2018 Cash Game Festival Bratislava
Day 4 Started
2018 Cash Game Festival Bratislava
2018 Cash Game Festival Bratislava
Day: 4
Epic Winery Journey Kicks Off Day 4 of the Cash Game Festival Bratislava
Welcome to Day 4 of the Cash Game Festival Bratislava at Banco Casino Bratislava.
The day began in epic style with players with the hospitality package visiting the Elesko Restaurant & Wine Bar for a tour including wine and cheese tasting, a visit of the gallery, and of course a scrumptious three-course meal with of course a lot more wine.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team was on hand for the unique off the felt event and we will share video interviews along with photos later in our coverage.
Meanwhile, many other players opted to play poker which at the Cash Game Festival is always available 24 hours a day throughout the five-day festival.
As will be the case throughout the festival, the charismatic British duo of Henry Kilbane and George Sandford will once again host the two televised feature tables at 6 p.m. CEST and 9 p.m CEST broadcasted on a 20-minute delay at the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel. You can alternatively follow the action by clicking on the Live Stream tab that will be in our PokerNews coverage once the action is live.
As a special treat, Cash Game Festival co-founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk will appear at the early €2/€5 no-limit hold'em feature table.
Whenever von Zweigbergk appears at the feature table he is in the pots nearly 100 percent of the time almost never missing action unless he takes a quick break from the table. He promised this time around he would be more conservative and reduce his VPIP down to 70 percent. Time will tell whether or not he was bluffing PokerNews with this comment and perhaps himself as well.
Perhaps an even bigger treat is that the stakes at the later feature table are scheduled to increase to €5/€10 no-limit hold'em. While there have been many huge pots at side tables, it is likely this game will produce some of the biggest pots during the entire festival.
Stay tuned at PokerNews as we bring to you all the epic action on Day 4 and beyond at the Cash Game Festival Bratislava.
Interview with 32Red Poker Player Edgars Armans and Petra Poola on the Way to the Winery Tour
Franke Headlines the First Feature Table
The first feature table has just begun with stakes at €2/€5 no-limit hold'em. The table is headlined by none other than Cash Game Festival co-founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk, in Seat 5, who is known when in front of lights and cameras to try to play as many pots as possible.
As will be the case throughout the festival, the charismatic British duo of Henry Kilbane and George Sandford will once again host the two televised feature tables at 6 p.m. CEST and 9 p.m CEST broadcasted on a 20-minute delay at the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel. You can alternatively follow the action by clicking on the Live Stream tab located in our PokerNews coverage.
Here is a look at the other players at the early Day 4 feature table of the Cash Game Festival Bratislava at Banco Casino Bratislava.
Cash Game Festival regular Ed Furniss, in Seat 1, arrived yesterday to the festival with his friend Oli Bass and immediately he hopped into playing Sviten Special with Franke and others. He got hooked on the festival in London. Since then has been to many stops and now is considered to be part of the Cash Game Festival family.
Czech Republic's Jan Kytlica, is a student by day and has been playing poker for a decade. His favorite hand is pocket eights because he has gotten a lot of sets with this hand.
Patrik Mitic, in Seat 4, has been in big action games before. In Hong Kong, he once won a pot of around HKD 400,000 ($40,000) in a HKD 50/HKD 100 ($5/$10) game.
Jonathan Klingenberg, in Seat 5, made his way to Bratislava thanks to winning a Cash Game Festival package valued at €1,500 at the festival's partner 32Red Poker. He has been playing poker for nearly a decade and once won a tournament for around $25,000.
While Franke might be the biggest action player at the table, Austria's Eyal Bensimhon, in Seat 6, might be the most epic. The Austrian has two WSOP Circuit gold rings to his name, which is something not many poker players around the world can brag about. To make things more fun he is wearing a rabbit costume at the table.
Vladimir Demidov, in Seat 7, is another action player based on his play earlier in the festival. It could be a competition between him and Franke as to who plays more pots.
Rounding off the table is Irish student Eoin Starr in Seat 8. Like Kytlica, he has been playing poker for a decade and his favorite hand is pocket eights.
Photos From the Early Feature Table
Check Out Some of the Players at the Winery Tour
"Everyone Loves a Chopped Pot"
As has been the case all three-days during the festival, a €1/€2 Sviten Special table just opened. Among the players at the table are Christoph Rueegg, Andro Loos, Peter La Terra and Oli Bass.
Bass traveled out from the United Kingdom with Ed Furniss who is at the feature table now to specifically to play the game. When asked what he loves about Sviten Special Bass said, "Everyone loves a chopped pot."
While many pots are chopped in this game which incorporates both five-card draw and pot-limit Omaha, players do often do scoop rather big ones.
Big Hand From Jon Kyte
Earlier in the festival, Jon Kyte broke a record winning his sixth lifetime Cash Game Festival feature table. Check out a hand below that he played where he was able to get the money in good.
Action in a Few Games
Right now there is action available in no-limit hold'em, pot-limit Omaha, and of course Sviten Special. The games right now are mostly at lower-stakes but the night is young and bigger games including the €5/€10 no-limit hold'em feature table are likely to begin soon.
Meet Cash Game Festival's Maxime!
The man, the myth, the legend, Maxime Roseau was just interviewed by PokerNews on Facebook. Roseau has been with the Cash Game Festival for years and handles the feature table, the French blog, a vlog, and more.
Check out what Roseau had to say below: