The Festival Series Day 9 – The Main Event Day 2 Field Comes Together, Razz Big Bounty and PLO High Roller Winners Found
The Festival Series here in Rozvadov saw the last two non-turbo flights to Day 2 of the series marquee event run at King's Resort in the Czech countryside - the €550 Main Event. Melvin Schroen's favorite tournament, the Razz Big Bounty (€100 Bounty) was cancelled, then put "back on the menu" yesterday afternoon, and the first High Roller took place in the shape of the €1,100 PLO.
Main Event Field Takes Shape - Passes 850 Total Entrants
The two flights that ran yesterday proved to be the busiest yet of this Festival Series so far, with 1E seeing 229 total entrants and 1F gaining 163 total. The tables below offer a comparison between the entries this year and last year.
Main Event Numbers 2024
| Date | Flight | Buy-ins | Re-entries | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 5. June 2024 | 1A | 90 | 19 | 109 |
| Thursday, 6. June 2024 | 1B | 108 | 25 | 133 |
| Thursday, 6. June 2024 | 1C | 109 | 21 | 130 |
| Friday, 7. June 2024 | 1D | 158 | 55 | 213 |
| Friday, 7. June 2024 | 1E | 168 | 53 | 221 |
| Saturday, 8. June 2024 | 1F - Turbo | 136 | 47 | 183 |
Main Event Numbers 2025
| Date | Flight | Buy-ins | Re-entries | Total |
| Wednesday, 5. June 2024 | 1A | 90 | 19 | 109 |
| Thursday, 6. June 2024 | 1B | 108 | 25 | 133 |
| Thursday, 6. June 2024 | 1C | 109 | 21 | 130 |
| Friday, 7. June 2024 | 1D | 158 | 55 | 213 |
| Friday, 7. June 2024 | 1E | 168 | 53 | 221 |
| Saturday, 8. June 2024 | 1F - Turbo | 136 | 47 | 183 |
So far, three players have progressed with a seven-figure stack. In fourth place, with just shy of the one million mark, is Romanian national Marius Alexandru Gicovanu (pictured above), who bagged 973,000.
His Hendon Mob profile is one of, if not the biggest, in the field, with over $2,000,000 in recorded live tournament cashes. Gicovanu also featured in the €1,100 PLO High Roller the very same afternoon, but he was one of the first to depart from the small field event in the four-card streets.
Razz Big Bounty (€100 Bounty)
The only Razz tournament took place yesterday, after a cancellation which came around five minutes after the tournament was due to start due to a lack of entrants. It appeared that the would-be players weren't in the building yet. A group of Finnish players, including Kare Hallamaa and Ville Hakala made their way down to the floor and registered their interest in Melvin's favorite tournament.
As players gathered, the tournament was put back on the schedule and started a little later in the day. A small field of 54 total entrants was made up of 32 unique players.
Jon Thannhauser was the unfortunate victim of the bubble, and only three players would make the money due to the small field and the big bounties. He did come away with a few of the €100 bounty tokens, so his effort wasn't completely in vain.
The tournament did see a big winner. Stefan Petri claimed the €702 first-place prize, plus a staggering 21 bounty tokens, taking his overall tally to just shy of €3,000! Runner-up Enrique Bergemann claimed eight bounty tokens plus €421, making it a German 1-2 in the tournament. Below are the payouts.
Razz Big Bounty Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefan Petri | 🇩🇪 | €2,802 |
| 2 | Enrique Bergemann | 🇩🇪 | €1,221 |
| 3 | Bruno Stefanelli | 🇮🇹 | €781 |
€1,100 PLO High Roller
The first High Roller of the series attracted a field of 30 at King's Resort yesterday afternoon. Leaderboard first and second Kare Hallamaa and Ville Hakala took to the felt but couldn't find the money, and Richard Koppel was the bubble boy.
Allan Arjut continues to have a brilliant Festival Series after notching his first ever tournament win here, which came in the €125 PLO Knockout on Day 5.
He banked €8,415 for a career-best score for his second-place finish, and will have shot up the leaderboard rankings with this deep run. The winner was "Gold Fisch", who racked up a score of €11,220 for his effort. The payouts can be seen below.
The final hand played out like this. Arjut had AKK3 vs AAxx. The players took turns potting and repotting until Arjut was all in and at risk.
He flopped a boat on K22. The turn changed nothing but "Gold Fisch" was saved by an Ace from space on the river to lock up the title.
PLO High Roller Results
| Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Gold Fisch" | 🇨🇿 | €11,220 |
| 2 | Allan Arjut | 🇪🇪 | €8,415 |
| 3 | Vasilis Nikolas | 🇸🇪 | €5,610 |
| 4 | Fabian Bartuschk | 🇩🇪 | €2,805 |
Schedule Today 15.6.25
| Time | Tournament | GTD | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | The Festival Main Event - Day 1G Turbo | 500 000 € | 550€ |
| 13:00 | OFC Highroller | 5 000 € | 1 100 € |
| 13:30 | FLIP FINALS | ||
| 14:00 | The Festival Main Event - Day 1 Flip and Go Pineapple | 500 000 € | 550€ |
| 15:00 | Sat to NLH Highroller | 6 600 € | 100€ |
| 16:30 | The Festival Main Event - Day 2 | 500 000 € | |
| 18:00 | NLH High Roller | 30 000 € | 1 100 € |
| 19:00 | Sunday PLO Turbo Madness | 5 000 € | 125€ |
| 21:00 | Sunday Texas Turbo | 10 000 € | 150€ |
