The Festival Online 2024 – A Jampacked First Week

The Festival Online 2024 – A Jampacked First Week

Streamer challenges, around the clock knockout tournaments, and hundreds of players. It's hardly been a week since The Festival Online 2024  (August 3rd - August 19th) launched into orbit and there's already a lot to digest and still more hands to be played.

Similar to our first weekend recap, we're going to take a look at what happened during the first work week of the Festival Online. While there's much to discuss, don't worry, we'll keep it short, sweet, and informative. For a complete list of all the events and winners, check out The Festival Online 2024 Results - updated daily!

The Festival Series Online - Day 3 (August 5th)

While definite not our favorite day of the work week, Monday didn't look half bad at The Festival Online 2024. Three different 7-Max Knockouts ran simultaneously, while the two Masters from the day before (August 4th) wrapped up and proclaimed their winners.

While the € 20 7-Max KO came with the smallest GTD, just € 10,000, it boasted an impressive turnout with a total of 507 registered players. Ultimately, the victory went to a mopcuk63, who scored a solid payday of € 1.824,11.

The Festival Online 2024 Results

Running simultaneously was the € 50 7-Max KO, which saw both the largest GTD (€ 30,000) and largest player pool of the day (605). This time, first place went into the hands of ggsegui, who also collected an outstanding € 5.005,43 prize to go with his title win.

The last of the three KOs was the € 150 7-Max KO, a smaller affair, numbering 122 players. It came with a €15,000 guaranteed prize pool with slxughter coming up on top. In the end, the first place player went home with an impressive payout of € 4.864,77.

The Festival Series Online - Day 4 (August 6th)

Tuesday looked a bit different. Three € 50 Trinity tournaments were scheduled, but only two of them ran on the day. The only one not designed as a knockout ran and was successfully completed the next day.

Out of the two that ran, the Trinity KO with a € 20,000 GTD saw the biggest moves of the day. The tournament hosted a total of 457 registered players, with user Notsomuch22 coming up on top. Contrary to what his name would suggest, the first place finisher came out with much, a prize of € 4.219,97 to be exact.

While a bit smaller, the second Trinity KO of the day was no less impressive. It had a guaranteed prize pool of € 15,000 and 325 registered players. Ultimately, it was ThK87 who took the tournament down, claiming the first place prize of € 2.268,60 along the way.

The Festival Series Online - Day 5 (August 7th)

As we mentioned, Wednesday saw the launch and completion of the last Trinity tournament. However, a lot more went down that day than just one poker tournament. Three separate Classics with varying buy-ins and GTDs also ran simultaneously - but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

The non-KO Trinity event came with € 10,000 and saw 246 players. Of the bunch, it was restodionte took first place (€ 1.317,28) with EasyWorkkk trailing not that far behind (€ 1.157,86). Looks like second time's the charm for these players!

Now, back to the Classics. The first of the three, the € 12,50 Classic came with a € 5,000 GTD, marking the smallest prize pool of the day. Still, even though the prize pool wasn't as impressive as some others, it still drew in a solid crowd, 247 to be exact. In the end, it was a player named noganaras who won it all, taking home an enviable € 2.951,73.

The € 50 Classic turned out to be the event of the day and not just because it had the biggest prize pool of the three (€ 12,500). The tournament saw an impressive player turnout, with as many as 426 registering for the event. Player annfetamine managed to fight off a little less than half a thousand players to claim first place and the € 1.022,30 that came with it.

The final event of the three was the € 125 Classic. Only 112 managed to match the buy-in and register for the € 10,000 GTD tournament. Wrapping up the day, Adxxy took down the tournament, taking home the enviable € 3.596,60 first place prize along the way.

The Festival Series Online - Day 6 (August 8th)

When you take a look at the three Big Knockouts tournaments that went down on Thursday, you'd think everything that came before them was just a warmup.

The € 200 Big KO came with a € 12,500 GTD and just 69 registered players. After the final hand, LairOfDarkness came out into the spot light, claiming first place and the whopping € 4.534,42 that came with it.

The € 25 Big KO and its € 15,000 GTD is where things became interesting, and not just because it was the biggest prize pool of the day. The tournament drew major attention, with as many as 627 registered players. Beating against the current (and competition) was none other than h1s7ory, taking first place and first prize (€ 1.172,37).

Still, the € 12 Big KO was the one to beat. While coming in with the smallest GTD of the day (€ 7,500), this knockout had the biggest player pool of all, totaling at 690 players. In the end, X1ebyIIIeK managed to take them all down, taking home a whopping € 2.619,24.

As for what's to come, keep your eyes on The Festival Online Schedule and don't miss a moment of the action!