2017 Cash Game Festival London
Day 2 Completed
2017 Cash Game Festival London (Fall)
2017 Cash Game Festival London
Day: 2
Jason Wong Was the Star of Day 2 of the Cash Game Festival London
Day 2 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival London - Fall Edition has built off the huge success from its first day with nonstop ring game action running all day long across a variety of games including no-limit hold'em, pot-limit Omaha and Sviten Special.
While some players began the day playing poker from the night before or getting an early start to the day, many others decided to see the sights and sounds of the British capital.
Players that won a Cash Game Festival London package or purchased the hospitality package were treated to an afternoon of simulated golf and tapas at Urban Golf.
Today's poker action was bigger than that of yesterday with £2/£5 and £5/£10 games running throughout the day. Jason Wong was the biggest star of the feature tables after he booked a profit of £1,450 on the late feature table. He won a huge pot valued at £4,400 when his pocket aces held against kings before he gave some back before the session ended.
The action did not die down after the feature table ended with 15 tables still in play at midnight with some players sharing their intentions that they will play until the sun comes up.
Players with the hospitality package are invited tomorrow for a VIP dinner at Busada Stratford City at 6:00 p.m. GMT. After dinner, the Aspers Casino poker room is expected to be packed with local recreational players who will be off work for the weekend.
Stay tuned at PokerNews for the next three days as we report the hottest action during the 2017 Cash Game Festival London. You will also be able to watch the televised feature tables starting at 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on a 20-minute delay here on PokerNews as well as on the Cash Game Festival website and on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel.
Jason Wong Big Winner at Late Feature Table
Thanks to winning the big hand with pocket aces against Joost who held pocket kings, Jason Wong was the biggest winner at the feature table booking a total profit of £1,450 or 145 big blinds.
Jason Wong Wins a £4K Pot With Pocket Aces
Huge pot for Jason Wong at the £5/£10 no-limit hold'em feature table. The action began with the player in the hijack making a raise before Wong three-bet with pocket aces. Joost then four-bet jammed for over £2,000 with pocket kings and got a snap call from Wong.
The board ran all blanks and Wong snagged the biggest pot of about £4,400 at the feature table during the current Cash Game Festival.
Tons of Action
There are currently 16 tables in action to tie yesterday's high for the current Cash Game Festival. Here is a look at the mix:
- £1/£1 NLHE - seven tables (including one qiktable)
- £1/£2 NLHE - five tables (including one qiktable)
- £2/£5 NLHE - one table
- £5/£10 NLHE - one table (feature table)
- £1/£2 Dealer's Choice PLO - one table
- £2/£2 Sviten Special - one table
Graham Peter Hawkes & Fozi Abdi Win Cash Game Festival Dublin Packages
Graham Peter Hawkes and Fozi Abdi both won Cash Game Festival packages for Dublin at the Village Green Card Club from Oct. 11-15 valued at £1,350 (€1,500) each.
Their names were selected at random in a drawing hosted by Cash Game Festival Project Manager Andro Loos. Players can earn tickets for the next drawing by having a hand at the tables with at least four of a kind.
PokerNews broadcasted the action live on its Facebook page and you can check it out below.
Eric Le Goff & Jorge Alberdi Return to the Feature Table
The £5/£10 no-limit hold'em feature table is underway and you can check out the action hosted by Brandon Allen and Ryan Davey on the live stream tab and at the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel.
Jorge Alberdi, in Seat 1, has been playing poker since he turned 18 years of age and shared his biggest accomplishment is being a strong cash game player. He has appeared before at a Cash Game Festival in London in 2016.
Ollie Bithell, in Seat 2, started playing poker three years ago with friends and said that his biggest poker accomplishment was not going insane.
Jose Manuel Planells Castillo, in Seat 3, is a professional cash game player. When asked about his biggest poker accomplishment he was pretty humble since he feels that tournament players sometimes get all the fame.
"I really haven't had a huge achievement because I'm cash player and I have only played a few tournaments." shared Castillo. "But my biggest profit in a month has been €50,000."
Jason Wong, in Seat 4, is a software developer by trade. He has been playing poker for a decade and once won 3,000 big blinds during a single poker session.
France's Eric Le Goff makes his return to the feature table in Seat 5. He has been playing poker for seven years and isn't nervous since he played on the feature table the last time the festival was in London, where he now lives.
Jamie Sykes, in Seat 6, is currently in between jobs and has been playing poker for a decade. He shared his favorite hand is ten-eight suited.
Terry Jordon, in Seat 7, was probably bluffing us when he shared his favorite hand is 3-2 offsuit and rounding things off is a Dutch player simply known as Joost in Seat 8.
Sviten Special is Back
Sviten Special, otherwise known as drawmaha, made its return on Day 2 much earlier in the evening as compared to last night. It could develop into a huge action game with Sin Menis Melin, James Simms, Peter La Terra, Aigars Dambrans and three other players.
While the stakes may not seem big at £2/£2, stack sizes are big and the nature of the game is for big pots to develop more often than in other games.
John Rose Wins Big
The first feature table has ended and John Rose was the big winner with almost £2,547 in profit. He won 309.4 big blinds which places him in second place overall in a special contest. The player that wins the most big blinds at any feature table will walk away with a commemorative trophy or the two hospitality packages to the Cash Game Festival Dublin at Village Green Card Club on Oct. 11-15 valued at €400.
While it is another John that is currently in the lead after notching up 504.6 big blinds when he won £2,523 in profit at yesterday's £2/£5, he still will walk away with a bit of extra spending money in his pocket.
The feature table has now moved to one of the side tables and there are now two £2/£5 no-limit hold'em tables. A new £5/£10 will begin in about 45 minutes.
Learn About the First Ever Qiktables
Aspers Casino is the first in the world to offer a cash-game with a shot-clock called Qiktables. How these tables work is when the action is on a player the shot clock begins where he or she has 15 seconds to act. A player is also giving a 30 second time bank once every 30 minutes if needed.
Here is a look at some of the action just streamed live on the PokerNews Facebook page.