€550 Main Event Day 1b | 2021 The Festival Series Bratislava

09-22-2021 17:12 UTC

Various Chip Stacks at Break

Jason Glatzer

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nemanja Milovanovic	155,000 155,000	155,000
Thomas De Rooij	142,000 142,000	142,000
Aleksandar Tomovic	128,000 18,000	18,000
Andreas Hansson	110,000
Andras Halasi	100,000 20,000	20,000
Harwin Schreijmen	95,000 95,000	95,000
Aare Haapsal	93,000 10,000	10,000
Andrej Cintula	91,000 27,000	27,000
Vladimir Bednar	90,000 90,000	90,000
Dominik Desset	88,000 38,000	38,000
Thomas Lind	88,000 88,000	88,000
Rikard Lindberg	83,000 7,000	7,000
Fredrik Boberg	80,000 8,000	8,000
Ylva Thorsrud	75,000 15,000	15,000
Michael Uguccioni	74,000 74,000	74,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

09-22-2021 16:49 UTC

Final Break

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Jason Glatzer

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Players are on their final 20-minute break.

09-22-2021 16:31 UTC

Helenius Calls the Clock on Chatzithoma

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Jason Glatzer

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Joni Helenius jammed for about 50,000 into a pot of around the same with the board.

Charalampos Chatzithoma went into the tank for several minutes before Helenius called the clock. The Festival Series tournament director Gerard Serra was called over. Serra asked the dealer a question before he put Chatzithoma on the clock.

Chatzithoma let the time tick down to just one second before he folded the hand and Helenius sat at around 100,000 in chips after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joni Helenius	100,000
Charalampos Chatzithoma	50,000 30,000	30,000

09-22-2021 16:17 UTC

The Festival Series Commentator George Sandford Beats the Swedes in Their Own Game

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Jason Glatzer

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Yesterday featured not only Day 1a of the Main Event but a handful of side events including the €220 Sviten Special event. If you aren't familiar with Sviten Special, it was invented in Sweden and is very simliar to the American game of Drawmaha combining both 5-card PLO and 5-card draw into the same game.

United Kingdom's George Sandford proved that this game isn't just for the Swedes after coming out on top of a field of 37 entries to win the event for €2,870. Sandford will be featured soon again as he is also The Festival Series Bratislava commentator.

Originally this event was scheduled to pay out five spots. However, the crew decided to pay whoever bubbled a token prize. Here is a look at all of the payouts of the Sviten Special event.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	George Robert Sandford	England	€2,870
2	Rolf Galaasen	Norway	€1,700
3	Hanna Erika Arnesson	Sweden	€1,000
4	Jens Henrik Riis	Denmark	€750
5	Tobias Hausen	Germany	€550
6	Matteo Gerolamo Crapanzano	Italy	€160

Tags: George Sandford The Festival Series

09-22-2021 16:10 UTC

122 Entries

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Jason Glatzer

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

The Day 1b field grew to 122 entries at the start of Level 8. Players will go on a 20-minute break at the end of the blind level.

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

09-22-2021 15:46 UTC

DeRooij Nails a Flush to Oust Limonova

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Jason Glatzer

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Kelly Limonova limped from early position before she called a raise to 2,200 by Thomas DeRooij from middle position.

Limonova bet 1,600 on the flop and DeRooij raised to 6,000 and Limonova called. The turn followed and Limonova jammed for 21,000. DeRooij found the call and players showed their cards.

Kelly Limonova:
Thomas DeRooij:

Limonova was ahead but DeRooij had outs to a flush or a better pair. The flush was completed after the completed the board. Limonova sat there in complete disbelief before leaving the tournament area to enter the €440 PKO side event that just began.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas DeRooij	70,000 70,000	70,000
Kelly Limonova	Busted

09-22-2021 15:35 UTC

Lucky Double for Pettersson

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Jason Glatzer

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

PokerNews caught up with the hand with a small amount in the pot after the came on the flop. Hans Pettersson checked before he jammed for 12,600 over a bet by Dominik Desset. Desset called and players showed their hands.

Hans Pettersson:
Dominik Desset:

Pettersson was in trouble but help was on its way after the came on the turn to give him two pair. The river was a blank for Desset and Pettersson doubled his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Desset	50,000 50,000	50,000
Hans Pettersson	30,000

09-22-2021 15:29 UTC

Tomovic Ousts Tsitos

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Jason Glatzer

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Aleksandar Tomovic bet 6,000 into a pot of around 13,000 on the flop. Nikolaos Tsitos jammed for 25,000 on Tomovic snap-called.

Nikolaos Tsitos:
Aleksandar Tomovic:

Tsitos was ahead and took a further advantage in the hand after the turn. However, that all changed after the river completed the board. Although Tsitos improved further to a set, Tomovic improved to a straight to end take Tsitos stack just before the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandar Tomovic	110,000 1,000	1,000
Nikolaos Tsitos	Busted