Lots of Familiar Faces at the First Feature Table
The first feature table of the evening with with the action at £1/£2 no-limit hold'em kicked off a few minutes ago with many familiar faces from prior Cash Game Festivals.
However, the first two players are more familiar to locals rather than to Cash Game Festival enthusiasts. Steve Bruce, a dealer at the Empire Casino is in seat one and shared he has 10 years worth of poker experience. This is a Bruce's first-ever feature table experience and he hoping some liquid courage helps him overcome his nerves shared that he plans to "adapt to the different styles" from his opponents and that he is is "a bit nervous, that's why I'm drinking!"
Fellow local player, Charlie White, is a recreational poker player who makes a living as a recruitment manager. Despite never appearing on a feature table before, White is confident sharing that he plans "to smash it!"
Brendon Krabill is a familar name to anyone that has been to or followed a Cash Game Festival this year as he has now been at all four. Originally from Texas, and now living in the UK, Krabill always appears confident on the table and appeared to be having fun while shipping pots just before the action began at a £5/£5 dealer's choice pot-limit Omaha table.
Bulgaria's Nickolay J. Petrov is in seat 4, and he won his way to London thanks to shipping the no-limit hold'em high hand jackpot last month during the Cash Game Festival Bulgaria at Platinum Casino. This is Petrov's first time in the British capital and appears impressed with the poker action. When he is not playing poker, he is a musician in a heavy metal band.
Italy's Mauro Suriano might not be a Cash Game Festival veteran, however, he did get some experience on the feature table yesterday during Day 1.
Sweden's Daniel Nasman considers poker as a hobby. He is normally a bartender and shared, "Playing poker is all about having fun!" Nasman also attended the last Cash Game Festival and notched up some televised feature table experience.
Sweden's Niklas Blomquest is in seat 7 and attended the Cash Game Festival Malta that took place a few months ago where he appeared on the feature table. He shared he plans to "play solid and wait for the good spots."
Guts.com player Eirik Thorvaldsen from Norway is the self declared "head of poker." Despite such an ambitious title, Thorvaldsen shared that he is "super nervous" to appear on the feature table despite this not being his first experience in front of the camera as he previously played on a feature table at the Norwegian Masters.