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.
Slotsmillions Ambassador Viktoria Lundberg has spent many hours on the poker tables in her life. However, much of that time as a dealer and not a player. Thus far she has been having fun in Slovenia despite not having much luck thus far on the poker tables.
Lundberg called a bet that put her all-in after Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk raised the action to €100 putting him all-in as well. Peter La Terra potted the action to be all-in himself for €461 and Alexiou Kostas, who had everyone covered, called.
Von Zweigbergk:
Lundberg:
La Terra
Kostas:
No player caught a piece of the flop. However, the on the turn and the on the river completed a flush draw for at least two of the players. Kostas shipped a huge €1,100 pot after La Terra's mystery cards and the hands known by the other two players were unable to beat his queen-high flush with a better flush, a set or quads.
While both La Terra and von Zweigbergk reloaded, Lundberg who had a busy day away from the poker tables decided to take a break instead of dipping into her wallet for more action on the feature table.
The Cash Game Festival is about to begin its second stop of 2017 at Casino Perla in Nova Gorica, Slovenia, for five days of nonstop cash game poker on March 8 to 12.
The festival expects to attract many players from Italy due to the casino's proximity to the Italian border. Although this marks the festival's first stop in the region, the structure of the festival will be similar to that of other Cash Game Festivals with nonstop cash games across a variety of limits and poker variants.
Each day, Brandon Allen will host the two televised feature tables and players will also have plenty of opportunities to enjoy themselves away from the poker felt with plenty of fun activities planned by the festival organizers. Early today, many players have been witnessed around the town enjoying the almost perfect weather and shared they are looking forward to shuffling chips on the tables.
The Cash Game Festival Slovenia officially kicks off at 5 p.m. CET with welcome drinks inside the poker room. Shortly afterward, the first of two daily televised tables start at 5:40 p.m. CET and will be streamed on a 20-minute delay with stakes at €2/€2 pot-limit Omaha 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 second higher stakes televised feature table of no-limit hold'em with stakes at €2/€5 broadcasted on a 20-minute delay at 8:40 p.m. CET.
Other activities away from the tables include a side trip to Soca Fun Park on Thursday, a luxurious dinner at Restaurant Pikol on Friday, a VIP party at Pulse Arena on Saturday and a visit to the caves in the region on Sunday.
The PokerNews Live Reporting team will be covering the festival with player interviews and recaps of some of the most exciting action.
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on the turn and the 
on the river completed a flush draw for at least two of the players. Kostas shipped a huge €1,100 pot after La Terra's mystery cards and the hands known by the other two players were unable to beat his queen-high flush with a better flush, a set or quads. 