2026 The Festival Rozvadov Day 2

Roberto Dossi moved all in on the flop of 7 5 3 with A 5 . Dmitri Dudakov called with 7 4 . The K turn changed nothing, and the Q river gave Dudakov the title and a package to the THMC in Cape Town, South Africa, worth €1,600. Below are the final table payouts as the blog signs off for the night.

In the opening hand of heads-up play, Roberto Dossi was all in and at risk with Q Q against Dimitry Dudakov’s A Q .

The runout of 8 7 Q J K saw Dossi secure a double up with a set to bring him back into contention.

Three bust outs in quick succession have left Dimitry Dudakov and Roberto Dossi heads-up. Currently, Dudakov has a monster chip advantage with 12,600,000 against Dossi’s 3,500,000.

NOE26 was all in and at risk as the second shortest stack at the table versus the covering stack of Roberto Dossi. He made the call from the small blind with K Q against NOE26’s K J .

Both hit the 5 J Q 4 9 runout, but Dossi hit it hardest. The shortest stack, Assou Ekottu, was then next out to leave play three-handed.

Mykhailo Lohvinenko has become the latest bust-out in The Hendon Mob Championships, leaving Dimitri Dudakov, Nicolas Feuille, Roberto Dossi and the two nicknamed individuals, NOE26 and Assou Ekotto.

Lohvinenko will be leaving with a cash of €2,020 for his efforts.

Naum Barulia has become the latest elimination in The Hendon Mob Championships, leaving six players battling it out for the beautiful glass trophy here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Below are the payouts of the departed final tablists.

Dong He has hit the rail in The Hendon Mob Championship here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Below are the official counts of the players as they are on a scheduled break.

Here are the payouts in the PLO4/5/6. Some juicy scores considering the €150 buy-in. Still in the field is Open Face Chinese innovator Risto Pönniö, who has been credited with introducing the Pineapple variant of the 13-card game.

Here are the payouts in the Crazy Pineapple. In the field is Jaroslav Stulhofer, who is somewhat of a Crazy Pineapple specialist. He has three titles at The Festival, two of which came in this three-card variant, and all were won at Banco Casino Bratislava in 2025 and in 2026. The Hendon Mobs’ very own Roland Boothby is also in the field, as is last night’s Bounty Madness Final Tablist, Vanessa Welby.

Markus Hirttioe has become the first elimination of final table play in The Hendon Mob Championship. Its close at the top of the counts between Roberto Dossi, Naum Baurila and Mykhailo Lohvinenko. Nicolas Feuille is on short-stack duties.

With only an hour left of registration, here are the top 10 in chips in the Blackjack tournament. It is a Festival Series 1-2 at the moment, with Franke and Melvin Schroen leading the way.

Swedish poker legend Joakim Olin has scored an unprecedented third Seniors 50+ title here at King’s Resort Rozvadov. He bested Eran Shchori heads-up and had all of the 28 entrants’ chips in front of him at the play’s end.

He has now won two Seniors 50+ events here in Rozvadov, with his other win coming at The Festival Malta. Below are the payouts, and congratulations to Olin on a record that I can’t see being beaten any time soon.

Naum Barulia opened from under the gun to 125,000 with the blinds at 30,000/60,000. Ronald Woudstra moved all in from the small blind for 475,000. Barulia called. He had K J and had ran into the A A of Woudstra. The 9 9 4 flop gave Woudstra two pair and Barulia a flush draw. The 2 changed nothing, but Barulia binked the 7 river to eliminate Woudstra one away from the final table.

Simultaneously at the adjacent table, Nicolas Feuille was all in and at risk for 1,400,000. He opened from under the gun and got jammed on by Markus Hirttioe. Action folded around and Feuille called.

Feuille had A Q and Hirttioe had 7 7 . Feuille hit an ace across the 5 9 A 6 10 to secure a huge double up heading into FT play.

Action was picked up on the river of 9 7 10 10 2 in a hand between Anton Augenstein and Ka Chi Yim. Yim was deep in the tank and at risk of busting versus Augenstein.

“You must have 6-8 of clubs”, said Yim, before taking a few moments more before flicking in the call. Unfortunately for Yim, he was right in his hand reading, having flicked in the call with quad tens. Augenstein had a straight flush, and Yim rebought.

Ameer Sabri is here in Rozvadov for his first Festival Series stop. As mentioned earlier, he bagged the second biggest stack in the TORSES 1B flight, even dispatching Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk en route to securing his stack for Day 2. The Festival caught up with him briefly before he hopped into the Bounty Hunter Days Mystery Bounty 1A flight.

“I was on a three-week holiday to Amsterdam to see some friends,” said Sabri, “I searched the internet for Mixed Games in Europe as they became busy for a few days, and I found The Festival Series. I have never been to Czechia before, so I thought I would come and give it a go.”

In his native Australia, he tries to find time to play “when he can. There are some Mixed Games in Australia, but not too many, so I thought I would give this a go.”

Here are the counts for the players who have made it to Day 2 of the Mixed Games Main Event – TORSES. Leading the way is Thomas Eckerstorfer, who will come into tomorrow’s finale atop the chip counts. He is closely pursued by Ameer Sabri, who dispatched Festival founder Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk in the final levels. Sabri will come into tomorrow’s session second in the overall chip counts, with Christophe Stammet rounding out the podium with a stack of 226,500

Player of the Series winner and Mixed Games enthusiast Barrie Dear has taken to the table to defend the Blackjack title that he won last year in Rozvadov. Dear accumulated the most chips over the session, and won €2,027 for his efforts.

Click here to see the full results of last year’s tournament.

Registration remains open until 11.30 p.m local time.

Here is a rundown of the rules and regulations ahead of tonight’s exciting Blackjack tournament. The overarching goal is simple: win the most chips over ten hands. Players receive a starting stack of 10,000 chips, and the minimum bet is 200. The maximum bet is 2,000. Players are allowed unlimited splits, as per King’s Resort rules.

Players can register up until 11.30 p.m. local time, and the tournament itself starts at 7 p.m. local time.

The biggest stacks in the TORSES field appear to belong to Sarharib Karatas, Ruud Alsemgeest, and The Festival Series founder, Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk. Registration is about to close, so for anyone who wishes to make Day 2, register ASAP. Play for the day will finish when 12 levels have elapsed, so in an hour, the Day 2 field will be finalised.

The Festival Series and Bounty Hunter Days have teamed up for the first time here at King’s Resort Rozvadov to give players a juicy guaranteed prize pool of €100,000! €60 of each €230 buy-in will go into the Mystery Bounty prize pool, meaning there will be plenty of big bounties to pull from the magic RNG button.

Bounty Hunter Days is an established live poker brand founded by Stephan Kübler and operated through poker-trip.de.

Tonight’s flight starts at 6 p.m. local time, and so far, eight have registered for this event. To learn more about this event, click here.

36 players have taken to the felt for Day 2 of The Hendon Mob Championships. There have been three early eliminations: Yuri Overhand, Ive Grancarić, and Maciej Kondraszuk have all hit the cash desk. Below are the payouts in full.

Following similarly to yesterday’s 1A flight of the Mixed Games Main Event TORSES, the field has lost two players in quick succession after several hours of play. Mattia Ruebenstrunk and Evgeny Sirotenko were the first eliminations in the second and final flight to the marquee Mixed Games tournament of the week.

Currently, 22 remain of the 24 total entrants, but registration is open for two more hours.  

The 15 remaining players have locked up a min cash of €350, but only 13 will progress to Day, which kicks off at 5 p.m. local time.

As part of the Hospitality package, online qualifiers were invited to take part in a series of games in the Fun Zone at the back corner of the main tournament floor. Ran by our Hospitality hosts with the most, Christel Natri and Andreas “Wiseguy” Hoglund.

When catching up with Natri, she said, “It was sweaty and adrenaline-filled; all the players who took part gave it their all. The sit-ball was much harder than it looked.”

One of the sit-ball winners, Sami Korpela, echoed that same sentiment, saying, ” It was hot and sweaty, a very tight space to move your legs around, honestly quite exhausting! But what wouldn’t you do for a Blackjack ticket!” The sit-ball was the most popular event, with Oleksii Lubnin also scoring a Blackjack ticket.

Kamil Ostaszewski put in a dominant display in the dart-ball, a game where players kick a felt ball at a giant velcro dart board. No one even came close to the 81 points he managed to score from just two balls. Self-proclaimed Foosball pros and finalists Sebastian Rebhan and Robert Bruil played out a tense match, with Rebhan edging it in a first-to-10 match. Bruil was gunning for a second ticket after recording the highest score in the darts competition.

The Fun Zone is open to all, so if you would like to take some chill time and play some games, you are more than welcome!

Below is the full list of winners who will be freerolling the €125 Blackjack tournament tonight from 7 p.m.

Robert Bruil, The Netherlands – Darts Winner
Sami Korpela, Finland – Sit-ball winner
Kamil Ostaszewski, Poland – Dart Ball Winner
Oleksii Lubnin, Estonia – Sit-ball winner
Sebastian Rebhan, Germany – Fossball Winner

For those who have missed the first three flights and are feeling lucky, there will be flip and go available at table 18, conveniently next to the registration desk and the buffet area. Flips cost €175 a pop and are rake-free. They are the easiest and quickest way to make Day 2 of this prestigious event.

A total of 108 players have taken to the felt so far in 1C of The Hendon Mob Championship. Currently, 70 remain in pursuit of a stack for today’s Day 2, which starts at 5 p.m. local time. Registration remains open until 2 p.m.

In the second and final flight of the Mixed Games Main Event TORSES, 16 of the 16 strong-field remain in contention to bag for tomorrow’s Day 2, which starts at 12 p.m. local time.

The Seniors Event 50+ will kick off at 2 p.m local time, and so far, Pekka Karvonen is the sole entrant.

The first two ranking events that count towards The Festival in Rozvadov Player of the Series have been completed. Read about how Florian Hesl managed to top the table, despite winning the smaller of the two events on Day 1 of the series in this article on the main page of the site.