2017 Cash Game Festival London
Day 4 Started
2017 Cash Game Festival London (Winter)
2017 Cash Game Festival London
Day: 4
Welcome to Day 4 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival London
Welcome to PokerNews' live coverage of Day 4 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival London at Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford City.
Yesterday was the biggest day of the festival thus far and established a new 2017 record with both 23 tables running simultaneously across many games including no-limit hold'em, dealer's choice Omaha, dealer's choice mixed games and Sviten Special.
Today is set to be even bigger. There are already half a dozen tables running early this afternoon many of which are running from the night before.
Last night's big feature table winner Jack Fenton was seated at one of the no-limit hold'em tables. He shared with us that he was playing through the night and couldn't leave the casino since "the games are very loose."
The early televised feature table will be kicking off at 5:30 p.m. GMT on a 20-minute delay with stakes at £1/£2 no-limit hold'em. The later televised table will feature high stakes action. You check out each hand as it happens on the televised feature tables here on PokerNews as well as on the Cash Game Festival website and on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel once action kicks off. In the meantime, you can head to the Twitch channel to see some of the action from the previous three days.
Later in the night, players will the hospitality package will be heading to a VIP beer pong party at 10 p.m. GMT at The Bat and Ball. Previous activities included a VIP dinner at Jamie's Italian yesterday, an aerial tour of London from the 114.5 meter tall ArcelorMittal Orbit (which included sliding down the structure on the biggest slide in the world) on Thursday, a special viewing of a Champions League football match and welcome drinks at the casino to kick things off on the first day.
Coverage will kick off at around 5:00 p.m. GMT and continue throughout the day and evening. Stay tuned at PokerNews as we report the latest and greatest news from the 2017 Cash Game Festival London.
Day 3 Video Highlights
Clarkson and Fenton on Break From Early Table Action
Currently, there are eight tables running with more about to open. Big Day 1 feature table winner David Clarkson and big Day 3 feature table winner Jack Fenton were both recently playing, but now are on break.
Fenton, who has now attended six straight Cash Game Festival stops and plans to make it seven straight when he heads out to Slovenia in a couple of weeks is out smoking a cigar with another festival regular Peter La Terra. Meanwhile, Clarkson hopes to head back to the second feature table today at 9 p.m.
Players Filing In
Two new cash game tables just opened with the casino now hosting 10 tables. This number will more than double as the day turns into night.
Right now all of the tables are low stakes no-limit hold'em and PLO. Here's a look at what is running:
| Game | Number of Tables |
|---|---|
| £1/£1 no-limit hold'em | 6 |
| £1/£2 no-limit hold'em | 3 |
| £1/£2 pot-limit Omaha | 1 |
Lucille Cailly Moves on from Poker to Make People Laugh
France's Lucille Cailly is among the players enjoying action today. Despite once winning over €1 million when she took second place in the 2012 EPT Grand Final Main Event, she currently doesn't focus on poker. This doesn't mean she doesn't once in awhile play poker recreationally as she is on the felts and visibly enjoying herself at the Cash Game Festival London.
Instead of professional poker, Cailly now entertains the masses as a stand-up comedian. Over the past couple of years, she appeared in many stops around the United Kingdom including over one month in Edinburgh, Scotland in a show titled How to Be a Poker Millionaire (and Still be a Loser). She embarked on her past as a poker player, a cocaine addict and such topics about whether or not to have sex in the morning.
Cailly shared that she plans to continue as an entertainer and is working on a new project.
Feature Table Begins
The first feature table of Day 4 just kicked off. Players are playing no-limit hold'em with blinds at £1/£2. You can watch the action commentated by Brandon Allen on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel or here on PokerNews.
Feature Table Bios
Here is an inside look at everyone playing on the £1/£2 televised feature table.
Latvia's Dmitrijs Tarbejevs in Seat 1 came to Cash Game Festival London compliments of the house after winning a high hand promotion at Olympic Casino during the 2016 Cash Game Festival Tallinn in November. He shared he has been playing some form of poker ever since he has been able to hold a deck of cards in his hands and his favorite hand is king-queen.
United Kingdom's Duncan Higgins in Seat 2 makes a return to the feature table after also appearing on the opening day of the festival on Wednesday. He was also on the feature table in 2016 during one of the two stops the Cash Game Festival made that year.
Also from the United Kingdom is Ryan Davey in Seat 3. Davey has been playing poker for 13 years, but only has taken it more seriously during the past two. He made the obvious choice when asked his favorite hand sharing it is pocket aces.
Dan Senior in Seat 4 is a British recreational poker player that has enjoyed the game since 2004. He smiled while sharing he was petrified to appear on the feature table.
Poland's Pawel Hyszko in Seat 5 is a builder by trade but also loves getting into the action on the poker felt. He confidently shared he was not nervous about playing in front of a streamed audience
Thailand's Latthaphon Wonganan shared that he is a student in London and loves playing cash games.
In Seat 7 is a player that just asked to be referred to as Karol. The Polish poker player shared that he is a little nervous and that his favorite hand is nine-eight.
United Kingdom's Shah Raza rounds out the table in Seat 8. He is not nervous and appeared on the feature table earlier in the festival.
Cash Game Festival Slovenia is Around the Corner
The action at the 2017 Cash Game Festival London is still heating up. However, If you were unable to make it out to Aspers Casino in east London, rest assured you do not have to wait long if you want to enjoy the next festival.
For the first time, the Cash Game Festival heads to Slovenia at Casino Perla March 8 to 12 for another five days of nonstop cash game action. The festival is expected to attract many players from around the globe. However, the majority of players attending the festival will likely be from Italy due to the very close proximity to the country's border.
You can register in advance on the Cash Game Festival website to reserve your seat and to request to appear on the televised feature table.
Here's a look at a trailer of the festival.
Steady Growth in Tables on Day 4
Action at the Aspers Casino poker room has grown to 15 ring game tables and shows no signs of slowing down. One of the new tables is a £2/£5 pot-limit Omaha table. Another £2/£5 table in no-limit hold'em will be getting ready in about an hour for the televised feature table.
| Game | Number of Tables |
|---|---|
| £1/£1 no-limit hold'em | 8 |
| £1/£2 no-limit hold'em | 5 |
| £2/£5 pot-limit Omaha | 1 |
| £1/£2 pot-limit Omaha | 1 |