Welcome to the Inaugural Pokercode Festival
Welcome to the PokerNews coverage of the inaugural Pokercode Festival at Banco Casino, located in the heart of the Slovakian capital of Bratislava.
The festival provides a chance for coaches at the popular poker training site Pokercode to interact with their community while providing well-structured and fun events.
PokerNews will be covering the highlight of the festival in the €125,000 guaranteed Pokercode Festival Bratislava €550 Main Event. The event features three opening flights on Sept. 9-10 starting with today's Day 1a kicking off at 12 p.m. CEST.
All of the opening flights will feature 11 blind levels of 40 minutes each with players allowed to re-enter once per flight. Day 1a and Day 1b feature 40-minute blind levels, while Day 1c is a turbocharged affair featuring faster 20-minute blind levels.
Players that strike out or wish to enter even later will have the opportunity to do so with late registration open throughout the first blind level of Day 2 on Sept. 11. Those surviving Day 2 will battle it out for one more day on Sept. 12 until the first Pokercode Festival Main Event champion is crowned.
Recreational Vibe
The Pokercode Festival prides itself on providing a poker holiday for both recreational and professional players alike. Those in the Pokercode community have a great opportunity to meet many of the members of the popular Pokercode Grindhouse but will also be able to rub shoulders with one of the most successful poker players of all time in Pokercode founder Fedor Holz.
In addition, Pokercode has a lounge set up for players to chill out when they aren't playing. The lounge not only provides darts and air hockey but also a punching machine for those that need to release some energy to potentially prevent tilting.
This is not all, as players will have various opportunities to win prizes on the "Wheel of Fortune" and can get tickets in various ways including winning the pub quiz scheduled for this evening at 9:30 p.m. CEST.
Pokercode Festival Bratislava Schedule
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, Sept. 9 | 12:00 p.m. | €550 Main Event Day 1A |
| 6:00 p.m. | Welcome Lounge & Drinks | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Community Evening | |
| Friday, Sept. 10 | 12:00 p.m. | €550 Main Event Day 1B |
| 6:00 p.m. | €550 Main Event Day 1C | |
| 9:30 p.m. | Pokercode Pub Quiz | |
| Saturday, Sept. 11 | 12:00 p.m. | €550 Main Event Day 2 |
| 2:00 p.m. | €220 Bounty King side event | |
| 4:00 p.m. | €5,000 High Roller | |
| 8:00 p.m. | Pokercode Players' Party | |
| Sunday, Sept. 12 | 12:00 p.m | €550 Main Event Final Day |
| TBD | Soccer tourrnament |
Stay tuned at PokerNews as we bring you updates throughout the Pokercode Festival Bratislava Main Event.
flop but was far behind the set Langer nailed. Franke was still alive with two pair on the 
turn but the 
river sealed his fate.
flop and Nietsch called. A similar pattern emerged on the 
turn with Nietsch calling a bet of 10,100.
river completed the board. Hristovski bet 2,000 with about 14,000 left behind. Nietsch paused for a minute before he jammed for about 20,000. Hristovski snap-called only to get some bad news.
to crack Hristovski's cowboys and send him to the rail.
flop. Milan Bajmoczi jammed and Shelukhin called off for about 50,000.
river gave both players a full house. Shelukhin's full house was better to double through Bajmoczi.
rolled out on the board and Zehetleitner will have to try again on one of the other opening flights or before the first level ends on Day 2 if he wants to have a chance to lift the inaugural Pokercode Festival Main Event trophy.
flop. The 
paired the board and Worthington-Leese was drawing dead to Kaubek's full house and was out of chips despite improving to Broadway on the 
