2017 Cash Game Festival Slovenia

2017 Cash Game Festival Slovenia
Day: 2

Janar Kokk and Elora Kask In The House

Janar Kokk
Janar Kokk

Janar Kokk and his wife Elora Kask just drove with a friend Stefan for 23 hours to Slovenia for shenanigans and poker at the Cash Game Festival. The couple waltzed into the poker room and received loud cheers from their friends before heading off to a much-deserved dinner and drinks.

If you have been following the Cash Game Festival, Janar Kokk's name is likely a familiar one as fun follows him around. Kokk is known for not only not shying away from prop bets, but initiating many himself. However, it was during the 2016 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria in August that forced Kokk and Kask to move to Italy for at least half of the year.

On the final day of CGF Bulgaria, Cash Game Festival co-founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk and Kokk signed a contract to play in an epic heads-up match. While playing heads-up poker doesn't usually require any ink, this was a "go big or go to a new home" best of three match where the winner not only collects the money he won, but also was able to choose a country for the loser to live for at least half of an entire year. There were a few other stipulations, including players writing up throughout the match a "do not send" list and the possibility to buyout by living in a village of the winner's choice for a month or by the loser paying €5 a day to the winner as a separate bank transfer each day for a year.

In the wee hours of the morning, Von Zweigbergk pulled out the win and "had mercy" on Kokk and Kask by choosing to send them Italy, which von Zweigbergk felt they would enjoy. The couple was very excited since they were thinking of moving there anyway.