The Festival Main Event attracted a total of 983 players, and the guarantee narrowly held. After a challenging Day 2 and an action-packed finish, we now know the fourteen players advancing to the Final Day of the Main Event. Jaap Smits emerged as the chip leader with a stack of 4,415,000. However, the question of who will take home the 77,001€ prize remains unanswered. We’ll find out tomorrow!
The Final Day kicks off at 13:00, and the chip count of the finalists is listed below. Livestream coverage will start at 13:30.
At 12:00, the Lowroller with a 60 buy-in and a 1,600€ added package for the next The Festival is ready for you. At 13:30, the Final Day of the Mystery Bounty event begins, with 53 players remaining from the initial 405. At 22:00, the PLO5 Turbo Late Night Madness will commence.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Livestream link:
Payouts:
15. Szoen Dariusz Marcin - 4,400€
16. Jamie Gary Geraghty - 3,850€
17. Andrzej Jedryczka - 3,850€
18. Alois Sprachta - 3,300€
19. Davor Bojovic - 3,300€
20. Zandar - 3,300€
21. Jaroslav Bartak - 3,300€
22. Tomas Chmela - 3,300€
23. Matas Gerdziunas - 3,300€
24. Bernhard Haider - 2,750€
25. Andras Halasi - 2,750€
26. Kevin Viktor Karenius - 2,750€
27. Martin Ivar Leo Kanaker - 2,750€
28. Jason Shane Shellum - 2,750€
29. Max Grube Lohse - 2,750€
30. Mitja Rudolf - 2,750€
31. Julius Stroehlien - 2,750€
32. Antonino Karman - 2,400€
33. Patrick Beuter - 2,400€
34. Borislav Tonev Shishkov - 2,400€
35. Lukas Benkovic - 2,400€
36. Juergen Paulitsch - 2,400€
37. Christoph Goeltl - 2,400€
38. Tigran Piloyan - 2,400€
39. Goran Sunjka - 2,400€
40. Jan Frederik Nordly - 2,050€
41. Jakub Janosovsky - 2,050€
42. Patrik Kunik - 2,050€
43. Luc Pierre A. Gillard - 2,050€
44. Kamil Mateusz Szoen - 2,050€
45. Ivan Herz - 2,050€
46. Peter Varga - 2,050€
47. Simon Karl Magnus Forendal - 2,050€
48. Jan Erik Larsen Iversen - 1,800€
49. Jonathan Ross Bannerman - 1,800€
50. Espen Ringstad - 1,800€
51. Klavs Garselis - 1,800€
52. Igor Brimus - 1,800€
53. Itshak Meshomar - 1,800€
54. Patrik Matous - 1,800€
55. Konstantinos Dimadis - 1,800€
56. Grzegorz Jakub Reczko - 1,550€
57. Frank Visser - 1,550€
58. Tomas Svoboda - 1,550€
59. Nik Lay Dimitrov Savov - 1,550€
60. Patrick Maxime S. Jowa - 1,550€
61. Ronen Mordechai - 1,550€
62. Jozsef Hegyi - 1,550€
63. Dimitros Nanos - 1,550€
64. Vladimir Olesovsky - 1,400€
65. Anders Sunde Aashammer - 1,400€
66. Evangelos Argyris - 1,400€
67. Tomas Stvrtecky - 1,400€
68. Salih Zeki Kaya - 1,400€
69. Peter Vigh - 1,400€
70. Heidi Roeneid - 1,400€
71. Koloman Szoke - 1,400€
72. Tamas Sandor Kocsis - 1,400€
73. Matthew Robert Church - 1,400€
74. Lukasz Sajnog - 1,400€
75. Raymond Bertus De Groot - 1,400€
76. Alon Shotland - 1,400€
77. Sergejs Piratovs - 1,400€
78. Bas Wilhelmus Cornelis Johanne De Laat - 1,400€
79. Christoph Hillinger - 1,400€
80. John Frederik Watz Lausch - 1,250€
81. Ladislav Varga - 1,250€
82. Pieter Ram - 1,250€
83. Marjan Janicijevic - 1,250€
84. Niko Antti Juhani Nyman - 1,250€
85. Ioannis Triantafyllakis - 1,250€
86. Stefan Hjalti Gardarsson - 1,250€
87. Ville Tapani Hakala - 1,250€
88. Nick Las Fylking Storm Christensen - 1,250€
89. David Urban - 1,250€
90. Athanasios Kechagias - 1,250€
91. Lubomir Pagac - 1,250€
92. Philipp Krieger - 1,250€
93. Oliver Tot - 1,250€
94. Wesley David O'Neill - 1,250€
95. Svein Olav Eidsaeter - 1,250€
96. Andrej Desset - 1,100€
97. Rory Cartwright - 1,100€
98. Ion Juravliov - 1,100€
99. Kenny Burke - 1,100€
100. Bartosz Piesiewicz - 1,100€
101. Piotr Stanislaw Swiatek - 1,100€
102. Tore Andre Pedersen - 1,100€
103. Miklos Banyasz - 1,100€
104. Christos Vettas - 1,100€
105. Miroslav Salaj - 1,100€
106. Oliver Wenzell Gamble - 1,100€
107. Alli Mohmed Mallu - 1,100€
108. Jacek Piotr Kaczmarek - 1,100€
109. Leif Agne Rickard Larsson - 1,100€
110. Daniel Delpos - 1,100€
111. Bulcsu Lukacs - 1,100€
112. Shelley Declan McDermott - 1,100€
113. Dominik Znasik - 1,100€
114. Gerhard Bock - 1,100€
115. Roei Siman Tov - 1,100€
116. Theodore Nils Magnus Sjoeblom - 1,100€
117. Sami Aleksi Pulliainen - 1,100€
118. Zsolt Pentek - 1,100€
119. Aleksandr Ivanov Kassir - 1,100€
120. Stefan Bugar - 1,100€
121. Hrvoje Skarda - 1,100€
122. David Csillik - 1,100€
123. Timo Heikki Koivusalo - 1,100€
124. Andras Matrai - 1,100€
125. Ziga Klopcic - 1,100€
Final Day chipcounts:
2:00 And that's it for today!
Szoen pushed from EP for 1,300,000, Garaghty called with Ax Qx, and Smits found Kx Kx, covering both. After a board of 4x 4x 9x Jx 3x, we lost two players at once, leaving fourteen players to compete in tomorrow's final day.
1:45 Three seat opens at once!
Andrzej Jedryczka pushed from the cutoff with Ax 6x for 600,000, and one of his opponents called with Ax Jx. After a blank board, Andrzej is eliminated. On the streamed table, two players were eliminated in the same hand at the same time, but we will reveal the hand after it is shown on the stream.
1:30 Marek Blaško vypadáva
Marek sa dostal do preflop all inu za 680,000 s deviatkami proti Kx Qx. Jeho súper však na boarde trafil flush a Marek tak vypadáva ako dvadsiaty. V rýchlom slede za ním vypadol Alois SPrachta a Davor Bojovic. Od konca day 2 nás delí už len jediná eliminácia !
Level 27: 30,000 – 60,000 / 60,000, avg. 1,474,500, ent.: 20/983
1:15 Rejam
Sebastian Supper opened to 100,000, and Gabzdil on the big blind decided to rejam for over a million. Supper quickly folded. At the same time, Bartak was eliminated from the streamed table, leaving only four players until the end of Day 2.
1:00 Tomáš Chmela eliminated
Tomáš ended up in a preflop all-in with 5x 5x against his opponent’s 8x 8x. After a blank board, Tomáš is forced to leave the tournament.
Level 26: 25,000 – 50,000 / 50,000, avg. 1,282,000, ent.: 23/983
Break 15 min
00:10 Gabzdil Vs. Kozma zas a znova
Matúš z Ep otváral na 80,000 a David 3-betoval na 240,000. Všetci okrem Davida vedeli čo prichádza a zahodili. Matúš podľa očakávania 4-betoval na 425,000 a dostal call. Na flope jxx Tx Tx sa checkovalo. Turn 5h otváral srdcovú flushdraw a Matúš betoval 350,000. David dorovnal a river 9x obaja znova checkli. Matúš otočil Ax Kx a David karty hodil do mucku.
23:50 Sebastian Kotowicz wins
On the turn Ks Jd 5d Kd, the pot was around 400,000, and Sebastian bet 275,000. His opponent thought for a while but eventually folded.
Level 25: 20,000 – 40,000 / 40,000, avg. 1,134,231, ent.: 26/983
23:30 Matúš Gabzdil shows no fear
Matúš opened from early position, and David Kozma 3-bet to 180,000. Matúš responded with a 4-bet to over 300,000, and Kozma, after a long deliberation, called. The board Kd Qs 8h 2s 5s was checked down by both players at a slow pace. Matúš revealed Ac 5c, and David, looking annoyed, mucked his cards.
23:15 A long hand
On the river 8d 8s Js 4s 8h, the pot was around 600,000. Max Lohse checked slowly, and Simon Bozhinoski decided to bet 300,000. Max thought for several minutes, and eventually, a time extension was enforced. Near the end of the countdown, he called with Ax 4x, but it wasn’t enough against his Macedonian opponent’s Jx 9x.
Fotogaléria
Level 24: 15,000 – 30,000 / 30,000, avg. 893,636, ent.: 33/983
Eliminations:
39. Goran Sunjka - 2,400€
40. Jan Frederik Nordly - 2,050€
41. Jakub Janosovsky - 2,050€
42. Patrik Kunik - 2,050€
43. Luc Pierre A. Gillard - 2,050€
44. Kamil Mateusz Szoen - 2,050€
45. Ivan Herz - 2,050€
46. Peter Varga - 2,050€
47. Simon Karl Magnus Forendal - 2,050€
48. Jan Erik Larsen Iversen - 1,800€
49. Jonathan Ross Bannerman - 1,800€
50. Espen Ringstad - 1,800€
51. Klavs Garselis - 1,800€
52. Igor Brimus - 1,800€
53. Itshak Meshomar - 1,800€
54. Patrik Matous - 1,800€
55. Konstantinos Dimadis - 1,800€
56. Grzegorz Jakub Reczko - 1,550€
57. Frank Visser - 1,550€
58. Tomas Svoboda - 1,550€
59. Nik Lay Dimitrov Savov - 1,550€
60. Patrick Maxime S. Jowa - 1,550€
61. Ronen Mordechai - 1,550€
62. Jozsef Hegyi - 1,550€
63. Dimitros Nanos - 1,550€
64. Vladimir Olesovsky - 1,400€
65. Anders Sunde Aashammer - 1,400€
66. Evangelos Argyris - 1,400€
67. Tomas Stvrtecky - 1,400€
68. Salih Zeki Kaya - 1,400€
69. Peter Vigh - 1,400€
70. Heidi Roeneid - 1,400€
71. Koloman Szoke - 1,400€
72. Tamas Sandor Kocsis - 1,400€
73. Matthew Robert Church - 1,400€
74. Lukasz Sajnog - 1,400€
75. Raymond Bertus De Groot - 1,400€
76. Alon Shotland - 1,400€
77. Sergejs Piratovs - 1,400€
78. Bas Wilhelmus Cornelis Johanne De Laat - 1,400€
79. Christoph Hillinger - 1,400€
22:30 Double seat open
Janošovský, Nordly, and Dahlberg got into a preflop all-in. Dahlberg with Ac Jc, and his opponents with pocket nines and Ax Qx, faced elimination as they had smaller stacks. After the board 6d 2c 2s Tc 7c, Halvor Dahlberg knocked out both opponents at once.
22:15 Paťo Kuník eliminated
Meety shoved from the small blind, and Paťo decided to call his short stack from the big blind with As 3s. Matúš revealed Kh 4h, and after the board Th 8h 4s 6h 3x, Matúš completed his flush, sending Paťo out of the tournament.
Level 23: 10,000 – 20,000 / 20,000, avg. 578,235, ent.: 51/983
Break 15 min
21:20 Ringstad holds
Janošovský completed from the small blind, and Ringstad shoved his recently won stack of about 300,000 back into the pot. Jakub folded his cards.
20:50 Joszef Hegyi eliminated
Iversen opened from early position, and Joszef shoved for just under 200,000. No one else joined the hand, and Iversen snap-called with aces. Joszef revealed tens, and after the board Kx 4x 5x Kx 4x, he was eliminated from the tournament.
Level 22: 8,000 – 16,000 / 16,000, avg. 468,095, ent.: 63/983
20:45 Approximate chip counts of the players:
Gabzdil – 900,000
Jan – Erik – 600,000
Janošovský – 300,000
Olešovský – 130,000
Kuník – 400,000
Benkovič – 300,000
Chmela – 250,000
20:15 Argyris in a tough spot
Bozhinoski opened from early position to 26,000, and Argyris 3-bet from the button to 74,000. After three minutes of thinking, Bozhinoski shoved all-in for effectively over 400,000. Argyris thought for a long time, trying to extract some additional information from his opponent, but didn’t learn anything significant. After a few minutes, he folded, and Bozhinoski showed Jx Jx.
Eliminations:
80. John Frederik Watz Lausch - 1,250€
81. Ladislav Varga - 1,250€
82. Pieter Ram - 1,250€
83. Marjan Janicijevic - 1,250€
84. Niko Antti Juhani Nyman - 1,250€
85. Ioannis Triantafyllakis - 1,250€
86. Stefan Hjalti Gardarsson - 1,250€
87. Ville Tapani Hakala - 1,250€
88. Nick Las Fylking Storm Christensen - 1,250€
89. David Urban - 1,250€
90. Athanasios Kechagias - 1,250€
91. Lubomir Pagac - 1,250€
92. Philipp Krieger - 1,250€
93. Oliver Tot - 1,250€
94. Wesley David O'Neill - 1,250€
95. Svein Olav Eidsaeter - 1,250€
96. Andrej Desset - 1,100€
97. Rory Cartwright - 1,100€
98. Ion Juravliov - 1,100€
99. Kenny Burke - 1,100€
100. Bartosz Piesiewicz - 1,100€
101. Piotr Stanislaw Swiatek - 1,100€
102. Tore Andre Pedersen - 1,100€
103. Miklos Banyasz - 1,100€
104. Christos Vettas - 1,100€
105. Miroslav Salaj - 1,100€
106. Oliver Wenzell Gamble - 1,100€
107. Alli Mohmed Mallu - 1,100€
108. Jacek Piotr Kaczmarek - 1,100€
109. Leif Agne Rickard Larsson - 1,100€
110. Daniel Delpos - 1,100€
111. Bulcsu Lukacs - 1,100€
112. Shelley Declan McDermott - 1,100€
113. Dominik Znasik - 1,100€
114. Gerhard Bock - 1,100€
115. Roei Siman Tov - 1,100€
116. Theodore Nils Magnus Sjoeblom - 1,100€
117. Sami Aleksi Pulliainen - 1,100€
118. Zsolt Pentek - 1,100€
119. Aleksandr Ivanov Kassir - 1,100€
120. Stefan Bugar - 1,100€
121. Hrvoje Skarda - 1,100€
122. David Csillik - 1,100€
123. Timo Heikki Koivusalo - 1,100€
124. Andras Matrai - 1,100€
125. Ziga Klopcic - 1,100€
Level 21: 6,000 – 12,000 / 12,000, avg. 403,973, ent.: 73/983
19:50 Dariusz Szoen loses
Dariusz opened to 22,000, and his Dutch opponent a few seats over shoved for 83,000. Dariusz instantly called with Kx Kx, but after the board Ax Jx 7x 2x 6x, his Dutch opponent doubled up with Ax Jx.
19:35 Antonino Karman takes the pot
On the river Th Qs 5c 3h 8h, the pot was around 90,000, and Antonino bet 35,000. Goeltl thought for quite a while but eventually decided to call. Antonino revealed 5h 4h, and Goeltl dejectedly mucked his cards.
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Level 20: 5,000 – 10,000 / 10,000, avg. 373,291, ent.: 79/983
19:00 The Mystery Bounty has started!
The Mystery Bounty with a buy-in of 125€ + 100€ + 25€ and a guarantee of 50,000€ has just kicked off. In the second level, 166 players are competing for the mysterious envelopes!
18:45 Gillard vs. Piloyan
On the flop Js 9s 8d, the pot was around 80,000, and both players checked. The turn Qh brought no action again. On the river 6c, Gillard bet 35,000, and Piloyan folded after some thought.
18:30 Tomáš Svoboda climbs
Nyman opened from early position to 16,000, and only Tomáš called behind. On the flop 9d 6d 4d, Nyman checked, and Svoboda bet 33,000. His opponent folded, and shortly after, this table was broken.
Level 19: 4,000 – 8,000 / 8,000, avg. 268,091, ent.: 110/983
Break 10 min
17:50 After a flurry of seat opens, we are in the money
For a while, nothing happened, but within a single hand, Alin Micula, Aleksandar Zuberovski, Ylva Thorsrud, and Ziga Klopcic were all eliminated, with Klopcic finishing in 125th place.
17:45 Zuberovski eliminated
Aleksandar got into a preflop all-in for 248,000 with Ac Kc against Cristian Bele's pocket tens. After the board Jx 5x 4x 3x 8x, Aleksandar was among the players eliminated.
Gallery:
17:20 Hand-for-hand play begins
Johan Ekdahl has been eliminated, leaving 128 players in the tournament. We are three eliminations away from the bubble bursting.
Level 18: 3,000 – 6,000 / 6,000, avg. 223,409, ent.: 132/983
16:50 Svoboda's c-bet was enough
On the flop Ad 4s 3s, Svoboda bet 16,000 into a pot of just under 30,000. Cartwright decided not to continue.
16:40 Boris eliminated
On the flop Th 4h 6c, Boris bet 50,000 into a pot of about 100,000. Vigh shoved for 195,000, and Reczko folded. Boris called with his remaining 120,000, holding Tc 7s, while Vigh showed 6h 5h. After the turn Ad and river Qh, Boris was eliminated.
Day 2 Livestream:
Payout structure:
1. 77,001€
2. 53,100€
3. 37,600€
4. 27,700€
5. 19,700€
6. 14,600€
7. 11,300€
8. 8,800€
9. 7,000€
10-11. 5,900€
12-13. 5,150€
14-15. 4,400€
16-17. 3,850€
18-23. 3,300€
24-31. 2,750€
32-39. 2,400€
40-47. 2,050€
48-55. 1,800€
56-63. 1,550€
64-79. 1,400€
80-96. 1,250€
97-125. 1,100€
A total of 983 players participated in the Main Event with a 500,000€ guarantee.
Level 17: 2,000 – 5,000 / 5,000, avg. 195,298, ent.: 151/983
Break 40 min
15:25 Andreas Thorvaldsen with an easy double up
Andreas shoved for 14,000 from the button, and Rory Cartwright called with Tx 6x. After the board Jx 7x 2x 4x 9x, Andreas survives.
15:15 This is how it's done!
On the flop Ac 4h 4d, Boris bet 12,000 from early position into a pot of about 25,000. Peter Vigh called instantly. On the turn 3d, Boris continued for 25,000, and Peter called again just as quickly. On the river 8c, Boris bet 65,000, and Vigh called again. Boris revealed 5x 2x for a straight. Vigh did not look particularly thrilled.
15:00 The PLO Freezeout has also started!
In the third level, more than 50 players are seated in the tournament, and late registration is open until 16:10!
Level 16: 2,000 – 4,000 / 4,000, avg. 166,610, ent.: 177/983
14:20 Split pot
Lichvar shoved from the cutoff for about 20,000 with Ax 3x, and Dimitrios called from the big blind with Ax Tx. After the board 6x 6x 7x Kx Kx, they split the pot.
14:00 The current chipleader is likely Boris!
Before the break, Boris informed us that his stack exceeds 500,000.
Level 15: 1,000 – 3,000 / 3,000, avg. 122,365, ent.: 241/983
Late registration is now closed!
Break 15 min
13:25 Peso eliminated
Peso ended up in a preflop all-in with Ax Ax against his opponent's 5x 5x. However, his opponent hit a set on the board, forcing Peso to consider the reentry option if he wants to continue.
13:10 Linda Huber eliminated
On the turn 8s 6d Qh 5c, Dimitrios bet 10,000 into a pot of about 20,000. Wesley folded, and Linda called. On the river 8h, Linda moved her remaining 23,000 across the line, and Dimitrios instantly called with Ax 8x. Linda held Qx Jx and was eliminated from the tournament.
Saturday´s schedule:
Level 14: 1,000 – 2,000 / 2,000, avg. 101,934, ent.: 274/931
12:40 Čeky eliminated after a flip
Čeky moved his starting stack across the line with Ax Kx, and his opponent found pocket nines. After the board Jx Qx Xx Xx Xx, Čeky hit absolutely nothing and is now sprinting—old joints permitting—for a reentry.
Gallery:
12:25 Triantafyllakis vypadáva
Triantafyllakis pushoval 30,000 s Ax 8x a Peter Vigh za ním dorovnal s deviatkami. PO boarde Qx 8x 5x Tx Jx sa tak Triantafyllakis nateraz lúči.
12:15 Makantanis na úvod pripisuje menší pot
Na flope Ad 8d Tc bolo v pote 21?000 a Makantanis betoval 8,000. Madmon aj tretí hráč v hre rýchlo zahodili.
- Level 13: 1,000 – 2,000 / 2,000, avg. 90,000, ent.: 293/881
- Chip counts and seating for Day 2 can be found at the following link: https://bit.ly/4g0kXVR
- The Festival Championship Main Event 500,000€ GTD:
- Buy-in: 500€
- Starting Stack: 30k
- Late reg.: FIRST 2 LEVELS OF D2
- D1 IS PLAYED FOR 12 LVLS
- 5% staff deducted from the prize pool
The end of the year will bring the beloved TheFestival with 500,000€ GTD Main Event!
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