Day 3 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Malta at Casino Malta by Olympic Casino has been a huge success. There has been a steady influx of tables throughout the day and night in a variety of games including no-limit hold'em and Sviten Special.
For many players, the highlight of the day was an epic VIP dinner at a private property where many exotic animals live including white lions. While the food was by far secondary, many players that attended raved about this as well.
Many fun players were on the two feature tables today including Cash Game Festival vlogger Maxime Roseau, who was born in France and at least for now calls the United Kingdom his home. Roseau is a poker enthusiast playing low-stakes online games when he finds the time and loves to get into an occasional live game when his budget allows him to.
Unfortunately for Roseau, today was not his day as he found himself low on chips. A few jams got through for him until he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar when he three-bet jammed preflop with pocket twos and wasn't able to pull a rabbit out of his hat after his opponent called and turned over pocket kings.
Tomorrow should be even more exciting. In the late evening (or early for some), the Cash Game Festival will be hosting a VIP party. Like the VIP dinner held earlier today, the location is being held tightly guarded and we might not know until the party is about to begin. However, all Cash Game Festival parties have been a huge hit in the past.
PokerNews coverage will resume again tomorrow on Day 4 to report all the poker action and the VIP party. A few player interviews are planned with some of the more colorful players at the festival to learn about their experiences during the first three days of the festival.
The feature table has just begun, headlined by Maxime Roseau, the Cash Game Festival Vlogger and French Blogger. Roseau shared he hasn't had what he would describe as one biggest experience, but he loves the happiness spread in the game. He explained that he has been playing poker for four years and is passionate about the game and everything that happens behind the scenes.
Here is a look at the other players starting off the action.
Norway's Simen Thomassen, in Seat 1, has been playing poker for five years. He joked (or not?) that his biggest achievement is that he had a winning session in 2014.
British engineers, Peter Cox is in Seat 2. This is his second feature table experience of the festival and shared that he isn't nervous about being at the feature table.
Cash Game Festival's Tony Hitrov is in Seat 3. Hitrov is usually the man behind the curtain, helping out the technical efforts of making sure the poker stream is set-up properly and runs smoothly. He also has a passion for poker and was playing at the casino last night until the sun came up.
Latvia's Luba is in Seat 6. She shared her best success in poker was once winning a Unibet DSO event. This is her first televised poker experience, but she didn't look nervous. She later confirmed that she is looking forward to having fun and isn't worried about the lights and camera.
Fellow Latvian Sergei is in Seat 7. Like Luba, he has never appeared on the feature table under the lights and camera. Unlike Luba, he shared he is a bit nervous.
The action will be streamed on a 20-minute delay with stakes at €1/€2 no-limit on the Cash Game Festival website and by clicking on the Live Stream tab in our PokerNews coverage.
Welcome to Day 3 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Malta at Casino Malta by Olympic Casino.
Day's 1 and 2 were huge and Day 3 is bound to only be even bigger and better as the weekend approaches. Some new, but familiar faces, have come just for the weekend including Finland's Veli-Matti Puumala, who came straight from the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas to get in on the fun.
As the sun came up to start the day, there were a handful of tables still running from the afternoon before including a Sviten Special table that included Cash Game Festival's Tony Hitrov, Guts.com Poker Coordinator Lars Erik Isaksen and Cash Game Festival regular Trumulis from Latvia.
Many players are already enjoying poker in the casino while others are enjoying the perfect weather and the sunshine that Malta is well-known for.
As will be the case during all five days of the Cash Game Festival Malta, Brandon Allen will host two televised feature tables with co-hosts popping in and out of the booth. The first table kicks off at 5:40 p.m. CEST and will be streamed on a 20-minute delay with stakes at €1/€2 no-limit on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel as well as will be broadcasted across multiple media outlets including PokerNews.
Later in the day, there will also be a higher-stakes no-limit hold'em televised feature table on a 20-minute delay at 8:40 p.m. CEST.
In addition, players with the hospitality package will be enjoying a special treat. The festival is hosting a VIP dinner at 6 p.m., that according to Cash Game Festival Project Manager Andro Loos will be the most amazing dinner experience in Cash Game Festival history. Loos didn't want to give any spoilers about where they are heading, but it is likely to be special considering all of the other hosted dinners are always raved about.
The PokerNews Live Reporting is on hand to report on all the excitement during Day 3 starting at around 5 p.m. CEST complete with recaps, quotes, pictures and videos.
