The opening day of The Festival in Rozvadov was the first of ten busy days at Kings Casino.
The day started with the opening flight of the €200,000 guaranteed €250 The Hendon Mob Championship, in which 70 players took their seats, all aiming for safe age through to the second day of the tournament. Nine players made it through the day, with Dominik Martan from the Czech Republic leading the way, taking 629,000 into Day 2.
The Mixed Games Main Event also began, featuring a H.O.R.S.E.S format which adds Sviten Special to the rotation of the usual equestrian mixed game. Sixteen players took part in the first starting day, including Scott Kenyon, who topped The Festival Bratislava Leaderboard last autumn. By the end of the day, six players remained, with Koen Roos sitting at the top of the pile, with a 151k chip stack.
Later in the day, the The Hendon Mob Championship held its second of five flights, where a further 109 players began their flag hunting journey, with fifteen lucky souls surviving to the end of the sixteen levels that were played.
There were also two non-Hold’em side events which took place on Friday. The first to get going was the €250 Crazy Pineapple. Bulgarian Ilia Pendev took top honours.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jari Johannes Virta | Sweden | €3,796 |
| 2 | Lachezar Angelov Tsenov | Bulgaria | €2,616 |
| 3 | Andereas Klimmer | €1,667 | |
| 4 | Nils Hallenstam | Sweden | €1,206 |
| 5 | Jill Alva Gunnel Mellstroem | Sweden | €975 |
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1 | Ilia Pendev | Bulgaria | €5,553 |
| 2 | Antonio Fragale | Italy | €2,762 |
| 3 | David Berdis | Slovakia | €1,824 |
| 4 | Christopher Campisano | Italy | €1,503 |
| 5 | Markus Kleine Tebbe | €1,208 |
Twenty players were paid, for the full list of payouts, visit the Results Page
Friday was quite a busy one for the opening day of the festival, but Saturday will be huge. There are two further starting days for The Hendon Mob Championship, another flight of the €550 H.O.R.S.E.S Mixed Main Event, the €250 PLO Master and the €125 Texas Saturday Knockout. But that’s not all, as this evening the Cash Game Challenge begins, with the first two of ten sessions, one Hold’em and one PLO.
| Date | Time | Event Name | Buy-In | GTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat Jun-1 | 11:00 | The Hendon Mob Championship - Day 1C | € 220+30 | € 200,000 |
| Sat Jun-1 | 12:00 | Turbo Satellite to Mixed Games HORSES - Day 1B | € 70+10 | € 2,750 |
| Sat Jun-1 | 15:00 | Mixed Games Main Event HORSES - Day 1B | € 500+50 | € 25,000 |
| Sat Jun-1 | 15:30 | Satellite to THMC - Day 1D | € 35+5 | € 2,500 |
| Sat Jun-1 | 16:00 | PLO Masters | € 225+25 | € 10,000 |
| Sat Jun-1 | 18:00 | The Hendon Mob Championship - Day 1D | € 220+30 | € 200,000 |
| Sat Jun-1 | 20:00 | Super Satellite to Main Event | € 70+10 | € 5,500 |
| Sat Jun-1 | 20:00 | Cash Game Challenge TX NL €5-€5 | ||
| Sat Jun-1 | 22:00 | Texas Saturday Knockout (Bounty 50€) | € 110+15 | € 10,000 |
| Sat Jun-1 | 22:30 | Cash Game Challenge PLO €5-€5 |
