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poker.pro will be on-site providing live reporting from the 2025 edition of The Festival Rozvadov, with full coverage of The Hendon Mob Championship and the thrilling Cash Game Challenge.
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Let’s Gamble
Level 5: 400/800 (800) Entries: 133/164 Prizes: TBA From early position, Seyed Fazeli opened to 1,900. Benjamin Altun called from the Cut-off before Patrick Schlatter moved all in for 16,000 from the Small Blind.
“I’ll gamble with you,” Fazeli confirmed as he made the call. He revealed his cards, unaware that Altun was still in the hand. With the extra information in hand, Altun decided to fold his holdings, as Fazei and Schlatter went to showdown.
Patrick Schlatter: A♠Q♥
Seyed Fazeli: A♦5♣Schlatter seemed convinced a five would come after the 3♦4♣9♠ flop. The board continued with K♥J♣, though, and Schlatter secured the double-up.
Seyed Fazeli: 51,000
Patrick Schlatter: 42,000 -
Pulling the Trigger
Level 5: 400/800 (800) Entries: 132/161 Prizes: TBA Loris Vallone limped from UTG. UTG+1, Franke van Netten raised to 3,500. Stylianos Papantoniou (Lo-jack), Florin Bilan (Button), Alfredo Di Paolo (Small Blind), and Vallone all made the call.
The flop came 9♣9♥J♣. Action was checked to pre-flop aggressor van Netten, who moved all in for roughly 50,000. It was folded to Vallone, who contemplated a call for a minute or two before he let his hand go.
Franke van Netten: 82,000
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Five Big Stacks at the Break
A stacked tournament room in King’s Resort during The 2025 Festival Rozvadov. Photo: Mairo Toom Break N/A Entries: 119/141 Prizes: TBA The X players in the tournament are now on break. The poker.pro team attempted to identify five of the biggest stacks.
The players are set to return to Level 5: 400/800 (800).
Player Chips Big Blinds Stylianos Papantoniou 180,000 225 Christian Vogel 175,000 219 Soeren Midtiby 160,000 200 Peter Wesolowski 142,000 178 Jiri Holik 116,000 145 -
20 Qualifiers Joins the Party
Only good vibes during The Festival Rozvadov. Photo: Mairo Toom Level 4: 300/600 (600) Entries: 115/132 Prizes: TBA Previously to Day 1a, a €30 satellite with a whopping 20 tickets guaranteed ran on the other side of the tournament area. The following 20 players made it through and are set to join the Day 1a action:
Position Player Prize 1 Thierry Garin €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 2 Tolunay Karakaya €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 3 Andreas Drefahl €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 4 Ralf Hildebrandt €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 5 Nicolas Keller €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 6 Gholamreza Ranaie €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 7 Robert Waberski €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 8 Jaye Bakalars €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 9 Georgios Toumpoulis €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 10 Filipp Fomenko €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 11 Werner Rozbicki €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 12 Nick Bogaert €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 13 Martijn Arslan €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 14 Behrooz Niknam €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 15 Dieter Bauer €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 16 Antje Schmidt €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 17 Hans Bergmann €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 18 Alexander Bugram €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 19 Andrei Ghita €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 20 Marek Mleczko €150 THMC Day 1a Ticket 21 Daniel Maucher €24 -
Kicking Things Off
A stacked tournament room in King’s Resort during The 2025 Festival Rozvadov. Photo: Mairo Toom Level 3: 300/600 (600) Entries: 92/106 Prizes: TBA Emmanouil Saloustrus opened to 1,300 from the Lo-jack. From the Button, Eden Vaturi raised to 3,500. Saloustrus wasted little to no time before making the call.
Even though the pre-flop action was somewhat aggressive, both players checked every street on the 10♣8♣7♥3♠8♥ board.
Emmanouil Saloustrus: A♦5♣
Eden Vaturi: A♥Q♦A shy pot went the way of Vaturi, and even though trailing Saloustrus, he now plays average stack.
Emmanouil 68,000
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Previous THMC Winners During The Festival Events
Level 3: 200/500 (500) Entries: 94/102 Prizes: TBA This is the eighth THMC tournament during a The Festival event. So far, no person has captured to titles; perhaps this will be the first time?
Below you can see all previous winners.
Year Event Tournament Winner First-Place Prize Prize Pool Field 2024 The Festival Bratislava €250 THMC 
Vegard Granli€17,745 €93,125 436 2024 The Festival Malta €250 THMC Anonymous €14,600 €71,392 334 2024 The Festival Rozvadov €250 THMC Anonymous €35,250 €200,000 825 2023 The Festival Bratislava €250 THMC 
Mitja Rudolf€9,100 €36,765 172 2023 The Festival Malta €250 THMC Jonas Engedal€6,100 €22,032 102 2023 The Festival Nottingham £120 THMC 
Reem Ahmed£6,715 £37,248 384 2022 The Festival Bratislava €250 THMC 
Peter Zolnai€7,000 €28,000 131 -
Tournament Structure
Level 2: 200/400 (400) Entries: 65/67 Prizes: TBA The tournament structure for Day 1a is as follows (excluding breaks).
Level Duration (Minutes) Small Blind Big Blind Ante 1 30 100 300 300 2 30 200 400 400 3 30 200 500 500 4 30 300 600 600 5 30 400 800 800 6 30 500 1,000 1,000 7 30 600 1,200 1,200 8 30 800 1,600 1,600 9 30 1,000 2,000 2,000 10 30 1,500 3,000 3,000 11 30 2,000 4,000 4,000 12 30 2,500 5,000 5,000 13 30 3,000 6,000 6,000 14 30 4,000 8,000 8,000 15 30 5,000 10,000 10,000 16 30 6,000 12,000 12,000 17 30 8,000 16,000 16,000 8 30 10,000 20,000 20,000 -
Boothby and Franke Welcomes all Players
Roland Boothby during a previous THMC event at The Festival. Level 1: 100/300 (300) Entries: 60/60 Prizes: TBA Before the first hand, The Festival founder Martin “Franke” Von Zweigbergk greeted all players welcome to King’s Resort and the 2025 Festival Rozvadov. Head of Partnerships for The Hendon Mob, Roland Boothby, also shared some words with the players, expressing his joy over the successful collaboration between The Hendon Mob and The Festival.
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Cards in the Air
Level 1: 100/300 (300) Entries: 36/36 Prizes: TBA The first hand has been dealt in Day 1a of the €150 Hendon Mob Championship here at King’s Resort, Rozvadov. As mentioned in the previous post, late registration and re-entry are open during the first ten 30-minute levels.
The €30 satellite with 20 guaranteed tickets is still running.
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Day 1a of THMC Kicks off the 2025 Festival Rozvadov in Fitting Fashion
Today’s the first Friday of June, and what better place to spend it than in Rozvadov? Today, the 2025 Festival Rozvadov commences at King’s Resort, and eleven days of poker fun await all players who visit this Czech gem of a poker paradise.
The whole shebang kicks off with the €150 Hendon Mob Championship (THMC); this is the tournament that poker.pro will be covering today. More specifically, the eyes will be on Day 1a, which commences at 13:00. Late registration will be open for ten 30-minute levels, and there’s also unlimited re-entry during this period.
Play will not conclude until only 12,5 % of the field remains; those who are lucky enough to still be in it by then will bag their chips for Day 2 (June 8) and be guaranteed a €300 min-cash.
€300,000 Guarantee – In a €150 Tournament?!
Make no mistake about it; this is not the typical €150 tournament. The founding father of the Festival, Martin “Franke” Von Zweigbergk, aims for this to be the biggest THMC event ever. Hence, the guarantee is set to €300,000, an abnormally large number in relation to the shy €150 buy-in.
Today may be Day 1a, but the tournament did, in fact, stealth-start a couple of weeks ago, as a remote flight was held at King’s Casino in Prague. Nine players moved on from this affair, and believe it or not, Franke himself bagged the chip lead, as he finished the day with 871,000.
The founder of The Festival, Martin “Franke” Von Zweigbergk, bagged the chip lead from the THMC Day 1a remote flight in Prague It’s always a nice achievement to secure the chip lead, and for this tournament, players are even rewarded for it; the one who bags the most chips in each starting day flight wins a €550 ticket for the 2025 Festival Rozvadov Main Event. Quite the cherry on top of an already delicious dessert!
To make things even better, the player who’s crowned the winner on Day 2 will, in addition to the first-place payout and the coveted THMC trophy, also receive a package for the 2025 Hendon Mob Championship Cape Town, valued at roughly €2,000.
The poker.pro live coverage of Day 1a will commence at 13:00 when the first hand is dealt. Results and chip counts will be posted for every starting flight as quickly as possible.
Below is the full schedule for the tournament, which features all flights.
Date Time Event Location May 10 4:00 p.m. €150 THMC Remote Day 1a King’s Casino, Prague June 6 1:00 p.m. €150 THMC Day 1a King’s Resort, Rozvadov 6:00 p.m. €150 THMC Day 1b King’s Resort, Rozvadov 7:00 p.m. €150 THMC Remote Day 1b King’s Casino, Prague June 7 11:00 a.m. €150 THMC Day 1c King’s Resort, Rozvadov 6:00 p.m. €150 THMC Day 1d King’s Resort, Rozvadov June 8 11:00 a.m. €150 THMC Day 1e (Turbo) King’s Resort, Rozvadov 2:00 p.m. €150 THMC Day 1f (Flip and Go Pineapple) King’s Resort, Rozvadov 5:00 p.m. €150 THMC Day 2 (Final day, registration closed) King’s Resort, Rozvadov
The Hendon Mob Championship Day 1 Structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante | Minutes |
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| 1 | 100 | 300 | 300 | 30 |
| 2 | 200 | 400 | 400 | 30 |
| 3 | 200 | 500 | 500 | 30 |
| 4 | 300 | 600 | 600 | 30 |
| 5 | 400 | 800 | 800 | 30 |
| 6 | 500 | 1000 | 1000 | 30 |
| 7 | 600 | 1200 | 1200 | 30 |
| 8 | 800 | 1600 | 1600 | 30 |
| 9 | 1000 | 2000 | 2000 | 30 |
| 10 | 1500 | 3000 | 3000 | 30 |
| 11 | 2000 | 4000 | 4000 | 30 |
| 12 | 2500 | 5000 | 5000 | 30 |
| 13 | 3000 | 6000 | 6000 | 30 |
| 14 | 4000 | 8000 | 8000 | 30 |
| 15 | 5000 | 10000 | 10000 | 30 |
| 16 | 6000 | 12000 | 12000 | 30 |
| 17 | 8000 | 16000 | 16000 | 30 |
| 18 | 10000 | 20000 | 20000 | 30 |
The Hendon Mob Championship Day 2 Structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 3000 | 6000 | 6000 | 45 |
| 15 | 4000 | 8000 | 8000 | 45 |
| 16 | 5000 | 10000 | 10000 | 45 |
| 17 | 6000 | 12000 | 12000 | 45 |
| 18 | 8000 | 16000 | 16000 | 45 |
| 19 | 10000 | 20000 | 20000 | 45 |
| 20 | 10000 | 25000 | 25000 | 45 |
| 21 | 15000 | 30000 | 30000 | 45 |
| 22 | 20000 | 40000 | 40000 | 45 |
| 23 | 25000 | 50000 | 50000 | 45 |
| 24 | 30000 | 60000 | 60000 | 60 |
| 25 | 40000 | 80000 | 80000 | 60 |
| 26 | 50000 | 100000 | 100000 | 60 |
| 27 | 60000 | 120000 | 120000 | 60 |
| 28 | 80000 | 160000 | 160000 | 60 |
| 29 | 100000 | 200000 | 200000 | 60 |
| 30 | 125000 | 250000 | 250000 | 60 |
| 31 | 150000 | 300000 | 300000 | 60 |
| 32 | 200000 | 400000 | 400000 | 60 |
| 33 | 250000 | 500000 | 500000 | 60 |
| 34 | 300000 | 600000 | 600000 | 60 |
| 35 | 350000 | 700000 | 700000 | 60 |
| 36 | 400000 | 800000 | 800000 | 60 |
| 37 | 500000 | 1000000 | 1000000 | 60 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
