2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria

2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria
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Prop Bet, VIP Party and Tons of Poker on Day 4 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria

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Pawel Wakuluk
Pawel Wakuluk

Day 4 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria at Platinum Casino in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria has lived up to its booking and then some.

All night long, the casino had a dozen full tables of action across a variety of games. Latvia's Trumulis and Denmark's Ronni Borg won the most money on the first and second televised feature tables respectfully.

However, all eyes were on a prop bet made between Cash Game Festival Co-founder and Slowball Founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk and Betsafe Ambassador Monika "HeyMonia" Zukowicz.

Both players refused to admit the other one was better and this led to a grudge match where HeyMonia needs to play three best of three heads-up matches against Franke's team of players.

If Franke wins, HeyMonia needs to drive a Slowball car from Sunny Beach, Bulgaria to Faro Portugal, pick up some extra spicy chicken piri piri and then deliver it to Franke in Tallinn, Estonia. Slowball was an art on wheels exhibition that took place in early August where the organizers purchased very old cars and had them restored before artists made them a work of art. The car HeyMonia would potentially drive would not have air conditioning and only half of the windows go do.

If HeyMonia wins, Franke must work at a supermarket as a cashier for a month. While this sounds potentially easier than what HeyMonia would have to do, it wouldn't be since Franke almost never stays in one place for more than a few days on a time and has many businesses to run.

One of the three matches was held during Day 4 and broadcasted live on on the PokerNews Facebook page. against Poland's Pawel Wakuluk. Both Wakuluk and HeyMonia were Polish commentators for PokerStars for the EPT and were on friendly terms.

HeyMonia wasn't happy when Wakuluk won the first match that took well north of an hour to complete. However, she seemed to be a little more relaxed after she pulled off a win in the second match. The third and final match seemed to be in HeyMonia's hands. She had a bit of a chip lead as she got it all-in with ace-king suited against ace-queen suited. However, Wakuluk managed to get a straight on the turn leaving Zukowicz three outs to potentially take down the hand. Fate wasn't on her side and she lost that hand. Wakuluk had momentum and eventually closed out his opponent.

Tomorrow's first prop bet match will be against Cash Game Festival Project Manager Andro Loos. If Loos wins (no pun intended), Franke will not need to be played as HeyMonia will be unable to overtake a 2-0 advantage to avoid driving around Europe in a Slowball car.

However, if HeyMonia pulls off the win, she will play Franke in a rubber match.

In addition to all the exciting poker, the weather was perfect during the day with many players sharing they were at the beach or instead enjoying the pool at their hotel. later in the evening, players with the hospitality package were invited to attend a VIP dinner.

Tomorrow's activity away from the poker tables will be a snorkling trip at 1 p.m. Unlike some of the other activities, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be unlikely able to broadcast any of it live on Facebook. However, we will share reports from players on how the adventure was.

Stay tuned tomorrow as we provide coverage for the final day of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Gibraltar.

Ronni Borg Wins Big on the Late Feature Table

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Ronni Borg
Ronni Borg

While the PokerNews Live Reporting Team was busy capturing the epic heads-up prop bet on Facebook Live, we also were streaming the €1/€3 no-limit hold'em feature table.

Unfortunately we were unable to provide bios as usual in the coverage, however, some players in the line-up was the same as the previous feature table including Denmark's Ronni Borg who was sporting a NordicBet patch who turned in the biggest profit at the table of around €700.

Borg also had some success in Las Vegas this summer more than tripling his buy-in the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event with a $35,267 cash for his 327th place finish.

Franke Celebrating With Wakuluk

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Pawel Wakuluk
Pawel Wakuluk

The PokerNews Live Reporting team just finished its broadcast of the first of three heads-up matches for the prop bet between Betsafe Ambassador Monika "HeyMonia" Zukowicz and Cash Game Festival Cofounder and Slowball Founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk on Facebook Live.

Pawel Wakuluk, who was a former Polish EPT commentator for PokerStars along with Zukowicz, was able to pull one out for Team Franke after he won the first match two games to one. Zukowicz, who nobody has ever seen mad, was visibly annoyed at the end of the match and stormed off.

Next up tomorrow for Team Franke will be Andro Loos. If Loos wins, then Franke will clinch the prop bet without playing himself. If Loos losing, it will go to a rubber match between HeyMonia and Franke.

Assuming the wireless connectivity remains solid, PokerNews plans to broadcast the final matches

Young Guns and Betsafe Baltics Qualifiers on the Feature Table

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Henry Kilbane
Henry Kilbane

The €1/€2 early feature table has just kicked off. Head to the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel or click on the Live Stream tab in our PokerNews coverage to check it out.

In Seat 1 is Denmark's Ronni Borg who despite being the young age of 24 years old shared that he has been playing poker for a long time, all the way back to his days in the army. This is his first televised feature table, which has maybe contributed to some nervousness.

"Of course, the other players look sharp!" said Borg when asked about if he was nervous about his moment under the lights and camera.

United Kingdom's Henry Kilbane is one of the youngest players the Cash Game Festival has seen at the feature table. Don't let his 22-years of age fool you as he explained he has been playing poker in some form since he was 14 years old. He also was able to freeroll a trip to the United States from poker.

Julius Vezbavicius is one of three Lithuanians and one of two qualifiers from Betsafe Baltics on the table. He is 33 years old and has been playing poker since he has been 25 years old. He shared he is a little nervous about appearing on the feature table since this is his first time playing poker in front of cameras.

Bulgaria's Milen Dimitrov Karaivanov has been playing poker for seven years. The 30-year-old has had some success playing poker tournaments. We will see how this translates to his cash game play, especially considering he shared he is "super nervous" about appearing on his first-ever televised feature table.

Latvia's "Trumulis" aka Gatis is a fixture on the Cash Game Festival tour. He arrived with a bang and played a late night session last night as well. He is not afraid to gamble and create action.

Betsafe ambassador Monika "HeyMonia" Zukowicz is in Seat 6. She will be involved in a huge prop bet during the second feature table. Perhaps this appearance is just a warm-up as she needs to beat two of three opponents heads-up to win her prop bet later today.

Lithuania's Karolis in Seat 7 is another Cash Game Festival regular. He shared with PokerNews that it is nice to travel to a Cash Game Festival, but just as nice when the festival comes to you. He has been living in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria all summer enjoying the hot poker action and weather.

The last LIthuanian and Betsafe Baltics qualifer Simonas Kunigelis rounds off the table in Seat 8. Despite just being 23 years old, he has been playing poker for nearly a decade in some form. His claim to fame was once winning a tournament after being down to under one big blind.

Welcome to Day 4 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria at Platinum Casino

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Platinum Casino
Platinum Casino

Welcome to Day 4 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria at Platinum Casino located steps away from the sunshine and sand of the Black Sea in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria. The first three days of the festival have been a success both on and away from the poker tables and festival organizers expect Day 4 to be even better.

The action on the felts during the first half of the festival has allowed players to play many games across a wide variety of limits. Of course, most of the tables running were offered in no-limit hold'em as this form of poker has proven to be popular with many pros and recreational players and is easy to teach to the many tourists visiting the casino and seeing poker for the first time.

Other games running during the festival so far have included pot-limit Omaha, Sviten Special and dealer's choice. While it isn't uncommon for the dealer's choice game to include some crazy Omaha related games where three boards are run and players or the board receiving a bonus card, the games that have been running have also featured 2-7 triple-draw which isn't a game seen at many Cash Game Festivals in the past.

Monika "HeyMonia" Zukowicz

In addition to the amazing poker action expected for today, PokerNews got wind of a prop bet that is likely to go down between Betsafe Ambassador Monika "HeyMonia" Zukowicz and Cash Game Festival co-founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk. While we won't release all the details until we are certain they are 100 percent finalized, what we can share is that HeyMonia will play von Zweigbergk and two other opponents on his team in best-of-three heads-up matches where the loser will need to do something that was predetermined and the winner not only collects money but can gloat as the "punishment" is being doled out.

It is only fitting that an interesting prop bet will go down either today or tomorrow for two reasons. First, it was here in Bulgaria in 2016 when Franke and Janar Kokk were involved in an epic prop bet that eventually went viral throughout Poland after Kokk lost and was exiled to a Polish town on the Ukrainian border. The other connection is that Zukowicz herself is Polish.

Players have reported how great it is to be Sunny Beach even when not in the casino. Those with the hospitality package were previously invited to enjoy welcome drinks, a trip to a winery, a go karting competition and a VIP dinner. Tonight at 11 p.m. local time, players will also be invited to celebrate each others company at a VIP party.

Other players have commented how perfect the weather has been with not a single cloud in the sky and how there is so much to do and enjoy outside the casino including relaxing at the beach and pools and visiting the numerous bars and cafes littering the boardwalk.

The PokerNews coverage for Day 4 will begin at approximately 5 p.m. local time or about an hour before the first of two feature tables kick off. Cash Game Festival host Brandon Allen will once again be the lead commentator and invite a variety of co-hosts to join him through the evening. The first table kicks off at 5:40 p.m. local time and will be streamed on a 20-minute delay with stakes at €1/€2 no-limit on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel as well as will be broadcasted across multiple media outlets including PokerNews.