Day 3 of the Cash Game Festival Slovenia has thus far been the most successful of the festival with nine tables of games running simultaneously.
For the first time in a year, pineapple open-face Chinese poker made its return to the Cash Game Festival with festival regulars Elora Kask, her husband Janar Kokk and Daniel Näsman battling it out. Näsman easily won the match which was broadcasted live on Facebook Live on the PokerNews page.
In addition to the great poker, players enjoyed a VIP dinner at On'Italy. Players were coming back to the poker room with big smiles on their faces while giving the dinner and experience raving reviews.
Tomorrow is expected to be the biggest day thus far in the festival thanks to the momentum thus far in the festival and it being Saturday. Those with the hospitality package will not only have plenty of cash game poker options to choose from but also be treated to a VIP party late in the evening.
As will be the case every day during the festival, live streaming for tomorrow is scheduled at lower stakes at 5:40 p.m. CET and at higher stakes at 8:40 p.m. CET on a 20-minute delay. Brandon Allen will provide the lead commentary with guests popping in and out throughout the two broadcasts.
Stay tuned at PokerNews for the next three days as we report some of the hottest action at the Cash Game Festival Slovenia.
The feature table is always very interesting, however, this one even more so seems to be full of action.
A pair of Italians just battled it out. The action began innocently enough with Italy's John Catena raising to €7 with . From one seat over, Federico Drassich called with before his neighbor Alessandro Natale three-bet to €40 with .
Play folded back around to Catena who fired out a four-bet to €120. Drassich folded before Natale five-bet to €310 and Catena called.
Catena hit top pair on the flop, but was still behind the pocket queens of his opponent who fired out for €195.
Catena called and was in trouble and drawing dead after the hit the turn. He called an all-in bet to create a huge pot worth €1,600, which was shipped to Natale after the completed the board on the river.
Welcome to PokerNews' live coverage of Day 3 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Slovenia at Perla Casino, located on the border of Italy in Nova Gorica.
Yesterday's action featured seven tables of small and mid-stakes games in a variety of poker variants including no-limit hold'em, pot-limit Omaha and Sviten Special (also known as Drawmaha).
Perla Casino regular Federico Drassich was the star of the show on the feature tables, walking away as the biggest winner with a profit of almost €2,700. However, there was even bigger action that went until the sun rose on a €5/€5 pot-limit Omaha table where everyone was deep stacked and seemingly getting all their money in the middle hand after hand.
One of the great things about the Cash Game Festival, is that it gives players a new opportunity to learn new games. When Janar Kokk and his crew arrived in the evening, hugs were exchanged before a game of Sviten Special broke out. The game featured some experienced players along with some players playing for their first or second times including Cash Game Festival commentator Brandon Allen, Cash Game Festival technical guru Tony Hitrov, Cash Game Festival regular Daniel Näsman and a local Slovenian player Andrej.
The Sviten Special game lasted close to 7 a.m. before the crew hit the breakfast buffet at the hotel. Another game that also went deep into the night was a €1/€2 no-limit hold'em table that players were eagerly waiting to play on since a pair of the group Scandanivan Hunks that performed the night before wanted to get into the action. The "hunks" held their own and after a few hours of play walked away with profit against what appeared to be a tough table full of experienced players.
The Cash Game Festival is also about bonding off the poker tables as well. Many players headed for afternoon of action and adventure at Soca Fun Park yesterday. Today many of the players will be treated to a special dinner at On'Italy. Also on the schedule later on in the festival is a rocking VIP party at Pulse Arena on Saturday and a visit to the world-renowned caves on Sunday.
Today is set to be the biggest day thus far this festival both in terms of the number of tables and the stakes being spread. The early lower stakes feature table will begin at 5:40 p.m. CET on a 20-minute delay followed by a later televised table at higher stakes at 8:40 p.m. CET. You check out the action on the televised feature tables here on PokerNews as well as on the Cash Game Festival website and on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel once action kicks off. In the meantime, you can head to the Twitch channel to see some of the action from the previous two days.
Coverage will kick off at approximately 5 p.m. CET. Stay tuned at PokerNews as we report the latest and greatest news from the 2017 Cash Game Festival Slovenia.
. From one seat over, Federico Drassich called with 
before his neighbor Alessandro Natale three-bet to €40 with 
.
flop, but was still behind the pocket queens of his opponent who fired out for €195.
hit the turn. He called an all-in bet to create a huge pot worth €1,600, which was shipped to Natale after the 
completed the board on the river.