2016 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria
Day 3 Completed
2016 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria
2016 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria
Day: 3
Yacht Ride, Sviten Special, and Jasen Dichev Domination on Day 3
As is usually the case, each day of the 2016 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria has been bigger than the last with the most action in the poker room at Platinum Casino taking place on Day 3.
The day kicked off at noon when many players took a group yacht ride where they enjoyed drinks, went swimming, and basked in the sun for a few hours.
After that, the poker action heated up with the first televised feature table at 5:30 p.m. As was the case on previous days, the stakes on the early table were at €1/€2, meaning any player has a chance to participate regardless of bankroll.
The second feature table took place three hours later at a much higher buy-in of €5/€10. Some of the players taking part in the action were on feature tables on previous days including Texan poker player Brendon Krabill, Estonia's Janar Kokk, and local Bulgarian poker player Jasen Dichev.
While Kabrill enjoyed some success the two previous times he was on the feature table by tripling up his buy-in, yesterday was a little less fruitful for him. However, it was a different story for Dichev and Kokk who won the two biggest pots of the day.
The big hand began just a few minutes after Dichev was caught bluffing against Kokk to give his opponent the previous biggest hand in the 2016 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria with a pot worth €2,400. However, Dichev was able to gain it all back and then some just a few minutes later.
In this hand, Dichev went all-in for €1,200 with 
on a 
board for a full-house. Fellow countrymate Yuliyan Kolev, holding 
for three-of-a-kind and top kicker tanked for a minute before calling to ship a huge €3,400 pot to his opponent. Dichev has at least for the moment taken down the biggest pot of the festival.
As was the case during the past two days, the first televised feature table today will be €1/€2 at 5:30 p.m. (GMT +3) on a 20 minute delay before the table switches up to higher stakes at 8:30 p.m. What makes the feature table is unique is that not only it is for ring games, but many of the players will be taking part in a televised poker table for the first time.
In addition, yesterday marked the return of Sviten Special, a pot-limit game that combined both five-card draw and Omaha, to the festival at Sunny Beach for the second time. This time, the action was a bit bigger with stakes at €2/€5.
The action is still going hot and strong with more than 10 tables in play and some players have shared they plan to play through the night.
As tomorrow is Saturday, even more excitement is in store. In addition to the great poker action Players with the hospitality package are scheduled to head back to the casino tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. before heading off to a fun pool party. Late in the evening at 11:00 p.m., the same group of players are invited to a special VIP party.
As the festival has been growing every day, organizers do not expect an empty seat in the house tomorrow. Live streaming for the feature table for tomorrow is once again scheduled at lower stakes at 5:30 p.m. and higher stakes at 8:30 p.m. on a 20 minute delay.
Stay tuned at PokerNews for the next four days as we report some of the hottest action at the Cash Game Festival.
Janar Kokk's Top Three Reasons Why He Loves Sviten Special
The action is hot all around the room, but it appears most of the noise is coming from the €2/€2 pot-limit Sviten Special table. In addition to Cash Game Festival co-founder who will play this game just about whenever possible is Branden Allen who we interviewed earlier today and Janar Kokk who just left the feature table and won the second biggest pot of the afternoon.
Kokk shared with us that he has likely played Sviten Special more than anyone at the table, so we asked him what his top reasons for loving the game were.
Janar Kokk's Top Three Reasons Why He Loves Sviten Special:
- "Franke"
- "Franke's" pots and repots
We were waiting for a third for the list, but Kokk laughed and said, "That's it."
So despite a promise of three reasons we got a top two. "Franke" who overheard the conversation also began laughing, but couldn't really disagree with the list from Kokk.
Feature Table Ends
The feature table just ended, and the €3,400 pot won by Jasen Dichev remains the biggest of the festival.
The stream is still live and now showing a good view of the poker room at Platinum Casino. In the booth chatting away with Brandon Allen is Cash Game Festival's Andro Loos.
Cash Game Festival Yacht Trip
Photos from the Cash Game Festival Bulgaria yacht trip on Day 3 compliments of Natalie Pastakeda / Vita Pictura Productions.
Maret Komarova's Top Five Things To Do in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria
SlotsMillion.com pro Maret Komarova earlier today shared with us the top five things she enjoyed about the Cash Game Festival. After a few players around the room read that, it was requested to find out Komarova's top five things to do in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria that does not involve the Cash Game Festival or its venue at Platinum Casino.
Without further delay, here is Komarova's quick list:
Maret Komarova's Top Things To Do in Sunny Beach Outside the Festival:
- Playing beach volleyball
- Motorized tricycles
- Water sports
- Heading to one of the many karaoke bars. (Adding, if you are into that.)
- Hanging out at local hotspots.
Sviten Special Makes Its Return Sooner Than Expected
As Cash Game Festival co-founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk promised, Sviten Special, otherwise known as drawmaha, has made it's return. The game is always full of wild action thanks to it not only being in pot limit, but half the hand going to the best five-card draw hand, and the other half going to the best Omaha hand.
In Sviten Special, players first draw before the flop, and the rest of the game plays out similar to how five-card Omaha would. These are the basic rules, but there are few others to keep in mind while playing.
"Franke" just described to some spectators that, "Sviten Special is a great gamble game." It is hard to disagree with this, as 100 big blind or more pots are often flying around the table thanks to the many possibilities of hands that can be created.
Jasen Dichev Ships a €3.4K Pot!
Just off Jasen Dichev bluffing against Janar Kokk to give his opponent the biggest hand thus far in the 2016 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria, Dichev was able to gain it all back and then some just a few minutes later.
Dichev went all-in for €1,200 with on a board for a full-house. Yuliyan Kolev, holding for three-of-a-kind and top kicker tanked for a minute before calling to ship a huge €3,400 pot to his opponent. Dichev has at least for the moment taken down the biggest pot of the festival.
"Franke" Shares, "Soon We Start Sviten Special!"
More and more people are heading over to Platinum Casino into the poker room to get into the action and there are now at least a dozen tables in play across a variety of stakes and games. The action keeps growing and there should be a few more tables open within the next few hours.
Cash Game Festival co-founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk believes that today is the "best day yet of the festival and it is just going to get bigger."
"Franke" has played in the festival each of the first two nights, and is looking to make it a third. He shared he is about to play one of his favorite games stating with a huge smile that, Soon we start Sviten Special!"
Janar Kokk Ships the Biggest Pot of the Night
Janar Kokk just won the biggest hand of the 2016 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria. Kokk lead out for €325 into a pot of around €550 on a 
board. Local player Jasen Dichev who was involved in two of the bigger pots on Day 1, shoved for €2,000 or effectively for the €600 that Kokk had behind. Kokk made the call with just ace-high while holding 
and scooped up a huge pot of €2,400 when his opponent was trying to steal away the pot with 
.
Kokk shared after the hand with us that he call because he had a "confident read and felt really good he was ahead."