2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria
Day 3 Started
2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria
2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria
Day: 3
Welcome to Day 3 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria at Platinum Casino
Welcome to Day 3 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria at Platinum Casino in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria.
Day 2 never really ended for some players. The action was at a dozen tables for a good portion of the night with many still running when the sun came up. A €2/€5 no-limit hold'em table is still running from the night before with most of the same players in the same seats.
Many others chose to enjoy the fun late night entertainment in Sunny Beach, while others chose to rest up to have energy for the remaining three action-packed days of the festival.
Some players will begin Day 3 with an organized go-carting activity. There will be a few preliminary races before there is a final round of qualifiers competing in one final race for the win.
In the evening players with the hospitality package will be treated to a special VIP dinner.
There is a batch of new players expected to come today including Cash Game Festival regular "Trumulis" from Latvia who confirmed he will be in Sunny Beach in a few hours.
As will be the case every day of the festival, Cash Game Festival host Brandon Allen will once again host two televised feature tables with a variety of co-hosts joining him in the booth. The first table kicks off at 5:40 p.m. local time and will be streamed on a 20-minute delay with stakes at €1/€2 no-limit on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel as well as will be broadcasted across multiple media outlets including PokerNews.
Later in the day, there will also be a higher-stakes no-limit hold'em televised feature table on a 20-minute delay at 8:40 p.m. local time.
The PokerNews Live Reporting team is on hand with reporting scheduled to begin at approximately 5 p.m. local time. In the meantime, we will provide some coverage of the go-carting on the PokerNews Facebook Live.
Action Still Running From Last Night
There is still a €2/€5 no-limit hold'em table running from yesterday.
A handful of players finally decided to get some rest opening up seats
for Cash Game Festival regulars Michael Fletcher and Peter Cox who both separately came from the United Kingdom.
Cox was at the go karting and shared it was an amazing time.
We will have photos of the event during our coverage and there will be a ceremony to announce the winner at some point during the Cash Game Festival.
Facebook Live from the Go Kart Competition
Earlier PokerNews was live on Facebook right before the go kart competition took place. Here is a look.
Trumulis in the House
Latvia's "Trumulis" is well known from prior Cash Game Festivals for his great sense of humor and his prowess at the poker tables. He is considered a member of the ever-growing Cash Game Festival family. He promised he would come out to Sunny Beach for the Cash Game Festival Bulgaria and he is a man that keeps his promises.
He received a loud greeting from all the regulars in the casino along with some hand shakes and hugs. We have learned he plans to be on the early part of the first feature table before heading with others to the VIP dinner.
Sick Line-up for the Early Feature Table
The €1/€2 no-limit hold'em feature table is about to begin. You can follow the action on the Cash Game Festival website, on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel, and here in our PokerNews coverage.
The line-up will be one to remember and Cash Game Festival fans are in for a treat.
Cash Game Festival regular Peter La Terra from Sweden is in Seat 1. La Terra is known for his strong play across a wide-variety of games and his fun demeanor.
Bulgaria's Martin is in Seat 2 followed by fellow Bulgarian from VIP-Grinders Stanislav Andreev in Seat 3.
Cash Game Festival co-founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk is in Seat 4. The game is always fun and never quiet whenever he is on the table. He shared right before the feature table kicked off that his strategy was to go after Trumulis in Seat 7, who as we mentioned just arrived about an hour ago. Franke mentioned that he has a tell by looking into his eyes. Trumulis showed his sunglasses and said if you take these I will grab the ones from the clicker as I have in the past.
Ireland's James Noonan is in Seat 5. He won a package to the festival during the Cash Game Festival Malta in June. He has had some success in online poker tournaments including final tabling a major one for around $63,000.
Bulgaria's Alek Blagoev is the next player over in Seat 6. He shared his favorite hand is queen-three.
Rounding things off is United Kingdom's Peter Cox in Seat 8 who is taking a break from the €2/€5 no-limit hold'em side table he was playing on to have some fun with all the characters at the table.
Franke is Rocking
Cash Game Festival co-founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk has been rocking and is already up quite a bit on the early feature table.
He was giving the impression to Peter Cox that he was pushing him off a pot showing him one card before the duo got involved in another hand on the stream.
The hand began with Cox raising to €8 with 
before Franke three-bet to €21 with 
. Cox called and the flop came 
giving Franke bottom pair and a flush-draw and Cox top-pair.
Franke continuation-bet €31 on the flop and got a call from Cox.
The 
appeared on the turn to improve Franke's hand to a flush. Franke fired out again, this time for €82 and Cox called.
The board paired up after the 
completed the board on the river. Franke shoved all-in for almost €300. Cox tanked for a few minutes before he called giving Franke a monster pot.
Franke booked a profit of €700 and depending on things continue to go could be the biggest winner on a Cash Game Festival feature table in his career.
Five Hold'em Tables
There are already five hold'em tables in action early Friday evening at Platinum Casino for Day 3 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria.
The €2/€5 table is running from the night before. There is also a €1/€3 table and three €1/€2 tables including the televised feature table.
VIP Dinner at Paradise Beach Bar, Seafood & Grill
A few dozen players recently headed to the VIP dinner. The surprise location was just released and it is at the Paradise Beach Bar, Seafood & Grill.
A few people texted PokerNews reports that the drinks or flowing. We also learned there is a pool table a few people are playing at while others are enjoying the beautiful views of the beach and good company until the food arrives.
Franke Books a Huge Win!
Cash Game Festival co-founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk booked a huge win of €700 on the early €1/€2 feature table.
Straight from the table, he was quickly seen ordering a taxi for him and some others to catch the remainder of the VIP dinner.
The later feature table is scheduled to be €1/€3 no-limit hold'em. Lineups and bios will be published shortly after the stream goes live around 9 p.m. local time.