The Festival Online – $215 Main Event Begins
The Festival Online, which is being held in collaboration with 888Poker from March 19 to April 13 is reaching its climax. Tomorrow starts the most waited tournament in the whole series - The Festival Online Main Event. NL A tournament which has totally 17 different starting flights and where you can have a chance to be a part of a $200,000 prize pool by paying a $215 buy-in. The Festival Online Main Event culminates on April 11 at 19:00 CET with the final table which in turn will be broadcasted on both The Festival Twitch channel and 888Poker Twitch channel. Keep an eye on the channels at other times as well to get an idea of who becomes the hero and who becomes the villain.
| Date | Tournament | Buy-In | GTD | |
| Thu 06.04.2023 19:00 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 1 | normal | $215 | $200 000 |
| Thu 06.04.2023 21:00 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 1 | turbo | $215 | $200 000 |
| Friday 07.04.2023: | ||||
| Fri 07.04.2023 17:00 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 1 | normal | $215 | $200 000 |
| Fri 07.04.2023 19:00 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 1 | normal | $215 | $200 000 |
| Fri 07.04.2023 21:00 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 1 | turbo | $215 | $200 000 |
| Saturday 08.04.2023: | ||||
| Sat 08.04.2023 17:00 | The Festival Online – Mega Sat (50 seats) to Main | $22 | $10 750 | |
| Sat 08.04.2023 17:00 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 1 | normal | $215 | $200 000 |
| Sat 08.04.2023 19:00 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 1 | normal | $215 | $200 000 |
| Sat 08.04.2023 21:00 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 1 | turbo | $215 | $200 000 |
| Sunday 09.04.2023: | ||||
| Sun 09.04.2023 17:00 | The Festival Online – Mega Sat (50 seats) to Main | $22 | $10 750 | |
| Sun 09.04.2023 15:00 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 1 | normal | $215 | $200 000 |
| Sun 09.04.2023 17:00 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 1 | normal | $215 | $200 000 |
| Sun 09.04.2023 19:00 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 1 | normal | $215 | $200 000 |
| Sun 09.04.2023 21:00 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 1 | turbo | $215 | $200 000 |
| Sun 09.04.2023 22:30 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 1 | hyper | $215 | $200 000 |
| Monday 10.04.2023: | ||||
| Mon 10.04.2023 14:00 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 1 | turbo | $215 | $200 000 |
| Mon 10.04.2023 15:30 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 1 | turbo | $215 | $200 000 |
| Mon 10.04.2023 17:00 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 1 | turbo | $215 | $200 000 |
| Mon 10.04.2023 18:00 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 1 | hyper | $215 | $200 000 |
| Mon 10.04.2023 20:00 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day 2 | N/A | $200 000 | |
| Tuesday 11.04.2023: | ||||
| Tue 11.04.2023 19:00 | The Festival Online – Main Event Day Final Table stream | N/A | $200 000 |
All times: GMT
Speaking about heroes then we almost witnessed how one of the heroes become a superhero last week. Namely, on March 30, a player with the poker nickname "samsungas" was achieving a historic back-to-back title in two different tournaments on the same day. Samsungas day started when he defeated 130 competitors in the $109 The Festival Online Texas Super KO tournament and pocketed $2,355. Hours later, he reached the heads-up battle in $22 The Festival Online Texas Lowroller but unfortunately come second there. The player who said "no" to the historic achievement came from Brazil. Keep this fact in mind, because who knows where will ask for this name next to the names like Neymar, Pele or Ronaldinho during some random sports quiz game. Nevertheless, "samsungas" results seems like an incredible achievement considering how fast-paced and action-packed online poker tournaments are.
| Date | Tournament name | Place | Prizemoney |
| 30.04 | $109 The Festival Online Texas Super KO | 1st | $2,355 |
| 30.04 | $22 The Festival Online Texas Lowroller | 2th | $1,453 |
We also congratulate all other winners and look forward to seeing you at the tables of the main tournament. If you are tired of playing online poker all day, today is the last time to start looking for flight tickets for May 15-21, because The Festival Malta will arrive faster than we can even blink.
Jason "wackyJaxon" Glatzer: Odds are "50-50" Will I win it or not
As previously mentioned, our team members also play tournaments in The Festival Online series. This week, in connection with the start of the main tournament, Jason, the mainstay of our live reports, can finally show his skills. Jason is extremely experienced as a tournament player, having previously won more than $20,000 in live tournaments according to Hendonmob. However, the man does not want to talk about online winnings very loudly, stating that there have been moments in his life when the winnings have made him extremely happy. We can already see on our Twitch channel starting on Sunday, whether there is a reason to rejoice this time as well.
Player Profile:
- Name: Jason Glatzer
- Pokeralias: wackyJaxon
- Country: U.S.A / Lithuania
- Biggest LIVE cash: $4,857 (44th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2013, Las Vegas)
- Future Dream job: Sitting on the porch of the country home, drinking good whiskey and watching how grandchildren run around outside.
The Malta Festival will take place from May 15th to 21st at the picturesque Portomaso Casino, featuring a total of 50 different tournaments over the course of a week. The schedule includes several mixed games such as Sviten Special, Open Face Chinese, H.O.R.S.E, Round of Each, and PLO 4-5-6, as well as Blackjack and Roulette tournaments. Additionally, there will be special tournaments such as the PokerListings Championship and The Hendon Mob Championship. The key highlight of the festival is the €550 Main Event which runs several days and what have 5 starting days. You can find the complete tournament schedule HERE.
