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The Festival Online Winter 2025 – Streamer Challenge

Melvin Schroen

The Festival Author

February 27, 2025 · 8 minutes to read

Get ready, because the epic Streamer Challenge is back! Last year, we witnessed an unforgettable conclusion during the very first edition of the Streamer Challenge. The battle was intense, the stakes were high, and the grudge among the streamers had not been too much visible until the very end. Legends like EstonianWeirdo, Roenninghaug, and LemonPoker pushed their limits, leaving it all on the line for the ultimate prize: the title of Best Streamer of The Festival Online!

Now, as we are gearing up for the Winter 2025 edition, the question on everyone's mind is: Who will rise to the top this time? Will it be the returning champion LemonPoker? Does EstonianWeirdo want to have sweet revenge for his last-minute loss previously? Or do we have new challengers who will try to take possession of the Streamer's Crown? One thing is for sure, we will be gathering a cool group of streamers who will be fighting for the podium positions this time!

Do you think you have what it takes to beat your fellow online poker streamers? The stage is set, the spotlight is waiting, and the title is up for grabs. You can sign up by contacting us through our social media channels, or contact The Festival representative Melvin Schroen directly.

The Ultimate Streamer Challenge

The Streamer Challenge for the Winter 2025 edition of The Festival Online consist out of several changes compared to the previous edition. Of course, we listened to the feedback of the fellow streamers and came up with a schedule which we think is suitable for every sort of poker streamer.

The Challenge is basically divided in two parts:

• Tournaments: Score participation points by playing tournaments as per tournament schedule (incl. stack builders mentioned below), and earn more points when reaching ITM, and even more points when reaching top-17 of a tournament. See the formula here for further information.
• Bonus features: Collect yourself points through one of the four bonus features. They are all based on content creation, one of they key aspects of being an online poker streamer. For every completed feature, you will score points which also count for the final leaderboard.

Tournament Schedule

The leading part of the challenge are the eleven tournaments which are scheduled. All tournaments have a fairly low buy-in (total €270), and all have re-entry possibilities. As you can see in the schedule below, the tournaments are mostly on Sundays, the day of online poker which can't be missed. To be eligible to have a valid participation in this challenge, streamers need to have at least streamed/played 3 out of 6 days.

It is important to know that the point structure for these tournaments are based on our formula for 'Player of the Series' of our live events.

Stackbuilder Tournaments

The stack builder tournaments are the flagship tournaments of the entire iPoker Network. Every single week, these sort of tournaments are available in different shapes and forms on the network for players to enjoy. Hence the idea to include them in our challenge!

These tournaments often have bigger playing fields as any of the 'one-day tournaments', and thus can be vital to collect a staggering amount of points for the challenge. Get your stacks out, folks. Due to the stack builder feature, you can play as many as Day 1 flights as preferred. The Final Day of these tournaments are planned for March 9-10.

Bonus Features - Challenge

The bonus features include great possibilities to score additional points for the challenge, and maybe even decisive points! Last year, these points had determined the winner of the challenge. This time however, we have made it a bit more difficult as before to score these bonus points. After the previous success of the hospitality events (marble race for example), we have decided to make them part of this challenge once again.

As online poker streamers are walking content by definition, we have also included bonus steps which include creating content. Let's go, folks! It's time to shine!

Streamer Challenge - Prizes

The challenge is far and foremost about the eternal fame of being the infamous winner of the Streamer Challenge of The Festival Online Winter 2025, but what is a challenge without prizes? Correct! This year, we have upgraded the prizes. Where last edition it was only one prize (€1,600 live package), we have this time THREE added prizes, exclusively applicable for The Festival Series Rozvadov 2025!

• 1st Place : €1,100 Tournament Credit for The Festival Series Rozvadov
• 2nd Place : €550 Main Event Ticket for The Festival Series Rozvadov
• Fan's Choice : €125 Tournament Ticket for The Festival Series Rozvadov

The 'third' prize of this challenge is based on the vote of our The Festival audience. Among the players who have at least streamed 3 out of 6 playing days, and did not finish 1st or 2nd in this challenge, will be part of a Poll on social media. The eventual winner will be awarded with the designated tournament ticket for The Festival Rozvadov.

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Terms & Conditions

1. The challenge starts already at 22.02.2025, and ends on 10.03.2025.
2. All online poker streamers are able to partake in this challenge.
3. Participants needs to be able to play at one of the below operators, all part of the iPoker Network.
4. To make your participation valid, you need to have at least played (&streamed) at least three out of six playing days of the tournament schedule.
5. The points system which is being used is equal to the formula being use for 'Player of the Series' of our live events.
6. Bonus features are only verified once proof is provided to the one in charge of this challenge; Melvin Schroen.
7. The available prizes are not related to The Festival Series, and are personally provided by Martin 'Franke' von Zweigbergk.
8. Tournament tickets are non-refundable and non-sellable. Players must use credit/ticket in person at The Festival Rozvadov 2025.
9. If players end up having the same amount of points, whoever got first at those amount of points, wins.
10. Be aware that you need to be eligible to partake in competitions in the country you reside.

Paf		Redstar
Novibet		Netbet
NordicBet		Meridianbet
Guts Poker		Latamwin
Coolbet		Paddypower
Champion Poker		Inbet
Betsson		HC Online
Betsafe		Grosvenor
Betfred		Fortuna
Bet365		Klondaika
William Hill		BoyleSports
Swiss Casinos		Betfair
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The Festival Online Winter - Streamer Challenge 2025