Poker Champions of The Festival Series: A Look Back at the Winners from Bratislava to Nottingham
Winning the championship belt of the Main Event in Portomaso Casino.
Bratislava 2021
Our first Main Event, being held at the Banco Casino in the capitol city of Slovakia, attracted a number of 621 entrants. The final table got dominated by the Austrians, which resulted in the bronze, silver and gold medals going to the home country of one of the world’s most famous componists Mozart and Beethoven. It was eventually Martin Mauthner who stayed the best in the rhythm of the music, resulting in a heavy first prize of €56.870!
Martin Mauthner
All-time money list: $76.370
Best live cash: $66.651
Note: Martin has not placed any recent live cash after he won the Main Event of Bratislava 2021.
Tallinn 2022
It was June 2022, when Covid-19 left its marks all over the world, it was finally time for some live poker again! It resulted in a Main Event with 552 entrants, where €56.100 would be given out to the winner. It was eventually Norwegian Eirik Kristiansen who took home the trophy and the title, defeating for example Find here the interview.
Eirik Kristiansen
All-time money list: $76.088
Best live cash: $59.341
Note: Eirik also ed the Festival Series in Bratislava of 2022, resulting in a 3rd place during the Texas Surprise event.
Bratislava 2022
Oktober 2022 is still in history books until this very day due to the biggest ever Winner’s picture.
Michel Molenaar
All-time money list: $296.025
Best live cash: $123.002
Note: Michel Molenaar is one of the Netherlands’ promising young guns who is travelling a lot for online poker. He already has a total of 30 ed cashes in seven different countries!
Nottingham 2023
For the first time in the history of The Festival Series, the event would be held outside Europe, in Great Britain! The Dusk Till Dawn Pokerclub of Rob Yong opened up its doors for us and did we have a great winner of the Main Event with Ignacio Menendez! All the way from Argentina, he captured the first prize of £37.595! A total of 609 entrants found their way to Nottingham, the home of Robin Hood.
Ignacio Menendez
All-time money list: $53.993
Best live cash: $45.750
Note: Ignacio Menendez only ed live cashes in England, a total of 10! Never before he was that close to such a big first prize, and he instantly took his chance to capture it.
Malta 2023
Back to the roots of poker, back to the rock. qualify yourself for this event, which just leaves you booking your flights! The weather is already very decent, which is very good for the hospitality events throughout the event week!
With several new events being introduced, such as the 49+ Senior Championship and the Mystery Bounty tournament, the schedule is absolutely fully packed!
Come on, Malta!
