Registration has now closed for the PLO Tuesday Knockout (Bounty €25) here in Rozvadov. Below is the payout structure which excludes bounties earned.
| Position | Payout |
| 1 | €2,167 |
| 2 | €1,506 |
| 3 | €996 |
| 4 | €779 |
| 5 | €628 |
| 6 | €490 |
| 7 | €388 |
| 8 | €302 |
| 9 | €228 |
| 10 | €175 |
| 11 | €175 |
| 12 | €163 |
| 13 | €163 |
The Festival’s own Andreas Hoglund won FOUR flips throughout the Festival Series so far, for a total of €575. The table below shows the full result.
| Player | Payout |
|---|---|
| Andreas Hoglund | 575 € |
| Abdellah Mazid | 250 € |
| Maureen Lynn Bloechlinger | 175 € |
| Oleksandr Sadovyi | 200 € |
| Maureen Lynn Bloechlinger | 175 € |
| Oleksandr Sadovyi | 200 € |
Here is the list of payouts from the Seniors 50+ Event ,which ended in a deal. Joseph Grech came out best and gets first place money and a portrait made to commemorate his victory.
| Position | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Grech | Malta | €2,164* |
| 2 | Roman Karl Cieslik | €1,931* | |
| 3 | Siarhei Tsentsevitski | Belarus | €1,912* |
| 4 | Hassan Fouladgar | €1,729* | |
| 5 | Roland Alexander Di Huebscher | €1,388* | |
| 6 | Joakim Olin | Sweden | €656 |
| 7 | Angela Jauß | €300 | |
| *Denotes deal |
The final five have struck a deal in the Seniors 50+ Event here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. The numbers will be officially released shortly by the tournament staff here in Czechia.
Some well-known regulars of the Festival Series have arrived at King’s Resort, Rozvadov, on the eve of the first flight of the €550 Main Event.
Norwegian Ronny Albrigsten, flaghunter Koen Roos, everyone’s favourite Antoine Digiorgio, and our last Tallinn Weekender Main Event Champion Risto Viljur.
King’s Resort has seen some resounding numbers so far this series across a range of events, and many more are on their way to the Czech countryside to take part in the festivities on and off the felt.
There is plenty more action to come from here in Rozvadov, and if you’re thinking of ing us, click here to find out more about travelling to the venue.
A further two events concluded on Monday at Kings Casino, where The Festival in Rozvadov is now on its fifth day, but not quite yet at the halfway mark of the 11-day poker extravaganza.
The results have been checked and verified, and I can now reveal that there’s a change at the top of the leaderboard. Haik Tougu hasn’t added any further points to his total since his THMC win and has slipped down to third place. He’s been overtaken by Horst Boeschen and Moreno Rutten, who are tied on 82 points.
Horst added to his PLO win on Friday by taking down the Holdem 6+ (Short Deck), while Moreno has played in almost every event so far and has bumped his score up purely with participation points.
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Horst Boschen | 82 |
| Moreno Rutten | 82 |
| Haik Tougu | 81 |
| Kare Hallamaa | 80 |
| Johannes Goosens | 77 |
| Ville Hakala | 69 |
| Philipp Klok | 62 |
| Doofy Downswinger* | 58 |
| Maureen Bloechlinger | 57 |
| Fabio Eckel | 53 |
| *Nickname used |
But wait, somebody is missing, there’s absolutely no sign anywhere on the leaderboard of double Player of the Series winner (should have been 3-time, could have been more) Scott “Pokerbrahs” Kenyon. What the actual heck? Turns out he’s not very well at the moment and has had to give this edition of The Festival Series a miss. Get better soon Scott, hope to see you at the Malta edition in September.
No news yet of whether Maureen Blochlinger will make an unscheduled return to Czechia to maintain her challenge for the title. Having not played on Monday, she’s now slipped a little further back on the leaderboard, but could still potentially challenge for the €1,600 Malta package, if she makes a return.
Only eight remain in the Seniors Event 50+ here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Six will get paid. Stay tuned to find out who takes down the title!
Come down and the nine entrants who will be taking to the felt in the PLO Tuesday Knockout (Bounty €25).
Action will be a plenty in a knockout version of “The Great Game” here at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czechia. There are 8 levels of registration, and players will be able to an unlimited number of times. Of course, be gamble aware and only stake what you can afford to lose!
Can Horst Boschen win his third title of the series?
The final table of nine has been assembled in the Seniors Event 50+ here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czechia. Below is the lineup, which includes Joakim Olin, who’s aiming for his third The Festival Seniors title. Only six will be paid for this event.
| Seat | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angela Jauß | |
| 2 | Joseph Grech | Malta |
| 3 | Hassan Fouladgar | |
| 4 | Franz Dominik Fischer | |
| 5 | Joakim Olin | Sweden |
| 6 | Stefano Bertoldi | Italy |
| 7 | Roman Karl Cieslik | |
| 8 | Siarhei Tsentsevitski | Belarus |
| 9 | Roland Alexander Di Huebscher |
Franke’s Flips is set to take place at the tables near the tournament registration area!
For just €25, you can flip your way to glory in a series of “stand and goes” in a quest to win a pair of Franke’s fabled flip flops and tournament credits! Come in the fun!
Oh, and there’s a chance to win a Malta package worth €1,600!
Click the video below to check out the highlights of yesterday’s action from here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov!
Only 18 remain of a total field of 103 entrants in the Satellite to Day 1C of the Mystery Bounty – Day 1C here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Whoever busts next will miss out on the €250 ticket but will claim a cash prize of €78 for their efforts.
Time to raise a glass and officially open the Hospitality Program!
us for welcome drinks where the atmosphere is relaxed, the drinks are flowing (on the house), and excitement is in the air.
Federico and Franke will deliver a warm welcome and introduce the rules for the massive 29-hour Blackjack Tournament.
We’ll also do Hospitality FLIPS to award Black Jack tickets—1 per 8 players. This is where the week’s fun gets real, and where you might win your first advantage for the games to come.
For more information on the hospitality events, click here.
A distinctly unique tournament is set to run here at The Festival Series 2025 at the King’s Resort in Rozvadov.
The Blackjack Tournament is a €125 buy-in and will be held on the gaming floor. Players will have a 10-hand session per entry, and the top 10% of all scores win prizes!
If you’re interested in ing in on the action, click here for more details from Melvin!
The third of four flights to Day 2 of the NLH Mystery Bounty – Day 1C (€100 Bounty) tournament starts tonight at 6 p.m.
This is the final non-turbo flight, with levels set at 30-minutes in duration. Currently, 23 have bagged for Day 2, will you be ing them at the table come tomorrow night?
A field of 16 has taken to the felt in the second and final flight to the Mixed Games Main Event HORSES Day 2.
There is plenty of time to as the tournament is still within the first level of play, and registration remains open until the conclusion of Level 10.
The Festival’s founder Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk is in the field, so if you fancy taking your chances trying to stack The Boss, come down and buy-in!
For those new to Mixed Games, click here to learn the rules of each game that is played.
The Seniors Event 50+ is currently taking place here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Currently, a field of 32 remains of the 46 total entrants. Thirty-nine of the 44 entrants are unique, and registration remains open for the remaining 18-minutes of the current level (5) and the entirety of the next 30-minute level (6). The buy-in for this event is €250.
The Hendon Mob Championship winner Haik Tougu spent some time with our very own Andreas Hoglund! See the video below to find out more about our record-breaking winner.
Chip counts have been released from the first flights of the €250 NLH Mystery Bounty (€100 Bounty) tournament here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Below is the table of 1Bs progressing players. The flight saw a total 111 entrants.
Position |
Player/Nickname | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLACKROCK | 1,145,000 | |
| 2 | Ahmad Fahim Aslami | Afghanistan | 952,000 |
| 3 | Marek Jozef Mleczko | Poland | 620,000 |
| 4 | BL | Turkey | 518,000 |
| 5 | Luke Nieuwenhuis | Netherlands | 496,000 |
| 6 | Christophe Olivier Rodriguez | 347,000 | |
| 7 | Urmas Lepik | Estonia | 317,000 |
| 8 | Ihor Yaromenko | Ukraine | 218,000 |
| 9 | Andriy Berezyak | Ukraine | 212,000 |
| 10 | Marcel Thorsten Sircely | Austria | 195,000 |
| 11 | Ulrich Maurice Imbach | 175,000 | |
| 12 | Bechara Koyess | Lebanon | 135,000 |
| 13 | Mitchel Blaauw | Netherlands | 120,000 |
| 14 | Stylianos Papantoniou | Cyprus | 98,000 |
Chip counts have been released from the first flights of the €250 NLH Mystery Bounty (€100 Bounty) tournament here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Below is the table of 1A’s progressing players. The flight saw a total 69 entrants.
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marc Andrew Hunter | United Kingdom | 668,000 |
| 2 | Seyed Reza Ali Fazeli | United States of America | 537,000 |
| 3 | Andreas Sauter | 507,000 | |
| 4 | Victor Den Houting | Spain | 460,000 |
| 5 | Alexandru Tomuta | 296,000 | |
| 6 | Laszlo Vincze | Hungary | 288,000 |
| 7 | Rene Dreismann | 284,000 | |
| 8 | Toni Vuolle | Finland | 211,000 |
| 9 | Stefan Schrittweiser | Austria | 199,000 |
The payouts have been announced in today’s Sviten Special. Only nine will find the money.
| Position | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | €3,990 |
| 2 | €2,539 |
| 3 | €1,703 |
| 4 | €1,207 |
| 5 | €907 |
| 6 | €724 |
| 7 | €618 |
| 8 | €561 |
| 9 | €561 |
There are two levels left of registration in the Mystery Bounty Day 1B. There are currently 56 players remaining of the 91 total entrants.
Registration is closed in the Sviten Special, and the 61 total entrants has become a field of 23. The payouts will be announced shortly.
It is the last level of registration for Day 1A of the Mixed Games Main Event Horses -Day 1A. A small field of 11 players remain of the 15 entrants.
The Hendon Mob Championship winner Player of the Series race, with 81 points, 77 of which he banked with his win. However, the Estonian is only 2 points ahead of Moreno Rutten from Netherlands, who has cashed in four events so far at Kings Casino, Rozvadov.
Four of the players in the current top ten are those who made the final table of The Hendon Mob Championship with Omaha Masters winner Oleksandr Sadovyi sneaking into the top ten.
Maureen Bloechlinger currently sits in 5th place with 57 points, having made final tables in both the Friday and Saturday Texas Madness events. She’s unlikely to challenge for the €1,600 Malta package, as she has already returned home to Switzerland. But its only an eight hour drive, so we won’t rule out the possibility that she returns.
With six events of The Festival in Rozvadov now completed, here’s an early peek at the Player of the Series leaderboard.
| Player | Points |
| Haik Tougu | 81 |
| Moreno Rutten | 79 |
| Philipp Klok | 62 |
| Doofy Downswinger* | 58 |
| Maureen Bloechlinger | 57 |
| Fabio Eckel | 53 |
| Silver* | 51 |
| Max Value* | 50 |
| Oleksandr Sadovyi | 50 |
| chiKKita banAAna* | 49 |
Two levels of registration remain in the €250 Sviten Special here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czechia.
Currently, 30 remain out of 53 entrants, but the filed size could grow over the next hour. Come get involved in one of Scandinavia’s finest exports!
If you would like to learn more about the game, also known as “Drawmaha”, click here!
Horst Boeschen has won his SECOND title at The Festival Series 2025 here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov!
He has added the €125 Holdem 6+ Bounty (Short deck) (Bounty €25) title to his victory in the €150 PLO Championship from the first day of the festival! He topped a field of 109 entrants, 59 of which were unique. Judging by the stack of bounty cards Boeschen had in front of him, it looks like he secured a decent portion of the bounties that were put into play, on top of the €2,189 first-place prize! Below is the payout table, not including bounties earned.
| Position | Player | Country | Payoiut |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horst Boeschen | €2,189 | |
| 2 | Kare Valtteri Hallamaa | Finland | €1,520 |
| 3 | Torsten Rink | €1,005 | |
| 4 | Siarhei Narozhny | Belarus | €787 |
| 5 | Claudiu Descultu | Romania | €634 |
| 6 | Tino Mitmeier | €494 | |
| 7 | Daniel Albrecht Stueber | €391 | |
| 8 | Christa van Berkel | Netherlands | €305 |
| 9 | Jukka Juho Petteri Moisio | Finland | €231 |
| 10 | Laviniu Manea | Romania | €177 |
| 11 | Matthias Wieser | €177 | |
| 12 | Thony Sjoelund | Sweden | €165 |
| 13 | Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk | Sweden | €165 |
Franke’s Flips is set to take place at the tables near the tournament registration area! For just €25, you can flip your way to glory in a series of “stand and goes” in a quest to win a pair of Franke’s fabled flip flops and tournament credits! Come in the fun!
Oh, and there’s a chance to win a Malta package worth €1,600!
The first of two Cash Game Challenges is set to commence at 8 p.m. this evening.
Today will start with “The Great Game” of PLO, with the minimum buy-in set at €200. The challenge will be held on the featured table, which will be streamed on King’s Casino’s YouTube channel.
The challenge is decided on a leaderboard basis, meaning whoever finishes up the most amount of money during the challenges will win a €1,600 package to the next installment of The Festival Series in Malta!
Feel free to tune in and check it out when the action kicks off shortly.
Seven players have become four at a decent pace here in Rozvadov. Here is a look at the current payouts, all of which exclude bounties earned throughout play today.
| Position | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €2,189 | ||
| 2 | €1,520 | ||
| 3 | €1,005 | ||
| 4 | €787 | ||
| 5 | Claudiu Descultu | Romania | €634 |
| 6 | Tino Mitmeier | €494 | |
| 7 | Daniel Albrecht Stueber | €391 | |
| 8 | Christa van Berkel | Netherlands | €305 |
| 9 | Jukka Juho Petteri Moisio | Finland | €231 |
| 10 | Laviniu Manea | Romania | €177 |
| 11 | Matthias Wieser | €177 | |
| 12 | Thony Sjoelund | Sweden | €165 |
| 13 | Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk | Sweden | €165 |
The final table of 7 players has been assembled here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czechia. Here is a look at the lineup.
| Seat | Player | Country |
| 1 | Horst Boeschen | |
| 2 | Tino Mitmeier | |
| 3 | Claudiu Descultu | Romania |
| 4 | Torsten Rink | |
| 5 | Kare Valtteri Hallamaa | Finland |
| 6 | Siarhei Narozhny | Belarus |
| 7 | Daniel Stueber |
Stefano Bertoldi was all in for 6,000 in the big blind with the blinds at 3,000/6,000.
Torsten Rink called from under the gun, as did the €150 PLO Championship winner, Horst Boeschen.
The J K J 6 8 runout was checked down by the two non-all-in players. Boeschen believed that Bertoldi had the winner as he tabled 10 7 . Bertoldi had a slightly better holding with 10 9 but it was Rink’s Q 10 for queen-high, which was good enough to secure the pot and Bertoldi’s bounty.
Today, players will have the opportunity to qualify for Day 2 of the ever-popular Mystery Bounty format. The €250 NLH Mystery Bounty – Day 1B (€100 Bounty) starts today at 6 p.m.
This is the second of four flights to the €100,000 event here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov and the only Mystery Bounty tournament of this installment of The Festival Series.
Registration will remain open for the first 10 Levels of play, each lasting 30-minutes in duration. Players will receive a stack of 50,000 chips for their buy-in and blinds will commence at 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante.
Here are the payouts for the €125 6+ Short Deck Bounty tournament from here at the King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czechia, and a gallery of the players in action!
| Position | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | €2,189 |
| 2 | €1,520 |
| 3 | €1,005 |
| 4 | €787 |
| 5 | €634 |
| 6 | €494 |
| 7 | €391 |
| 8 | €305 |
| 9 | €231 |
| 10 | €177 |
| 11 | €177 |
| 12 | €165 |
| 13 | €165 |
A unique tournament in The Festival Series 2025 in Rozvadov is set to commence shortly. The Sviten Special is a €250 buy-in event has a guarantee of a €10,000 prize pool and is sure to be popular amongst the Scandinavian contingent that have come to the Czech countryside. Players are allowed unlimited re-entries over the first 8 levels of play and levels run for 30-minutes in duration each.
Also known as “Drawmaha” in the States, if you would like to know more about this game, click here to learn about the rules and dynamics of this particular poker variant.
Twelve players have taken to the felt in the first flight of one of the marquee events here at The Festival Series in Rozavadov.
This is the first of two flights, the second of which takes place tomorrow. Registration in this flight remains open until Level 10, so there is plenty of time to get involved as the first Level remains in play. Each level runs for 30-minutes and players will receive a 40,000 starting stack for their buy-in.
Players are allowed two entries per flight.
Currently taking place on the King’s Resort tournament floor today.
The first satellite to the Mixed Games HORSES – Day 1A is underway, and saw 28 unique entries. The only short deck tournament is also in play, and 36 have entered so far, and two have already busted in the first 15 minutes of play.
Registration Holdem 6+ Bounty (Short deck) (Bounty €25) remains open for the first 6 levels, and players can enter as many times as they like. Come in the fun!
Day 3 of The Festival series has seen a record-breaking event champion crowned here in Rozvadov! The latest installment of the Hendon Mob Championship found its latest winner at Europe’s largest poker room, the King’s Resort, and The Festival’s first Schafkopf champion was discovered! Without further ado, let’s jump in.
Partner: The Hendon Mob
Haik Tougu of Estonia took the title in the small hours of this morning after a marathon 14-hour session in the King’s Resort cardroom. He bested the record-breaking field of 2,418 across the three-day event here in Rozvadov.
He bested German national Philipp Klok heads-up in just ten hands, due to having a fairly substantial chip advantage, having eliminated three players at the final table before going on to stack Klok.
Tougu has walked away with a career-best cash of €51,300, an incredible return on investment from the €150 buy-in, a total of 343x the buy-in! His largest ever cash before this event came back in 2016. He finished 2nd in a €110 No Limit Hold’em event at the OlyBet series in Tallinn for €2,100.
The Day 2 field of 292 condensed to under 100 at a fairly steady pace when the tournament began yesterday at 6 p.m.
The bust-outs eased off around the 65-70 player mark as shorter stacks were absorbed by the bigger stacks around the room. Seemingly, everyone came to play, and with a 20-25 big blind average in play across the room, stacks were fairly shallow. The general quality of play on display was solid from what was seen at the feature table, and I highly recommend that poker fans around the world check out the stream.
Tougu dispatched four players at the final table, but came into the final table in sixth place, with eventual runner-up Klok coming into the final table in first place, which just goes to show that anything is possible in poker and no deficit is insurmountable given a good string of cards and some run good.
Italian national “Sino” was one of a handful of players to make it into Day 2 with a stack of over 1,000,000 chips. He started in fourth.
Tougu’s spin-up started when he dispatched Lukas Rath in eighth place. He won a flip with pocket fours versus Rath’s ace-queen offsuit after the latter moved all in for five big blinds over Tougu’s early position open to win a 10,000,000 chip pot.
A few hands later, Adrianus van Dongen was on the wrong end of a cooler as he ran pocket Queens into Tougu who woke up with Kings. Van Dongen opened from under the gun before Tougu three-bet from the small blind. Van Dongen called, and the runout was clean for Tougu, and he rocketed up the counts, having won the 60 big blind pot.
Tougu and Klok tangled throughout. Klok won a classic preflop race with Queens versus Tougu’s ace-king offsuit shortly after scooping the pot with Kings to peg back the eventual winner. He flopped top set to secure a crucial double-up.
The remainder of Van Dongen’s chips eventually found their way into the stack of Tougu when Van Dongen moved all in on the turn of a double flush draw board. Tougu flopped a set of sevens, and Van Dongen couldn’t improve.
Klok eliminated “Max Value” with both players having hit a four-liner to a flush in a preflop all-in situation. Klok made the nut flush with ace-nine offsuit which bested Max Value’s nine-high flush with pocket nines.
Tougu then sent “Doofy Downswinger” to the rail, winning another flip with fives versus “Downswinger’s” king-jack offsuit to take play heads-up with a substantial advantage, before going on to bust Klok after ten-hands of play. Below is the winning hand!
| Player Name/Nickname | Nationality | Payout |
| Haik Tougu | € 51,850 | |
| Philipp Klok | € 27,300 | |
| Doofy Downswinger | € 18,800 | |
| Max Value | € 13,700 | |
| Adrianus Van Dongen | Netherlands | € 11,550 |
| Daniele Barbera | Italy | € 8,800 |
| Lukas Rath | € 6,700 | |
| Sino | Italy | € 5,600 |
| Luca Venece | Italy | € 3,600 |
A new king has been crowned in the “King of Bavarian card games.” Roland Klaus Vollrath bested a 171-strong field over two days of play to win €7,000 and a beautiful glass trophy to add to his cabinet.
Vollrath is no stranger to cashing in Schafkopf events at Kings, as he finished fifth last year for €1,100 in the €155 King’s Schafkopf Masters last year. Click here to see the full payouts.
For more on the rules and how Schafkopf is played, click here to learn more.
| 09.06.2025 | Event | Guarantee | Buy In |
| 12:00 | Turbo Satellite to Mixed Games HORSES – Day 1A | €2,750 | €80 |
| 14:00 | Holdem 6+ Bounty (Short deck) (Bounty 25€) | €10,000 | €125 |
| 15:00 | Satellite to Mystery Bounty – Day 1B | €2,500 | €50 |
| 16:00 | Mixed Games Main Event HORSES – Day 1A | €25,000 | €550 |
| 17:00 | Sviten Special | €10,000 | €250 |
| 18:00 | NLH Mystery Bounty – Day 1B (100€ Bounty) | €100,000 | €250 |
| 19:00 | Super Satellite to Main Event | €5,500 | €80 |
| 20:00 | Cash Game Challenge PLO €2-€2 | ||
| 21:00 | PLO Freezeout | €10,000 | €250 |
| 22:30 | Cash Game Challenge TX NL €2-€2 |
That’s all for now folks, stay tuned to the live blog and the social media pages for continued coverage from here at The Festival Series in Rozvadov.
The Hendon Mob Championship feature table is schedule to start at 10.30 pm!
Myself and Hendon Mob’s very own Roland Boothby will be taking on commentary duties, and more special guests to witness the record-breaking field play down to its conclusion tonight
A field of 66 has become 41 in Day 1A of the Mystery Bounty here in Rozvadov, and registration is still open for three more levels!
Currently, the blinds are 800/1,600 with a 1,600 big blind ante, eight minutes into Level 8.
The field continues to decrease as 71 remain battling it out to become the champion of the record-breaking Hendon Mob Championship here at King’s Resort, Rozvadov.
The featured table stream will commence from 10 p.m. local time, so be sure to tune in to that on YouTube when it begins!
The assembled field of 296 that made Day 2 here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov has been quickly whittled down to a field of 90 players.
Blinds are currently set at 25,000/50,000 with a big blind ante of 50,000. There are 20-minutes left of the current level (21). The average stack is approximately 1,300,000, which equates to 26 big blinds.
Franke’s Flips is set to take place at the tables near the tournament registration area! For just €25, you can flip your way to glory in a series of “stand and goes” in a quest to win a pair of Franke’s fabled flip flops and tournament credits! Come in the fun!
Oh, and there’s a chance to win a Malta package worth €1,600!
German national Roland Klaus Vollrath has emerged as The Festival’s first 2025 Kings Schafkopf Europa Meisterschaft Champion!
He scored the most amount of points over the two-day tournament to secure the first-place prize of €7,000 and the stunning Kings Schafkopf Europa Meisterschaft trophy!
Below is the full table of payouts.
| Position | Player Name | Payout (€) |
| 1 | Roland Klaus Vollrath | €7,000 |
| 2 | Werner Koebler | €4,000 |
| 3 | Jürgen Alois Schulz | €2,000 |
| 4 | Helmut Robert Staudt | €1,500 |
| 5 | Friedrich Ringelsbacher | €1,000 |
| 6 | Maximilian Stark | €900 |
| 7 | Josef Wimmer | €800 |
| 8 | Peter Roland Klemm | €700 |
| 9 | Wilhelm Georg Weidhuener | €600 |
| 10 | Maximilian Angerer | €550 |
| 11 | Heiko Seelmann | €500 |
| 12 | Edo Berglez | €500 |
| 13 | Hans Erich Fenzl | €450 |
| 14 | Stefan Vogt | €430 |
| 15 | Oliver Bauer | €400 |
| 16 | Simone Andrea Dopfer | €380 |
| 17 | Dietmar Kuales | €370 |
| 18 | Bernd Herbert Fischer | €350 |
| 19 | Christian Peter Beinhard | €330 |
| 20 | Juergen Heinz Josef Klimt | €320 |
| 21 | Michael Silbermann | €310 |
| 22 | Heinrich Hennemann | €300 |
| 23 | Manfred Politzki | €290 |
| 24 | Walter Hermann Wittmann | €401 |
| 25 | Jan Klaus Virnekaes | €275 |
| 26 | Andreas Bürger | €270 |
| 27 | Klaus Egon Reinhold Gerber | €265 |
| 28 | Friedrich Michael Briechle | €260 |
| 29 | Andrea Thill | €250 |
| 30 | Sebastian Meier | €250 |
| 31 | Maria May | €370 |
| 32 | Johannes Demetrius Dimke | €250 |
| 33 | Joachim Hans Schweiger | €120 |
| 34 | Paul Klitzing | €120 |
| 35 | Herbert Weber | €120 |
| 36 | Harald Christian Ralph Ihug | €120 |
| 37 | Thomas Juergen Schmoll | €120 |
| 38 | Karl Peter Goetz | €120 |
Action was picked up on the bubble for the payout places. Marcin Karzak was all in and at risk from the cutoff in a multiway all-in versus the covering stacks of Etienne Kobel in the small blind and Abdulaziz Al-Dosari in middle position.
Marcin Karzak: A J
Etienne Kobel: K K
Abdulaziz Al-Dosari: 8 8
The J 2 2 Q 9 runout provided Kobel with two pair, and confirmed Karzak’s elimination from the tournament. He was the first player to receive the extra €44 on top of the €300 from the flight.
Unfortunately for Jussi Petteri Pohjanharju, he missed out on the payout places and a shot at the grand prize as he fell in 225th place.
The one and only Mystery Bounty event at this year’s Rozvadov installment of The Festival is set to start at 6 p.m. today.
The NLH Mystery Bounty – Day 1A (100€ Bounty) is a €250 buy-in event, with €100 of each buy-in being put into the bounty prize pool! The tournament will have a €50,000 total prize pool, and each player will receive a 50,000 chip starting stack for their buy-in.
The payouts have been announced as the dealers shuffle up and deal for Day 2 of the Hendon Mob Championships!
All players in the field have wrapped up €300 for their efforts thus far, with the top two from each flight receiving €300 and a €550 Main Event ticket, hence the smaller priced min-cashes on offer.
| Position | Payout (€) |
| 1 | €51,000 |
| 2 | €27,000 |
| 3 | €18,500 |
| 4 | €13,400 |
| 5 | €10,700 |
| 6 | €8,500 |
| 7 | €6,400 |
| 8 | €4,450 |
| 9 | €3,300 |
| 10 | €2,725 |
| 11 | €2,725 |
| 12 | €2,400 |
| 13 | €2,400 |
| 14 | €2,075 |
| 15 | €2,075 |
| 16 | €1,757 |
| 17 | €1,757 |
| 18 | €1,450 |
| 19 | €1,450 |
| 20 | €1,450 |
| 21 | €1,150 |
| 22 | €1,150 |
| 23 | €1,150 |
| 24 | €860 |
| 25 | €860 |
| 26 | €860 |
| 27 | €860 |
| 28 | €660 |
| 29 | €660 |
| 30 | €660 |
| 31 | €660 |
| 32 | €660 |
| 33 | €660 |
| 34 | €660 |
| 35 | €660 |
| 36 | €465 |
| 37 | €465 |
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| 41 | €465 |
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| 44 | €465 |
| 45 | €345 |
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A field of 296 players will be taking to the felt at 5 p.m. local time here in Rozvadov at the King’s Resort in Czechia.
The latest and last flight to the record-breaking Hendon Mob Championships here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czechia.
The Hendon Mob Championship – Day 1 Flip and Go Pineapple attracted 229 total entrants, consisting of 94 buy-ins and 135 re-entries!
The magic number that was required to reach the guarantee was 2,380 and with that now cleared, the prize pool stands at a staggering €304,668!
The payouts have been released for the Kings Schafkopf Europa Meisterschaft 2025 here in King’s Resort! Check out the table below to see the prizes.
| Position | Payout (€) |
| 1 | €7,000 |
| 2 | €4,000 |
| 3 | €2,000 |
| 4 | €1,500 |
| 5 | €1,000 |
| 6 | €900 |
| 7 | €800 |
| 8 | €700 |
| 9 | €600 |
| 10 | €550 |
| 11 | €500 |
| 12 | €500 |
| 13 | €450 |
| 14 | €430 |
| 15 | €400 |
| 16 | €380 |
| 17 | €370 |
| 18 | €350 |
| 19 | €330 |
| 20 | €320 |
| 21 | €310 |
| 22 | €300 |
| 23 | €290 |
| 24 | €280 |
| 25 | €275 |
| 26 | €270 |
| 27 | €265 |
| 28 | €260 |
| 29 | €250 |
| 30 | €250 |
| 31 | €250 |
| 32 | €250 |
The €50 to Day 1A has kicked off at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. 27 players have taken to the felt to try and qualify for the first Flight, which kicks off at 6 p.m. this evening.
Here is a look at the chip counts so far ahead of Day 2 of the record-breaking Hendon Mob Championship that commences today at 5 p.m. local time.
| Full name/Nickname | Nationality | Chip count |
| Sino | Italy | 1,325,000 |
| Adrianus Johannes Maria Van Dongen | Netherlands | 1,149,000 |
| Albert Krasniqi | Kosovo | 1,146,000 |
| POKERLOVE | Hungary | 1,142,000 |
| Adrijan Bat | Serbia | 1,015,000 |
| Haik Tougu | 989,000 | |
| Oleksandr Kudriavchenko | Ukraine | 957,000 |
| Rachiki Rabie | Belgium | 916,000 |
| Alari Reinas | Estonia | 894,000 |
| Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk | Sweden | 871,000 |
| berserk | Ukraine | 859,000 |
| DiviNo | Ukraine | 828,000 |
| Zeus | Greece | 815,000 |
| TRAINER MATEUSZ | Poland | 811,000 |
| Anis Saidani | 797,000 | |
| Siarhei Narozhny | Belarus | 763,000 |
| Adrian Pawel Michalak | Poland | 759,000 |
| AJ | 741,000 | |
| Eric Alexander Schuller | 737,000 | |
| Andro Loos | Estonia | 723,000 |
| Julien Bottamedi | Belgium | 714,000 |
| Falk Henrik Adrian Louwers | Netherlands | 708,000 |
| Sano | Georgia | 696,000 |
| Johannes Petrus Maria Goossens | Netherlands | 695,000 |
| gUtShott | Netherlands | 691,000 |
| Behar Imeri | 650,000 | |
| Diego Amendola | Belgium | 648,000 |
| Mathias Falandys | 647,000 | |
| Victor Eugeni Gil Den Houting | Spain | 642,000 |
| EJM11 | 640,000 | |
| Ralf Hildebrandt | 637,000 | |
| Florin Adrian Bilan | Romania | 632,000 |
| Doofy Downswinger | 625,000 | |
| Kingsman 112 | Romania | 622,000 |
| Alexander Keller | 617,000 | |
| Prince of Persia | 612,000 | |
| ZINTEALI | 603,000 | |
| Dan Gunnar Joakim Olin | Sweden | 599,000 |
| Andreas Paul Retschke | 599,000 | |
| David Vesely | Czechia | 594,000 |
| Radovan Sykora | Slovakia | 593,000 |
| Andriy Berezyak | Ukraine | 592,000 |
| Vladyslav Sidikhin | Ukraine | 577,000 |
| Roman Chochola | Czechia | 577,000 |
| Turay Kurtbogan | Turkey | 570,000 |
| Valerii Kalynych | Ukraine | 558,000 |
| Stefan Johann Wasserrab | 549,000 | |
| Noname 77 | 548,000 | |
| Eden Vaturi | Israel | 544,000 |
| Dominic | 539,000 | |
| Roei Yamin | Israel | 537,000 |
| Benjamin Wachsmuth | 537,000 | |
| Andreas Eller | 532,000 | |
| Oleksandr Sadovyi | Ukraine | 529,000 |
| slowmas | 524,000 | |
| Miroslaw Arkadiusz Zaleski | Poland | 515,000 |
| Detlev Rudolf Boganowski | 514,000 | |
| Stylianos Papantoniou | Cyprus | 511,000 |
| Boran Rosen | 508,000 | |
| Paolo Cosenza | 508,000 | |
| Lucky Elephant | 498,000 | |
| Zhigang Mo | China | 497,000 |
| Jevgenijs Kritinins | Latvia | 496,000 |
| SZBURATORUL | Romania | 491,000 |
| Zsolt Soeroes | Hungary | 488,000 |
| Martin Schindler | Czechia | 487,000 |
| Lucas Curot | 484,000 | |
| tbi | 481,000 | |
| Andall 99 | 475,000 | |
| Philippe Dhondt | Belgium | 472,000 |
| Andre Philipp Keck | 468,000 | |
| Deniz Murat Cetin | 466,000 | |
| Patrik Zidek | Czechia | 460,000 |
| Florian Schnitzler | 458,000 | |
| Andreas Burger | 455,000 | |
| Oliver Samo Richert Kubalek | Sweden | 455,000 |
| Daniele Barbera | Italy | 453,000 |
| Death Note | 453,000 | |
| Jukka Juho Petteri Moisio | Finland | 444,000 |
| Albert Franz Ruppert | 440,000 | |
| Madeleine Schuffert | 436,000 | |
| Michał Dawid Lizak | Poland | 430,000 |
| Helga Rosemarie Kunz | 427,000 | |
| Miss_SBGM9 | Eritrea | 425,000 |
| Razvan Ionut Dragan | Romania | 413,000 |
| Simon Fiala | Czechia | 410,000 |
| Michael Teplitski | Israel | 406,000 |
| Werner Wittmann | 388,000 | |
| Kuqezi | Switzerland | 388,000 |
| Joerg Baumgarten | 386,000 | |
| Mati Pirn | Estonia | 385,000 |
| Kai Vater | 384,000 | |
| Stefan Cosmin Tanase | Romania | 379,000 |
| Ren | Czechia | 379,000 |
| Andrei Ghita | Romania | 377,000 |
| MeisterJohnny | 375,000 | |
| Van Binh Nguyen | Vietnam | 371,000 |
| Borys Shkliar | Ukraine | 369,000 |
| Don | 368,000 | |
| Tolga Karakaya | 364,000 | |
| Fabio Iacopini | Italy | 361,000 |
| Daniel Maucher | 361,000 | |
| Mario Willehad Jaegerhuber | 358,000 | |
| Vitor Hugo Marques Rebelo | Portugal | 358,000 |
| Bianca Jacobs | 357,000 | |
| Roland Schweinstetter | 356,000 | |
| MACKMONEY | 355,000 | |
| Petr Cernicek | Czechia | 354,000 |
| Laviniu Manea | Romania | 354,000 |
| Bryan Jenny J Defever | Belgium | 350,000 |
| MAJOR TUNDE JR. | 348,000 | |
| Hawlis | Czechia | 345,000 |
| Roberto Mascaro | Italy | 344,000 |
| Matthias Kuehl | 344,000 | |
| Pavel Novak | Czechia | 342,000 |
| Gold Fisch | Czechia | 339,000 |
| Utku Can Adiguzel | Turkey | 339,000 |
| 3.6 roentgen | Czechia | 326,000 |
| NIKERONE | Czechia | 326,000 |
| Patrick Karl Reger | 324,000 | |
| Kevin Robert Schubart | 322,000 | |
| Eric Arthur Blair | 319,000 | |
| Jose Manuel Zorrilla Benitez | Spain | 319,000 |
| Laurentiu Daniel Dinu | Romania | 314,000 |
| Jones | 313,000 | |
| Fabio Proietti Refrigeri | Italy | 312,000 |
| TURKEY | Turkey | 306,000 |
| Erik Polluveer | Estonia | 305,000 |
| Presiyan Georgiev Tsvetanov | Bulgaria | 304,000 |
| Jan Cvach | Czechia | 303,000 |
| Kevin Piehler | 302,000 | |
| Evert Bos | Netherlands | 302,000 |
| Jussi Petteri Pohjanharju | Finland | 301,000 |
| Sascha Manns | 299,000 | |
| Skeppi | 295,000 | |
| Stefano Bertoldi | Italy | 294,000 |
| Johnny Cash | 290,000 | |
| Jaye Matthew Bakalars | United States | 289,000 |
| Lukas Noah Rath | 289,000 | |
| Danny Finn | 287,000 | |
| Thomas Feldmann | Switzerland | 285,000 |
| Yanislav Svetlinov Sarandev | Bulgaria | 285,000 |
| Alexandr Jacko | Czechia | 284,000 |
| Marcel Dreismann | 282,000 | |
| Benjamin Lorent | Belgium | 281,000 |
| Tsolis Kostantinos | Greece | 281,000 |
| Matej Hojka | Czechia | 278,000 |
| Igor Salomasov | Russia | 274,000 |
| RICARDO | 272,000 | |
| Wladimir Schmeilzl | 271,000 | |
| Alexander Keltz | 266,000 | |
| Jacky | 260,000 | |
| Nut Flush | United Kingdom | 248,000 |
| DJ | 248,000 | |
| Max Value | 246,000 | |
| Christian Schmidt | 246,000 | |
| Antonio Fragale | Italy | 242,000 |
| Luc Zimmermann | 238,000 | |
| Julien Antonin Teissedre | 235,000 | |
| Rindergulasch | 231,000 | |
| William Adrian Meeuwisse | Sweden | 229,000 |
| Daniel Rejc | Czechia | 223,000 |
| Armin | 220,000 | |
| Bjoern Westermann | 219,000 | |
| Alper Ersoy | Turkey | 210,000 |
| Dennis Fieberg | 209,000 | |
| Dirk Bertenburg | 203,000 | |
| Seyed Reza Ali Fazeli | United States | 196,000 |
| Tomas Zarankus | Lithuania | 195,000 |
| Tomas Kral | Czechia | 194,000 |
| Benedikt Andreas Zeyher | 194,000 | |
| Lucky Lolek | 194,000 | |
| Tadeas Vancura | Czechia | 193,000 |
| Jens Forner | 193,000 | |
| Etienne | 188,000 | |
| Radovan Fridrich | Slovakia | 186,000 |
| Fotr grázla | Czechia | 184,000 |
| Suralo | 183,000 | |
| Aufsteiger | 182,000 | |
| Fabian Wilhelmi | 181,000 | |
| Heinz Peter Neumann | 179,000 | |
| alex_be | 176,000 | |
| Lennart Janssen | 174,000 | |
| Jan Halfmann | 173,000 | |
| Miroslav Plesivka | Slovakia | 172,000 |
| Ben92 | 170,000 | |
| Benji Altun | 163,000 | |
| Didier Louis Romain Pache | Switzerland | 162,000 |
| Jaroslav Stulhofer | Czechia | 162,000 |
| Christopher Anicic | Croatia | 159,000 |
| Prometheus14 | 159,000 | |
| Manoj Abraham Chamakala | 155,000 | |
| Marcel Thorsten Sircely | Austria | 155,000 |
| Patrick Schlatter | Switzerland | 153,000 |
| Marcel Krueger | 152,000 | |
| Joerg Bernotat | 145,000 | |
| PistolePete | 145,000 | |
| Petr Kubenka | Czechia | 144,000 |
| Schiggy | 138,000 | |
| seriousodds | 134,000 | |
| Goran Lukac | Switzerland | 128,000 |
| Sophie93 | 128,000 | |
| Rene Dreismann | 128,000 | |
| Zoran Petricevic | Croatia | 126,000 |
| Dominik Koenig | 124,000 | |
| Tereza Gurbuz | Czechia | 122,000 |
| Martijn Arslan | Netherlands | 114,000 |
| Veronica Helena Hellenstierna | Sweden | 110,000 |
| Christian Werner Scheuerer | 110,000 | |
| Dominik Andre Renner | 110,000 | |
| Raghavendra Degala | India | 99,000 |
| Andreas Sauter | 86,000 | |
| Steffen Schaffrath | 84,000 | |
| Nils Leif Michael Doverklint | Sweden | 82,000 |
| Venkata Sivarama Pavan Kumar Gudipudi | India | 74,000 |
| Petr Rychly | Czechia | 60,000 |
| Christian Jakob Froehler | 33,000 |
Finnish national Kare Valtteri Hallamaa (pictured, centre) won the first 8-handed flip of The Hendon Mob Championship – Day 1 Flip and Go Pineapple! He flopped two pair, which proved to be the winner after all the cards were tabled.
Hallamaa has added a Day 2 ticket to his second-place finish of €3,490 in the €250 PLO Masters last night.
The Hendon Mob Championship – Day 1 Flip and Go Pineapple is about to start at table 18, which is located near the tournament buy-in desk and buffet area.
Come get involved! You won’t want to miss out on being a part of history by making Day 2 of the record-breaking Hendon Mob Championship!
Additionaly, registration has closed in Flight 1D, which attracted a field of 433 total entries, 306 being unique. 240 players remain.
The Flip and Go Pineapple Flight commences at 2 p.m. and will be the last chance saloon for players looking to qualify for the record-breaking Hendon Mob Championship here in Rozvadov.
The field has been sent on their second break of the day here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov.
Currently, the field size stands at 264 in this flight, and this number is expected to grow as registration remains open for two more levels.
The second and final day of the Kings Schafkopf Europa Meisterschaft is currently in play.
The tournament, featuring the “King of Bavarian card games”, will play to a conclusion today here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. The event has seen a total of 171 entrants, 32 of which will cash.
For more information on Schafkopf, and a look at the trophy, click here.
The Hendon Mob Championship here in Rozvadov has ed another milestone!
The record-breaking edition of the event has seen 2,075 total entrants across all flights, with the 1E Turbo flight gaining 334 entrants alone.
Stay tuned to the recap of today’s action from here at the King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czechia.
Oleksandr Saovyi of Ukraine has won the €250 PLO Masters tournament here at the King’s Resort in Rozvadov.
He overcame Kare Valtteri Hallamaa of Finland heads-up, overcoming a decent sized chip deficit in the process and bagging a score of €4,909 players after around seven hours of play here at The Festival series and becomes our second PLO champion. Below is the payouts table.
| Position | Player | Nationality | Payout |
| 1 | Oleksandr Sadovyi | Ukraine | €4,909 |
| 2 | Kare Valtteri Hallamaa | Finland | €3,490 |
| 3 | Manuel Koeberl | Austria | €2,285 |
| 4 | Volodymyr Hera | Ukraine | €1,758 |
| 5 | Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk | Sweden | €1,392 |
| 6 | Joaquim Ferreira | Portugal | €1,089 |
| 7 | Hermanus Rutten | Netherlands | €857 |
| 8 | Christopher Berthold | €669 | |
| 9 | Allan Arjut | Estonia | €509 |
| 10 | Danail Lyubomirov Zhelev | Bulgaria | €446 |
| 11 | Tolga Karakaya | €446 |
The PLO Masters is down to its final three players, who have all secured a four-figure score for their efforts here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov.
Festival founder “Franke” von Zweigbergk fell in fifth place, securing the second of six four-figure sums for his efforts. Below is the current payout list.
| Position | Player | Nationality | Payout |
| 1 | €4,909 | ||
| 2 | €3,490 | ||
| 3 | €2,285 | ||
| 4 | Volodymyr Hera | Ukraine | €1,758 |
| 5 | Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk | Sweden | €1,392 |
| 6 | Joaquim Ferreira | Portugal | €1,089 |
| 7 | Hermanus Rutten | Netherlands | €857 |
| 8 | Christopher Berthold | €669 | |
| 9 | Allan Arjut | Estonia | €509 |
| 10 | Danail Lyubomirov Zhelev | Bulgaria | €446 |
| 11 | Tolga Karakaya | €446 |
The final three players are: Manuel Koeberl, Oleksandr Sadovyi and Kare Valtteri Hallamaa. Who will come out on top?
It’s official! The Festival Series here in Rozvadov, Czechia, has hosted the largest ever field assembled for The Hendon Mob Championships! Not just in Europe, but the entire world!
The total entrants currently stands at 1,611 players, eclipsing the record set at the Lincoln Resort in the United States of America in 2023.
Only 9 remain in the €250 PLO Masters tournament here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. One of which is The Festival’s very own head honcho, Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk!
Here is the final table seat draw.
| Seat | Player | Nationality |
| 1 | Manuel Koeberl | Austria |
| 2 | Christopher Berthold | |
| 3 | Joaquim Ferreira | Portugal |
| 4 | Allan Arjut | Estonia |
| 5 | Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk | Sweden |
| 6 | Oleksandr Sadovyi | Ukraine |
| 7 | Volodymyr Hera | Ukraine |
| 8 | Kare Valtteri Hallamaa | Finland |
| 9 | Hermanus Rutten | Netherlands |
Below is the payout structure.
| Position | Player | Nationality | Payout |
| 1 | €4,909 | ||
| 2 | €3,490 | ||
| 3 | €2,285 | ||
| 4 | €1,758 | ||
| 5 | €1,392 | ||
| 6 | €1,089 | ||
| 7 | €857 | ||
| 8 | €669 | ||
| 9 | €509 | ||
| 10 | Danail Lyubomirov Zhelev | Bulgaria | €446 |
| 11 | Tolga Karakaya | €446 |
Across all flights, a total of 1,550 have entered this year’s Hendon Mob Championship here in Rozvadov!
Currently in Flight 1C, 71 players are remaining of 501 at the start of Level 17. The blinds are at 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 big blind ante.
In Flight 1D, 267 remain of 346 players. The field is retaking their seats as they were sent on break ten minutes ago. The blinds will resume at 400/800 with an 800 big blind ante, and registration remains open for six more levels, so there is still plenty of time for the record to be broken today!
In 15-minutes, one of the highlight events of The Festival is set to start at 8 p.m.
Franke’s Flips Flops is set to take place at the tables near the tournament registration area! For just €25, you can flip your way to glory in a series of “stand and goes” in a quest to win a pair of Franke’s fabled flip flops and tournament credits! Come in the fun!
The flips will take place at tables 18 and 19.
Half way through the third level of the Hendon Mob Championship here at King’s Resort, Rozvadov, a field of 243 are in play and a total of 273 entries have been made on the final flight of the day!
Across all flights, a grand total of 1,500 have entered into the Hendon Mob Championship, meaning the record of 1,605 is at threat of being smashed.
There are currently only four entries to the €80 Super Satellite here in Rozvadov, meaning registration remains open for the time being.
Half way through the start of Level 1 here in King’s Resort, Rozvadov, a field of 160 have assembled to battle it out in Flight 1D of the Hendon Mob Championship.
The field consists of 19 qualifiers via the €40 satellite that ran from 3 p.m. till 6 p.m. today.
The results are in from the satellite to 1D of the Hendon Mob Championship here in Rozvadov.
Maximilian Leopold Drechsel missed out on the €140 cash, which would have meant he only needed to add €10 to the cash to buy-in to the flight directly. Below are the full results.
| Position | Player | Prize |
| 1 | Franz Dominik Fischer | €150 Ticket |
| 2 | Arthur Theodor Szczap | €150 Ticket |
| 3 | Thierry Emile C Garin | €150 Ticket |
| 4 | Jose Manuel Zorrilla Benitez | €150 Ticket |
| 5 | Roei Yamin | €150 Ticket |
| 6 | Quoc Khanh Nguyen | €150 Ticket |
| 7 | Mario Wagner | €150 Ticket |
| 8 | Rudolf Johann Wagner | €150 Ticket |
| 9 | Lucas Aaron Wilson | €150 Ticket |
| 10 | Sven Josef Gensmueller | €150 Ticket |
| 11 | Emmanouil Saloustros | €150 Ticket |
| 12 | Laviniu Manea | €150 Ticket |
| 13 | Martin Krizak | €150 Ticket |
| 14 | Jussi Petteri Pohjanharju | €150 Ticket |
| 15 | Mario Nobile | €150 Ticket |
| 16 | Dennis Fieberg | €150 Ticket |
| 17 | Jamal I F Ali | €150 Ticket |
| 18 | Tanja Fischer | €150 Ticket |
| 19 | Perica Maric | €150 Ticket |
| 20 | Matthias Wieser | €140 Cash |
Only 21 are left in the field in the €40 satellite for Flight 1D of the Hendon Mob Championships, which is scheduled to take place tonight at 6 p.m.
With just two-minutes left to in Flight 1C of the Hendon Mob Championship here in Rozvadov, the flight has received a total of 501 entrants over the first 10-levels of play. A field of 197 remain in this flight.
Of the 89 entrants into the satellite to Flight 1D of the Hendon Mob Championship, 45 remain in pursuit of a ticket to the €150 event. Below are the payouts.
| Position | Prize |
| 1-19 | €150 Ticket |
| 20 | €140 Cash |
The field of 249 have retaken their seats as play as resumed here in Rozvadov in flight 1C of the Hendon Mob Championship.
This flight’s total entries has reached a total of 464 players and registration remains open for two levels, inclusive of the one that is currently in play now. Action resumes at Level 9 with the blinds at 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante.
The second PLO of this installment of The Festival series in Rozvadov is about to get underway shortly.
This event has currently attracted 17 players so far, including yesterday’s €150 PLO Championship winner Horst Boeschen. Last years Rozvadov Mixed Game Main Event winner Sascha Manns is also ed to take to the felt in five-minutes time.
The field in Day 1C of the Hendon Mob Championship have been sent on a 40-minute break. Currently, 252 remain of a total of 446 entrants. This flight has seen 330 unique player entries. When play resumes, there will be two levels of late registration, and the blinds will be 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante.
In the satellite to 1D, 49 of the 55 remain of the total entrants. Of the total, 52 are unique entrants. Registration remains open for four more levels, and level 4 is about to start with the blinds at 200/400 with a 400 big blind ante.
A field of 27 is about to take to the felt in the €40 satellite to flight 1D of the Hendon Mob Championship. Late registration is open for 8 levels and with unlimited reentries.
1D itself starts at 6 p.m today.
Currently 276 are in the field of the first Hendon Mob Championship flight of the Day!
Flight 1C has attracted 405 total entrants, 320 of which are unique! There are still 3 Levels of registration left, approximately an hour and a half in duration.
Across all flights so far, The Hendon Mob Championship has seen a resounding 1,113 total entrants!
Last years Schafkopf champion Dieter Josef Stapfer has taken to the felt to defend his title!
A field of 169 have assembled to play in the King’s Europa Schafkopf that is scheduled to commence at 2 p.m.
Lat year the event saw Dieter Stapfer of best a field of 248 entrants to take home the first place prize of €7,100!
For the next 45-minutes to an hour, come down to the Fan Zone to challenge Mairo at Air Hockey, Andreas at Darts, or me at Foosball!
Up for grabs are 6 tickets per event worth €25 each to Frankes Flips, which take place tonight at 8 p.m. Up for grabs is a priceless, timeless award, a pair of Franke’s very own flip flops.The flips will take place at the tables near to the tournament registration desk.
Everyone is welcome to in the Fan Zone fun to take on The Festival team. Will you take up the challenge?
A field of 257 remaining players have gone on a break for 20-minutes. The total number of entrants stands at 318!
Of the €300,000 guaranteed prize pool, a total of €150,900 has been collected so far across all flights to the Hendon Mob Championship Day 2!
After just an hour and a half of play has elapsed here in Rozvadov, and already Flight 1C has reached 245 unique player entries. There have been 17 re-entries, taking the total to 262!
Day 2 of The Festival is already underway here in Rozvadov, with The Hendon Mob Championship Flight 1C up and running.
The first flight of the Day has already attracted 163 entrants since the cards were first shuffled up and dealt at 11 a.m. local time. Expect this number to grow exponentially, and it would be no surprise if the 500 runner mark is met.
Presiyan Georgiev Tsvetanov, the reigning Main Event Champion, has taken to the felt once more in the Hendon Mob Championships to try and bag a stack for Day 2. Tsevtanov played Day 1A yesterday, but to no avail.
At 2 p.m., the King’s Schafkopf Europa Meisterschaft gets underway. Schafkopf is known as “The King of Bavarian card games” in its country of origin, .
The event is expected to see a solid turnout, and it would be no surprise to see the reigning champion Dieter Josef Stapfer take to the felt to defend his title.
For more information on Schafkopf, and a peek at the trophy, click here.
The second PLO tournament of The Festival also commences today. The €250 Pot Limit Omaha Masters starts at 4 p.m. with a €20,000 prize pool. Horst Boeschen took the first PLO title down yesterday, winning €3,246 after just over seven hours of play. Maybe he will return today and take down another title in the four-card streets.
Two satellites will also be running today; firstly, at 3 p.m., there will be a satellite to Day 1D of the Hendon Mob Championships, which also starts later on today from 6 p.m. Entry to the Hendon Mob 1D satellite is €40, and registration is open and unlimited for 8 levels.
The second satellite of the day is the €80 super satellite to the Main Event, which starts at 7 p.m. Unlimited re-entries for 8 levels also feature in this structure.
Stay tuned to the live blog and social media platforms for continued coverage from The Festival here in Rozvadov.
Registration has closed in Flight 1B of the Hendon Mob Championships. This flight saw 313 total entries, 232 unique buy-ins and 81 re-entries.
Of the 227 entries, 164 were unique and 63 were re-entries in the first flight here in Rozvadov. Of the total, 29 have bagged and tagged for Day 2.
Adrijan Bat of Serbia has secured a stack of 1,015,000, a Main Event ticket worth €550, plus a guaranteed cash of €300.
Suren Saiian of Ukraine took place with 828,000 and the second Main Event ticket on offer, as well as €300.
In third, is Johann Gabriel Cintea of , who secured a stack 603,000.
After just over seven hours, the €150 PLO Championship has found a winner, and the first winner of The Festival in Rozvadov!
German national Horst Guenter Boeschen has won the event for a total score of €3,246, besting Tiago Martins heads-up. Martins claimed second for €2,255 and Ville Hakala claimed the third podium spot with a score of €1,491. Below is the full table of payouts.
| Position | Player | Country | Payout |
| 1 | Horst Guenter Boeschen | €3,246 | |
| 2 | Tiago Santos Martins | Portugal | €2,255 |
| 3 | Ville Hakala | Finland | €1,491 |
| 4 | Yurii Rassamakin | Ukraine | €1,167 |
| 5 | Victor Joachim Bubak | €941 | |
| 6 | Alexander Hofmann | €733 | |
| 7 | Aviv Cohen | Israel | €581 |
| 8 | Yehuda Cohen | Israel | €452 |
| 9 | Volker Markus David Bloehs | €342 | |
| 10 | Jochen Rahmer | €263 | |
| 11 | Eddie Erik Cronholm | Sweden | €263 |
| 12 | Mindaugas Gudzinskas | Lithuania | €244 |
| 13 | Johannes Goossens | Netherlands | €244 |
Yurii Rassamakin from Ukraine was eliminated just before the break. He bagged a score of €1,167 for his efforts.
The final three are: Horst Guenter Boeschen from , Ville Hakala of Finland and Tiago Martins (pictured, right) of Portugal.
| Position | Player | Country | Payout |
| 1 | €3,246 | ||
| 2 | €2,255 | ||
| 3 | €1,491 | ||
| 4 | Yurii Rassamakin | Ukraine | €1,167 |
| 5 | Victor Joachim Bubak | €941 | |
| 6 | Alexander Hofmann | €733 | |
| 7 | Aviv Cohen | Israel | €581 |
| 8 | Yehuda Cohen | Israel | €452 |
| 9 | Volker Markus David Bloehs | €342 | |
| 10 | Jochen Rahmer | €263 | |
| 11 | Eddie Erik Cronholm | Sweden | €263 |
| 12 | Mindaugas Gudzinskas | Lithuania | €244 |
| 13 | Johannes Goossens | Netherlands | €244 |
The final five is now the final four in the €150 PLO Championship. German national Victor Joachim Bubak is the latest player to hit the rail, meaning the remaining players are guaranteed a four-figure payout.
| Position | Player | Country | Payout |
| 1 | €3,246 | ||
| 2 | €2,255 | ||
| 3 | €1,491 | ||
| 4 | €1,167 | ||
| 5 | Victor Joachim Bubak | €941 | |
| 6 | Alexander Hofmann | €733 | |
| 7 | Aviv Cohen | Israel | €581 |
| 8 | Yehuda Cohen | Israel | €452 |
| 9 | Volker Markus David Bloehs | €342 | |
| 10 | Jochen Rahmer | €263 | |
| 11 | Eddie Erik Cronholm | Sweden | €263 |
| 12 | Mindaugas Gudzinskas | Lithuania | €244 |
| 13 | Johannes Goossens | Netherlands | €244 |
The final table of nine has quickly become five in the PLO Championship! Since reaching the final table, it has taken around a level for the remaining players to be whittled down and for play to continue five-handed. Here is an updated payout table, with the final five guaranteed €941 for their effort thus far.
| Position | Player | Country | Payout |
| 1 | €3,246 | ||
| 2 | €2,255 | ||
| 3 | €1,491 | ||
| 4 | €1,167 | ||
| 5 | €941 | ||
| 6 | Alexander Hofmann | €733 | |
| 7 | Aviv Cohen | Israel | €581 |
| 8 | Yehuda Cohen | Israel | €452 |
| 9 | Volker Markus David Bloehs | €342 | |
| 10 | Jochen Rahmer | €263 | |
| 11 | Eddie Erik Cronholm | Sweden | €263 |
| 12 | Mindaugas Gudzinskas | Lithuania | €244 |
| 13 | Johannes Goossens | Netherlands | €244 |
In the Hendon Mob Championship Flight 1B, 177 players remain of the 257 total entrants! With three levels left of registration, that number is bound to grow over the next hour or so.
Currently the tournament is at Level 6 with the blinds at 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante. Flight 1A saw a total of 227 entrants, and only 40 remain at Level 15 with the blinds at 5,000/10.000 with a 10,000 big blind ante.
In Prague, 52 players are currently in Day 1B in the King’s Casino at the Hilton Hotel, with 61 entrants being made. There, the blinds are also at 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante during Level 6 of play.
Only 10 remain in the PLO! Here is the updated payout table and with the players now on the final table bubble.
The 2023 Coolbet €550 Main Event Bratislava Champion Ville Hakala (pictured below) is in the field, and he will be looking to add another title to his collection here at The Festival.
| Position | Player | Country | Payout |
| 1 | €3,246 | ||
| 2 | €2,255 | ||
| 3 | €1,491 | ||
| 4 | €1,167 | ||
| 5 | €941 | ||
| 6 | €733 | ||
| 7 | €581 | ||
| 8 | €452 | ||
| 9 | €342 | ||
| 10 | €263 | ||
| 11 | Eddie Erik Cronholm | Sweden | €263 |
| 12 | Mindaugas Gudzinskas | Lithuania | €244 |
| 13 | Johannes Goossens | Netherlands | €244 |
The players in the PLO Championships are now in the money!
Unfortunately for Helga Droege, she missed out on the money as she was eliminated by chip leader Tiago Martins.
Action was picked up with Droege at risk for around 45,000 against Martins, who as an estimated stack of around 275,000.
Helga Droege: A K 6 6
TIago Martins: A 4 Q J
The J 5 K Q 3 runout provided two pair for Martins and Droege was sent to the rail.
Only 15 remain of the 97 entrants in the €150 PLO Championship, with only the top 13 being paid. Here are the payouts.
| Position | Payout |
| 1 | €3,246 |
| 2 | €2,255 |
| 3 | €1,491 |
| 4 | €1,167 |
| 5 | €941 |
| 6 | €733 |
| 7 | €581 |
| 8 | €452 |
| 9 | €342 |
| 10-11 | €263 |
| 12-13 | €244 |
The results are in from King’s Casino in Prague! Seventeen have progressed to Day 1 through the satellite.
Unfortunately for Benjamin Hiller, he missed out on the €120 cash prize and a €150 ticket as he fell victim to the bubble. Below are the full results.
| Player | Country | Payout |
| Tomas Prokop | Czechia | €150 Ticket |
| Ondrej Bohm | Czechia | €150 Ticket |
| Viktor Kostik | Czechia | €150 Ticket |
| Vasyl Ravlyk | Ukraine | €150 Ticket |
| Martin Kuba | Czechia | €150 Ticket |
| Pavel Novak | Czechia | €150 Ticket |
| Patrik Kabrna | Czechia | €150 Ticket |
| Kamil Kotera | Czechia | €150 Ticket |
| Ivo Masek | Czechia | €150 Ticket |
| Radek Suntil | Czechia | €150 Ticket |
| Miroslav Otava | Czechia | €150 Ticket |
| Valerii Kalynych | Ukraine | €150 Ticket |
| Roman Holota | Czechia | €150 Ticket |
| Martin Dolezalek | Czechia | €150 Ticket |
| Marek Petric | Slovakia | €150 Ticket |
| Adam Charles Placek | United Kingdom | €150 Ticket |
| Siegfried Dold | €120 |
In Prague, 18 remain in the first satellite to the Hendon Mob Championship. One player will leave empty-handed, with 17th place receiving €120 for their efforts. The top 16 will receive a ticket to the €150 Hendon Mob Championship.
The €150 PLO Championship and the 1A Flight to the €150 Hendon Mob Championship has now closed.
The PLO Championship attracted a field of 93 players with 28 remaining when play resumes in 15-minutes at Level 9 with the blinds at 1,000/2,000 with a big blind ante.
1A of the Hendon Mob Championship saw 227 total entries and 89 remain to battle it out for a place at the table come Day 2. The blinds are currently set at 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante at the start of Level 11.
Flight 1B of The Hendon Mob Championship is underway here in Rozvadov and has already attracted a total of 100 entrants over the first 45-minutes of play.
With late registration closed in 1A, the field size could grow in this flight as players hit the rail after their first attempt at making Day 2.
The blinds are currently at 200/400 with a 400 big blind ante in Level 2, meaning there is plenty of time to and get involved!
King’s Resort in Rozvadov isn’t the only venue where you can qualify for the prestigious Hendon Mob Championship.
Registration has closed in the first satellite running in the Czech capital, which has seen 56 total entries. If you are in the capital and want to get involved, then the next satellite to 1B of the Hendon Mob Championship runs today at 7 p.m. local time.
The 115 players in 1A of the Hendon Mob Championship were sent on dinner break around 30-minutes ago. Here are some of the biggest stacks in the field as play resumes in a few minutes.
| Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
| Achim Prinzing | 252,000 | 252 | |
| Tiago Martins | Portugal | 240,000 | 240 |
| Sergiy Bikyetov | Ukraine | 223,000 | 223 |
| Christoph Tanner | Switzerland | 209,000 | 209 |
| Payam Ansarian | United Kingdom | 187,000 | 187 |
Level 9 will see the blinds increase to 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante.
Day 1A of the Hendon Mob Championship has seen a total of 200 entrants so far, with 112 still in the field and Level 9 fast approaching. The blinds are currently 800/1600 with a 1600 big blind ante, meaning a starting stack is good for 31 big blinds. There are still two more levels of registration left for this flight, with 1B starting at 6 p.m.
In the €150 PLO Championship, 67 have entered and 40 remain. Blinds are at 300/600 with a 600 big blind ante, meaning the 20,000 starting stack is now the equivalent of 33 big blinds.
The late registration period for the €30 satellite to Flight 1B of the Hendon Mob Championship is almost at a close and 45 remain in the battle for a €150 ticket. Blinds are currently posted at 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante.
The Festival 2024 Main Event has taken to the field in Day 1A of The Hendon Mob Championship. Bulgarian Presiyan Georgiev Tsvetanov took down the title last year at this very venue in the €550 Main Event and won €90,350 for his effort, €10,350 of which consisted of a Main Event seat to the WSOPE event which ran last October. This score still stands as Tsevetanov’s largest career cash.
Tsevetanov also played Day 1C of the Hendon Mob Championship last year and took a massive chip lead into Day 2 of last year’s installment, but despite this, he failed to secure a cash. He did claim another podium finish last year, finishing 2nd for €1,587 in the €125 PLO/PLO8 or Better Event two days later. Maybe this year it could be different, and the Bulgarian will be wanting to secure a piece of hardware from Rozvadov and another special portrait.
The King’s Schafkopf Trophy has been revealed ahead of Day 1 of the tournament, which starts at 2 p.m. local time tomorrow, Saturday, June 7th. The €190 buy-in event has a €25,000 prize pool, and only one entry is allowed per player. Day 2 starts bright and early at 11 a.m. on Sunday, June 8th.
Last year, German national Dieter Josef Stapfer topped a world-record-breaking field of 248 players and the lion’s share of the €38,464 prize pool. Stapfer took home €7,100 for his victory in Rozvadov, and it would be no surprise to see him return to King’s to defend his title.
Known as the “King of Bavarian card games”, the classic German card game is sure to prove popular again this year. Schafkopf is played by four people with a special 32-card German deck. The game is all about winning tricks (rounds of cards) and collecting points. The card rankings are displayed below:
The goal is to score at least 61 points out of a total of 120. Points come from the cards you win in tricks: Aces are worth 11 points, Tens are worth 10, Kings are worth 4, Obers are worth 3, and Unters are worth 2. The other cards (9, 8, 7) don’t have any points.
For additional information on this historic German pastime, check out this article here.
The Festival’s first foray into PLO this installment commences shortly with the €150 PLO Championship. The tournament offers a €10,000 guaranteed prize pool and unlimited re-entries for the first 8 levels of play. Currently, nine players are ed, and all entrants will receive a 20,000 chip starting stack, good for 100 big blinds.
The second and final satellite running today for the Hendon Mob Championship is currently in play, with registration still open and unlimited until the end of Level 10. Forty-five players are currently battling it out for a €150 ticket.
The Hendon Mob Championship has been revealed! This year’s winner will be taking home this impressive piece of glassware to add to, or start, their trophy collection!
The first satellite to the Hendon Mob Championship has finished, and the top 20 players have merged into the existing field.
| Player | Country | Prize |
| Thierry Emile C Garin | Belgium | €150 Ticket |
| Tolunay Karakaya | €150 Ticket | |
| Andreas Drefahl | €150 Ticket | |
| Ralf Hildebrandt | €150 Ticket | |
| Nicolas Keller | €150 Ticket | |
| Gholamreza Ranaie | €150 Ticket | |
| Robert Waberski | €150 Ticket | |
| Jaye Matthew Bakalars | USA | €150 Ticket |
| Georgios Toumpoulis | Greece | €150 Ticket |
| Filipp Fomenko | Ukraine | €150 Ticket |
| Werner Rozbicki | €150 Ticket | |
| Nick Bogaert | Belgium | €150 Ticket |
| Martijn Arslan | Netherlands | €150 Ticket |
| Behrooz Taghizadeh Niknam | €150 Ticket | |
| Dieter Wilhelm Bauer | €150 Ticket | |
| Antje Henschel Schmidt | €150 Ticket | |
| Hans Leopold Bergmann | €150 Ticket | |
| Alexander Bugram | Austria | €150 Ticket |
| Andrei Ghita | Romania | €150 Ticket |
| Marek Jozef Mleczko | Poland | €150 Ticket |
| Daniel Maucher | €24 |
One of the marquee events of the entire Festival kicks us off with a bang. The ever-popular Hendon Mob Championship is hosting its first Day 1A here in Rozvadov with the cards first hitting the felt at 1 p.m. local time.
This year has the potential to see the world’s largest Hendon Mob Championship, with a staggering €300,000 prize pool on offer from just a €150 buy-in.
Day 1A is scheduled to play down to 12.5% of the field remaining, with a €300 min cash guaranteed for those who progress to Day 2 on Sunday night.
The top two chip leaders from each flight will receive a Festival Main Event ticket worth €550 each, a nice juicer for anyone looking to get involved.
Currently in the field is a previous €2,000 Cape Town Package winner, Hermann Schweiger (pictured above on the right). The very same package is also up for grabs for the winner of this installment.
At the time of writing, 86 players are in the field of 92 entrants, but expect that number to grow as more entries filter in through the satellite and direct buy-ins throughout the 10-level long late registration period.
The stage is set and the cards are in the air for The Festival from here in Rozvadov, Czechia. Held at King’s Resort in the border town, The Festival promises to be a fun-filled and action-packed event over the following 11-day stretch.
At 11 a.m. this morning local time, players took their seats for the day’s first event and The Festival in general, the €30 satellite to The Hendon Mob Championship.
The €3,000 guarantee was hit, with 120 players taking a chance at qualifying for the €300,000 guaranteed event. At the time of writing, 32 remain in the field, with the top 20 receiving a ticket to the €150 buy-in event. Twenty-first will receive €24, a small rebate from the €30 buy-in.
Satellites to The Hendon Mob Championship will continue to run daily until Sunday. For those who missed out this morning, a satellite to Day 1B commences at 3 p.m. local time, with 1B commencing three hours later at 6 p.m.
After a successful run last year in Rozvadov, The Festival returns once again to the Czech town for its first event of the year. Hosted at the palace of poker that is King’s Resort, the event will run from the 6-16th of June and attract players of all creeds and colours from all four corners of the world throughout the scheduled 11-day stint here.
Action will be plentiful, and the place will be packed to the rafters with players all seeking their chance at a title. The Festival will be offering over €1,000,000 in total prize pool across all the tournaments on the schedule, indicating substantial value for all who want to take their chances at a shot at poker glory.
This year will see 72 unique tournaments, 12 more than last year’s installment, and is equally as diverse in of game selection, as you will see from the get-go when the Festival officially kicks off at 11am on the 6th June with a €30 satellite into The Hendon Mob Championship. That being said, let’s dive into the schedule over the opening weekend in a little more depth.
The Hendon Mob Championship (THMC) starts the festival with a flourish. The six-flight €300,000 guaranteed event will run from June 6-8th and will be the largest installment of the THMC to date across any venue. Two flights have already run at the King’s Casino in Prague, situated inside the luxurious Hilton Hotel in the nation’s capital. This is the fourth location that the THMC has hosted with The Festival, having run at Dusk Til Dawn (DTD) Nottingham, Portomaso Casino Malta, Banco Casino Bratislava, and King’s Resort Rozvadov.
The tournament will feature 30-minute levels in all flights other than the turbo flight, which will have 15-minute levels. These final flights run on Sunday, which offers a last chance for players looking for a share of the gigantic prize pool. All players will start with a stack of 50,000.
In the last installment in Rozvadov, Iranian win the title. The duo chopped the money and took home €35,250 each, and a seat at the WSOPE Main event worth €10,350. Alimoradpour also secured a €2,000 package to The Hendon Mob Championship in Cape Town along with the win. Remarkably, this was Alimoradpour’s first recorded cash. Perhaps a similar story could emerge this year?
| Position | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1 | Majid Alimoradpour | Iran | € 35,250* + €2,000 Cape Town THMC Package |
| 2 | Marek Soukup | Czech Republic | € 35,250* |
| 3 | Tomas Svec | Czech Republic | € 23,850** |
| 4 | Matthias Steinberg | € 10,400 | |
| 5 | Robert Palasz | Poland | € 8,200 |
| 6 | Martin Wolf | € 6,400 | |
| 7 | Visa Kiviharju | Finland | € 4,700 |
| 8 | Rainer Sollfrank | € 3,200 | |
| 9 | Ivica Malovan | Croatia | € 2,530 |
*Denotes deal and includes a €10,350 WSOPE seat ** Includes a €10,350 WSOPE seat
Day 1a: 1pm Friday 6th June.
Day 1b: 6pm Friday 6th June.
Day 1c: 11am Saturday 7th June.
Day 1d: 6pm Saturday 7th June.
Day 1e Turbo: 11am Sunday 8th June.
Day 1 Flip and Go Pineapple: 2pm Sunday 8th June.
Day 2 Final Day: 5pm Sunday 8th June.
Day 1A of the €250 Mystery Bounty kicks off on Sunday, the 8th of June. Of the €250 buy-in, €100 will be placed into the bounty prize pool. There is a slight discount on the buy-in from last year, and the prize pool remains the same at €100,000 guaranteed. There will be four flights to Day 2 with registration being open for the first 10 levels of play, which will run for 30-minutes apiece. Players will receive a 50,000 starting stack from their buy-in. The final flight however, is a turbo with a 15-minute level blind structure, and Day 2 will commence the same day, similar to the final flight of the THMC.
Day 1a: 6pm Sunday 8th June.
Day 1b: 6pm Monday 9th June.
Day 1c: 6pm Tuesday 10th June.
Day 1d: 11am Wednesday 11th June.
Day 2: 6pm Wednesday 11th June.
The Festival will also see two PLO events run over the first weekend: the €150 PLO Championship starts at 4pm on Friday June 6th. The prize pool is set at a €10,000 guarantee and players will have access to unlimited registration throughout the first 8 levels of play, which are set at 20-minutes each. Players will receive a 20,000 chip starting stack.
The second PLO tournament, the €250 PLO Masters, will have a €20,000 prize pool on offer and also features unlimited registration throughout the first 8 levels and levels will also run at 20-minutes each, so a very similar structure to the Championship the day before. The tournament starts at 4pm with a 20,000 starting stack.
For those who want to dabble in a bit of two-card and four-card action in the same tournament, the €125 Half ‘n’ Half (Texas & PLO) is the one for you to kick off The Festival. Running on Sunday 8th from 9pm, the tournament will have a €5,000 guaranteed prize pool and unlimited reentries up until Level 10 and feature 20-minute levels.
If you’re playing a smaller roll and looking to spin up, or just looking to bag some extra bang for your buck, there are Super Satellites to the Main Event starting from the get-go. For the €80 buy-in, players can win a seat to the €550 Main Event, which will feature a staggering €500,000 guaranteed prize pool. The satellites will offer a minimum of 10 seats each and start at 7pm daily up until Wednesday, 11th of June. The last satellite runs on Wednesday at 3pm, with the Main Event Day 1 kicking off at 6pm the very same day.
And last, but certainly not least, in what is sure to be an immensely popular event, the Mixed Game Main Event HORSES will kick off on Monday 4pm. The €550 buy-in will see a €25,000 guaranteed prize pool, and players will be allowed to re-enter once per flight. Players will receive a 40,000 starting stack, and levels will run for 30-minutes.
The Festival isn’t just about the cards. There will be an eclectic range of activities for online qualifiers, with the hospitality deal included in their package. The activities are on from flag fall, the first of which is a Boule school hosted by The Festival’s main man, Franke! This activity runs from 2pm to 4pm and offers an introduction to the classic French lawn game.
The following day, qualifiers will get to learn about Molky, a Finnish game that combines bowling and strategy. Franke hosts again and will guide you through the game, which involves throwing a stick at numbered pins. Players must score exactly 50 points, no more, no less, or they are penalised. This activity also runs from 2pm to 4pm.
On Sunday, another Scandinavian game takes centre stage in the form of Kubb. Also known as “Viking Chess”, the game involves throwing wooden sticks at opposing teams’ blocks. Franke takes to the helm on hosting duties again in what is sure to be a fun-filled afternoon in the fresh air, running from 2pm to 4pm. For additional information on the Hospitality Events throughout the week, click here.
For those who may be unfamiliar with Rozvadov, the Czech town is home to the largest poker room in Europe, the aforementioned King’s Resort. It is located close to the Czech-German border. It is approximately a 45-minute drive from Plzen and around an hour and a half drive from the Czech capital of Prague. From , Kings can be reached in around an hour and a half from Nuremberg, two hours from Munich, and three hours from Stuttgart. Kings offer a transport service which can be ed on +420 777 281 804. For general enquiries, +420 605 000 888 or visit the website https://www.kings-resort.com/
That’s all for now folks, until The Festival kicks off in a few days time. Stay tuned to the live blog for continued updates of the tournament action and the hospitality events taking place off the felt.
