2017 Cash Game Festival Slovenia
Day 2 Started
2017 Cash Game Festival Slovenia
2017 Cash Game Festival Slovenia
Day: 2
Welcome to Day 2 of the Cash Game Festival at Perla Casino
Welcome to PokerNews' live coverage of Day 2 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Slovenia at Perla Casino.
The festival kicked off yesterday at 5 p.m. with welcome drinks before players hit the poker table for some exciting ring game action. Yesterday's poker action continued until the sun came up with players enjoying no-limit hold'em, pot-limit Omaha and Sviten Special.
The first televised feature table today will be €1/€2 no-limit hold'em at 5:40 p.m. CET on a 20-minute delay before the table switches up to higher stakes to €2/€5 no-limit hold'em at 8:40 p.m CET. The stream will feature both experienced festival regulars and players playing under the lights and cameras for the first time.
Brandon Allen will once again be leading the commentary with a variety of guests joining him throughout the day. You will be able to check out the action here on PokerNews as well as on the Cash Game Festival website and on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel.
Many of the players are currently away from the poker room and enjoying some action and adventure at Soca Fun Park.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be providing updates with some 2016 Cash Game Festival London throughout the day with coverage beginning at around 5:00 p.m. CET.
Zip Lines Before Poker Time
Dozens of players were enjoying some action and adventure at Soca Fun Park before heading to the Perla Casino poker room to battle it out on the felts.
Some of the players have already returned and were heard boasting about all the water activities, zooming down zip lines and more.
Cash Game Festival commentator Brandon Allen filmed a video while heading down the zip line. Here is a look.
Oh baby!, Brandon screamed in perfect Southern accent. Bet u haven't seen it on https://t.co/0F5fuF0Liq yet.… https://t.co/qQJr0Aixjg
— Cash Game Festival (@CashFestival)
TV Table Begins
The first feature table just began filled with many new faces and a couple of familiar ones. It is an "everyman" table with stakes at €1/€2 no-limit hold'em. Stay tuned for their bios.
You can check out the action here on PokerNews as well as on the Cash Game Festival website and on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel.
Daniel Näsman and Tony Hitrov Headline the Feature Table
It is a fun group appearing on today's early feature table.
Romania's Bogdan Marcel Haidu is in Seat 1. He learned a new game in Sviten Special last night. Sviten Special is played at every Cash Game Festival and players that try it for the first time usually get hooked. Haidu began playing poker three years ago and he shared that his favorite hand is any hand that wins.
Italy's Federico Drassich in Seat 2 is making his second trip to the feature table this festival. He shared he wasn't nervous yesterday and still isn't nervous today.
Sweden's Daniel Näsman in Seat 3 has become a Cash Game Festival regular ever since attending his first even in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria. Despite playing his favorite game of no-limit hold'em and appearing on a feature table before, he did share he is always a little nervous before playing under the lights and cameras. We will try to catch up with Näsman on his feature table experience later today.
Michael Fletcher in Seat 4 traveled from the United Kingdom after he discovered the Cash Game Festival through social media. He has been playing poker since 2004 and shared his most successful poker experience was when he took 18th place in the PCA Main Event.
Slovenia's Predrag Radiskovic in Seat 6 didn't have to travel far to participate in this week's festival. He shared he hopes he wins a bit with his favorite hand of pocket rockets.
Sweden's Per Lindholm in Seat 7 heard about the Cash Game Festival through his friend Daniel Näsman, who he is sharing a hotel room. He shared he isn't nervous despite this being his first feature table experience.
Rounding things out is none other than Estonia's Tony Hitrov in Seat 8. Hitrov is usually behind the scenes at every Cash Game Festival making sure the Twitch stream is running smooth. For the first time, he will be on the other side of the camera showing he can play poker as well. Hitrov was part of the crew last night learning and playing Sviten Special for the first time.
You can check out the action here on PokerNews as well as on the Cash Game Festival website and on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel.
Day 1 Highlights
Here is a look at some of the highlights from Cash Day 1.
Michael Fletcher Cracks Kings For a Big Pot
Some big action just took place on the televised feature table. Bogdan Marcel Haidu holding 
straddled to €4 before Michael Fletcher raised it up with 
to €13 from the hijack. Haidu raised to €30 and Fletcher called.
Fletcher got the flop he was looking for when he spiked a set after the 
appeared. Haidu led out for €21 and Fletcher called.
Haidu checked after the 
appeared on the turn before Fletcher bet €46. Haidu check-raised to €100 and Fletcher called.
The 
completed the board. Haidu checked and called a shove from Fletcher for €194. The dealer then pushed the biggest pot of the day on the feature table of €693 to Fletcher.
Feature Table Photos
Pictures From Soca Fun Park
Viktoria Lundberg Begins Her Journey as a SlotsMillion Ambassador at the Cash Game Festival
Viktoria Lundberg has been around poker players for most of the past decade as a dealer. The first time Cash Game Festival regulars came across Lundberg was in the middle of 2016 when she was one of the feature table dealers at the Cash Game Festival Malta.
Lundberg traveled from her home country of Sweden to participate at the Cash Game Festival Slovenia. Instead of dealing cards, she is playing cards and documenting her life and love of video slots as part of her just becoming a SlotsMillion ambassador.
Yesterday, Lundberg appeared on the first feature table of the day. The transition from dealing cards to playing cards isn’t as easy for Lundberg as it might sound.
“It is pretty difficult for me to play poker,” said Lundberg. “I know how to act when I am a dealer in certain situations, however, as a player, I do not have the same expertise as all of my opponents that are always playing. People sometimes say that I should be able to play poker since I have been dealing poker for eight years. However, I feel that is like saying that I should be able to play football because I have been watching it for 14 years. It is not the same thing.”
While Lundberg looked more than confident while playing on yesterday’s feature table, apparently looks can be deceiving.
“Since I haven’t played poker very much, I was very very nervous,” said Lundberg. “This gives away information. I do not know when to bet, when not to bet and when to check.”
Lundberg shared that she likes poker since she enjoys “talking to other players, having a drink, socializing than thinking I could actually win money.”
While Lundberg admitted playing poker is fun, she shared that she enjoys playing slots even more. This is partly because she feels she doesn’t have the same skills as her opponents on the poker tables. Where Lundberg feels with slots, you can play anywhere and anytime with our without any experience.
She also shared that she has no special system in what slots she plays and just plays with what she likes.
“There are people that have the skills in playing slots and have systems,” shared Lundberg. “I don’t have that. I just play the games I find cute or funny. I was just playing the Guns and Roses slots on my stream because I like the music.”
Since becoming a SlotsMillion ambassador, Lundberg has been documenting her life and slots play on her My Little Slots YouTube vlog, on her My Little Slots blog, on her Twitch channel and on a variety of social media including Facebook and Instagram.
“Since I had no experience whatsoever vlogging, streaming on Twitch, or anything like that, it was actually really scary,” Lundberg said. “The first time I was holding a camera and talking to myself, I was so embarrassed thinking that people were looking at me like I was crazy.
“It is getting better and better,” said Lundberg. “I see opportunities to bring out the camera and sometimes I just walk around with it since I never know when something might happen and I don’t want to miss it. I think in a week or two, it will be as normal as picking up my phone.”
Lundberg’s journey as a SlotsMillion Ambassador is just beginning at the Cash Game Festival. She plans to continue to document her life and slots play on her vlog, blog, Twitch channel and social media. She plans to continue with updates for six months before reevaluating.