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Successful Festival Online Kickoff, Opening Tournament on Sunday

Successful Festival Online Kickoff, Opening Tournament on Sunday

The first tournament of The Festival Online Powered by 888poker was held this Thursday. There were 25 Main Event tickets at stake and the buy-in was very affordable at $1.

After three hours of play, 25 lucky players picked up the Main Event ticket and are assured an entry into the $215 tournament with a $150,000 guarantee at the end of the month.

Final Result The Festival Online - Kickoff

Final Result The Festival Online - Kickoff
  • Date: July 7
  • Time: 20:00 (CEST)
  • Buy-In: $1
  • Prize money: 25 tickets to the Main Event á $215
  • Players: 635 plus 342 re-entries
  • Winners: 25 players

The kickoff event was almost like a freeroll with a buy-in of only $1 and the tournament had an overlay of several thousand dollars. This overlay was anticipated and the tournament was supposed to whet the appetite for the series and the upcoming events.

With a re-entry phase of one hour, it was possible for the players to be very liberal with their buy-in initially since it was only $1 for an additional 5,000 chips, should one lose all of them. In the later stages, however, the game became much tighter as players got closer to the money. After a little over three hours, the tournament was decided shortly after 11 p.m. and 25 players were able to enjoy a ticket to the Main Event.

Opening Event this Sunday

Festival Online Opening Event
Festival Online Opening Event

The first really big tournaments of the Festival Online powered by 888poker will take place this Sunday. The most important tournament is certainly the $109 Opening Event with $100,000 guarantee.

Details Opening Event

  • Name: The Festival Online - Opening Event
  • Date: July 10th
  • Time: 20:00 (CEST)
  • Game: No Limit Hold'em
  • Buy-In: $109
  • Guarantee: $100,000
  • Re-Entries: as many as you like
  • Late-Reg: until 23:45 (CEST)
  • Structure: 30,000 chips (12 minute levels)

The Opening Event has a slow structure and allows any number of re-entries in the first 3 ¾ hours. The tournament will run until the final table is reached. The Final Table will be played on Monday from 21:00 CEST and broadcast on 888poker's Twitch account with open cards starting half an hour later.

In addition to the Opening Event, there are two other tournaments scheduled for this Sunday:

Details Opening High Roller

  • Name: The Festival Online - Opening High Roller
  • Date: July 10th
  • Time: 20:30 (CEST)
  • Game: No Limit Hold'em
  • Buy-In: $525
  • Guarantee: $40,000
  • Re-Entries: maximum 10
  • Late-Reg: until 23:30 (CEST)
  • Structure: 10,000 chips (12 minute levels)

The High Roller Opening Event is rather expensive at $525 but offers a tasty $40,000 guarantee. This tournament will be completed within one day.

Details Opening PLO

  • Name: The Festival Online - Opening Event PLO
  • Date: July 10th
  • Time: 21:00 (CEST)
  • Game: Pot Limit Omaha
  • Buy-In: $109
  • Guarantee: $5,000
  • Re-Entries: as many as you like
  • Late-Reg: until 23:05 (CEST)
  • Structure: 10,000 chips (12 minute levels)

In addition to two NLH tournaments, a PLO tournament is also scheduled for the first weekend of The Festival Online. This guarantees $5,000 in prize money and allows two hours of unlimited re-entries.

Satellites to The Festival Online

Satellites for all tournaments will run around the clock with buy-ins starting at one cent. Among others, there is a satellite on July 10 at 17:30 CEST that guarantees 30 tickets at $109 each to the opening event for a buy-in of just $16.50. All tournaments can be found in the 888poker lobby. The easiest way to filter for tournaments is to enter the term "Festival" in the lobby search box.

About The Festival Online Powered by 888poker

The Festival Online is a series of 26 tournaments on 888poker, running from July 7 to August 1. Buy-ins range from $1 to $525 and a total of $750,000 in prize money is guaranteed.

To participate in The Festival Online, all you need is a real money poker account at 888poker. You can find all the events under the Tournaments tab in the lobby of 888poker.

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