The buzz is brewing throughout Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford City after a huge hand just took place on the £25/£50 no limit hold'em feature table, which coincidentally was right when it was announced it was the last hand to be streamed.
Three players were just all-in with best hands in poker.
Andrew Paul Baar was all-in for £2,700 with followed by David Pedro Lega going all-in for over £8,500 with . Javier Perez Estevez had both players covered with . All three players agreed to run it twice. Estevez's pocket-aces held both times shipping him what we believe is the biggest pot thus far in the poker festival of over £20,000.
So far we have only seen local poker player Mark Wraith battling it out in heads-up pineapple open-face Chinese poker. It looks like the Brit has a few other tricks up his sleeve as we just caught up with him at the first dealer's choice game of the 2016 Cash Game Festival London.
Everyone at the table appears to be having a good time in a low-stakes affair where regardless of the game the blinds are £1/£2. Wraith shared with us that thus far the games played included pot-limit Omaha, pot-limit Omaha h/l, super-stud, stud, razz, baduci, badaci, and badugi.
Denmark's Mikal Blomlie loves to travel where-ever the action is. He heard about the Cash Game Festival and his love of London brought him to the UK capital to play in this historic event.
Blomlie was just noticed being disappointed in not scooping a pot in Sviten Special when he drew one card for the nut-flush in his draw hand. He already had a straight on the flop for his Omaha hand as well, but it became counterfeited for a better straight on the turn for him to chop the pot.
The Dane's girlfriend is also in town with him to do some shopping while Blomlie is having fun on the felts.
We are now at 28 tables, which is a new record for the Cash Game Festival! The action game Sviten Special also just began making it another new poker game appearing for the first time in the Cash Game Festival London. However, during the last Cash Game Festival in Tallinn, Estonia this game was often noticed being featured on 3-4 tables.
Streaming now on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel now is a £25/£50 no-limit hold'em game, the highest stakes we have seen thus far in the poker festival. Pretty much everyone is sitting with a mountain of chips with the average stack north of £10,000
Here is a look at the competition:
Spain's Javier Perez Estevez came in just for the Cash Game Festival and has been seen in some big pots throughout the first three days. He describes himself as both an engineer and a poker player.
David Pedro Leja who currently lives in London has also been noticed in a lot of action throughout the first three days of the poker festival.
Spain's Carlos Sanchez admits he has a lot of cash game experience, but not too much being featured. This is his first time on a live stream while playing.
Not much is known about Gang Wang other than according to the Hendon Mob he is showing a little less than $10,000 in career tournament cashes. Although he isn't proficient in English, he seems more than proficient in figures and poker as he was witnessed in big action yesterday as well.
UK's Matthew Moss describes himself as a poker pro, but usually plays at home in front of a computer. However, the Cash Game Festival motivated him to get in on some live action.
Cyprus' Elia Christodoulou is a florist by day, but is enjoys big action poker. He is one of the shorter stacks on the deep table with £6,400 in front of him.
It's Friday night and people are coming to Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford City in groves to be part of Cash Game Festival history. We are now at a record-breaking 27 tables with many more on line waiting to play.
The action began innocently enough with British poker player Robert Cohen min-raising under the gun to £50. Next to action was Felix Stephensen who flat-called before the action was folded to Mikko Turtiaianen who three-bet from the small blind to £225. The big-blind folded before the other two opponents already in the pot called.
Flop:
With already £700 in the pot, Turtiaianen declared himself all-in for his remaining £575 stack. Cohen folded and Stephensen quickly called. Players agreed to run it twice with the first board completing with and the second board completing with .
Stephensen turned over which apparently was good enough to win twice and collect the full £1,850 pot as Turtiaianen tossed his hand into the muck.
Turtiaianen, who was seen playing in big action games yesterday, is here to play and quickly reloaded his stack.
Stephensen is originally from Norway, but didn't have to travel that far to attend the Cash Game Festival London since he now lives in London. He shared with us that he heard about the Cash Game Festival and thought the action would be good.
followed by David Pedro Lega going all-in for over £8,500 with 
. Javier Perez Estevez had both players covered with 
. All three players agreed to run it twice. Estevez's pocket-aces held both times shipping him what we believe is the biggest pot thus far in the poker festival of over £20,000.
and the second board completing with 
. 
which apparently was good enough to win twice and collect the full £1,850 pot as Turtiaianen tossed his hand into the muck.