2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn (Spring)

2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn
Day: 3

Mark Joa & David Huerga Hierro Win Big on the Late Feature Table

Mark Jua
Mark Jua

The late €5/€10 no-limit hold'em stream just ended. Early in the stream, Estonia's Mark Joa and Spain's David Huerga Hierro were involved against each other in a big pot with Jua coming out on top. By the end of the stream, the duo was the top two winners. Joa banked about €2,800 in profit and Hierro was right behind him with about €2,300 in profit.

Things didn't go nearly as well for Latvia's Janis Mickans, who lost over €5,000.

Although the stream is over, the game has continued and will likely keep going for a while.

Meanwhile, other players have headed over to the VIP party at the casino which starts in five minutes at 10 p.m. EEST.

Huge Feature Table Underway

Mark Joa
Mark Joa

The biggest feature table thus far of the Cash Game Festival is fully underway. The stakes are €5/€10 no-limit hold'em.

Lithuania's Oleg is to the left of the dealer in Seat 1. He shared that he is a shipbroker and has been playing poker for a decade.

Germany's Benny Hupfer, in Seat 2, almost exclusively plays cash games. Despite playing poker since 2009, he explained he was nervous to be on the feature table since it was his first experience playing under the lights and camera.

Estonia's Mark Joa, in Seat 3, is both a poker pro and coach. Joa explained that he Estonia’s biggest coaching project ABC Pokker in 2015. One year before, in 2014, he attended the first Cash Game Festival in history in Tallinn.

Estonia's Rauno Tipner, in Seat 4, may have been serious and may have been joking when he began playing poker at six years old. Some players began playing for play money as soon as they could hold a deck of cards, so perhaps it is the case. He shared this is his first televised feature table and he is nervous about how well he will do.

Spain's David Huerga Hierro, in Seat 5, was on the feature earlier in the festival. He shared with us he has been very successful at the high limit games.

Latvia's Janis Mickans, in Seat 6, said his favorite hand is four-two. We know poker players like to bluff and sometimes that extends to the media as well.

Estonia's Erki Andressoo in Seat 8 said his biggest poker accomplishment was "bluffing Mark Joa out of a pot multiple times." He will have a chance to try to do this in front of many witnesses with both players appearing on the stream.

Head to the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel to watch the action. Alternatively, you can also watch by clicking on the Live Streaming tab in our coverage.

Perttu Doubles Off Niklas Blomqvist

Perttu
Perttu

Finland's Perttu just doubled up on the €2/€2 feature table at the expense of Cash Game Festival regular Niklas Blomqvist.

The hand started innocently enough. The action folded around to Blomqvist who raised to €7 from the hijack with {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} before Perttu called with {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts} from the small blind.

Blomqvist became a 90 percent favorite to win the hand after the {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{2-Hearts} appeared on the flop. Perttu check-called a bet of €7 from his opponent before things began to get more interesting on later streets.

The {8-Diamonds} appeared on the turn to transform Perttu from a huge underdog into an overwhelming 81 percent favorite with a full house. Perttu checked once again and called after Blomqvist fired out a bet of €25.

Perttu checked again when the {10-Hearts} completed the board on the river. Blomqvist bet €33 and was faced with a difficult decision after Perttu jammed all in for about €170. Blomqvist tanked for a minute before he opted to call and Perttu was awarded a big pot.

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Welcome to Day 3 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn

Cash Game Festival Tallinn Feature Table
Cash Game Festival Tallinn Feature Table

Welcome to Day 3 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn at Olympic Park Casino. The weather is thus far the best in the Estonian capital this festival and many players were noticed wandering around Old Town.

Other players are already back playing poker and some players still playing from the night before at a handful of tables running.

Tonight is expected to be very vibrant both on and off the felt. In addition to a packed house at the tables, the festival will be hosting a VIP party at 10 p.m. EEST at the casino.

Today's televised feature tables hosted by Brandon Allen will begin earlier than the first two days. The first table kicks off at 3:40 p.m. EEST (5:40 p.m. BST) and will be streamed on a 20-minute delay with stakes at €2/€2 no-limit hold'em on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel and across multiple media outlets including PokerNews.

Later in the day, there will also be a higher-stakes no-limit hold'em televised feature table on a 20-minute delay at 6:40 p.m. EEST (4:40 p.m. BST).

As will be the case each day during the Cash Game Festival Tallinn, the PokerNews Live Reporting is on hand to report on all the excitement during Day e of the festival complete with player interviews and recaps.