2017 Cash Game Festival London (Fall)

2017 Cash Game Festival London
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First CGF Twitch Subscriber Jeffrey Lanser Headlines the First Feature Table

Jeffrey Lanser
Jeffrey Lanser

The first feature table has just begun with stakes at £1/£2 no-limit hold'em. You can check out the action by clicking on the Live Stream tab in our coverage. All the players at the table are local from the United Kingdom barring two.

Esports Partnerships Manager Perry Smith, in Seat 1, has been playing poker for three years and considers himself mostly a cash game player. However, this doesn't mean he can't also win in tournaments as he once binked a £12,400 prize when he chopped heads-up in an event.

Alexandra O’Brien, in Seat 2, enjoyed cash games due to the flexibility it gives her as a mother. O'Brien also played poker while she was pregnant.

I feel coming fourth in the Aspers cash race while being seven months pregnant," said O'Brien. "I feel that was a real achievement partly, because I got told off by male players throughout the tournament for playing while being pregnant. No matter how many times I said, if I am having fun and feeling good that so is the baby, I was still told it was bad for the baby and that I should be at home resting. It only spurred me on more! When I reached the final table, it was three in the morning and by then I was actually tired and happy to doing a four-way ICM deal. Today, my little girl is two and will sit with me and watch the WSOP. No joke!"

One seat over is Dominic Shaw followed by local business owner Ashley Paget in Seat 4.

Denmark's Frederik Sølve, in Seat 5, shared that poker is more than a hobby and that he loves making a living doing what he enjoys.

One seat over is Gareth Devereux followed by Luke Curtis.

Rounding the action out is Netherland's Jeffrey Lanser in Seat 8. Although this is Lanser's first time attending the Cash Game Festival, he has been a part of its family and history. Lanser was the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel's first subscriber and generally enjoys watching the action and being a part of the chat from home.