2025 The Festival Rozvadov – Cash Game Challenge

Times up! Two hours have now passed, and the Texas €1/€2 game is over. The winner is Szymon Politowski, who turned a 367,5 Big Blind profit.

Let’s throw in some more results from side events. The €125 Crazy Pineapple attracted 111 entries, and that culminated in a €11,655 prize pool. Jordy Engelen was the penultimate winner, defeating Anders Beckman Heads-up.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Jordy Engelen	Netherlands	€2,999
2	Anders Beckman	Sweden	€2,063
3	“UNAVENEJ”	Czech Republic	€1,352
4	“ZONQ”	Germany	€1,096
5	Piotr Bukowski	Poland	€880
6	Vasilis Nikolas	Sweden	€688
7	“PECHEUR”	Netherlands	€542
8	Leslie Smith	United Kingdom	€414
9	“Benji Altun”	Germany	€303
10	Michael Doverklint	Sweden	€245
11	“chiKKita banAAna”	Israel	€245
12	Krzysztof Kordus	Poland	€216
13	Moreno Rutten	Netherlands	€216
14	Maciej Kondraszuk	Poland	€198
15	Daniel Koch	Germany	€198

It’s Friday night; it’s not a boring cash game table we have at our hands, folks. We just joined the action on two boards with €800 in the middle.

Board 1: 5♣6♦Q♥J♣2♦
Board 2: 7♠A♦K♠6♣9♥

On the river, it was a three-way all-in clash between David Vesely (€1,400), Mr. X (€600), and Szymon Politowski (€1,400).

David Vesely: Q♠4♠Q♦9♠7♦
Mr. X: A♠A♥4♥3♥8♣
Szymon Politowski: A♣Q♣3♣8♠5♦

Mr. X and Politowski had a straight on one board each, and such, they split the pot between them two.

A new player, “Mr. X”, has joined the now 7-handed table. He was just faced with a tough decision on a 6♠7♦9♦2♠4♠ board. With €340 in the middle, Richard Koppel moved all in for €760. Mr. X spent perhaps three minutes in the tank before folding.

As the dealer pushed the chips the way of Koppel, he smiled and turned over K♣10♠ for a successful bluff.

Let’s take a quick break from the Cash Game Challenge and deliver the results from the €250 Mystery Bounty. It was two women who answered for the biggest feats during this popular tournament, which attracted 570 entries. Player “Silva”, who finished third, claimed the top €11,000 bounty, and one of the two €6,000 ones.

The ultimate winner of the tournament, however, was Mariya Todorova. Below are the full results from the tournament, not including bounties.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Mariya Todorova	Bulgaria	€11,250
2	Mikhail Zaitsev	Russia	€7,600
3	“Silva”	Germany	€5,100
4	Rene Dreismann	Germany	€4,000
5	“BLACKROCK”	Germany	€3,700
6	“Mann vom Mond”	Germany	€2,475
7	Stephan Bloch	Germany	€1,875
8	Luke Nieuwenhuis	Netherlands	€1,300
9	Oleh Khimich	Ukraine	€1,020
10	Bechara Koyess	Lebanon	€1,095
11	Yahav Zafrani	Israel	€845
12	Ihor Yaromenko	Ukraine	€725
13	“Tsunami- Hueseyin”	Germany	€725
14	Ahmad Aslami	Afghanistan	€1,180
15	Marc Hunter	United Kingdom	€1,180
16	“Allen”	Romania	€1,115
17	Eden Vaturi	Israel	€565
18	Mario Nobile	Italy	€500
19	Kare Hallamaa	Finland	€500
20	Renaud Cellini	France	€500
21	Toni Vuolle	Finland	€440
22	Arthur Gerber	Germany	€440
23	“Ali Fazeli”	United States	€990
24	Pel Nieuwenhuis	Netherlands	€385
25	Borgki Biba	Greecce	€385
26	Johannes Goossens	Netherlands	€385
27	“Mr X”	Germany	€385
28	Urmas Lepik	Estonia	€335
29	Jordy Engelen	Netherlands	€335
30	“SZBURATORUL”	Romania	€335
31	Rasmus Lundström	Finland	€335
32	Jeroen Aarts	Netherlands	€335
33	“KAZERO”	France	€335
34	Roy Yammine	Lebanon	€335
35	Erik Polluveer	Estonia	€335
36	“BL”	Turkey	€290
37	Chiara Crescimone	Italy	€290
38	Alexandru Tomuta	Germany	€290
39	Marek Mleczko	Poland	€290
40	“King of Kings”	Switzerland	€290
41	Andreas Sauter	Germany	€290
42	Frank D.	Germany	€290
43	Ulrich Imbach	France	€290
44	“Stefooo”	Austria	€290
45	Andreas Burger	Germany	€250
46	Chasan Koula	Greece	€250
47	Roberto Agus	Italy	€250
48	Moreno Rutten	Netherlands	€250
49	“Fex”	Netherlands	€250
50	Vladyslav Pohribnyi	Ukraine	€250
51	Leslie Smith	United Kingdom	€250
52	Stevan Gvozdenovic	Montenegro	€250
53	“PistolePete”	Germany	€250
54	Maartens Mol	Netherlands	€250
55	“2 tref”	Croatia	€250
56	“Karlovarský Král”	Zcech Republic	€250
57	Tommy Alm	Sweden	€250
58	Firoz Kadirbaks	Netherlands	€250
59	Ilan Sarusi	United Kingdom	€250
60	Tiago Santos Martins	Portugal	€250
61	Andreas Raecke	Germany	€250
62	Adrian Michalak	Poland	€250
63	Rachiki Rabie	Belgium	€250
64	Mourad Tounnouti	Netherlands	€250
65	Stylianos Papantoniou	Cyprus	€250
66	Mitchel Blaauw	Netherlands	€250
67	Andriy Berezyak	Ukraine	€250
68	Marcel Sircely	Austria	€250
69	Christophe Rodriguez	France	€250
70	Victor Gil Den Houting	Spain	€250
71	Laszlo Vincze	Hungary	€250

The game is now six-handed. Martin Zlatný sat down in seat 37-6 with €1,082, and Juras Sosovicka took seat 37-1 with an initial buy-in of €1,300.

During one of the earlier hands of the game, Richard Koppel straddled to €5. Action folded to David Vesely, who raised to €15 from the Big Blind. Koppel made the call.

Both players checked the 4♠6♥3♦ flop. Vesely checked again on the A♥ turn, prior to Koppel betting €50. Vesely made the call.

The river was the 7♥. Vesely checked, and Koppel now sized up to €150. Vesely made the call fairly quickly.

Richard Koppel: A♣7♦
David Vesely: 7♠7♣

Quite an action card on the turn, which saw Vesely taking a solid lead in the session.

A little later than expected, but the first session of tonight’s Cash Game Challenge is now starting. From the get-go, for players are in the mix. They agreed to lower the stakes from €5/€5 to €1/€2; the game this session is still Texas NLH, and PLO €5/€5 will follow.

After a two-day hiatus, it’s time for the final two Cash Game Challenge sessions during the 2025 Festival Rozvadov. The one who profits the most Big Blinds during today’s two sessions combined will secure the final spot to Sunday’s Flip Shootout, where the winner walks away with a €1,600 package that can be used for the upcoming The Festival stop.

While tonight’s sessions won’t be live-streamed, poker.pro will cover all the action live here on the blog. Just as has been the case for the earlier sessions, each sitting is two hours long. If you’re on-site and intrigued to participate in the Cash Game Challenge, head over to the cash game desk in order to put your name on the list.

Cash Game Challenge June 13 – Schedule

After his flush-over-flush hand against Luke Nieuwenhuis, Taavi Pusa had a lead that no one could reach. With a 566,5 Big Blind profit, he won today’s Cash Game Challenge and receives a ticket to Sunday’s Flip Shootout, where he hopes to get lucky and win the €1,600 package.

Reinhard Faltejsek came in second place, with a 368 Big Blind profit.

We joined the action when the board read J♣4♦7♦K♠9♦ with roughly €220 in the middle. Taavi Pusa went all in for €597, and Luke Nieuwenhuis made the call.

Taavi Pusa: A♦6♦
Luke Nieuwenhuis: K♦5♦

A brutal scenario for Nieuqenhuis. The pot went the way of Pusa, who probably has a solid lead with just a few hands to go.

UTG+1, Stefan Schrittwieser opened to €10. Action folded to Reinhard Faltejsek on the Button, who raised to €35. Schrittwieser made the call.

The continuation bet from Faltejsek on the 2♠10♦5♣ flop was €30. Within seconds, Schrittwieser put in a raise to €105. Faltejsek made the call.

On the 6♠ turn, Schrittwieser bet €210. After a minute’s worth of consideration, Faltejsek went all in for €520. Schrittwieser looked visibly uncomfortable, and after some time, he decided to fold.

Tony Vuolle opened to €6 from the Cut-off. Victor Den Houting made it €20 from the Button, before Taavi Pusa 4-bet to €60 from the Small Blind. Vuolle folded quickly, before Den Houting made the call.

Pusa continued for €50 on the 4♣5♠J♣ flop. Den Houting wasn’t going anywhere and threw in two green €25 for the call.

Pusa sized up to €100 on the 3♦ turn. After a minute or two, Den Houting made the call. Action went check-check on the 10♦ river.

Pusa turned over A♥4♥, which was deemed the winning hand.

Tony Vuolle opened to €6 on the Button. Seated in the Small Blind, Victor Den Houting was the sole caller.

First to act, Den Houting checked on J♣5♦2♣, and Vuolle continued for €5. Den Houting made the call, and the turn came the 2♠. Den Houting checked again and Vuolle now sized up to €40. Again, Vuolle made the call.

Den Houting completed the check trifecta as the river came 8♠. After a minute’s worth of consideration, Vuolle bet €150. Den Houting inspected his opponent’s stack and body language for quite some time before he decided to fold.

Victor Den Houting has three-bet the last three consecutive hands. Is it a good run of cards, or is he on a mission to be the aggressive player at the table?

From the Cut-off, Victor Den Houting opened to €7. Stefan Schrittwieser called from the Small Blind, and the two of them were heads-up to the flop.

Schrittwieser check-called the €5 bet from Den Houting on the 2♦6♦K♥ flop. Schrittwieser checked again on the 2♥ turn, and Den Houting now bet €30. Again, Schrittwieser chose to make the call.

Both players checked the 3♠ river. Schrittwieser turned over 5♠5♦, which was enough to take down the pot.

Before poker.pro gets deep into the action of tonight’s Cash Game Challenge, yesterday’s €250 Sviten Special tournament deserves its fifteen minutes of fame in the live blog.

61 total entries created a €12,810 prize pool. Nine players made it into the money, and Finland’s Toomas Maekikokko was eventually crowned the winner. Heads-up, he made a deal with Netherlands’ Johannes Goossens, and they both got an equal big slice of the cake.

€250 Sviten Special – Full Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Toomas Maekikokko	Finland	€3,990
2	Johannes Goossens	Netherlands	€2,539
3	Roei Yamin	Israel	€1,703
4	Pere Pastor	Spain	€1,207
5	Roman Ivasyshyn	Ukraine	€907
6	Robert Oskar Mikael Relander	Finland	€724
7	Ville Tapani Hakala	Finland	€618
8	Yurii Rassamakin	Ukraine	€561
9	Magnus Per Nilsson	Sweden	€561

The six players who are set to participate in tonight’s Cash Game Challenge are now taking their seats. The evening was supposed to kick off with the €2/€2 PLO game at 20:00, but the scheduled players were still alive in different tournaments.

These are the competitors set to participate in tonight’s action:

Table-Seat	Player	Country	Initial Buy-in
37-1	Luke Nieuwenhuis	Netherlands	€1,100
37-2	Reinhard Faltejsek	Austria	€500
37-3	Tony Vuolle	Finland	€500
37-4	Victor Gil Den Houting	Spain	€1,500
37-5	Taavi Pusa	Estonia	€430
37-6
37-7	Stefan Schrittwieser	Austria	€960
37-8

If you’re not sure what the Cash Game Challenge is all about, you can read up on it in the recap from yesterday’s session.

With the €150 THMC being concluded, the primary focus of poker.pro for the remainder of the 2025 Festival Rozvadov is the Cash Game Challenge. Sessions three and four of the segment were played yesterday (June 9), and it’s safe to say that one particular player dominated both sessions.

What is the Cash Game Challenge?

Before getting into the recap of yesterday’s action, though, let’s do a quick summary of what the Cash Game Challenge actually is and what’s up for grabs for the winner.

During four days – June 8, 9, 10, and 13 – there are two Cash Game Challenge sessions a day. Each session is two hours, and the goal is to be the player who profits the most Big Blinds during one day (i.e., both sessions combined).

Cash Game Challenge – Full Schedule

With this concept, the Cash Game Challenge will most likely have four winners (one winner each day). All winners will be entitled to participate in the exclusive Flip Shootout on Sunday, June 15, at 13:30. Here, they will compete for a €1,600 package to the upcoming the 2025 Festival Malta.

Volkats’ Bulldozer Session

As previously mentioned, sessions three and four of the Cash Game Challenge were played on June 9, and the first game on the schedule was PLO €2/€2. The eight players took their seats, bought in for their preferred amount, and the game was on.

The first big hand of the session played out roughly 30 minutes in. Dennis Kolbueken kicked things off with a Mississippi Straddle from the Button to €5. Diamond Gallow (Small Blind), Balint Jagadics (UTG), Daddy Cool (TG+1), and Helman Volkats (Hi-jack) all made the call before Chikkita raised to €37 from the Cut-off. Diamond and Volkats both made the call.

Action was checked to Chikkita on the4♠6♠A♠ flop, who continued for €75. Diamond folded, while Volkats made the call. On the 2♥ turn, Chikkita bet €278, and was instantly called by Volkats. “You have the nuts? I have second nuts,” Chikkita asked his opponent as the dealer dealt the 6♣ river. Volkats bet 65 to force Chikkita all in, and the call was made.

Chikkita: A♣Q♠3♣2♠
Helman Volkats: A♥K♠10♠6♥

Indeed, it was nuts versus second nuts, and the. Volkats took a solid lead as Chikkita re-bought for €460.

One who wasn’t running as hot as Volkats during the game was poker.pro CEO Jason Glatzer. On a 8♦K♣3♥9♣ board with €110 in the middle, he went all in for €105. Gallow made the call.

Jason Glatzer: K♠K♦5♦4♣
Diamond Gallow: J♥10♦9♦2♦

The players decided to run the river twice, and even though being a 70 % favorite, Glatzer lost both runouts, as the river cards were 7♠ and Q♥. Glatzer rebought for €200.

Just a couple of minutes later, Chikkita and Volkats clashed all in again. The board read 8♦9♥3♦5♥, and after a €62 bet from Chikkita, Volkats forced his opponent all in for an additional 507. Chikkita snap-called.

Helman Volkats: K♠K♥7♦6♥
Chikkita: 7♥6♠3♣2♥

The 8♥ on the river gave Volkats the superior flush, and at this point, roughly halfway into the PLO session, he had a lead that would be very difficult for any of the other players to tie.

Chikkita wasn’t done yet, though, and re-bought for €1,000. Together with Gallow and Michael Teplitski, he was soon part of a three-way all in on a 8♠5♠J♥ flop. With €1,764 in the middle, this was the biggest pot of the session.

Michael Teplitski: J♦10♥8♣7♦
Chikkita: A♠J♣7♠5♥
Diamond Gallow: 10♠9♥7♣2♥

The 7♥2♠ runout secured Chikkita the win, and he reduced his previous losses against Volkats.

There were a couple of more interesting hands during the PLO session; a replay of the full session can be watched here.

PLO €2/€2 June 9 – Full Results

Place	Player	Country	Initial Buy-in	Rebuy	Cumulative Winnings
1	Helman Volkats	Israel	€510	No	Up, €1,195
2	Dennis Kolbueken	Germany	€400	€300	Up, €486
3	Balint Jagadics	Hungary	€275	No	Up, €15
4	Jason Glatzer	Lithuania	€200	€200	Down, €81
5	Chikkita	Czech Republic	€500	€460, €1,000	Down, €173
6	DadyCool	Germany	€280	€400	Down, €264
7	Michael Teplitski	Israel	€440	€590	Down, €539
8	Diamond Gallow	USA	€500	€250	Down, €639

Moving on to Texas

In terms of highlights, the following €1/€ Texas NLH session didn’t live up to the standard set by the PLO. Volkats and Teplitski were the only two players who participated in both the PLO and the Texas sessions.

Arguably, the most exciting hand of the session was when the board read 8♦7♥6♦2♠K♦, with €192 in the pot. Daniel had barreled the turn, and now proceeded with a €90 bet on the river. After a few minute’s worth of consideration, Teplitski made the call.

Daniel: A♣5♣
Michael Teplitski: A♠Q♥

An impressive hero call by Teplitski during the later stages of the session, which secured him a profit in the sessions, reducing his losses from the PLO.

Texas €1/€2 June 9 – Full Results

Place	Player	Country	Initial Buy-in	Rebuy	Cumulative Winnings
1	Helman Volkats	Israel	€1,707	No	Up, €335
2	Michael Teplitski	Israel	€492	No	Up, €250
3	Victor	Spain	€1,200	No	Up, €179
4	Roland Boothby	United Kingdom	€500	No	Up, €161
5	Kirshbluff	Israel	€500	No	Down, €36
6	Christoffer Karlén	Sweden	€300	No	Down, €106
7	Presian	Bulgaria	€525	No	Down, €326
8	Daniel	United Kingdom	€400	Yes	Down, €457

All in all, there was no doubt about it: Volkats was the winner of the second day of the Cash Game Challenge. He is the second player to secure a seat in Sunday’s Flip Shootout final, after X was the most profitable player on June 8.

For those who want to participate in the Cash Game Challenge, head on over to the cash game registration desk at King’s Resort and sign up.

For those who aren’t following the Cash Game Challenge stream, a recap of all action will come on June 10, with some of the highlighted hands and, of course, full results. Perhaps the CEO of poker.pro, Jason Glatzer will even give some comments, as he is one of the players currently in the €2/€2 PLO game.

During the 2025 Festival Rozvadov, there is a Player of the Series. The concept is simple: the deeper you get in a tournament, the more points you get. The winner gets a package for the next The Festival event valued at €1,600. You can read everything you need to know about the Player of the Series by clicking here.

The current standings are as follows (keep in mind that today’s events, June 9, are not yet recognized).

Even though there’s still another week of poker fun at King’s Resort, it’s never too early to start the hype for upcoming The Festival events.

September 12-21, The Festival Malta will be held at the Portomaso Casino. Between September 14-17, the €250 THMC will be held. With three initial Day 1 flights, it’s going to be yet another successful collaboration between the two poker entities that are The Festival and The Hendon Mob.

€150 THMC Schedule for the 2025 Festival Malta

After the €2/€2 Omaha Cash Game Challenge concludes, there will be a small break before the game changes to €2/€2 Texas NL. Again, all action can be watched live on the stream. Tomorrow, June 10, recaps, highlights and results will be posted for both the Omaha and the Texas Cash Game Challenge.

Don’t forget that you can watch the Cash Game Challenge live on the King’s Resort YouTube channel. Follow the link below to take part of all the action.

Again, there’s a lot happening now at King’s Resort that is worth to highlight. The €250 Sviten Special event is a tournament that is appealing to many Mixed Games lovers. Joakim Olin (on the above picture) is one of the Scandinavians currently in the mix, and the founding father of The Festival, Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk, is another one. We had a quick chat with Franke about the game that is Sviten Special.

“Sviten Special was invented by Anders “Bengan” Bengtsson,” Franke tells us. “At The Festival, we have a Mixed Games Main Event, the €550 H.O.R.S.E.S, which is H.O.R.S.E, but with Sviten Special added as a sixth game.”

There is another Mixed Game that reminds of Sviten Special, called Drawmaha. The difference is that in Drawmaha, there is no “one open discard feature” and you also burn a card in Drawmaha.

If you’re interested in how Sviten Special is played, The Festival has shared a tutorial where they walk through the rules. It can be watched on The Festival’s FaceBook page.

The poker.pro live reporting team will visit the Cash Game Challenge from time to time, but there’s so much more going on at the 2025 Festival Rozvadov that needs to be highlighted.

The sunshine story of the event so far is Horst Guenther Boeschen. We’re only on the fourth day of the Festival, and the German has already captured two titles. He kicked things off by winning the €150 PLO Championship on Friday, June 6, and today, he won the €125 Short Deck Bounty event for €2,189.

It’s safe to say Boeschen is having a good visit at the 2025 Festival Rozvadov so far!

The Cash Game Challenge – which runs basically every night during the event – is one of the highlights of the 2025 Festival Rozvadov. Today, two sessions will be played, and the first one just started. It’s an Omaha €2/€2 game that will last for two hours, and the goal is to be the players who wins the most Big Blinds during this period of time.

These are the players in the game, and the amount that they bought in for.

Times up! Two hours have now passed, and the Texas €1/€2 game is over. The winner is Szymon Politowski, who turned a 367,5 Big Blind profit.

Let’s throw in some more results from side events. The €125 Crazy Pineapple attracted 111 entries, and that culminated in a €11,655 prize pool. Jordy Engelen was the penultimate winner, defeating Anders Beckman Heads-up.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Jordy Engelen	Netherlands	€2,999
2	Anders Beckman	Sweden	€2,063
3	“UNAVENEJ”	Czech Republic	€1,352
4	“ZONQ”	Germany	€1,096
5	Piotr Bukowski	Poland	€880
6	Vasilis Nikolas	Sweden	€688
7	“PECHEUR”	Netherlands	€542
8	Leslie Smith	United Kingdom	€414
9	“Benji Altun”	Germany	€303
10	Michael Doverklint	Sweden	€245
11	“chiKKita banAAna”	Israel	€245
12	Krzysztof Kordus	Poland	€216
13	Moreno Rutten	Netherlands	€216
14	Maciej Kondraszuk	Poland	€198
15	Daniel Koch	Germany	€198

It’s Friday night; it’s not a boring cash game table we have at our hands, folks. We just joined the action on two boards with €800 in the middle.

Board 1: 5♣6♦Q♥J♣2♦
Board 2: 7♠A♦K♠6♣9♥

On the river, it was a three-way all-in clash between David Vesely (€1,400), Mr. X (€600), and Szymon Politowski (€1,400).

David Vesely: Q♠4♠Q♦9♠7♦
Mr. X: A♠A♥4♥3♥8♣
Szymon Politowski: A♣Q♣3♣8♠5♦

Mr. X and Politowski had a straight on one board each, and such, they split the pot between them two.

A new player, “Mr. X”, has joined the now 7-handed table. He was just faced with a tough decision on a 6♠7♦9♦2♠4♠ board. With €340 in the middle, Richard Koppel moved all in for €760. Mr. X spent perhaps three minutes in the tank before folding.

As the dealer pushed the chips the way of Koppel, he smiled and turned over K♣10♠ for a successful bluff.

Let’s take a quick break from the Cash Game Challenge and deliver the results from the €250 Mystery Bounty. It was two women who answered for the biggest feats during this popular tournament, which attracted 570 entries. Player “Silva”, who finished third, claimed the top €11,000 bounty, and one of the two €6,000 ones.

The ultimate winner of the tournament, however, was Mariya Todorova. Below are the full results from the tournament, not including bounties.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Mariya Todorova	Bulgaria	€11,250
2	Mikhail Zaitsev	Russia	€7,600
3	“Silva”	Germany	€5,100
4	Rene Dreismann	Germany	€4,000
5	“BLACKROCK”	Germany	€3,700
6	“Mann vom Mond”	Germany	€2,475
7	Stephan Bloch	Germany	€1,875
8	Luke Nieuwenhuis	Netherlands	€1,300
9	Oleh Khimich	Ukraine	€1,020
10	Bechara Koyess	Lebanon	€1,095
11	Yahav Zafrani	Israel	€845
12	Ihor Yaromenko	Ukraine	€725
13	“Tsunami- Hueseyin”	Germany	€725
14	Ahmad Aslami	Afghanistan	€1,180
15	Marc Hunter	United Kingdom	€1,180
16	“Allen”	Romania	€1,115
17	Eden Vaturi	Israel	€565
18	Mario Nobile	Italy	€500
19	Kare Hallamaa	Finland	€500
20	Renaud Cellini	France	€500
21	Toni Vuolle	Finland	€440
22	Arthur Gerber	Germany	€440
23	“Ali Fazeli”	United States	€990
24	Pel Nieuwenhuis	Netherlands	€385
25	Borgki Biba	Greecce	€385
26	Johannes Goossens	Netherlands	€385
27	“Mr X”	Germany	€385
28	Urmas Lepik	Estonia	€335
29	Jordy Engelen	Netherlands	€335
30	“SZBURATORUL”	Romania	€335
31	Rasmus Lundström	Finland	€335
32	Jeroen Aarts	Netherlands	€335
33	“KAZERO”	France	€335
34	Roy Yammine	Lebanon	€335
35	Erik Polluveer	Estonia	€335
36	“BL”	Turkey	€290
37	Chiara Crescimone	Italy	€290
38	Alexandru Tomuta	Germany	€290
39	Marek Mleczko	Poland	€290
40	“King of Kings”	Switzerland	€290
41	Andreas Sauter	Germany	€290
42	Frank D.	Germany	€290
43	Ulrich Imbach	France	€290
44	“Stefooo”	Austria	€290
45	Andreas Burger	Germany	€250
46	Chasan Koula	Greece	€250
47	Roberto Agus	Italy	€250
48	Moreno Rutten	Netherlands	€250
49	“Fex”	Netherlands	€250
50	Vladyslav Pohribnyi	Ukraine	€250
51	Leslie Smith	United Kingdom	€250
52	Stevan Gvozdenovic	Montenegro	€250
53	“PistolePete”	Germany	€250
54	Maartens Mol	Netherlands	€250
55	“2 tref”	Croatia	€250
56	“Karlovarský Král”	Zcech Republic	€250
57	Tommy Alm	Sweden	€250
58	Firoz Kadirbaks	Netherlands	€250
59	Ilan Sarusi	United Kingdom	€250
60	Tiago Santos Martins	Portugal	€250
61	Andreas Raecke	Germany	€250
62	Adrian Michalak	Poland	€250
63	Rachiki Rabie	Belgium	€250
64	Mourad Tounnouti	Netherlands	€250
65	Stylianos Papantoniou	Cyprus	€250
66	Mitchel Blaauw	Netherlands	€250
67	Andriy Berezyak	Ukraine	€250
68	Marcel Sircely	Austria	€250
69	Christophe Rodriguez	France	€250
70	Victor Gil Den Houting	Spain	€250
71	Laszlo Vincze	Hungary	€250

The game is now six-handed. Martin Zlatný sat down in seat 37-6 with €1,082, and Juras Sosovicka took seat 37-1 with an initial buy-in of €1,300.

During one of the earlier hands of the game, Richard Koppel straddled to €5. Action folded to David Vesely, who raised to €15 from the Big Blind. Koppel made the call.

Both players checked the 4♠6♥3♦ flop. Vesely checked again on the A♥ turn, prior to Koppel betting €50. Vesely made the call.

The river was the 7♥. Vesely checked, and Koppel now sized up to €150. Vesely made the call fairly quickly.

Richard Koppel: A♣7♦
David Vesely: 7♠7♣

Quite an action card on the turn, which saw Vesely taking a solid lead in the session.

A little later than expected, but the first session of tonight’s Cash Game Challenge is now starting. From the get-go, for players are in the mix. They agreed to lower the stakes from €5/€5 to €1/€2; the game this session is still Texas NLH, and PLO €5/€5 will follow.

After a two-day hiatus, it’s time for the final two Cash Game Challenge sessions during the 2025 Festival Rozvadov. The one who profits the most Big Blinds during today’s two sessions combined will secure the final spot to Sunday’s Flip Shootout, where the winner walks away with a €1,600 package that can be used for the upcoming The Festival stop.

While tonight’s sessions won’t be live-streamed, poker.pro will cover all the action live here on the blog. Just as has been the case for the earlier sessions, each sitting is two hours long. If you’re on-site and intrigued to participate in the Cash Game Challenge, head over to the cash game desk in order to put your name on the list.

Cash Game Challenge June 13 – Schedule

After his flush-over-flush hand against Luke Nieuwenhuis, Taavi Pusa had a lead that no one could reach. With a 566,5 Big Blind profit, he won today’s Cash Game Challenge and receives a ticket to Sunday’s Flip Shootout, where he hopes to get lucky and win the €1,600 package.

Reinhard Faltejsek came in second place, with a 368 Big Blind profit.

We joined the action when the board read J♣4♦7♦K♠9♦ with roughly €220 in the middle. Taavi Pusa went all in for €597, and Luke Nieuwenhuis made the call.

Taavi Pusa: A♦6♦
Luke Nieuwenhuis: K♦5♦

A brutal scenario for Nieuqenhuis. The pot went the way of Pusa, who probably has a solid lead with just a few hands to go.

UTG+1, Stefan Schrittwieser opened to €10. Action folded to Reinhard Faltejsek on the Button, who raised to €35. Schrittwieser made the call.

The continuation bet from Faltejsek on the 2♠10♦5♣ flop was €30. Within seconds, Schrittwieser put in a raise to €105. Faltejsek made the call.

On the 6♠ turn, Schrittwieser bet €210. After a minute’s worth of consideration, Faltejsek went all in for €520. Schrittwieser looked visibly uncomfortable, and after some time, he decided to fold.

Tony Vuolle opened to €6 from the Cut-off. Victor Den Houting made it €20 from the Button, before Taavi Pusa 4-bet to €60 from the Small Blind. Vuolle folded quickly, before Den Houting made the call.

Pusa continued for €50 on the 4♣5♠J♣ flop. Den Houting wasn’t going anywhere and threw in two green €25 for the call.

Pusa sized up to €100 on the 3♦ turn. After a minute or two, Den Houting made the call. Action went check-check on the 10♦ river.

Pusa turned over A♥4♥, which was deemed the winning hand.

Tony Vuolle opened to €6 on the Button. Seated in the Small Blind, Victor Den Houting was the sole caller.

First to act, Den Houting checked on J♣5♦2♣, and Vuolle continued for €5. Den Houting made the call, and the turn came the 2♠. Den Houting checked again and Vuolle now sized up to €40. Again, Vuolle made the call.

Den Houting completed the check trifecta as the river came 8♠. After a minute’s worth of consideration, Vuolle bet €150. Den Houting inspected his opponent’s stack and body language for quite some time before he decided to fold.

Victor Den Houting has three-bet the last three consecutive hands. Is it a good run of cards, or is he on a mission to be the aggressive player at the table?

From the Cut-off, Victor Den Houting opened to €7. Stefan Schrittwieser called from the Small Blind, and the two of them were heads-up to the flop.

Schrittwieser check-called the €5 bet from Den Houting on the 2♦6♦K♥ flop. Schrittwieser checked again on the 2♥ turn, and Den Houting now bet €30. Again, Schrittwieser chose to make the call.

Both players checked the 3♠ river. Schrittwieser turned over 5♠5♦, which was enough to take down the pot.

Before poker.pro gets deep into the action of tonight’s Cash Game Challenge, yesterday’s €250 Sviten Special tournament deserves its fifteen minutes of fame in the live blog.

61 total entries created a €12,810 prize pool. Nine players made it into the money, and Finland’s Toomas Maekikokko was eventually crowned the winner. Heads-up, he made a deal with Netherlands’ Johannes Goossens, and they both got an equal big slice of the cake.

€250 Sviten Special – Full Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Toomas Maekikokko	Finland	€3,990
2	Johannes Goossens	Netherlands	€2,539
3	Roei Yamin	Israel	€1,703
4	Pere Pastor	Spain	€1,207
5	Roman Ivasyshyn	Ukraine	€907
6	Robert Oskar Mikael Relander	Finland	€724
7	Ville Tapani Hakala	Finland	€618
8	Yurii Rassamakin	Ukraine	€561
9	Magnus Per Nilsson	Sweden	€561

The six players who are set to participate in tonight’s Cash Game Challenge are now taking their seats. The evening was supposed to kick off with the €2/€2 PLO game at 20:00, but the scheduled players were still alive in different tournaments.

These are the competitors set to participate in tonight’s action:

Table-Seat	Player	Country	Initial Buy-in
37-1	Luke Nieuwenhuis	Netherlands	€1,100
37-2	Reinhard Faltejsek	Austria	€500
37-3	Tony Vuolle	Finland	€500
37-4	Victor Gil Den Houting	Spain	€1,500
37-5	Taavi Pusa	Estonia	€430
37-6
37-7	Stefan Schrittwieser	Austria	€960
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If you’re not sure what the Cash Game Challenge is all about, you can read up on it in the recap from yesterday’s session.

With the €150 THMC being concluded, the primary focus of poker.pro for the remainder of the 2025 Festival Rozvadov is the Cash Game Challenge. Sessions three and four of the segment were played yesterday (June 9), and it’s safe to say that one particular player dominated both sessions.

What is the Cash Game Challenge?

Before getting into the recap of yesterday’s action, though, let’s do a quick summary of what the Cash Game Challenge actually is and what’s up for grabs for the winner.

During four days – June 8, 9, 10, and 13 – there are two Cash Game Challenge sessions a day. Each session is two hours, and the goal is to be the player who profits the most Big Blinds during one day (i.e., both sessions combined).

Cash Game Challenge – Full Schedule

With this concept, the Cash Game Challenge will most likely have four winners (one winner each day). All winners will be entitled to participate in the exclusive Flip Shootout on Sunday, June 15, at 13:30. Here, they will compete for a €1,600 package to the upcoming the 2025 Festival Malta.

Volkats’ Bulldozer Session

As previously mentioned, sessions three and four of the Cash Game Challenge were played on June 9, and the first game on the schedule was PLO €2/€2. The eight players took their seats, bought in for their preferred amount, and the game was on.

The first big hand of the session played out roughly 30 minutes in. Dennis Kolbueken kicked things off with a Mississippi Straddle from the Button to €5. Diamond Gallow (Small Blind), Balint Jagadics (UTG), Daddy Cool (TG+1), and Helman Volkats (Hi-jack) all made the call before Chikkita raised to €37 from the Cut-off. Diamond and Volkats both made the call.

Action was checked to Chikkita on the4♠6♠A♠ flop, who continued for €75. Diamond folded, while Volkats made the call. On the 2♥ turn, Chikkita bet €278, and was instantly called by Volkats. “You have the nuts? I have second nuts,” Chikkita asked his opponent as the dealer dealt the 6♣ river. Volkats bet 65 to force Chikkita all in, and the call was made.

Chikkita: A♣Q♠3♣2♠
Helman Volkats: A♥K♠10♠6♥

Indeed, it was nuts versus second nuts, and the. Volkats took a solid lead as Chikkita re-bought for €460.

One who wasn’t running as hot as Volkats during the game was poker.pro CEO Jason Glatzer. On a 8♦K♣3♥9♣ board with €110 in the middle, he went all in for €105. Gallow made the call.

Jason Glatzer: K♠K♦5♦4♣
Diamond Gallow: J♥10♦9♦2♦

The players decided to run the river twice, and even though being a 70 % favorite, Glatzer lost both runouts, as the river cards were 7♠ and Q♥. Glatzer rebought for €200.

Just a couple of minutes later, Chikkita and Volkats clashed all in again. The board read 8♦9♥3♦5♥, and after a €62 bet from Chikkita, Volkats forced his opponent all in for an additional 507. Chikkita snap-called.

Helman Volkats: K♠K♥7♦6♥
Chikkita: 7♥6♠3♣2♥

The 8♥ on the river gave Volkats the superior flush, and at this point, roughly halfway into the PLO session, he had a lead that would be very difficult for any of the other players to tie.

Chikkita wasn’t done yet, though, and re-bought for €1,000. Together with Gallow and Michael Teplitski, he was soon part of a three-way all in on a 8♠5♠J♥ flop. With €1,764 in the middle, this was the biggest pot of the session.

Michael Teplitski: J♦10♥8♣7♦
Chikkita: A♠J♣7♠5♥
Diamond Gallow: 10♠9♥7♣2♥

The 7♥2♠ runout secured Chikkita the win, and he reduced his previous losses against Volkats.

There were a couple of more interesting hands during the PLO session; a replay of the full session can be watched here.

PLO €2/€2 June 9 – Full Results

Place	Player	Country	Initial Buy-in	Rebuy	Cumulative Winnings
1	Helman Volkats	Israel	€510	No	Up, €1,195
2	Dennis Kolbueken	Germany	€400	€300	Up, €486
3	Balint Jagadics	Hungary	€275	No	Up, €15
4	Jason Glatzer	Lithuania	€200	€200	Down, €81
5	Chikkita	Czech Republic	€500	€460, €1,000	Down, €173
6	DadyCool	Germany	€280	€400	Down, €264
7	Michael Teplitski	Israel	€440	€590	Down, €539
8	Diamond Gallow	USA	€500	€250	Down, €639

Moving on to Texas

In terms of highlights, the following €1/€ Texas NLH session didn’t live up to the standard set by the PLO. Volkats and Teplitski were the only two players who participated in both the PLO and the Texas sessions.

Arguably, the most exciting hand of the session was when the board read 8♦7♥6♦2♠K♦, with €192 in the pot. Daniel had barreled the turn, and now proceeded with a €90 bet on the river. After a few minute’s worth of consideration, Teplitski made the call.

Daniel: A♣5♣
Michael Teplitski: A♠Q♥

An impressive hero call by Teplitski during the later stages of the session, which secured him a profit in the sessions, reducing his losses from the PLO.

Texas €1/€2 June 9 – Full Results

Place	Player	Country	Initial Buy-in	Rebuy	Cumulative Winnings
1	Helman Volkats	Israel	€1,707	No	Up, €335
2	Michael Teplitski	Israel	€492	No	Up, €250
3	Victor	Spain	€1,200	No	Up, €179
4	Roland Boothby	United Kingdom	€500	No	Up, €161
5	Kirshbluff	Israel	€500	No	Down, €36
6	Christoffer Karlén	Sweden	€300	No	Down, €106
7	Presian	Bulgaria	€525	No	Down, €326
8	Daniel	United Kingdom	€400	Yes	Down, €457

All in all, there was no doubt about it: Volkats was the winner of the second day of the Cash Game Challenge. He is the second player to secure a seat in Sunday’s Flip Shootout final, after X was the most profitable player on June 8.

For those who want to participate in the Cash Game Challenge, head on over to the cash game registration desk at King’s Resort and sign up.

For those who aren’t following the Cash Game Challenge stream, a recap of all action will come on June 10, with some of the highlighted hands and, of course, full results. Perhaps the CEO of poker.pro, Jason Glatzer will even give some comments, as he is one of the players currently in the €2/€2 PLO game.

During the 2025 Festival Rozvadov, there is a Player of the Series. The concept is simple: the deeper you get in a tournament, the more points you get. The winner gets a package for the next The Festival event valued at €1,600. You can read everything you need to know about the Player of the Series by clicking here.

The current standings are as follows (keep in mind that today’s events, June 9, are not yet recognized).

Even though there’s still another week of poker fun at King’s Resort, it’s never too early to start the hype for upcoming The Festival events.

September 12-21, The Festival Malta will be held at the Portomaso Casino. Between September 14-17, the €250 THMC will be held. With three initial Day 1 flights, it’s going to be yet another successful collaboration between the two poker entities that are The Festival and The Hendon Mob.

€150 THMC Schedule for the 2025 Festival Malta

After the €2/€2 Omaha Cash Game Challenge concludes, there will be a small break before the game changes to €2/€2 Texas NL. Again, all action can be watched live on the stream. Tomorrow, June 10, recaps, highlights and results will be posted for both the Omaha and the Texas Cash Game Challenge.

Don’t forget that you can watch the Cash Game Challenge live on the King’s Resort YouTube channel. Follow the link below to take part of all the action.

Again, there’s a lot happening now at King’s Resort that is worth to highlight. The €250 Sviten Special event is a tournament that is appealing to many Mixed Games lovers. Joakim Olin (on the above picture) is one of the Scandinavians currently in the mix, and the founding father of The Festival, Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk, is another one. We had a quick chat with Franke about the game that is Sviten Special.

“Sviten Special was invented by Anders “Bengan” Bengtsson,” Franke tells us. “At The Festival, we have a Mixed Games Main Event, the €550 H.O.R.S.E.S, which is H.O.R.S.E, but with Sviten Special added as a sixth game.”

There is another Mixed Game that reminds of Sviten Special, called Drawmaha. The difference is that in Drawmaha, there is no “one open discard feature” and you also burn a card in Drawmaha.

If you’re interested in how Sviten Special is played, The Festival has shared a tutorial where they walk through the rules. It can be watched on The Festival’s FaceBook page.

The poker.pro live reporting team will visit the Cash Game Challenge from time to time, but there’s so much more going on at the 2025 Festival Rozvadov that needs to be highlighted.

The sunshine story of the event so far is Horst Guenther Boeschen. We’re only on the fourth day of the Festival, and the German has already captured two titles. He kicked things off by winning the €150 PLO Championship on Friday, June 6, and today, he won the €125 Short Deck Bounty event for €2,189.

It’s safe to say Boeschen is having a good visit at the 2025 Festival Rozvadov so far!

The Cash Game Challenge – which runs basically every night during the event – is one of the highlights of the 2025 Festival Rozvadov. Today, two sessions will be played, and the first one just started. It’s an Omaha €2/€2 game that will last for two hours, and the goal is to be the players who wins the most Big Blinds during this period of time.

These are the players in the game, and the amount that they bought in for.