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Wouter Schuurbiers (pictured) appears to be the biggest stack in the room in the €1,100 OFC High Roller. Registration will be closing at 6.40 p.m. CET. Fabian Bartuschk remains in the field, as does the Festival Founder Martin ‘Franke’ von Zweigbergk.
Seat Player Country Count 1 Maximilian Meier Germany 5,800,000 2 Jari Maehoenen Finland 2,100,000 3 David Urban Slovakia 5,500,000 4 Tomas Stvrtecky Slovakia 3,700,000 5 Daniel Gumula Poland 4,200,000 6 Michal Hamacek Czechia 1,700,000 7 Sebastian Kotowicz Poland 10,000,000 8 Andrej Tekel Slovakia 5,600,000 9 Rikard Larsson Sweden 5,600,000
As the Day 2 field is now coming together, here is a spotlight on some of the big stacks that will be returning to battle for Main Event glory from 2 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. Gabriel Rymar is currently second in chips, and will be returning with a stack of 1,140,000. Rymar is no stranger to […]
This morning, over 30 players participated in The Festival’s second hospitality event for online package winners of the week, and the first-ever Chicago school to be held at The Festival Series. Players in attendance came from the UK, Estonia, and everywhere in between. As expected, there was a strong Scandinavian presence at the tables, as […]
The newly crowned Seniors 50+ champion, Peder Behr (above), is amongst the 59 remaining in the field in the second of four flights to Day 2 of the world-famous The Hendon Mob Championship. The Festival Series Malta Hendon Mob Championship runner-up, Attila Erdei (above),is also in the field. He will be looking to go one […]
The iPoker Festival campaign just can’t get any better. Another Sunday, another packed Final, and another round of online winners is known. On October 26, the iPoker Network once again hit its guarantee — handing out seven full €1,850 Festival Bratislava packages to players across its partnered rooms. Operators: Bet365, Betfair, Betfred, Arcticbet, Betsafe, Betsmith, Betsolid, Betsson, Fortuna, Boylepokersports, Champion Poker, Coolbet, Guts, Hollandcasino, Inbet, Klondaika, Meridianbet, Netbet, Nordicbet, Paddypowerpoker, Paf, Redstar, Svenskaspel, Swisscasino. All week long there are […]
Of the 84 that started the day, only 41 now remain in pursuit of Main Event glory. Below is the table of the fallen players from the start of play today. # Name Prize (€) 42 Erik Lindqwist €1,200 43 Sascha Manns €1,200 44 Jose Casillas €1,200 45 Quinten Spyckerelle €1,200 46 Jonathan Therme €1,200 […]
Here are the top 10 counts currently in play as the players return to their seats in 1/B of the Mystery Bounty. Place Name Chip Count 1 Lars Lubbers 74,500 2 Claudio Muller 73,500 3 Jon Persent 70,000 4 Francesco Squillaci 52,000 5 Dylan Codd 44,000 6 Thomas Degimbe 43,300 7 Joe Nieto Martin 43,000 […]
Friends of The Festival Series are already at the tables at the Portomaso Casino on the beautiful island nation of Malta. One of whom is Maltese national and all-around nice guy Antoine Degiorgio, who is currently in play in the Mixed Game Main Event – T.O.R.S.E.S, as well as Barrie Dear from the UK. Dear […]
The Festival Series 2025 season is in full swing, with two amazing live destinations remaining: Malta (September 15–21 at Portomaso Casino, St. Julian’s) and Bratislava (November 18–24 at Banco Casino, Bratislava). Through Coolbet’s online qualifiers, players can secure a €1,600 package that includes hotel accommodation, hospitality, merchandise, and a Main Event ticket. Every Wednesday at […]
The Festival Series 2025 season is in full swing, with two amazing live destinations remaining: Malta (September 15–21 at Portomaso Casino, St. Julian’s) and Bratislava (November 18–24 at Banco Casino, Bratislava). Through Coolbet’s online qualifiers, players can secure a €1,600 package that includes hotel accommodation, hospitality, merchandise, and a Main Event ticket. Every Wednesday at […]
Finland’s Kare Hallamaa has been the runaway leader of the Player of the Series race at The Festival in Rozvadov for the last few days. On Sunday his nearest challenger, compatriot Ville Hakala, added a further 18 points to his total, seemingly closing the gap to first place to 34 points. However, the Main Event […]
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.
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 […]
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 join in the fun! Oh, and there’s […]
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 joining them at the table come tomorrow night?
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 […]
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 […]
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 Germany 252,000 252 Tiago Martins Portugal 240,000 240 Sergiy Bikyetov Ukraine 223,000 223 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 registered, 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 Germany €150 Ticket Andreas Drefahl Germany €150 Ticket Ralf Hildebrandt Germany €150 Ticket Nicolas Keller Germany €150 Ticket Gholamreza Ranaie Germany €150 […]
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 […]
Recently we have added Pokera.bg as our newest media partner. This Bulgarian poker community is very popular in their own nation, and share the same thoughts of poker than we have with The Festival Series: Poker should be more fun! Pokera.bg started from a simple love for poker, and thanks to Mariya, it has grown […]
Victor den Houting is The Festival in Malta Main Event Champion! He defeated Canadian Haven Taylor after an hour long heads-up battle to take the title and the €55,000 first prize. He went into the heads-up stage of the tournament with 10.675m chips versus Haven Taylor’s 6.3m. Taylor did manage to take the lead at […]
Macedonian Oliver Mihajlovski has just been eliminated in 3rd place by Haven Taylor. He had but was dominated by Haven’s and the board provided no help. Oliver cashed for €23,300 for his 3rd place finish. Heads Up play has now begun, with Victor holding the chip lead on 10.675m versus Haven’s 6.3m. May the best […]
There hasn’t been another bust out and there are still three players left in, but Victor den Houting is making a strong claim for the title, building a significant chip lead. He is now in possession of 11m of the 17m chips in play. There hasn’t been an all-in or any really huge pots, he’s […]
Congratulations to Joakim Olin from Sweden, who is ecstatic, having won back-to-back Seniors events on The Festival Series this year. In Rozvadov he beat a field of 68 players and he has now repeated the feat in Malta, defeating compatriot Totti Lind heads up to claim his second title and the first prize of €3,750.
A few days ago Franke got heads up in the €250 Open Face Chinese, but missed out on the title, losing to Siarhei Narohzny in an intense three-hour heads up encounter. Today is the High Roller version on the OFC, which had 15 entries, to create a prize pool of €14,250. It pays just the […]
The remaining three players have now gone on a short break. During the last session of play we lost Mathias Jordi from Switzerland, who departed with €17,800 for his 4th place finish. His exit came at the hands of Victor den Houting, who’s made two pairs against Mathias’s . Since the double-double 3-way all-ins, Haven […]
Just a few hands after delivering a fatal blow to two of her final table opponents, Canadian Haven Taylor repeated the feat, sending another two players to the payout desk. On this occasion the victims were Mario Eder from Austria and Bart Dil from Netherlands. Again, it was an all-in pre-flop situation: Mario: Bart: Haven: […]
Dragan Ignjatovski and Kystian Nalepka have both been eliminated by Haven Taylor in a three-way all-in during level 34 of the Main Event. Krystian: Dragan: Haven: Board: Macedonian Dragan Ignjatovski is our 8th place finisher, collecting €6,300 Polish Kystian Nalepka finished in 7th place, for €8,300
Incredible scenes here on the final table. Haven has just busted four players in the space of a few hands. Both were three-way all-ins and we are now down to four. Full details coming soon…
The main event has just gone on its first break of the day with eight players left. these are the updated chip counts. Position Player Country Chips Seat 1 Krystian Nalepka Poland 3,110,000 6 2 Haven Taylor Canada 2,940,000 1 3 Bart Dil Netherlands 2,430,000 8 4 Victor den Houting Spain 2,270,000 5 5 Mario […]
It has taken almost two hours since the start of the final table for the first player to be eliminated. That dubious honour went to Spaniard Jordi Ruiz, whose AT off-suit was not good enough to get past Dragan’s pocket Kings. Jordi exits the tournament in ninth place winning €4,800.
As it often the case, the final table has started rather slowly, as players become comfortable with their new playing environment and begin to size up the tasty €55,000 first prize. While they get settled in, here’s a quick update about what else is going on in the room here today at Portomaso Casino in […]
The final table of The Festival in Malta Main Event has now begun with the first few hands now being played out. To watch the action check out the live stream on the festivals Instagram page. Will Haven Taylor become our first female winner of a festival series, main event, or will another player in […]
The final table of the Festival in Malta is now set and the remaining nine players have now gone on a short break before play resumes. Canadian Haven Taylor is the huge chip leader, after taking out several of her opponents during the opening session of the day. Position Player Country Chips Table-Seat 1 Haven […]
We are now one elimination away from the bubble, with ten players left in with a chance of becoming the Festival in Malta Main Event Champion and walking away with a year-changing €55,000. Recent Eliminations Position Player Country Prize (€) 11 Lucas Liljegren Sweden €4,200 12 Pasquale Grimaldi Italy €3,650 13 Svensson Linus Sweden €3,650 […]
The first player to depart was Bulgarian Ivo Petkov, who busted soon after the start of the day in 16th place. He also made the money in the Rozvadov Main Event, finishing in 24th place. Congratulations to Ivo on back-to-back cashes, but commiserations for not progressing further today. Soon after he was joined on the […]
Julie Whitworth was the last player to bust at the end of Day 2. This leaves Haven Taylor as the last remaining woman in the field. She’s in second place in chips and has a great chance to progress to the business end of the tournament. But anything can (and probably will) happen today. Position […]
The remaining 16 players in the Main Event are now taking their seats ahead of the 2pm restart. Who will be first to bust out today, who will just miss out on the final table and who will be our Festival in Malta Main Event champion? Both tables are being lived streamed from the start […]
The time has flown by so quickly this week, for me anyway. But its not over yet and there is one more day of The Festival in Malta for us all to enjoy before it becomes a thing of the past. Check out the article on the news page about what to expect on Day […]
Position Player Chips 1 Mario Eder 2,005,000 2 Haven Taylor 1,545,000 3 Milan Simo Ljubisic 1,430,000 4 Mathias Jordi 1,405,000 5 Bart Dil 1,400,000 6 Jesper Ferdinand Lucas 1,385,000 7 Dragan Ignjatovski 1,145,000 8 Victor Eugenio Gil Den Houting 1,055,000 9 Pasquale Grimaldi 1,040,000 10 Oliver Mihajlovski 1,035,000 11 Krystian Piotr Nalepka 765,000 12 Lucas […]
It’s getting late, it’s now 2 AM here at PortoMaso Casino in Saint Julian’s. There are still 21 players left in the main event and they will play on until they reach the final 16 which may take them up to another hour or so. Remaining Main Event Players The only other tournament still running […]
Eighteen players will return on Sunday for the Day 2 of the Mystery Bounty. All remaining players are now in the prize money and it’s only on Day 2 that bounties can be won. The chip overnight chip leader is Open Face Chinese champion Siarhei Narohzny, who has 600,000 and is almost 200,00 ahead of […]
Shortly before the last break there was a big hand on table 14. Giovanni Piccioni, the winner of the Vamos Poker Tour Main Event also made the prize money here in the Main Event at the Festival Series. He was taken out in three way all in, when holding for his last 185k. He found […]
The players have gone on a short break and there are now 31 left in, with a further 15 eliminations required before the end of the night. The chip leader at this point is casinotogether’s Milan Ljubisic, who has just over 1m chips, just ahead of Haven Taylor on 980,000, one of two women left […]
Play has progressed at a steady pace since they resumed play after the dinner break. There are now 40 players left in, as 31 have busted since the bubble burst. Here are the payouts of the players who exited in 41st – 71st places. Position Player Prize 41 Sergejs Korobovs €1,100 42 Emmanuel Sant €1,100 […]
Sometimes things happen in such a way that we feel like we’ve experienced it before. This is quite common in poker because let’s face it with all lost with Ace-King versus Queens multiple times, however this isn’t really déjà vu because it’s such a common occurrence. Something happened here today at The Festival in Malta […]
It was a short bubble, only lasting for two hands. There were in fact two all-ins at the same time on separate tables. The first of these was played out on table 8 between Krystian Nalepka from Poland who had versus the of Milan Ljubisic. The queens held, so we moved on to table 16, […]
We’ve now arrived at the first really serious point in the tournament, as with only 78 players left in and 71 places getting paid, the bubble is now approaching. This means that seven unfortunate souls are gonna leave empty-handed. They are now on level 20, which has blinds of 3,000/6,000 and a 6,000 big blind […]
Earlier today I lent my jumper to a freezing Shaun Decesare, who had forgotten his hoodie. The jumper started off being a lucky one, enabling Shaun to climb to over 130,000, however it was at this point that things started to go wrong. After losing 50k with nines against tens, he got into a great […]
Main Course The Main Event players have just returned from their third break of the day and there are 93 players now left, but still over twenty places away from the prize money. Still in contention is Festival Queens Co-winner Noelia Rico from Sweden. She is sharing a table with Bulgarian Martin Tsvetanov, who was […]
Sadly for the following players the Main Event is now over.
Another fantastic highlights video from our extraordinarily talented production team Nekit, Aleks and front man Andreas ‘Wiseguy’ Hoglund. To view the rest of the highlights videos and interviews, check out The Festival’s YouTube Channel Enjoy!
The main event is moving fast today with almost half the players who started now eliminated at the second break of the day. But 160 of the 307 who began today have their tournament lives intact and are still fighting it out for a place on tomorrow’s final table plus a shot at the €55,000 […]
With late registration now closed, the prize pool has now been confirmed. Who will win the €55,000 first prize? Place Prize 1st Place €55,000 2nd Place €32,800 3rd Place €23,300 4th Place €17,800 5th Place €13,800 6th Place €10,600 7th Place €8,300 8th Place €6,300 9th Place €4,800 10th-11th Place €4,200 12th-13th Place €3,650 14th-15th […]
Mystery Bounty Ready To Start The €250 Mystery Bounty will start soon in the poker room on the lower floor of the conference centre. Its a two-day event with the mystery bounty prizes kicking-in on the second day. Today’s €250 PLO Freezeout is already underway and Franke is having a go at that one. New […]
Late registration has now closed and the total number of entries in the Main Event is 566, generating a prize pool of €268,850. The prize breakdown is being worked on now and the first prize amount will be revealed soon. There were additional 91 entries today, bringing the number of players who have participated in […]
Franke is now giving his start of Day 2 speech, which means that play will be starting soon. 216 players made it through the opening flights and more players are still buying-in, 31 so far today to take the number playing now up 247 and the total entries to over 500. We’ll confirm the final […]
Six days and six night have now passed since the festival in Malta began at Portomaso Casino in Saint Julian’s. But today is no rest day, as we have now reached Day 2 of the Festival in Malta Main Event. Play resumes at 12pm, the blinds have been rolled back two levels and late registration […]
This is the final post of the blog coverage for the sixth day of The Festival in Malta has arrived. Although Day 1e of the main event is now over, there are still a few tournaments left in play. The Festival Surprise is still going with 13 players left form the 92 who started. There’s […]
Position Player Country Chips 1st Phil Grosg Germany 145,000 2nd Fabio Berti Italy 136,000 3rd Joona Koivisto Finland 106,000 4th Giuseppe Signorelli Italy 87,600 5th Antoine Vrancken Netherlands 76,700 6th Willem de Jong Netherlands 73,500 7th Lewis Aikman England 69,100 8th Ruud Alsemgeest Netherlands 67,200 9th Jakub Majda Czech Republic 61,700 10th Grzegorz Wyraz Poland […]
We’re doing an experiment today. We’re live streaming on The Festival’s Instagram channel. Currenty we are streaming the Festival Queens, which has six players left in from its 22 starters. Only three get paid so it’s getting close to the bubble now. Estonian Maili Tannbaum, Las Vegas resident Michelle Richey and Coolbet streamer Ylva Thorsrud […]
The last three players in the OFC are Siarhei “The Machine” Narohzny, Scott “Pokerbrahs” Kenyon and Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk. They are all hoping for frequent trips to fantasyland and to scoop their opponents in pursuit of the €4,800 first prize. Open Face Chinese is a really good game for spectators as you can follow […]
There have been 427 entries from the first four starting days combined and 191 have made it through to Day 2. The final turbo flight is now running with 36 entries so far and they have just started the fifth level of the day. Joe Grech is playing this one, as is local legend Lawrence […]
Play in the fourth starting day of The Festival in Malta has now finished and 70 of the 149 entries have progressed to Saturday’s second day. Rozvadov Main Event Champion Prisiyan Tsvetanov has gone through, with an above average stack of 114,000. The chip leader on 165,000 is another Tsvetanov, but with first name Martin. […]
The ‘surprise’ for today’s €125 NLH Texas Surprise tournament at 7pm has now been revealed. It’s a consolation prize for the player who misses the money by one place – the bubble boy, or bubble girl. That unlucky player will become lucky, as they will win a €550 Main Event seat for The Festival in […]
Let’s take a quick look at what’s going on right now at The Festival in Malta. €550 Main event Day 1d of the main event, which is the last starting flight to be played on a regular clock, is now in the seventh level of the day with 131 players registered so far. There are […]
Thursday was the fifth day of the series and several trophies were won. There’s a Day 5 winners report in the news section detailing news of the winners of the day. But for those of you who are too lazy to read, or if you simply have the attention span of a goldfish, check out […]
Day 2 of the €250 buying DeepStack championship has now resumed and late registration remains open until the end of the second level of the day. They played 12 levels yesterday however blinds are rolled back to the start of level 10 today. Over 30 players have already joined the tournament and received their 30,100 […]
The first of two events on The Festival and Malta schedule also began today, at 12:30 PM. After the first hour of play, the field has grown to 28 players, including festival series founder Franke, who absolutely loves the game and is sure to play the high-roller version of it on Sunday as well. It’s […]
The sixth day of The Festival in Malta is now in play. The first of two flights of the €550 Main Event began at midday and there are now 70 entries as they approach the end of level two. There’s another turbo flight tonight and plenty of other action on the schedule, including OFC, Queens […]
Blogging at live poker events a very enjoyable, but it’s also very exhausting as the days start as soon as you wake up and they don’t even end after you go to your bed. Your mind is still racing about everything that you’ve written that day and beginning to consider what you might have to write […]
High Roller Returns Dinner Break The NLH High Roller players have now returned dinner break and delete registration has closed. There were 61 entries and there are 32 who are still left in the tournament, with the chip leader being Dara O’Kearney from Ireland on just over 200,000. His Chip Race co-presenter David K Lappin […]
Today was the start of the two-day €250 Deepstack tournament, which played 10 levels. It resumes on Friday with a further two levels for late registration. Today 92 players took their seats with 52 progressing to the second and final day, which resumes at 1pm. Survivors Chip Counts Position Player Country Chips 1st Roberts Krigers […]
The third starting day of The Festival in Malta is now history. There were 108 hopefuls who entered and exactly half of them are still hoping, while the other half are now hopeless. The chip leader from the day with 146,400 is Totti Lind from Sweden, a former Malta resident, who won last year’s Sviten […]
Today’s €250 H.O.R.S.E. tournament ended up with 46 entries, 20 of whom are still in the tournament, which is currently on level 12. The top six players will be paid with the first prize amounting to €3680 Going strong today is Frank Visser, who at this point is totally destroying his table and is by […]
It’s time now (long overdue, apologies for that) to update you on the events that came to their natural conclusions on Wednesday. We already reported on Fred “FriDiGiDi” winning The Hendon Mob Championship, but what about the other events that took place yesterday? Sarharib Karatas Wins 8-Game Scott ‘Pokerbrahs’ Kenyon was in the zone yesterday […]
The fifth day of The Festival Series is now well and truly underway. Here’s a roundup of what’s going on right now at Portomaso Casino in the heart of St Julians, Malta. Main Event The Main Event is now in the 8th level of the day, with 76 of the 103 entries (so far) still […]
I’ve said it before and I’m saying it again now, The Festival Series is about more than poker and more than casino games too. It doesn’t always involve gambling and there is a rich schedule of off-the table activities taking place this week. Yesterday there was a pool party and today a busload of players […]
There were 18 runners assembled at the starting line at 1pm for the orders to start the race. They have now been joined by a further 13 late starters, who are galloping hard to catch up with the main pack during the opening lap of the track in the €250 H.O.R.S.E tournament. Many of the […]
They’s shuffled up and they’s started dealing in the third of five starting days of the €550 Main Event. There were 170 entries from the first two starting days combined and 67 of these made it into Saturday’s Day 2. They play 12 x 40 minute levels and start with 30,000 chips.
Today is the first day of the second half of The Festival Series in Malta, or Day 5, as its more commonly known. As ever, there’s plenty on for poker players to get stuck into, with options on the fifth day including the third of five starting days of the Main Event and a H.O.R.S.E […]
At Portomaso Casino in St Julian’s, Malta, a man has won a poker tournament . We can’t tell you his name, because he legally is allowed to withhold it and we respect that right, regardless of the reason for his desire for anonymity. Congratulations to that man! You played a blinder! We’ll be back in […]
The end of the night is approaching, not for the players, as there’s still several tournaments still in play, but this blogger is heading home to rest his weary head, before getting up and doing to all again tomorrow. But before I head off to get the free bus home (yes Maltese residents get free […]
Today’s blackjack tournament was won by Marko Keskel from Estonia, who took the €1,280 first prize, topping a field of 20 players. In the first round, Franke and JP McCann found themselves on the same table, but neither managed to progress further in the tournament. There were three rounds in total and Alex Henry unfortunately […]
The second starting day of the Festival in Malta has concluded and a further 52 players have joined the 15 who progressed from Day 1a. It was a much busier day with 130 entrants, which brings the running total up to 170, with three starting flights left to go. The chip leader from this flight […]
The final table of THMC has now begun in the poker room on the lower floor of the Portomaso conference centre. Rozvadov Main Event champion Presiyan Tsvetanov didn’t quite make to this final, exiting in 13th place, despite having held the lead with 30 players left. The chip leader going into the final was German […]
As new events have been added the Festival Schedule has now been updated.
Yesterday’s roulette tournament was an exciting and lively event, which was enjoyable both to participate in and as an onlooker. Today’s casino games tournament is blackjack and many of the usual degens are now sitting down to participate in the first round. Franke made it back from today’s pool party just in time to take […]
A clash of Festival Series Titans has just occurred in the Hendon Mob Championship (THMC) between Presiyan Tsvetanov and Siarhei Narohzny. The two clashed in consecutive hands, resulting in elimination for the Belorussian player. In the first of these, Prisiyan made a river bet of 165,000 on a board. Both had an ace but Narohzny […]
Today’s non Hold’em offering is the €125 8-Game event, which began at 2pm. They are now in the fifth level of the day with 63 participants, creating a lively atmosphere in the poker room on the upper level of the venue. All the usual suspects are getting involved in this one, including the very vocal […]
The first of the new events that were added to the schedule took place on Tuesday evening, where 72 players contested the €125 Turbo NLH Tuesday Madness. David K Lappin picked up his second cash of the day, departing in 6th place for €420. He exited in the very same hand as his Chip Race […]
