bertoldi had the winner as he tabled 10 7 . Bertoldi had a slightly better holding with 10 9 but it was Rink’s Q 10 for queen-high, which was good enough to secure the pot and Bertoldi’s bounty.

Today, players will have the opportunity to qualify for Day 2 of the ever-popular Mystery Bounty format. The €250 NLH Mystery Bounty – Day 1B (€100 Bounty) starts today at 6 p.m.

This is the second of four flights to the €100,000 event here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov and the only Mystery Bounty tournament of this installment of The Festival Series.

Registration will remain open for the first 10 Levels of play, each lasting 30-minutes in duration. Players will receive a stack of 50,000 chips for their buy-in and blinds will commence at 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante.

Here are the payouts for the €125 6+ Short Deck Bounty tournament from here at the King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czechia, and a gallery of the players in action!

Position	Payout
1	€2,189
2	€1,520
3	€1,005
4	€787
5	€634
6	€494
7	€391
8	€305
9	€231
10	€177
11	€177
12	€165
13	€165

A unique tournament in The Festival Series 2025 in Rozvadov is set to commence shortly. The Sviten Special is a €250 buy-in event has a guarantee of a €10,000 prize pool and is sure to be popular amongst the Scandinavian contingent that have come to the Czech countryside. Players are allowed unlimited re-entries over the first 8 levels of play and levels run for 30-minutes in duration each.

Also known as “Drawmaha” in the States, if you would like to know more about this game, click here to learn about the rules and dynamics of this particular poker variant.

Twelve players have taken to the felt in the first flight of one of the marquee events here at The Festival Series in Rozavadov.

This is the first of two flights, the second of which takes place tomorrow. Registration in this flight remains open until Level 10, so there is plenty of time to get involved as the first Level remains in play. Each level runs for 30-minutes and players will receive a 40,000 starting stack for their buy-in.

Players are allowed two entries per flight.

Currently taking place on the King’s Resort tournament floor today.

The first satellite to the Mixed Games HORSES – Day 1A is underway, and saw 28 unique entries. The only short deck tournament is also in play, and 36 have entered so far, and two have already busted in the first 15 minutes of play.

Registration Holdem 6+ Bounty (Short deck) (Bounty €25) remains open for the first 6 levels, and players can enter as many times as they like. Come join in the fun!

Day 3 of The Festival series has seen a record-breaking event champion crowned here in Rozvadov! The latest installment of the Hendon Mob Championship found its latest winner at Europe’s largest poker room, the King’s Resort, and The Festival’s first Schafkopf champion was discovered! Without further ado, let’s jump in.

Partner: The Hendon Mob

Record-breaking Hendon Mob Champion has been crowned!

Haik Tougu of Estonia took the title in the small hours of this morning after a marathon 14-hour session in the King’s Resort cardroom. He bested the record-breaking field of 2,418 across the three-day event here in Rozvadov.

He bested German national Philipp Klok heads-up in just ten hands, due to having a fairly substantial chip advantage, having eliminated three players at the final table before going on to stack Klok.

Tougu has walked away with a career-best cash of €51,300, an incredible return on investment from the €150 buy-in, a total of 343x the buy-in! His largest ever cash before this event came back in 2016. He finished 2nd in a €110 No Limit Hold’em event at the OlyBet series in Tallinn for €2,100.

The Hendon Mob Championship Action

The Day 2 field of 292 condensed to under 100 at a fairly steady pace when the tournament began yesterday at 6 p.m.

The bust-outs eased off around the 65-70 player mark as shorter stacks were absorbed by the bigger stacks around the room. Seemingly, everyone came to play, and with a 20-25 big blind average in play across the room, stacks were fairly shallow. The general quality of play on display was solid from what was seen at the feature table, and I highly recommend that poker fans around the world check out the stream.

Final Table Play

Tougu dispatched four players at the final table, but came into the final table in sixth place, with eventual runner-up Klok coming into the final table in first place, which just goes to show that anything is possible in poker and no deficit is insurmountable given a good string of cards and some run good.

Italian national “Sino” was one of a handful of players to make it into Day 2 with a stack of over 1,000,000 chips. He started in fourth.

Tougu’s spin-up started when he dispatched Lukas Rath in eighth place. He won a flip with pocket fours versus Rath’s ace-queen offsuit after the latter moved all in for five big blinds over Tougu’s early position open to win a 10,000,000 chip pot.

A few hands later, Adrianus van Dongen was on the wrong end of a cooler as he ran pocket Queens into Tougu who woke up with Kings. Van Dongen opened from under the gun before Tougu three-bet from the small blind. Van Dongen called, and the runout was clean for Tougu, and he rocketed up the counts, having won the 60 big blind pot.

Tougu and Klok tangled throughout. Klok won a classic preflop race with Queens versus Tougu’s ace-king offsuit shortly after scooping the pot with Kings to peg back the eventual winner. He flopped top set to secure a crucial double-up.

The remainder of Van Dongen’s chips eventually found their way into the stack of Tougu when Van Dongen moved all in on the turn of a double flush draw board. Tougu flopped a set of sevens, and Van Dongen couldn’t improve.

Klok eliminated “Max Value” with both players having hit a four-liner to a flush in a preflop all-in situation. Klok made the nut flush with ace-nine offsuit which bested Max Value’s nine-high flush with pocket nines.

Tougu then sent “Doofy Downswinger” to the rail, winning another flip with fives versus “Downswinger’s” king-jack offsuit to take play heads-up with a substantial advantage, before going on to bust Klok after ten-hands of play. Below is the winning hand!

The Winning Hand!

The Hendon Mob Championship Final Table Payouts!

Player Name/Nickname	Nationality	Payout
Haik Tougu	Germany	€ 51,850
Philipp Klok	Germany	€ 27,300
Doofy Downswinger	Germany	€ 18,800
Max Value	Germany	€ 13,700
Adrianus Van Dongen	Netherlands	€ 11,550
Daniele Barbera	Italy	€ 8,800
Lukas Rath	Germany	€ 6,700
Sino	Italy	€ 5,600
Luca Venece	Italy	€ 3,600

First Festival Schafkopf Champion Crowned!

A new king has been crowned in the “King of Bavarian card games.” Roland Klaus Vollrath bested a 171-strong field over two days of play to win €7,000 and a beautiful glass trophy to add to his cabinet.

Vollrath is no stranger to cashing in Schafkopf events at Kings, as he finished fifth last year for €1,100 in the €155 King’s Schafkopf Masters last year. Click here to see the full payouts.

For more on the rules and how Schafkopf is played, click here to learn more.

Today’s Schedule – June 9th

09.06.2025	Event	Guarantee	Buy In
12:00	Turbo Satellite to Mixed Games HORSES – Day 1A	€2,750	€80
14:00	Holdem 6+ Bounty (Short deck) (Bounty 25€)	€10,000	€125
15:00	Satellite to Mystery Bounty – Day 1B	€2,500	€50
16:00	Mixed Games Main Event HORSES – Day 1A	€25,000	€550
17:00	Sviten Special	€10,000	€250
18:00	NLH Mystery Bounty – Day 1B (100€ Bounty)	€100,000	€250
19:00	Super Satellite to Main Event	€5,500	€80
20:00	Cash Game Challenge PLO €2-€2
21:00	PLO Freezeout	€10,000	€250
22:30	Cash Game Challenge TX NL €2-€2

That’s all for now folks, stay tuned to the live blog and the social media pages for continued coverage from here at The Festival Series in Rozvadov.

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The Hendon Mob Championship feature table is schedule to start at 10.30 pm!

Myself and Hendon Mob’s very own Roland Boothby will be taking on commentary duties, and more special guests to witness the record-breaking field play down to its conclusion tonight

A field of 66 has become 41 in Day 1A of the Mystery Bounty here in Rozvadov, and registration is still open for three more levels!

Currently, the blinds are 800/1,600 with a 1,600 big blind ante, eight minutes into Level 8.

The field continues to decrease as 71 remain battling it out to become the champion of the record-breaking Hendon Mob Championship here at King’s Resort, Rozvadov.

The featured table stream will commence from 10 p.m. local time, so be sure to tune in to that on YouTube when it begins!

The assembled field of 296 that made Day 2 here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov has been quickly whittled down to a field of 90 players.

Blinds are currently set at 25,000/50,000 with a big blind ante of 50,000. There are 20-minutes left of the current level (21). The average stack is approximately 1,300,000, which equates to 26 big blinds.

Franke’s Flips is set to take place at the tables near the tournament registration area! For just €25, you can flip your way to glory in a series of “stand and goes” in a quest to win a pair of Franke’s fabled flip flops and tournament credits! Come join in the fun!

Oh, and there’s a chance to win a Malta package worth €1,600!

German national Roland Klaus Vollrath has emerged as The Festival’s first 2025 Kings Schafkopf Europa Meisterschaft Champion!

He scored the most amount of points over the two-day tournament to secure the first-place prize of €7,000 and the stunning Kings Schafkopf Europa Meisterschaft trophy!

Below is the full table of payouts.

Position	Player Name	Payout (€)
1	Roland Klaus Vollrath	€7,000
2	Werner Koebler	€4,000
3	Jürgen Alois Schulz	€2,000
4	Helmut Robert Staudt	€1,500
5	Friedrich Ringelsbacher	€1,000
6	Maximilian Stark	€900
7	Josef Wimmer	€800
8	Peter Roland Klemm	€700
9	Wilhelm Georg Weidhuener	€600
10	Maximilian Angerer	€550
11	Heiko Seelmann	€500
12	Edo Berglez	€500
13	Hans Erich Fenzl	€450
14	Stefan Vogt	€430
15	Oliver Bauer	€400
16	Simone Andrea Dopfer	€380
17	Dietmar Kuales	€370
18	Bernd Herbert Fischer	€350
19	Christian Peter Beinhard	€330
20	Juergen Heinz Josef Klimt	€320
21	Michael Silbermann	€310
22	Heinrich Hennemann	€300
23	Manfred Politzki	€290
24	Walter Hermann Wittmann	€401
25	Jan Klaus Virnekaes	€275
26	Andreas Bürger	€270
27	Klaus Egon Reinhold Gerber	€265
28	Friedrich Michael Briechle	€260
29	Andrea Thill	€250
30	Sebastian Meier	€250
31	Maria May	€370
32	Johannes Demetrius Dimke	€250
33	Joachim Hans Schweiger	€120
34	Paul Klitzing	€120
35	Herbert Weber	€120
36	Harald Christian Ralph Ihug	€120
37	Thomas Juergen Schmoll	€120
38	Karl Peter Goetz	€120

Action was picked up on the bubble for the payout places. Marcin Kacprzak was all in and at risk from the cutoff in a multiway all-in versus the covering stacks of Etienne Kobel in the small blind and Abdulaziz Al-Dosari in middle position.

Marcin Kacprzak: A J

Etienne Kobel: K K

Abdulaziz Al-Dosari: 8 8

The J 2 2 Q 9 runout provided Kobel with two pair, and confirmed Kacprzak’s elimination from the tournament. He was the first player to receive the extra €44 on top of the €300 from the flight.

Unfortunately for Jussi Petteri Pohjanharju, he missed out on the payout places and a shot at the grand prize as he fell in 225th place.

The one and only Mystery Bounty event at this year’s Rozvadov installment of The Festival is set to start at 6 p.m. today.

The NLH Mystery Bounty – Day 1A (100€ Bounty) is a €250 buy-in event, with €100 of each buy-in being put into the bounty prize pool! The tournament will have a €50,000 total prize pool, and each player will receive a 50,000 chip starting stack for their buy-in.

The payouts have been announced as the dealers shuffle up and deal for Day 2 of the Hendon Mob Championships!

All players in the field have wrapped up €300 for their efforts thus far, with the top two from each flight receiving €300 and a €550 Main Event ticket, hence the smaller priced min-cashes on offer.

Position	Payout (€)
1	€51,000
2	€27,000
3	€18,500
4	€13,400
5	€10,700
6	€8,500
7	€6,400
8	€4,450
9	€3,300
10	€2,725
11	€2,725
12	€2,400
13	€2,400
14	€2,075
15	€2,075
16	€1,757
17	€1,757
18	€1,450
19	€1,450
20	€1,450
21	€1,150
22	€1,150
23	€1,150
24	€860
25	€860
26	€860
27	€860
28	€660
29	€660
30	€660
31	€660
32	€660
33	€660
34	€660
35	€660
36	€465
37	€465
38	€465
39	€465
40	€465
41	€465
42	€465
43	€465
44	€465
45	€345
46	€345
47	€345
48	€345
49	€345
50	€345
51	€345
52	€345
53	€345
54	€345
55	€345
56	€345
57	€345
58	€345
59	€345
60	€345
61	€345
62	€345
63	€239
64	€239
65	€239
66	€239
67	€239
68	€239
69	€239
70	€239
71	€239
72	€239
73	€239
74	€239
75	€239
76	€239
77	€239
78	€239
79	€239
80	€239
81	€239
82	€239
83	€239
84	€239
85	€239
86	€239
87	€239
88	€239
89	€239
90	€164
91	€164
92	€164
93	€164
94	€164
95	€164
96	€164
97	€164
98	€164
99	€164
100	€164
101	€164
102	€164
103	€164
104	€164
105	€164
106	€164
107	€164
108	€164
109	€164
110	€164
111	€164
112	€164
113	€164
114	€164
115	€164
116	€164
117	€164
118	€164
119	€164
120	€164
121	€164
122	€164
123	€164
124	€164
125	€164
126	€94
127	€94
128	€94
129	€94
130	€94
131	€94
132	€94
133	€94
134	€94
135	€94
136	€94
137	€94
138	€94
139	€94
140	€94
141	€94
142	€94
143	€94
144	€94
145	€94
146	€94
147	€94
148	€94
149	€94
150	€94
151	€94
152	€94
153	€94
154	€94
155	€94
156	€94
157	€94
158	€94
159	€94
160	€94
161	€94
162	€94
163	€94
164	€94
165	€94
166	€94
167	€94
168	€94
169	€94
170	€94
171	€44
172	€44
173	€44
174	€44
175	€44
176	€44
177	€44
178	€44
179	€44
180	€44
181	€44
182	€44
183	€44
184	€44
185	€44
186	€44
187	€44
188	€44
189	€44
190	€44
191	€44
192	€44
193	€44
194	€44
195	€44
196	€44
197	€44
198	€44
199	€44
200	€44
201	€44
202	€44
203	€44
204	€44
205	€44
206	€44
207	€44
208	€44
209	€44
210	€44
211	€44
212	€44
213	€44
214	€44
215	€44
216	€44
217	€44
218	€44
219	€44
220	€44
221	€44
222	€44
223	€44
224	€44