The Festival Main Event 500,000€ GTD Day 1A

The Festival welcomed a total of 54 players in its Flight 1A, with 12 of them advancing to Day 2. After an action-packed day, the chip leader advancing was Iliya Smolko from Israel with a stack of 312,000! The Main Event continues tomorrow with Flight 1B starting at 12:00, and the Hendon Mob Championship resumes with Flight 1C at 13:00. At 17:00, the PLO High Roller kicks off with a €1,100 buy-in and a 25,000€ guarantee.

The Festival offers an incredible variety of games, and the full schedule can be found in the *Tournaments* section! We look forward to seeing you!
Wednesday at Banco Casino will look like this:
Chipcounts 1A:
21:00 Last three hands of Flight 1A!

Players drew for the last three hands, just as Martin Bartoš predicted. After these hands, all players will advance to Day 2!

20:55 Brimus takes it

On the turn 7x 2x 4x Tx, the pot was 17,500, and Igor bet 6,000. Ilya decided to raise to 12,000. Igor called, and both checked on the river Xx. Igor revealed Ax Tx, which was enough to win the pot.

20:40 C-bet sufficient

In the final level, nobody seemed too eager for action, resulting in fewer flops. In one of the last hands, Erik bet 15,000 on the flop Tx 6x 5x into a pot of about 25,000. His opponent folded.
Level 12: 1,000 – 2,000 / 2,000, avg. 124,615, ent.: 13/54

19:45 Bengt Aaslund eliminated

Sjoeblom opened to 5,000, and Bengt decided to raise to 25,000. He had a few thousand left behind, and Sjoeblom went all in with Qx Qx. Bengt called with Ax Kx, but after a blank board, he was eliminated from the tournament.
Level 11: 800 – 1,600 / 1,600, avg. 77,143, ent:: 21/54

Livestream:

19:30 Ilya Smolko succeeds

On the turn Kc 2h Ts 3c, the pot was around 13,000, and Ilya bet 8,500. Bart Felius called, and on the river Td, Ilya checked. Bart checked back, and Ilya reluctantly revealed Kx Kx. Bart laughed as he mucked his cards.
Level 10: 600 – 1,200 / 1,200, avg. 62,308, ent.: 26/54
Break 15 min

18:45 Turn bet

On the turn Ax 8x 5x Qx, the pot was about 11,000, and Peter bet 8,000. Both of his opponents folded with a heavy sigh.

18:30 Benkovič, Bartoš, and Brimus in play

Out of the four Slovak representatives, three are seated next to each other, promising plenty of exciting action.
Level 8: 400 – 800 / 800, avg. 50,000, ent.: 30/50
Fotogaléria

17:20 Rejam

A player from EP opened to 1,800, and there were two calls following. However, Koprda from the blinds declared all in for 23,000, and all of his opponents slowly folded.
Level 7: 300 – 600 / 600, avg. 49,000, ent.: 30/49
Break 30 min

16:25 Loof all in

On the river 7d 6d 2c 9c 7c, the pot was over 20,000, and Loof pushed about 15,000. Thomas Werdenich didn’t seem too excited and folded his cards after a long pause.

16:10 Pavol Koprda eliminated

On the river 7c 8s Td 2c 6d, the pot was over 30,000, and Frank Visser declared all in. Koprda had about 50,000 behind and thought for about three minutes. Eventually, he decided to bluff-catch with his Kx Tx, but Visser turned over Jx 9x and eliminated his opponent.
Level 6: 200 – 500 / 500, avg. 40,909, ent.: 33/45

15:40 An even faster pot

Rattya opened to 1,100, and Ingela Charlez called. On the flop 2s 5s 8d, Jarri continued for 1,100 and was instantly called. On the turn Qh, Jarri bet 3,500, and Ingela immediately pushed her remaining 10,000 or so over the line. Rattya folded even faster. After the hand, Ingela showed him Ks Qs.

15:20 A quick pot

Sjoeblom opened to 1,000 from MP, and Quinlan called behind. On the flop Kh Qh 8c, both checked. On the turn Js, Sjoeblom bet 2,000, and Quinlan quickly folded sevens.
Level 5: 200 – 400 / 400, avg. 39,091, ent.: 33/43
Gallery:

14:50 C-bet was enough

On the flop Kx Jx 8x, the pot was about 4,000, and Jens decided to bet 2,500. Both of his opponents folded their cards.
Level 4: 100 – 300 / 300, avg. 35,806, ent.: 31/37
Break 15 min

14:00 Ilyia Smolko victorious

Ilya opened to 500 from EP, Quinlan and Stroulis called. On the flop Kc 9c 4h, Ilya continued for 500, and only Quinlan called. On the turn 8s, Ilya bet 2,500, but received no call, taking the pot.

13:40 Peder Behr double up

After an unsuccessful hand, Peder pushed his remaining 900 over the line. Sjoeblom called with eights, while Peder showed Ax Kx. After the board 6x Qx 9x 5x Kx, he doesn’t need to go for a reentry yet.
Level 3: 100 – 200 / 200, avg. 31,935, ent.: 31/33

13:15 Torres Vs. Scott

On the river Qs Js 4s Kh 8d, the pot was 1,800, and Torres bet 700. Ashley Scott decided to raise to 3,000, which was instantly called. Scott held a set of eights, but Torres takes the pot with Ah Th.
Tuesday schedule:
Level 2: 100 – 100 / 100, avg. 31,200, ent.: 25/26

12:40 Michel Siereveld is eliminated

On the flop 4c 7d Td, there was about 7,000 in the pot, and an additional 27,000 was pushed over the line by both Siereveld and Scherman. Siereveld held Ad 4d, and Scherman revealed Qx Qx. After the turn 9c 2c, Scherman eliminates his opponent.

12:20 Entered the tournament in the first level

Gundersen, Smith, Koprda, Burke, Scherman, and others

Level 1: 100 – 100, avg. 30,000, ent.: 23/23
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