Brandon Allen is on a roll on the €1/€2 no-limit hold'em feature table. He bought in short, but now has a bunch of chips.
He first doubled up when he got in about 45 big blinds with pocket tens against ace-king. About 30 minutes later, he doubled up again when he called an all-in bet on the turn with the board reading . Allen was holding pocket queens and got a hold against nine-two suited when the completed the board on the river.
Finland's Arttu Iisakka is taking a break in the action after losing all his chips on the feature table and not reloading. Malta, where he lives now, is his second Cash Game Festival stop and he said he will likely go to Cash Game Festival Bulgaria at Platinum Casino in Sunny Beach from Aug. 9-13.
Iisakka loves the concept of combining both poker and fun into the same event and on the latest stop is part of the every growing number of players that has joined the "family" of like-minded poker players with common interests.
Birthday boy Niklas Blomqvist has joined Veli-Matti Puumala and Betsafe Ambassador Monika Zukowicz in the commentary booth.
The threesome is having fun, to say the least, and in honor of guest hosting the stream and Blomqvist's birthday are drinking shots every time there is an all-in. During the first hour of the stream, this has happened three times.
Zukowicz shared with PokerNews that, "I agreed to the game because I thought there wouldn't be many all ins. After all, it is cash games. However, it has already been three times in the first hour!" Zukowicz said with a bit smile.
Michael Fletcher has grown into one of the most well-liked players in the Cash Game Festival "family" after now attending most of the festivals this year.
While many players stay until Monday so they can still enjoy poker action late into Day 5, many others choose to go home during Day 5. Fletcher stayed in the casino as late as possible getting his last hands in before he said his goodbyes and headed to the airport for a flight leaving in a couple of hours.
Finland's Petteri Vanhapelto, who lives locally in Malta, is off to a hot start on the €1/€2 no-limit hold'em televised feature table. In a recent hand, he raised from early position with to €10 before calling a three-bet to €25 from his fellow countrymate Arttu Iisakka, who was holding .
Both players checked the flop despite Vanhapelto flopping two pair and his opponent holding top pair. This is where things got interesting. Vanhepelto jammed his stack of around €175, which represented a huge overbet of the pot when the appeared on the turn and was snap called by Iisakka. A blank appeared on the river and Vanhapelto was awarded a huge pot.
Finland's Petteri Vanhapelto, who was last year's commentator when the Cash Game Festival visited Malta, has joined the table to add another interesting dynamic. He was the biggest winner of the second feature of the festival and is trying to become the latest player to do so on multiple feature tables during the same festival.
Also joining the table is another Finn, Arttu Iisakka, who has been an exciting player to watch both on and away from the tables.
Sometimes it takes two to replace one. Brandon Allen normally handles the commentary but is giving his fans a treat by competing on the televised feature table.
Taking his spot in the commentary booth are Betsafe Ambassador Monika Zukowicz who hosts her own stream for online poker and Finnish comedian and poker player Veli-Matti Puumala. The dynamic should be both interesting and fun, so check it out by heading to the Cash Game Festival website or on PokerNews by clicking on the Live Stream tab in our coverage.
The first televised feature table of the day has just begun with stakes at €1/€2 no-limit hold'em. You can check out the coverage on the Cash Game Festival Twitch website and on PokerNews by clicking on the Live Stream tab in our coverage.
It is hard to say who is headlining the table as there are many Cash Game Festival "celebrities" at the table.
France's Tristan Chevalier, in Seat 2, is attempting to tie history. If he is the biggest winner at this feature table, it will make it three times during one festival which will tie him with Italy's Federico Drassich (CGF Slovenia - March 2017) and Norway's Knut Rysstad (CGF Gibraltar - May 2017).
In Seat 3 is Norwegian teacher Magnus Grötvik. This is his first televised feature table experience and is sporting a Guts.com patch at the table.
Finland's Tommi Verkasalo is also making his first televised feature table experience in Seat 4. Verksalo lives in Malta and has been playing poker for 11 years.
The newly dubbed "The French Hunter" aka Cash Game Festival's vlogger and French blogger Maxime Roseau is in Seat 5. Roseau tested his luck late last night on a low limit hold'em table and walked away with a few extra bucks in his wallet. The French Hunter also led the guided city tour of Mdina earlier in the day.
The man, the myth, and the legend Brandon Allen is in Seat 6. Allen is best known for hosting the Cash Game Festival commentary for the past eight festivals and is looking forward to see if he can win money in front of his Twitch fans.
Guts.com Head of Poker Eirik Thorvaldsen is in Seat 7. Thorvaldsen isn't going for a record like Chevalier but is attempting to be the biggest winner at the feature table for the second time in the festival after accomplishing that feat during the first feature table on Day 1.
to €10 before calling a three-bet to €25 from his fellow countrymate Arttu Iisakka, who was holding 
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flop despite Vanhapelto flopping two pair and his opponent holding top pair. This is where things got interesting. Vanhepelto jammed his stack of around €175, which represented a huge overbet of the pot when the 
appeared on the turn and was snap called by Iisakka. A blank appeared on the river and Vanhapelto was awarded a huge pot.
