The Festival Series Set to Host Largest-Ever THMC Event at Kings Resort

Head to Kings Resort, Rozvadov, in June, and you may turn out to be a part of poker historical past. The Pageant Collection calls Kings Resort dwelling from June 6-16, and amongst its 72 occasions and satellites is The Hendon Mob Championship. Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk, founding father of The Pageant Collection, has slapped a €300,000 assure on €150 buy-in The Hendon Mob Championship (THMC), making it the largest-ever THMC occasion since its inception in 2018.

Final month, the THMC, which was a part of the 2025 Irish Open, set a brand new attendance document when 663 entrants bought 225 re-entries. These 888 entries resulted in a €268,398 prize pool; the Kings Resort version shall be even greater.

Slovakia’s Michal Havavka got here away with €37,348, the trophy, and a visit to THMC Cape City later within the yr. Havavka’s haul would have been higher had he not struck a take care of runner-up Charlie Waters, who claimed a €40,000 payout.

The Pageant Collection in Rozvadov version of the THMC kicks off the collection on June 6 with the primary of six flights. Day 1E, on June 8, has a turbo blind construction, then there is a Flip and Go Pineapple Day 1 in a while the identical day f you actually need to gamble your strategy to Day 2.

Day 2 additionally takes place on June 8 and can see one fortunate participant stroll away with the majority of the €300,000 assured prize pool. The THMC winner additionally receives a €2,000 package deal to the Cape City occasion that serves because the season finale later in 2025.

The Pageant Collection Kings Resort Schedule

You probably have expanded the desk above, you may have seemingly been blown away by the sheer variety of tournaments you get your tooth into throughout The Pageant Collection Rozvadov. As with earlier The Pageant Collection stops, gamers have the possibility to check their abilities throughout a variety of poker codecs and variants, compete in the Money Sport Problem, and even enter a Blackjack match.

The record-breaking THMC Rozvadov apart, the biggest assure of the collection is reserved for the €550 buy-in Most important Occasion. Boasting a €500,000 assure, the match requires at the least 1,000 entrants. Eight Day 1s can be found, together with a turbo-structured Day 1G on June 15, the identical day a Flip and Go Loopy Pineapple flight happens. Surviving gamers reconvene on June 16 for Day 2, with the third and remaining day’s motion scheduled for 1:00 p.m. native time on June 16.

When The Pageant was final in Rozvadov in June 2024, it too featured a €500,000 assure on its €550 Most important Occasion’s prize pool. The 989 entrants left a €25,000 deficit, so holding the assured quantity the identical is commendable.

Bulgaria’s Presiyan Tsvetanov is the reigning champion, having defeated Czechia’s Michal Riczak heads-up to assert the €90,350 prime prize. Anticipate comparable, if not bigger, prizes this time round.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker trade since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he turned the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from reside reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his function of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.