2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria

Cash Game Festival commentator Brandon Allen got it all in with ace-jack suited against his Betsafe Baltics qualifier Simonas Kunigelis' ace-four off-suit.

Allen spiked a jack on the flop to pad onto his huge lead on the flop. However, a runner-runner came to give Kunigelis a flush and the hand.

Rather than reloading, Allen decided to jump back into the booth and have fun on the stream.

Welcome to Day 5 and the final day of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria at Platinum Casino. The first four days of the festival have been a huge success from the perspective of the organizers, online qualifiers, Cash Game Festival regulars, local players and other players experiencing what it is like to attend a Cash Game Festival for the first time.

During the first four days, players have been treated to a wide variety of cash games and the great weather of Sunny Beach, Bulgaria. Players with the hospitality package have raved about all the activities especially the wine tasting, go karting competition, group dinner and VIP party. Although many players were out late after the VIP party winded down last night, reports are that a big group met up before 1 p.m. today to go snorkeling in the Black Sea.

The activities on the poker tables is set to be exciting for the final day. In addition to the usual two televised feature tables at 5:40 p.m. and 8:40 p.m. local time that will be streamed on a 20-minute delay on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel as well as will be broadcasted across multiple media outlets including PokerNews, a crazy prop bet that began yesterday will be completed today.

The bet began when Cash Game Festival Co-founder and Slowball Founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk and Betsafe Ambassador Monika "HeyMonia" Zukowicz.

Both players are confident in their games and refused to admit the other one was better and this led to a grudge match where HeyMonia will play three best of three heads-up matches against Franke's team of players.

If Franke wins, HeyMonia's punishment is to drive a Slowball car from Sunny Beach, Bulgaria to Faro Portugal, pick up some extra spicy chicken piri piri and deliver it to Franke in Tallinn, Estonia. Slowball was an art on wheels exhibition that took place in early August where the organizers purchased very old cars and had them restored before artists made them a work of art. The car HeyMonia would potentially drive would not have air conditioning and only half of the windows go do.

If HeyMonia wins, Franke must work at a supermarket as a cashier for a month. While this sounds potentially easier than what HeyMonia would have to do, it likely wouldn't be since Franke almost never stays in one place for more than a few days on a time and has many businesses to run.

One of the three matches was held during Day 4 and broadcasted live on on the PokerNews Facebook page. against Poland's Pawel Wakuluk. Both Wakuluk and HeyMonia were Polish commentators for PokerStars for the EPT and it created an interesting dynamic.

HeyMonia was less than happy when Wakuluk won the first match that took well north of an hour to complete. However, she appeared to have cooled down after she pulled off a relatively quick win in the second match. The third and final match seemed to be in HeyMonia's hands. She had a bit of a chip lead as she got it all-in with ace-king suited against ace-queen suited. However, Wakuluk managed to get a straight on the turn leaving Zukowicz three outs to potentially take down the hand. Fate wasn't on her side and she lost that hand. Wakuluk had momentum and eventually closed out his opponent after both players held a six when two sixes on the board.

Today's first prop bet match will be against Cash Game Festival Project Manager Andro Loos. If Loos wins (no pun intended), Franke will not need to be played as HeyMonia will be unable to overtake a 2-0 advantage to avoid spending a few weeks traveling around Europe in a Slowball car.

However, if HeyMonia pulls off the win, she will play Franke in a rubber match where all the marbles are on the line. PokerNews plans to stream the grudge match live on the PokerNews Facebook page and embed it into our coverage here provided we have a strong internet connection.

Stay tuned as we report on the exciting conclusion of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria which will officially kick off around 5 p.m. local time.