Champions Crowned on Fourth Day at The Festival in Rozvadov
The Festival in Rozvadov is now almost at the half way point. Monday’s action focused on the conclusions of both The Hendon Mob Championship and the H.O.R.S.E.S Mixed Main Event.
€250 The Hendon Mob Championship
The largest ever Hendon Mob Championship was won by Majid Alimoradpour from Iran, who overcame Czech player Marek Soukop after a 3-hour heads battle. It was a serious end to what was a fun event and despite there being an equal deal (€35,250 each, including WSOPE seats) after the first hour of heads up play, they carried on for another two hours for the trophy and the added package of a €2,000 package to The Hendon Mob Championship in Cape Town in November.
Remarkably, this was Majid’s first ever live result, so he will not only earn a Czech flag on his Hendon Mob profile, he will also have to be added to the database.
With a total of 825 entries, this is the biggest edition of The Hendon Mob Championship that has ever been staged, however it missed its €200,000 guarantee by just over €25,000.
Further reports and the final table result can be found on The Festival Series blog.
€550 H.O.R.S.E.S Mixed Games Main Event
Sascha Manns went one better than his second place finish in the 8-Game event, solidly defeating a field of 46 runners to claim the €8,788 first prize and his first ever trophy at The Festival Series in the Mixed Games Main Event, with a H.O.R.S.E.S format, which adds Sviten Special to the usual rotation. Sascha put on a mixed games masterclass and its really not after-timing to say that result was never in doubt. He returned with a below average stack, but soon assumed a chip lead that he would never relinquish.
Mystery Bounty
The second starting flight of the €300 NLH Mystery Bounty with a €100,000 guarantee took place on Monday with 113 players, of which 17 made it through to Day 2. There is a further flight today and final one on Wednesday morning.
Side Events
There were also several side events, including the €125 half Hold’em half PLO, whiuchhad 113 entries and paid out 14 places. It was won by Earde Bearda from Netherlands, who took the most in a four way-deal, €2,607.
Bulgarian Lachezar Angelov Tsenov took the most (€2,839) in another four-way deal to become the €250 PLO Champion. There were 45 entries in total.
The final side event of the day was the €125 Texas Knockout, with a progressive bounty format. It was won by Marcel Luijer from Netherlands, for €2,239, plus bounties
Full Results from all events at The Festival in Rozvadov
Big Fish
Yesterday was also a special day on the hospitality side of things, with a special trip to the Vian oriental restaurant, where over 60 player enjoyed watching how a tuna fish is sliced up..and then ate it. Well, some of it and the rest is being consumed for lunch.
Franke’s Flip Flops
Franke’s Flip Flops continued on Monday, a unique rake free flips challenge. They were extremely popular with almost 50 separate flip tournaments taking place throughout the evening. Franke’s Flips will carry on throughout the week with the last session on Friday. Flip winners receive tournament credit to use at the current series and the player who wins the most flips takes down a €1,600 package to The Festival in Malta. Oliver Kubalek leads the way, having won nine flips yesterday.
