2016 Cash Game Festival London (Spring)
2016 Cash Game Festival London
Day: 4
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We are at 20 tables for the first time today. This doesn't include the feature table which is scheduled to kickoff in about 20 minutes.
The feature table will be a high-stakes no-limit hold'em affair with stakes set for £25/£50. We'll update with who winds up playing shortly after the action begins.
A couple of new tables just opened right now including a six-plus hold'em table. This game made popular by Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan in Macau and is now available online only on iPoker takes a fun twist on hold'em.
First of all, all 2's through 6's are removed from the deck. Secondly, the hand ranks are differently with three-of-a-kind stronger than a straight and a flush stronger than a full-house.
Action is continuing to steadily grow as Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford City now has 16 tables running.
This number is likely to continue to grow over the next hour at a minimum with a line forming for those looking to get on waiting lists and in on the action.
Every three hours during the Cash Game Festival London, the poker room at Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford City has been hosting a high-hand jackpot.
With one hour left, the hand to now beat is 
for the chance at a £200 prize. Hands don't have to go to showdown to qualify.
Now that some of the football is winding down, players are beginning to pack into Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford City in bigger numbers. Most of the tables are lower stakes £1/£1 and £1/£2 no-limit hold'em and pot-limit Omaha, however, there is also a higher action £5/£5 dealer's choice pot-limit Omaha game going for some of the bigger stakes players.
Tonight organizers expect to see a handful of bigger games running, maybe as high as the £25/£50 hold'em game running last night.
The pineapple open-face Chinese game was running on and off all four-days of the festival. The game just wrapped up, and one of the players, UK's Mark Wraith shared with us he has to get back to his studies.
Wraith truly enjoyed his experience sharing that especially considering the wide variety of games outside of hold'em and Omaha running, "I thought it was quite good. To be honest, I don't play much hold'em or Omaha. I have been playing poker for 20 years and these games can get quite boring."
While Wraith must have logged in close to 10 hours a day in just OFC action, he shared that he also got to play many other games as part of a lower-stakes dealer's choice spread stating that, "I played quite a lot of open-face Chinese, and last night got to play in the dealer's choice game."
While most of the tables at the Cash Game Festival are more suitable for players other than him, he did note that the huge amount of activity is also great for the casino as well. "However, it is the other games that is good for the card room," shared Wraith. "I don't care of there is one table or many in Omaha or hold'em though since I don't play them."
Overall it was a great four-days for Wraith based off most people's standards. "I won about £1,500 total, not bad for a few days work," proclaimed Wraith.
The Brit shared though perhaps he should have been studying instead though stating, "However, I don't know if this is a good trade-off as I should have been studying for my exams. I am studying for a masters of law. Next year I am doing a bar course, then I will become a barrister."
Wraith also shared this is his last hurrah in poker for a little while, "I promised my girlfriend I would take a break from poker after the Cash Game Festival to focus on my studies and then go on vacation."
That being said, the UK poker player hinted we may see more of him in the future stating that he might head to Vegas this summer if everything goes to plan.
UK poker pro David Clarkson has been seen enjoying the action at Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford City on and off for the past few days.
We caught up with him while playing on the action-packed £2/£5 table. His first thoughts about the Cash Game Festival London is that, "It's interesting. It's games and action are good."
Clarkson who is known to play higher than minimum stakes shared with us he began the day on the ground floor and hopes to end it in the nosebleeds. "I started today at £1/£1 and moved up to £1/£2," Clarkson commented. "Now I am playing £2/£5 and hopefully things will go well and I will keep playing higher."
A couple of nights ago, we noticed Clarkson playing £5/£10. He shared with us, "That didn't go well. I lost a big pot."
Clarkson also shared with us that he doesn't play as much online as he used to. "I play a little bit online, but not as much last year. It is a bit of a drain."
