2017 Cash Game Festival Slovenia
Day 1 Completed
2017 Cash Game Festival Slovenia
2017 Cash Game Festival Slovenia
Day: 1
Big Wins for Peter La Terra and Adrian Raiceanu Highlight CGF Slovenia Day 1 Action
Day 1 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Slovenia was full of action and fun throughout the day and evening.
The festival began at 5:00 p.m. with many players enjoying champagne during the welcome drinks ceremony. Shortly later, the first televised feature table kicked off with players battling it out in €1/€2 pot-limit Omaha.
Cash Game Festival regular Peter La Terra came straight off a flight to appear on the feature table and walked away as the big winner during the first session after hauling in almost €700 in profit.
Romania's Adrian Raiceanu walked away with the most loot on the €2/€5 no-limit hold'em televised feature table logging a win of around €700.
The poker action is expected to get busier and busier as the weekend approaches. Those with the hospitality package will be off to an early start with a jaw-dropping trip to Soca Fun Park.
Many other players will likely be enjoying the delights of the picturesque town of Nova Gorica before hitting the Perla Casino poker room for exciting ring game action. As will be the case every day during the festival, live streaming for tomorrow is scheduled at lower stakes at 5:40 p.m. CET and at higher stakes at 8:40 p.m. CET on a 20-minute delay.
Stay tuned at PokerNews for the next four days as we report some of the hottest action at the Cash Game Festival Slovenia.
Listen to the Stream to Find Out How to Win a Free €50
Brandon Allen is entertaining the masses with his commentary on the feature table. Another great reason to check it out, is that one lucky listener will win €50 courtesy of SlotsMillion.
Find out more information on how you can snag some free loot on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel or here on PokerNews.
Goran Catches a Bluff With the Nut Flush
Over on the feature table, there is a pair of players just referred to as their first names, Goran and Marco. The duo just battled it out.
Both players were heads-up on a single raised preflop pot on the flop. Goran checked on the 
flop before he called a bet of €18 from Marco.
Both players checked after the appeared on the turn. Goran then led out for a bet of €65 after the 
appeared on the river. Marco tanked for a couple of minutes before he fired out a raise to €245. Goran quickly called with a nut-flush holding 
and took down a pot of €576 after his opponent didn't have a full house or better holding 
.
Easy Come, Easy Go For Maxime Roseau
Players traveled far and wide for the Cash Game Festival Slovenia. A Lithuanian player, who asked to be just referred to by his first name Karolis, couldn't wait for the festival to begin and was already playing cash games last night. He is back in action again today and just doubled up his stack on a €1/€3 no-limit hold'em table.
Karolis three-bet preflop against Cash Game Festival French Blogger Maxime Roseau, who called. Karolis fired out a big bet on a 
flop before Roseau called.
The Lithuanian then went all-in when the hit the turn and Roseau called again. The usually mild-manner Roseau muttered "shit" when he saw he was behind with 
against his opponent's 
. The 
was of no help to Roseau and the dealer shipped a big pot of around €500 to Karolis.
Karolis played a few more hands before stepping away from the table and is back to being all smiles. He shared it only takes one hand for fortunes to change.
"It was a loss after a good grind before," explained Roseau. "I am back to where I started off after being ahead €300 and am going to head back to the grind."
Feature Table Pictures
Here is a look at the players from the €2/€5 no-limit hold'em feature table. Brandon Allen is commentating the action on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel or here on PokerNews.
Feature Table Bios
The action just kicked off on the second televised feature table. The game has been changed to no-limit hold'em and the stakes have gone up to €2/€5.
Italy's Federico Drassich is in Seat 1. He shared that he is not nervous at all despite this being his first televised poker table experience.
Adrian Raiceanu in Seat 2 also has never appeared on a televised table before and shared he is not nervous.
In Seat 4 is a local Slovenian player who asked to be referred to as just Goran. He shared his biggest poker achievement was that he has not yet gone bust.
Economics student Aapeli Äikäs traveled from Finland for the Cash Game Festival. His favorite hold'em hand is ten-eight suited.
Slovenia's Ales Ostanek in Seat 6 has been playing poker for a decade and his favorite hand is jack-ten suited.
Italy's Alessandro Russian rounds off the table in Seat 8. He shared he is an experienced cash game player and that he is not shy around a television camera.
Check Out Viktoria Lundberg's First Vlog
SlotMillions Ambassador Viktoria Lundberg shared she was planning to release a daily vlog on the My Little Slots Youtube channel her Slovenian poker trip adventures.
Lundberg's first vlog installment is from Monday when she was traveling from her home country of Sweden to Slovenian.
Welcome Drinks Photos
Here is a look a photos from the welcome drinks earlier today.
Peter La Terra Relaxing After Big Feature Table Win
Peter La Terra won almost €700 during the action on the first feature table. The game will change for the second feature table which is currently being set-up for €2/€5 no-limit hold'em.
Meanwhile, most of the players on the feature table wanted to continue to play and created a new side table. Some of the players, including La Terra, decided to take a break and were replaced by other players.
La Terra shared while enjoying a beer that he was happy he came straight from the airport to the tables instead of his original plan of resting a little. After his beer was finished, he left the poker room and said he would be return later in the evening.