The Festival in Rozvadov 2024 Preview

The Festival In Rozvadov is all set to begin in a couple days, with the popular tournament event series taking place from May 31-June 9 at the prestigious King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. The Festival, which will be played at the largest poker room in Europe, will feature 65 events with buy-ins ranging from €115 all the way up to €1K High Rollers. Cash games and qualifying satellites will also be played for the marquee events.

The Festival Rozvadov

Here are some of the most notable tournaments of the festival:

  • The Main Event (€500K guaranteed): June 5-9
  • The Hendon Mob Championship (€200K guaranteed): May 31-June 3
  • NLH Mystery Bounty (€100K guaranteed): June 2-5
  • NLH High Roller (€30K guaranteed): June 9
  • PokerListings NLH (€30K guaranteed): June 8
  • PLO High Roller (€25K guaranteed): June 8
  • Mixed Games Main Event HORSES (€20K guaranteed): May 3-June 2

In addition to the big guaranteed prize pools, the organizers will be giving away a total of 11 entries for the 2024 WSOP Europe Main Event (€10,350) among participants in the Main Event (6 tickets), The Hendon Mob Championship (3 tickets) and the Mystery Bounty (2 tickets).

The Festival In Rozvadov

The highest-profile tournament during The Festival in Rozvadov will be the Main Event, which will begin on June 5 with 7 initial starting days, a buy-in of €550 and a guaranteed prize pool of half a million euros! 💶 The most popular formats will be present in the festival: Mystery Bounty, Seniors, Pot Limit Omaha, Ladies and NLH PKO.

Notably, mixed games lovers will have several events to choose from as well, such as the Mixed Games Main Event HORSES, 8-Game, Seven Card Stud Fixed Limit, 2-7 Triple Draw and H.O.R.S.E. And for those who enjoy casino games there will also be roulette, blackjack and slots 🎰 tournaments.

Below is a listing of the poker tournaments that will be played:

# Event Dates Buy-In Guaranteed
1 The Hendon Mob Championship May 31-June 3 €250 €200,000
3 Mixed Games Main Event HORSES May 31-June 2 €550 €25,000
5 Sviten Special May 31 €250 €10,000
7 Crazy Pineapple NLH May 31 €125 €10,000
10 PLO Masters June 1 €250 €10,000
13 Texas Saturday Knockout June 1 €125 €10,000
16 8-Game June 2 €250 €10,000
17 NLH Mystery Bounty June 2-5 €300 €100,000
20 Win The Button Texas June 2 €125 €10,000
22 Half N’ Half (Texas & PLO) June 3 €125 €5,000
24 PLO Freezeout June 3 €250 €10,000
27 Texas Progressive Knockout June 3 €125 €10,000
29 Seniors 50+ June 4 €250 €10,000
35 PLO Tuesday Night June 4 €125 €5,000
37 PLO 4/5/6 Cards 7 Max June 5 €125 €5,000
38 The Festival Main Event June 5-9 €550 €500,000
42 PLO Wednesday Night Turbo June 5 €125 €5,000
43 H.O.R.S.E. June 6 €250 €10,000
45 2-7 Triple Draw June 6 €125
48 Thursday Texas Turbo Madness June 6 €125 €10,000
49 Open Face Chinese June 7 €250 €10,000
51 PLO/PLO8 June 7 €125 €5,000
55 Friday Texas Turbo Madness June 7 €125 €10,000
58 PLO High Roller June 8 €1,100 €25,000
59 PokerListings Texas NL June 8 €250 €30,000
60 The Festival Queens June 8 €125 €3,000
61 Saturday PLO Turbo Madness June 8 €125 €5,000
62 OFC High Roller June 9 €1,100
63 NL Texas Freezeout June 9 €125 €8,000
64 5-Card PLO June 9 €125 €5,000
65 NLH High Roller June 9 €1,100 €30,000

You can see the complete schedule for The Festival in Rozvadov at this link.

The Hendon Mob Championship

Structure: 

  • Buy-in  €220
  • Starting Stack: 50,000 Chips
  • Blind levels: 30 minutes on Day 1, 40 minutes on Day 2, and 50 minutes on Day 3
  • Late registration: Until the end of level 10 of Day 1
  • Unlimited re-entries.
  • Guaranteed Prize Pool: €200,000

In addition to the prize and the trophy, the winner of the tournament will also receive a package valued at €2K to play in the Cape Town stage of The Hendon Mob Championship.

Schedule: 

  • Day 1A: Friday, May 31 at 11 AM (16 levels played)
  • Day 1B: Friday, May 31 at 6 PM (16 levels played)
  • Day 1C: Saturday, June 1 at 11 AM (16 levels played)
  • Day 1D: Saturday, June 1 at 6 PM (16 levels played)
  • Day 1E Turbo: Sunday, June 2 at 11 AM (16 15-minute levels played)
  • Day 2: Sunday, June 2 at 5 PM
  • Day 3: Monday, June 3 at 1 PM

The Festival THM

The Main Event

Structure: 

  • Buy-in  €550
  • Starting Stack: 50,000 Chips
  • Blind levels: 40 minutes on Day 1, 45 minutes on Day 2 and 60 minutes on Day 3
  • Six opening flights, with one turbo flight which has 20-minute blind levels
  • Late Registration: Open until the end of Level 9
  • ‘Surrender Mode’ available after level 13, which is also the end of the Day
  • Re-entries are capped at 2x per opening flight
  • Guaranteed Prize Pool: €500,000

Schedule: 

  • Day 1A: Wednesday, June 5 at 6 PM (13 levels played)
  • Day 1B: Thursday, June 6 at 12 PM (13 levels played)
  • Day 1C: Thursday, June 6 at 6 PM (13 levels played)
  • Day 1D: Friday, June 7 at 11 AM (13 levels played)
  • Day 1E: Friday, June 7 at 6 PM (13 levels played)
  • Day 1F Turbo: Saturday, June 8 at 11 AM (13 20-minute levels played)
  • Day 2: Saturday, June 8 at 4:30 PM
  • Day 3: Sunday, June 9 at 1 PM

The Festival Main Event

The Festival in Rozvadov: Hospitality Schedule and Open activities

In addition to poker, there will be a huge amount of fun games and activities during The Festival In Rozvadov. Many of the packages you can book for the festival include the “Hospitality” option with fun activities and this schedule:

  • Friday, May 31: Welcome Drinks from 7:30 to 8 PM 🍷
  • Saturday, June 1st: Fun Day at The Fun Area from 5 to 9 PM
  • Saturday, June 2: Casino School (T.B.C.) 🎲
  • Monday, June 3: Tuna Extravaganza Dinner from 5:30 to 9:30 PM
  • Tuesday, June 4: Swimming Pool Day from 11 AM to 4 PM 🏊
  • Wednesday, June 5: Outdoor Fun and BBQ from 11 AM to 3:15 PM 🍖
  • Thursday, June 6: Brewery Time and Lunch Excursion from 11 AM to 4 PM
  • Friday, June 7: Find Anastasia from 7:30 to 10 PM Sunday, June 9: Guided Tour from 2 to 3 PM

You can see which packages include Hospitality activities in this link.

There will also be free activities for all players, including:

  • Daily: Air Hockey Game, Darts, Table Football, FIFA, Boules, Croquet, Kubb, Mölkky and outdoor swimming pool 🏊
  • Friday, June 7: Karaoke Night at 9:30 PM 🎤
  • Saturday, June 8: Player’s Party from 8 PM to 2 AM 🕺

The Festival hospitality

As per Federico Brunato, Poker Director of King’s Resort: “The Festival is the perfect opportunity to offer something completely new again for players with new experiences outside of poker. We have a great schedule of events for players and will also have a cool Fun Zone open in the casino throughout the event with various free games outside of poker.”

If you are looking for a place to have fun both inside and outside the poker table, you’ll find it at The Festival in Rozvadov!

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