The €500,000 slapped on the Main Event has been reached with the 1,000th player awarded a free The Festival Series Main Event ticket for the first stop of next year. Many of the last few players to enter before the guarantee was reached were awarded free The Festival Series merchandise.
Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk was patiently waiting for the guarantee before he entered.
"I will watch the first hand," said Franke's good friend Peter La Terra. "He will be all-in for sure."
"What happens if he doubles up or, even better, double up twice?" we asked.
"That won't happen but if it does I will go take a bath," we replied.
Franke did indeed shove the first two hands. The first hand was a good one with king-queen. He got folds both times and actually folded the third hand. He was quickly on 55,000 from his 30,000 starting stack and, at least for now, La Terra is still on his rail.
