2017 Cash Game Festival Gibraltar

2017 Cash Game Festival Gibraltar
Day: 4

Comedy on the Feature Table

Veli-Matti “Velu” Puumala
Veli-Matti “Velu” Puumala

The £2/£2 pot-limit Omaha feature table just kicked off.

You will be able to watch the action on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel and on our coverage under the Live Streaming tab.

Finland's Veli-Matti “Velu” Puumala, in Seat 1 is a Finnish comedian and poker player. Most people that meet him think he is an all-around fun guy. When asked if he was nervous, he shared, "No. But I'm afraid I'm shit." Puumala has now been to at least three Cash Game Festivals and is in Gibraltar compliments of the house thanks to winning a high hand jackpot promotion during the Cash Game Festival Tallinn at the end of April.

Poker marketing executive Matthew Smith from the United Kingdom is in Seat 2. His favorite Omaha hand is king-queen-jack-ten double suited.

Another Finnish player, Mikko Lehtonen, is in Seat 3. Like Smith, he likes double suited rundowns to start off with. His favorite starting hand is just one card off from Smith with queen-jack-ten-nine double suited.

Spain's Francisco Rebolo is in Seat 5. He shared he is not nervous to be on the feature table despite this being his first poker appearance in front of a camera. His favorite hand is ace-ace-king-king double suited.

Latvia's Harijs “Timurs/Tim” Cinis, in Seat 6, might be as much of a comedian as Puumala even though this wasn't mentioned as one of his professions. He shared that his favorite hand was "winning one."

Finland's Sampsa "Sampson" Nyysti, in Seat 7, came to Gibraltar along with Puumala. While the duo is good friends off the poker felt, when on it together a battle inevitably happens.

British student Ryan Mullarkey rounds off the action in Seat 8. He shared his biggest achievement was playing Viktor "Isildur1" Blom heads-up.