2017 Cash Game Festival Malta

2017 Cash Game Festival Malta
Day: 1

Shot Game Encourages Action

Eirik Thorvaldsen
Eirik Thorvaldsen

As we earlier mentioned, many of the players are playing a seven-deuce shot game on the televised feature table, where if a player wins a hand holding those two hole cards they can choose another to down a shot.

Guts.com Head of Poker Eirik Thorvaldsen introduced the game and likely got a few extra bucks in a pot at the expense of Nordicbet Head of Poker Jostein Grødum.

Grødum three-bet with seven-two offsuit, most likely hoping to take a pot against Thorvaldsen right then and there or on a future street showing strength. However, Thorvaldsen held the best hand in hold'em, at least preflop, with pocket aces. He four-bet the pot preflop and likely got more action than he normally would have thanks to the shot game.

You can check out fun €1/€2 hold'em game by clicking on the Live Stream tab in our coverage or by heading to the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel.