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A Bit on the Side

While many Festival attendees were busy partying the night away/trying to catch some winks, several side events played on through the night to their eventual conclusions. It brings us great pleasure to report the following glorious victories in a variety of poker disciplines:

Miklos Banyasz

Miklos Banyasz triumphed over a field of 45 in the €250 Open Face Chinese, winning a first prize of €3,759 - well done, sir.

1 Miklos Banyasz €3,759
2 Josef Steinbock €2,210
3 Tarique Imam €1,345
4 Didier Rabl €960
5 Bartosz Gorski €770
6 Mika Haellstroem €575

In the Festival Queens event, Monika "HeyMonia" Zukowicz bested a field of 39 for a €1,670 payday.

HeyChamp
1 Monika Zukowicz €1,670
2 Anu Lilja €1,020
3 Ingvill Nilsen €610
4 Saara Ylianttila €450
5 Zita Tallay €326

The €15k Gtd actually amassed a €17,860 prizepool, with the biggest chunk going to Chen Keren.

Guaranteed win
1 Chen Keren €4,290
2 May-Britt Tollan €2,680
3 Rusen Mat €2,145
4 Lubomir Forcek €1,605
5 Mevludin Zendeli €1,340
6 Erol Hamid €1,070
7 Pawel Feliksik €805
8 Peter Adam €625
9 Thomas Næss €480
10 Lars Geertsen €355
11 Hristina Nikolic €355
12 Robert Repka €355
13 Didier Vardapin €270
14 Savvas Papadopoulos €270
15 Alexandros Fixmer €270
16 Vasileios Chatzivasileiou €195
17 Simon Wilson €195
18 John Sara €195
19 Laurent Dregos €180
20 Jonas Sundin €180

Sixty-eight players entered the PLO/PLO8 event, and the last man standing was Björne Lindberg.

PLO / PLO-8
1 Björne Lindberg €1,839
2 Vincent Picard €1,441
3 William Lynch €1,266
4 Terje Jahn €730
5 Lars Greger Larsson €585
6 Dainius Antanaitis €480
7 Carl Dobrzelews €375
8 Jens Henrik Riis €230
9 Frank Visser €160

And last but not least, the Texas Midnight Madness crown went to the veritably certifiable Melvin Schroen.

Nice shirt, Melvin
1 Melvin Schroen €1,758
2 Terje Sirnes €1,757
3 Morten Bremseth €805
4 Andreas Pavli €565
5 Christel Haller €415
6 Jonas Sundin €355
7 Viktoria Bergstedt €302