The Festival Series – Day 6 Recap
Day 6 saw plenty of action across the tournament floor at The Festival Series at King’s Resort here in Rozvadov. A Main Event Champion was crowned in the HORSES Main Event, bounties were claimed, and a Mystery Bounty winner title was also awarded. Another mixed game champion emerged in today’s 8-Game tournament. Let’s take a look at what happened.
Mixed Games Main Event HORSES
A new Mixed Games Main Event HORSES was crowned here in Rozvadov yesterday afternoon. "N.J.44" took down the title and bested the 46 total entrants and topped the remaining 20 that took to the felt yesterday.
"N.J.44" topped the podium places after agreeing to a three-way ICM chop with "TURKEY" and "BERSERK".
Reigning champion Sascha Manns was in contention to defend his title, but he fell victim to the bubble, finishing in 7th place.
Our very own Lemon Poker managed to get a quick word with "BERSERK" on how it feels to be in the top three of a Mixed Game Main Event. When asked what he would be doing with the money, "BERSERK" replied, "I will use this money to go play seniors events in Vegas." Below are the payouts.
Mixed Games Main Event HORSES Payouts
| Place | Player/Nickname | Country | Payout *Denotes Deal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N.J.44 | 🇩🇪 | €5,647* |
| 2 | TURKEY | 🇹🇷 | €5,160* |
| 3 | BERSERK | 🇺🇦 | €4,785* |
| 4 | Toomas Maekikokko | 🇫🇮 | €2,473 |
| 5 | Rachel Kunda | 🇮🇱 | €1,935 |
| 6 | Henrik Louwers | 🇳🇱 | €1,505 |
NLH Mystery Bounty Final Day
A total of 570 entrants condensed into a field of 72 players for the second and final day of the only Mystery Bounty tournament to take place this Festival Series.
That 72 quickly whittled down as players went hunting for the precious bounty tokens.
With 21 remaining, all the big bounties remained in play, which incentivised the players to get it in and gamble to have more chances at pulling the €11,000 bounty.
Someone had to pull the big one, and it was Anja Schmidt of Germany who took home the biggest bounty of them all. She ended up in third place. After she was eliminated, she pressed the bounty button again and claimed one of the two €6,000 bounties.
However, there could be only one winner, and that was Bulgarian national Mariya Todorova, who took home a minimum of €11,000 for her efforts. We will try and gather more information on her bounty pulls throughout the day.
She bested Mikhail Zaitsev of Russia in what was a fairly lengthy heads-up battle that ran into the small hours of this morning. Todorova was the short stack when play went three-handed, but she doubled through both Schmidt and Zaitsev multiple times to spin up her stack to take the lead. Here are the final table payouts exclusive of bounties.
Todorova also pulled the final €6,000 bounty, as well as one of the €1,000 bounties.
NLH Mystery Bounty Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mariya Todorova | 🇧🇬 | € 11,250 |
| 2 | Mikhail Zaitsev | 🇷🇺 | € 7,600 |
| 3 | Sílva | 🇩🇪 | € 5,100 |
| 4 | Rene Dreismann | 🇩🇪 | € 4,000 |
| 5 | BLACKROCK | 🇩🇪 | € 3,700 |
| 6 | Mann vom Mond | 🇩🇪 | € 2,475 |
| 7 | Stephan Bloch | 🇩🇪 | € 1,875 |
| 8 | Luke Nieuwenhuis | 🇳🇱 | € 1,300 |
| 9 | Oleh Khimich | 🇺🇦 | € 1,020 |
€250 8-Game
In the second mixed game tournament of the day, it was Lukas Binder who came out on top of the 47 unique players.
He overcame a gargantuan chip deficit of around 15-20:1 over flag hunter and Dutch national Koen Roos. Roos secured his 21st flag of his poker career.
Allan Arjut went on the hunt for a second tournament win in as many days, but he was the unfortunate victim of the bubble. Below are the payouts.
€250 8-Game Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lukas Binder | 🇩🇪 | €4,032 |
| 2 | Koen Roos | 🇳🇱 | €2,916 |
| 3 | Horst Boeschen | 🇩🇪 | €1,882 |
| 4 | Siarhei Narozhny | 🇧🇾 | €1,425 |
| 5 | Julien Antonin Teissedre | 🇫🇷 | €1,102 |
| 6 | Rudolf Kudernak | 🇩🇪 | €860 |
| 7 | Sami Haadell, | 🇸🇪 | €685 |
| 8 | Barrie Dear | 🇬🇧 | €538 |
Today's Schedule (12th June)
| Time | Tournament | GTD | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | PLO 4/5/6 Cards (7 Max) | 5 000 € | 125€ |
| 13:00 | Turbo Satellite to Main Event - Day 1C | 5 500 € | 80€ |
| 14:00 | H.O.R.S.E. | 10 000 € | 250€ |
| 16:00 | The Festival Main Event - Day 1B | 500 000 € | 550€ |
| 18:00 | Crazy Pineapple (TX NLH) | 10 000 € | 125€ |
| 20:00 | Super Satellite to Main Event - Day 1D | 5 500 € | 80€ |
| 21:00 | Thursday Texas Turbo Midnight Madness | 10 000 € | 125€ |
Stay tuned to the live blog and social media for continued coverage from The Festival Series here in Rozvadov.
