It's day three of the Festival in Malta, and the tournaments are in full swing. There has been tons of action, as well as a few big winners so far in the first few days, so if you haven't yet, get your ass down to Portomaso Casino and get involved.
There have been a few winners at the Festival so far, the biggest winners both bagging over €5,000 for their first-place wins. Totti Lind beat Erik Risberg heads-up to claim the W in the Sviten Special taking home €5,200.
Totti Lind wins the Sviten Special
The PLO Championship attracted 75 entries, racking up a decent prize pool of €16,200. Mirko Romeo took home the championship first prize of €5,150 after defeating Samin Pulliainen heads-up. The final table provided some laughs for the spectators with third place going to Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk, founder of the Festival series and all-round funny dude. Read more here.
Mirko Romeo Wins the PLO Masters
In other events, Svein Olav Eidsaeter took home the title for the 'Win the Button' tournament, bagging himself €2,380.
Mikael Gronvik won the Half and Half event, a tournament with one level NLHE, one level PLO. He took home €2,045.
The roulette Tournament found 19 entries for a prize pool of just over 2k. Martins Geiba spun his way to victory for a smooth €1,000 win.
Linus Lauermann claimed the win in the early hours of the morning in the €125 Texas Bounty for €1,700 plus bounties.
There is still a lot to come at the Festival. Of course, there are still two day 1s of the main event to get involved in. There is also a satellite to the main event tomorrow, 18th May, for €60. If you're a fan of mixed games, there is a H.O.R.S.E. tournament on the 18th. There are three Omaha events still to come including PLO/PLO8, PLO 4/5/6 cards, PLO Freezeout, and the PLO Turbo Midnight madness.
For the ladies, the Festival Queens event on Friday 19th is at 16:00, so pull your hair back and prepare for a card fight. The Ladies' event, as well as a few others, will be streamed on the Festival Twitch channel, so don't miss out.
Check out the full schedule below.
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