A smaller field was expected on Day 1b of the €550 Mixed Main Event HORSES today as part of the allure of this event is the Sviten Special element which we will explain shortly. Meanwhile, even though the late registration window is permanently shut in the €250 Sviten Special event, many of the players in that event are interested in also playing in the HORSES.
That being said, it looks like there will be a good shot that Day 1b will be bigger than the 17 entrants attracted during yesterday's Day 1a. Poker reporter and mixed-game enthusiast Frank Visser just got off a plane, hopped into the Sviten Special, and after that didn't go well will take a shot with the HORSES. Meanwhile, Finland's Sami Pulliainen hopped off a plane from Malta, chatted with his good friend Sascha Manns, who now has a decent stack in the Sviten Special Event, and got into action in the HORSES prepared with a glass of wine sitting next to him.
Phillip Huxley was looking forward to this event and jumped in as did Sandeep Nene, Teemu Hietala, Marius Hogtun, Revo Kink, The Festival Series Tallinn Main Event Champion Eirik Kristiansen, and Arto Loikkanen.
As we explained yesterday, the HORSES event is a first-time affair involving HORSE and limit Sviten Special. We explained the rules both to the HORSES on Day 1 of our coverage and the rules to Sviten Special earlier before the start of this stand-alone event which nearly broke a record for The Festival Series.
Best of luck to all of the HORSES players. Tomorrow is expected to be the biggest opening flight of them all with not too much mixed-game competition on the schedule. That being said, you don't need to wait until the kickoff of that flight on Day 1c as late registration for Day 1b will be open for the first eight of the total of 10 blind levels to be played today.
