2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn
Day 3 Started
2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn (Spring)
2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn
Day: 3
Welcome to Day 3 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn
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.
Fun First Feature Table Begins
The first televised feature table of the day just began 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.
Thanks to some of the colorful personalities, this promises to be one of the more entertaining feature tables of the festival. Here is a look at the players to start the action.
Kristo Erala, in Seat 1, recently made a name for himself in Estonian poker history. About a week ago, he won the 2017 Estonian Championship Main Event for almost €13,000.
Next player over is Cash Game Festival regular Niklas Blomqvist in Seat 2. You can learn more about Blomqvist through an exclusive interview included in the Day 2 coverage.
Nordicbet Head of Poker Jostein Grodum is in Seat 3. The Norwegian has been playing poker since 2002 and described his biggest achievement in poker is "being a friend of the Cash Game Festival."
Latvia's Aleksejs Gusevs is in Seat 4 followed by Finland's Perttu in Seat 5. Perttu shared he has only been playing poker for a month and is a bit nervous about appearing on the feature table.
Ryan Davey just arrived from England to the Cash Game Festival Tallinn and immediately hopped on the feature table in Seat 6. Fans of the festival got to know Davey during the first festival of the year in London when he both appeared on the feature table as a player and also with Brandon Allen behind the booth for commentary. Davey will also appear behind the booth during the later feature table, which is rumored to be €5/€10 no-limit hold'em.
Magnus Hunt is seated right next to Davey in Seat 7 and rounding the table off is none other than Cash Game Festival co-founder and Triobet powered by Betsafe Head of Poker Enri Orav in Seat 8.
Photos From the Early Feature Table
Maxime Roseau Releases First Vlog
Maxime Roseau has been the French blogger for the Cash Game Festival for many festivals. He recently began wearing a second hat and is also the festival's vlogger.
Roseau enjoys himself both on and off the poker tables. When not traveling, he currently calls London, England at home. His vlog shows the festival from his own unique perspective as both a poker player and media personality.
PokerNews will be interviewing Roseau later in the festival on a variety of topics including his latest project.
Here is a look at his vlog about Day 1 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn:
Petra Poola Joins the Stream
Cash Game Festival photographer has just joined Brandon Allen in the commentary booth for the €2/€2 feature table. You can learn what she has to say by watching the stream which can be found on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel and in our coverage by clicking on the Live Streaming tab.
Perttu Doubles Off Niklas Blomqvist
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 
before Perttu called with 
from the small blind.
Blomqvist became a 90 percent favorite to win the hand after the 
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 
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 
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.
Cash Game Festival Tallinn VIP Dinner Photos
Here is a look at photos from last night's VIP dinner at Mazza.
Side Table Action
Among the side tables is a €2/€2 pot-limit Omaha table which is playing a bit higher. Cash Game Festival veteran Peter La Terra, who was playing late into the night yesterday is one of the players with a nice stack of chips at the table.
Another big action game is the €5/€5 no-limit hold'em table. Lithuania's Pavel, who was yesterday's big winner on the late feature table, is in the action looking to extend his winning streak during the 2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn.
Kristo Erala Wins Big on the Feature Table
Kristo Erala recently won the 2017 Estonian Championship Main Event. He just proved he isn't a one-trick pony and was the biggest winner on the early feature table with a profit of over €300.
Meanwhile, Cash Game Festival regular Niklas Blomqvist, who booked a profit on the first feature table of the festival on Wednesday lost about the same that Erala won.
Triobet powered by Betsafe Head of Poker Enri Orav was full of smiles leaving the feature table. On his way to take a break from poker, he looked at his stack and saw he made a little bit of profit.
There is a break in the action on the feature table. When it resumes, the action will be much bigger with the stakes at €5/€10 no-limit hold'em.