Gabriel Rymar & Benedikt Hausmann Win Big on Day 4 of 2023 TFS Bratislava
Wednesday was the biggest day thus far at Banco Casino at the 2023 The Festival Series Bratislava full of excitement with tons of events awarding personalized sketched framed trophies and huge cash prizes.
Gabriel Rymar became the first player during The Festival Series Bratislava to notch a five-figure prize after taking down the €250 Bratislava Deepstack for €14,400 via our live-streamed broadcast on TheFestivalOG Twitch channel. This record was broken a few hours later when two more players won five-figure prizes with Benedikt Hausmann winning the €17,800 top prize in the €1,100 PLO High Roller and Gunter Hanak banking €10,500 for second place.
Day 1b of the €500,000 guaranteed €550 Main Event witnessed 123 entries get into the mix to bring the total up to 196 entries when taking into account the 73 entries on Day 1a. Players still have plenty of time to get into the mix including two more of the six opening flights taking place on Thursday. Hungary's Daniel Nagy leads the 59 survivors after turning his 30,000 opening stack into 207,000 on Day 1b. Former The Festival Series Bratislava Main Event champions Martin Mauthner (44,000) and Michel Molenaar (176,000) both advanced via Day 1b, albeit Molenaar did so with a much healthier stack.
The Cash Game Challenge also raged on Wednesday off the stream with Alexandrs Golubevs winning the most in the €2/€2 PLO Cash Game Challenge for 766 big blinds. While this was an impressive score, it doesn't push him ahead of Danius Antanaitis who currently leads with 1,068 big blinds. Keito Kaljulaid still leads the Franke's Flip Flop challenge with 11 flips won after winning one more yesterday. Both of these challenges award a free package to the next The Festival Series for the player finishing the highest on the respective leaderboards.
Read on to learn more about the completed events on Day 4 of the 2023 The Festival Series Bratislava:
Gabriel Rymar Wins Bratislava Deepstack
The 354 entries for a €75,665 prize pool was down to just 60 players in the two-day Event #3: €250 Bratislava Deepstack to start the final day with 44 players going home with at least a €450 min-cash.
The battle was long but eventually after more than 12 hours of play, Poland's Gabriel Rymar defeated Greece’s Konstantinos Kertikidis heads-up to win the €14,400 top prize.
Check out who cashed at the final table below:
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriel Rymar | Poland | €14,400 |
| 2 | Konstantinos Kertikidis | Greece | €9,425 |
| 3 | Steven Goose | Estonia | €6,925 |
| 4 | Nikodem Dubiel | Poland | €5,425 |
| 5 | Peder Behr | Sweden | €4,425 |
| 6 | Stein Theiss Du Karlsson | Norway | €3,675 |
| 7 | Bo Alm | Sweden | €2,930 |
| 8 | Aleksandar Kamendoliev | North Macedonia | €2,410 |
| 9 | Victor Fryda | France | €1,900 |
Benedikt Hausmann Wins PLO High Roller
Event #22: €1,100 PLO High Roller boasted a €25,000 guarantee. This proved to be no obstacle as the guarantee was nearly doubled with 47 entries generating a €46,550 prize pool with the top seven players collecting at least a €1,200 min-cash.
Benedikt Hausmann and Gunter Halak battled it out heads-up with already €10,500 in the bag. Hausmann took care of business to win the event for an impressive result of €17,800 to become the biggest tournament winner thus far at the 2023 The Festival Series Bratislava at Banco Casino.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benedikt Hausmann | Germany | €17,800 |
| 2 | Gunter Halak | Austria | €10,500 |
| 3 | Arto Loikkanen | Finland | €6,250 |
| 4 | Bartel Kars | Netherlands | €4,700 |
| 5 | Stefano Moi | Italy | €3,500 |
| 6 | Oliver Bolwerk | Germany | €2,600 |
| 7 | Pawel Kellner | Poland | €1,200 |
In other news, Niklas Dehli won the €125 Blackjack tournament for €1,241. The event attracted 24 entries for a €2,508 prize pool.
Paf's Ola Brandborn defeated poker streamer Scott "Pokerbrahs" Kenyon heads-up to win the €4,600 top prize in the €250 8-Game, which also continued its popularity with 84 entries.
The €250 Seniors 49+ ended when the 66-entry field was down to just five players. At that point, Mikael Doverklint, Bror Kiveiloe, the sharply dressed Kelly Kellner, Olav Snidal, and Anders Beckman. Doverklint was crowned the champion and won the biggest prize of €2,600 from the €14,107 prize pool.
To end the evening, Coolbet streamer Jonatan Wedde went on a run to remember as he was responsible for every player to hit the rail and collected their progressive bounties along the way from 10 players down to ship the €250 Texas Progressive Knockout. He also collected €3,450 from the prize pool generated by the 156 entries.
Today's Schedule (Nov. 30)
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 12 p.m. | Event #10: €500K GTD TFS Bratislava €550 Main Event Day 1c |
| 1 p.m. | Event #28: €125 HORSE |
| 2 p.m. | Event #29: €250 The Hendon Mob Championship Day 1 |
| 5 p.m. | Event #30: €1,100 NLH High Roller |
| 6:30 p.m. | Event #31: €60 Super Sat to Main Event (10x seats GTD) |
| 7 p.m. | Event #32: €250 PLO 4/5/6 |
| 7:30 p.m. | Event #33: €125 Slots Championship |
| 8 p.m. | Event #34: €5/€5 PLO4 Cash Game Challenge |
| 8 p.m. | Event #10: €500K GTD TFS Bratislava €550 Main Event Turbo Day 1c |
| 10 p.m. | Event #35: €125 Thursday Texas Turbo Midnight Madness |
| 10:30 p.m. | Event #36: €5/€5 NLHE Cash Game Challenge |
