Highlights From the 2016 Cash Game Festival London
2016 Cash Game Festival London (Fall)
2016 Cash Game Festival London
Day: 2
Shots For Losing Showdowns?
The feature table that just ended made things a bit interesting as the table agreed to add a prop bet involving shots. Let's just say there were a few tipsy players now heading to dinner with the feature table just ending.
Guts.com Head of Poker Eirik Thorvaldsen was the biggest winner up £350 on the table and shared he will be playing throughout the remaining days of the festival.
Sweden's Niklas Blomquest also left the table ahead, albeit by a smaller £90. He shared that, "It was a fun table. We had a challenge if we went to showdown, the person that lost the hand had to do a shot."
Biggest Games Around the Room
The £5/£10 no-limit hold'em feature table will kick off into action soon and be televised on a 20 minute delay. This will be the biggest game running thus far this evening and during this Cash Game Festival. You will be able to check out the action here on PokerNews as well as on the Cash Game Festival website and on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel.
Other big games around the room are two £5/£5 dealer's choice pot-limit Omaha tables, one £2/£5 no-limit hold'em table, and one £1/£2 Sviten Special game. There are plenty of games also running at lower stakes.
Streaming Action Resumes
Action is expected to be big at the televised feature table which just kicked off with players buying in fairly deep.
France's Julien Rouxel returns to the feature table on seat 1. He played last night and crushed the competition at £2/£5 no-limit hold'em. Today the stakes are double that at £5/£10 and Rouxel bought in for 300 big blinds for £3,000.
United Kingdom's Eric Le Goff in seat 2, also played on yesterday's feature table and bought in for £2,500. Pol Medina Claret is right next to him in seat 3 and bought in for £3,075.
Perhaps the biggest name at the table is in seat 4 in UK's Oliver Price. According to the Hendon Mob, Price has proven himself successful on the live tournament felts with over $1.5 million in career cashes. He is about to prove whether or not his tournament success translates to televised cash games.
Riccardo Suriano is in seat 5 and bought in shorter than the rest of the players for £1,000. The first Dutch player on a feature table this festival joins in on the action in seat 6 with Joost Schippers buying in for £1,500. Spain's Jorge Alberdi rounds off the table and bought in for the biggest amount with a starting stack of £3,800.
Almost 20 Tables!
A couple of new tables opened up in the last hour and the festival now has 19 ring game tables running simultaneously. You can watch the biggest game in terms of blinds, a £5/£10 no-limit hold'em table here on PokerNews, on the Cash Game Festival website and on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel.
Another game that might be playing just as big at times is the Sviten Special table which just increased its blinds from £1/£2 to £5/£5.
More Photos From Day 2
More photos from Day 2 courtesy of Vita Pictura Productions.
20 Tables!
The first £1/£2 multiple-board dealer's choice pot-limit Omaha table just opened up, growing the action to 20 tables of simultaneous ring-game tables this Thursday evening.
Cash Game Festival Darts Competition
Earlier today players took time off the felts to battle it out in a darts competition. Later this weekend, the winner will be announced in a ceremony. For now, enjoy some pictures compliments of Vita Pictura Productions.
Jorge Alberdi Bluffs With Suited Gappers
Julien Rouxel three bet the preflop action to £250 with 
and Jorge Alberdi called with 
to create a big pot leading into the flop.
Alberdi checks the 
flop and Rouxel quickly fires out a bet of £210. Alberdi with bottom pair tanks before raising to £530 which Rouxel calls growing the pot to £1,600.
Both players checked the action when the 
appeared on the turn. The 
completed the board on the river and without too much delay, Alberdi fired out a bet of £1,200. Although ahead in the hand, Rouxel folded even quicker and paid off his opponent's bluff.
Jorge Alberdi With the Chips
The feature table just ended. Spain's Jorge Alberdi who bought in for the most to start the table for £3,800 wound up walking away with the most as well with a stack of £6,500. Meanwhile, UK poker pro Oliver Price walked away with the second biggest stack of £5,230. Most of the players moved to a new side table that opened up.