The first feature table is now in the books and 32Red Poker qualifier Edgars Armans shipped the most money after booking a profit of €224 or 112 big blinds.
This the second straight Cash Game Festival for Armans after also winning a package for Cash Game Festival London earlier in the year.
We will either interview Armans later in the festival on Facebook live or in a feature article about his experience.
Earlier in the festival, we interviewed Austria's Mario Langer who always has a smile on his face about his experiences on three feature tables during the Cash Game Festival Bratislava.
The young gun is back again in Seat 1 hoping for the first time at the festival to be the biggest winner at the table.
The rest of the lineup is equally exciting including London's Ben Bashforth in Seat 2. He joked that his biggest poker achievement was simply making it to Bratislava to play at the Cash Game Festival. His favorite hand is sharing that it is his best friend's birthday number.
Norway's Rolf, in Seat 3. also has a favorite hand related to a birthday, his own. He wasn't specific on suits and shared he loves any suited six-nine.
Austria's Alex Eder, in Seat 4, appeared earlier in the festival with his countrymate Langer. He will battle it out once again in Seat 4.
Russia's Vladimir Demidov, in Seat 5, didn't have to travel far since he lives in Slovakia. He has won big in cash games before once winning €28,000 in a single session.
Slovakia's Karol Masarovic, in Seat 6, began playing poker in 2013. His favorite hand isn't one many would find good in five-two suited.
Fellow Slovakians Boris and Martin Ilavsky round off the table in Seats 7 and 8. Ilavsky has had a good run lately sharing he has won €50,000 in tournaments last week.
Betsson and NordicBet are co-hosting a €1,000 freeroll which already began at 8:30 p.m. CEST. The good news is that late registration is still open and you can hop right in.
You can only get the password by watching the stream. Head to the Live Stream tab or the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel to get involved.
Peter La Terra has been to countless Cash Game Festivals. He is now guaranteed to come to at least one more as he just won a package valued at €1,500 to the Cash Game Festival Tallinn at Olympic Park Casino on April 25-29.
La Terra won the package as part of a high hand draw. Every time a player gets quads or better they get a raffle ticket. At least one more person will be selected on Sunday near the end of the festival for a chance to join La Terra in Tallinn at the end of the month on the house.
For the first time, the Cash Game Festival and the MPN Poker Tour are collaborating together at a festival here in Bratislava. This doesn't mean that they can't have friendly jabs at each other.
Right now, there is a social media battle going on between the two festivals and started with this.
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A huge hand just took place on the €5/€10 no-limit hold'em televised feature table with Cash Game Festival commentator George Sandford correctly saying that Karol Masarovic "wins absolute chunks."
The hand began with Rolf limping from under the gun with . Russia's Vladimir Demidov jacked it up to €100 from one seat over with and Masarovic called with from the hijack. Ben Bashforth three-bet to €450 with .
Rolf folded and Demidov called before Masarovic four-bet all-in for around €1,500 total. Bashforth then over-jammed a bigger stack before Demidov called off a smaller stack of around $1,100 more.
The flop hit a piece of all three players with Masarovic with a nut-flush draw, Bashforth with top pair, and Demidov holding bottom pair,
The kept Bashforth in the lead, but his dreams of winning a huge pot worth €4,600 were shattered when the spiked the board on the river to give Masarovic the flush and the biggest feature table pot of the day.
The poker room is filling up and is now at eight tables. It could peak during the late night as many players have left for the VIP party at Club Bratislava.
Karol Masarovic walked away from the feature table thanks for the huge hand where ace-queen suited got there against two other players as the biggest winner €4,557 or 455.7 big blinds.
This is good enough for the most amount of big blinds won thus far at all six feature tables. The player that ends all ten feature tables with the most big blinds won in a single session will be declared the Cash Game Festival champion and walk away with a trophy and a hospitality package to the Cash Game Festival Tallinn at Olympic Park Casino on April 25-29.