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.
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.
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
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.
The €2/€5 feature table was fairly tight. Bulgarian Ivo Petrov Ivanov was the biggest winner at the feature table notching a profit of over €300.
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.
2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria
Day 2 Completed