Rst festival in Tallinn (Estonia) which was the second major event in the series of The Festival gone down in history and after a week and nearly 40 events ended with lots of winners, lots of fun and stories to tell .
Winners of the festival in Tallinn
With 552 participants, the Main Event was a great success and the Norwegian Eirik Kristiansen was the big winner of the Festival , he won the Main Event and earned over $56,000. In a brief but intense battle, he emerged victorious against poker veteran Jari Mähönen of Finland in the heads-up final of the Main Event.
But Kristiansen wasn't the only big winner during the week-long series, as Daily side events, cash games, Casino tournaments and sports betting competitions accompanied the Main Event.
The first winner during the week was Koen Ross from the Netherlands, who won the Opening Knock-out Tournament. Mixed Games specialist Erno Suiminen of Finland won the 8-game tournament, while Frode Fagerli of Casino Friday won the Acroud Charity Event. The founder of the series, Martin Franke von Zweigbergk, triumphed in the Open Face Chinese High Roller and Kalle Ly of Sweden won the PokerListings Deep Stack tournament. The last winner of the week was Finland's Teeranan Chuennirun, who won the final event of the series, The Festival Queens tournament. Many other players also won.
Palokangas and Kotelnikov win roulette and Blackjack tournaments
Poker was not the only game at the Olympic Park Casino in Tallinn. The two major Casino tournaments were the Blackjack tournament and the roulette tournament . Together, both events netted over $10,000 in prize money and while Mats Palokangas won the roulette tournament, Marek Kotelnikov netted in the Blackjack event.
Andreas Höglund wins sports betting competition
O Sports Betting tournament developed by Gambling Cabin at the Festival in Tallinn had two different buy-in levels, $30 Low Roller and $250 Main Event . Once enrolled, players had to predict different sports outcomes in the play.thefestival.com, such as Wimbledon Tennis, Formula 1 Qualification, Allsvenskan football and a lot of different last minute bets on Poker Main Event.
Andreas Wiseguy Höglund was the winner of the Main Event , moderator of the daily recaps. He came away with the title, finishing just ahead of the TTT qualifier.
Andreas Höglund said how he felt about the result: It was very tight at the end and only when Sascha Manns eliminated the Poker Main Event in 9th place today I was guaranteed victory. Against Kristoffer Winterstein I would have lost. So thank you Kristoffer!& 8221;
Many winners
In weeks leading up to the event, the partners held dozens of satellites for the Main Event and several for the casino events . Through the partners, players were able to qualify with little money online and win seats and full packages to the Festival in Tallinn.
The winner of the Main Event, Eirik Kristiansen qualified via Casino Friday and another player at the final table, Toivo Ojasoo qualified via Coolbet.
Other qualified players with deep run in the Main Event were Oleksandra Shenderei who qualified via WPT Global, Unibet package winner Peder Behr, Johan Palokangas who qualified via Paf and Meelis Ahman who won his package on OlyBet.
Sixteen of the Seventy-One Main Event players qualified through one of the online partners.
Gregory Partridge, who finished 8th at the final table, won the Luxon Pay last Longer bet. He entered the main event with Luxon Pay and was the last Luxon Pay player. By winning this bet, he regained his buy-in.
Parties and activities outside the tables
The Festival Series is not just about Poker games and casinos. It's also about having a lot of fun with your friends. In Tallinn, there were plenty of side activities off the tables, including parties, beer tasting tours, and a guided tour of the medieval city , Tallinn. Check out the video below for a little bit of the beer tour:
Next stops
With the festival in Tallinn closed, the next event is only a few hours away. For the first time, the Festival takes place in the online version . Our digital partner 888poker is hosting the Festival Online Powered by 888poker and this tournament starts on July 7th. Until August 1st, over 20 the Festival online events will take place at 888poker with a total guarantee of $750,000. Every Sunday the series will have a $215 Main Event with $100,000 guaranteed and a $525 High Roller with $40,000 guaranteed. On the final weekend of the series, The Main Event will secure $150,000 and last for days.
Stay tuned also for more updates on the Festival Series. In addition to the online tables, the next live the Festival will take place in Bratislava, Slovakia . From October 10-16, the event returns to Banco Casino and this time with a $500,000 guarantee. Acroud, the company behind the event, is delighted to welcome everyone back to the Festival in Bratislava, the city where this series of festivals began in 2021.
For more information about the event, visit the official website.
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