2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria

2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria
Day: 2

2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria

Day 2 Completed

Players Enjoy Day 2 of the Cash Game Festival Bulgaria Both on and off the Felts

Cash Game Festival Bulgaria Winery Tasting Trip
Cash Game Festival Bulgaria Winery Tasting Trip

Day 2 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria at Platinum Casino has been a huge success. The action was hot and strong with the poker room full with 12 tables of action.

The day began for some with a trip to the Stratsin Winery for wine tasting. Right before players left for the event, Cash Game Festival co-founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk, Kadi Kask, Petra Poola and Madli Karner drove up in a Slowball car they drove down the past few days from Finland to Bulgaria. Slowball is another project von Zweigbergk is involved with and it involved 18 old cars transformed into pieces of art before being driven around Estonia, Sweden and Finland last week.

Players were able to taste six different types of local wines from the winery along being treated with snacks. Players were also treated to a bottle of wine of their choice to bring home along with the possibility of being able to purchase more.

The poker action was bigger during Day 2 this year than at the same festival that took place at Platinum Casino last year. While most of the action was no-limit hold'em with stakes ranging from €1/€2 to €2/€5, there was also action in pot-limit Omaha as high as €2/€5 and in €1/€2 Sviten Special.

There were no huge winners at the feature table during Day 2 as chips were being spread around between the players. Poland's Daniel Palys was the biggest winner on the early feature table while Bulgaria's Ivo Petrov Ivanov was the biggest winner on the later feature table.

Tomorrow players with the hospitality package will be attending go-carting at 1 p.m. Other players will enjoy the weather at the beach or head to the casino to play poker. Some might even be playing poker from the night before.

Stay tuned at PokerNews as we bring you more coverage of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria.

12 Tables!

A €1/€3 no-limit hold'em table just opened. This is now the 12th table running at the moment or the most during the current festival.

Marika Novak's Top Three Things About CGF Bulgaria

Marika Novak
Marika Novak

Betsson poker manager Marika Novak is visibly having a blast playing Sviten Special against mostly friends including Betsafe Ambassador Monika "HeyMonia" Zukowicz, Cash Game Festival co-founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk and Cash Game Festival regular Peter La Terra.

We will be interviewing Novak in tomorrow's coverage, but as a preview, she already gave PokerNews her top three things about the Cash Game Festival Bulgaria.

1) Atmosphere (casino on the beach and great people)
2) Activities
3) Great games

Todor Balabanski New Promotional Leaderboard Leader

Cash Game Festival Bulgaria Roulette Wheel
Cash Game Festival Bulgaria Roulette Wheel

Tove Janne Kristiansen had the lead for about 24 hours on the promotional leaderboard. She recently fell down into second place after local Bulgarian Todor Balabanski had some luck to get his name higher on the leaderboard.

Kristiansen shared with PokerNews that she will be pushing hard to move up on the leaderboard. She flashed almost 10 tickets that she has been saving for a shot to move her name up on the scoreboard.

Sviten!

Marika Nowak
Marika Nowak

A €1/€2 Sviten Special table just opened making it 11 tables in action. If you aren't familiar with the game, it combines both pot-limit Omaha and five-card draw where players receive five cards and can draw cards after the flop.

Among those on the table are Betsafe Ambassador Monika "HeyMonia" Zukowicz, Cash Game Festival co-founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk, Betsson poker manager Marika Nowak and Cash Game Festival regular Peter La Terra.

Promotional Roulette Wheel Open

Cash Game Festival Bulgaria Roulette Wheel
Cash Game Festival Bulgaria Roulette Wheel

The promotional roulette wheel is now once again open from now until 1 a.m. and is hosted by Cash Game Festival vlogger Maxime Roseau.

The concept of the promotional game is simple. Anyone playing at a poker table at any time during the 2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria when a new hour turns will receive a coupon good for 25 play chips at the roulette wheel. Players can combine chips with other players or even decide to purchase the coupons from other players.

Players then convert the coupons into chips and try to run it up on a promotional roulette wheel which will be open each day from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m.

The player that accumulated the most chips by 1 a.m. on Monday will win a trip for the Cash Game Festival London which includes flight, accommodation and a £500 stake.

Here is a look at all of the prizes:

1) Full Cash Game Festival London package (hotel, hospitality package and £500 stake)
2) Full Cash Game Festival London package (hotel, hospitality package and £200 stake)
3) £400 stake on the TV table at Cash Game Festival London
4) Hospitality packages for two at the Cash Game Festival London valued at £400
5) £200 stake on the TV table at Cash Game Festival London

Right now Norway's Tove Janne Kristiansen is in the lead. She is back playing again today, so we will see in a few hours whether she can continue to hold onto it.

Tove Janne Kristiansen
Tove Janne Kristiansen