€550 Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2021 The Festival Series Bratislava
€550 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2021 The Festival Series Bratislava
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€294,875
Entries
621
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
31
Players Left
1
Level 32
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Austria's Martin Mauthner came out of nowhere on the final day and the final table to win the €300,000 guaranteed The Festival Series Bratislava Main Event for €47,600 at Banco Casino Bratislava after agreeing to a three-way deal with Adi Rajkovic and David Vedral which left an extra €13,000 to the winner.
Mauthner was the short stack entering the final table and came back from a huge deficit heads-up on the way to the title.
The Austrian was a former dealer, most notably at EPTs, and was visibly having the most fun throughout the final table. Mauthner had a cigarette hanging from his mouth the entire festival and will forever be known by The Festival Series as the Austrian Sammy Farha.
The victory was by far the biggest live score for Mauthner, who had a shade under $10,000 in total tournament earnings according to The Hendon Mob entering the event.
The Festival Series Bratislava Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Mauthner | Austria | €47,600* |
| 2 | Adi Rajkovic | Austria | €45,130* |
| 3 | David Vedral | Austria | €38,270* |
| 4 | Henry Mania | Germany | €20,500 |
| 5 | Fotios Ntamaris | Greece | €14,000 |
| 6 | Peter Hanke | Austria | €10,000 |
| 7 | Dushko Bogoevski | North Macedonia | €7,500 |
| 8 | Viktor Eriksson | Sweden | €5,975 |
| 9 | Erik Seffer | Austria | €4,600 |
*Reflects three-way deal.
Final Day Recap
The Festival Series Bratislava €550 Main Event was a massive success with 621 entries getting into the action. The action was down to just 31 hopefuls to start the final day.
After a few hours, the action was down to a final table of nine hopefuls with runner-up Adi Rajkovic kicking things off as the table captain and Martin Mauthner starting as the short stack.
Mauthner doubled up very early into the final table to the middle of the pack while Rajkovic and David Vedral swapping the lead back and forth.
Peter Hanke, Dushko Bogoevski, Viktor Eriksson, and Erik Seffer all hit the rail while Henry Mania bluffed off a bit of his stack before the dinner break.
Mania was a maniac after the dinner break and went from just four big blinds to more than half the chips in play during a short time. Day 2 chip leader during which time he sent Greek strategy streamer Fotios Ntamaris to the rail in fifth place. Mania's time in the limelight didn't last long as he lost two big hands to Rajkovic to give him back the lead before Verdal finished him off.
The final three players agreed to a deal to flatten the payouts while leaving €13,000 and the trophy to be played for. Rajkovic ousted Vedral and had a 3:1 chip advantage against Mauthner before heads-up play began.
Mauthner mounted a comeback by doubling up twice and had more than triple the stack of his opponent before winning the event with trips against two pair.
Tons of Fun Outside Poker
In addition to the Main Event and tons of poker side events, The Festival Series also featured many other fun casino-related events including a roulette tournament, a blackjack event, a slots tournament, and two sports wagering contests.
The Festival Series founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk was on top of the world after winning both of the sports wagering competitions while also running deep in the first of two open-face Chinese poker events.
While the PokerNews coverage of the Main Event is a wrap, The Festival Series Bratislava has one more day of events on Sunday including a short deck tournament.
Be sure to come back to PokerNews as we cover many of the biggest events around the world including the 2021 World Series of Poker.
Level 32
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Mauthner | Austria | €47,600* |
| 2 | Adi Rajkovic | Austria | €45,130* |
| 3 | David Vedral | Austria | €38,270* |
| 4 | Henry Mania | Germany | €20,500 |
| 5 | Fotios Ntamaris | Greece | €14,000 |
| 6 | Peter Hanke | Austria | €10,000 |
| 7 | Dushko Bogoevski | North Macedonia | €7,500 |
| 8 | Viktor Eriksson | Sweden | €5,975 |
| 9 | Erik Seffer | Austria | €4,600 |
*Reflects three-way deal.
Level 32
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Martin Mauthner limped from the button with 
and Adi Rajkovic checked his option from the big blind with 
.
Rajkovic check-called for 500,000 on the 
flop before he check-called again for 1,000,000 on the 
turn,
The 
river completed the board and Rajkovic checked again. Mauthner jammed and won the tournament after Rajkovic called off for his remaining stack of 2,800,000.
Thanks to the deal, Rajkovic collected €45,130 for his runner-up performance while Mauthner won the trophy along with a massive prize of €47,600 for his biggest live poker tournament victory.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,630,000
4,630,000
|
4,630,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 32
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Martin Mauthner opened for 950,000 from the button with 
. Adi Rajkovic jammed with 
and it was a coinflip after Mauthner called off for 6,700,000.
Rajkovic bricked the 
board and Mauthner doubled into a big lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,000,000
7,000,000
|
7,000,000 |
|
|
4,000,000
-7,000,000
|
-7,000,000 |
Level 32
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Martin Mauthner has won a few small pots to chip up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,000,000
-3,000,000
|
-3,000,000 |
|
|
7,000,000
2,800,000
|
2,800,000 |
Level: 32
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Level 31
: 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Martin Mauthner jammed for about 2 million from the small blind with 
and was called by Adi Rajkovic with 
.
Mauthner celebrated as he doubled through Rajkovic after nailing two pair on the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,000,000
12,400,000
|
12,400,000 |
|
|
4,200,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
Level 31
: 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Adi Rajkovic limped from the small blind with . David Vedral jammed for 3.5 million from the big blind with 
and Rajkovic called.
The 
board gave Vedral top pair but this didn't beat a set of jacks. Thanks to the deal, Vedral collected €38,270 instead of the scheduled third-place prize of €29,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,000,000
3,000,000
|
3,000,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 31
Blinds: 125,000/250,000
Ante: 250,000