2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn
Day 3 Completed
2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn (Fall)
2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn
Day: 3
Maret Komarova and Viacheslav Kovalev Win Big on Day 3
The Cash Game Festival Tallinn at Olympic Park Casino keeps growing bigger and bigger with Day 3 building off the huge success from its first two days with nonstop ring game action running all day long.
In addition to the huge amount of action in the poker room, the feature tables were even more special than normal. The first feature table was a Ladies Feature Table with stakes at €2/€2 no-limit hold'em.
The players were all experienced with some of them playing poker for a living. Tennis instructor and Cash Game Festival regular Maret Komarova was the biggest winner at the table after booking a profit of €594 or 297 big blinds.
After the first feature table, many of the players with the hospitality package headed to a VIP dinner while many others packed the poker room.
Shortly after, the second feature table began with stakes at €5/€10 no-limit hold'em. Once again the table was full of experienced players displaying impressive poker action. Cash Game Festival Commentator Andrew "Picasso" Hedley joined in on the fun and showed his fans that he can play with the best of them by booking a profit of €1,320 or 132 big blinds.
However, Hedley wasn't the biggest winner at the table. This honored belonged to Viacheslav Kovalev who won €1,716 or 171.6 big blinds.
Despite Komarova and Viacheslav both winning big, neither player is in contention for the Cash Game Festival feature table trophy that gets awarded to the player that wins the most big blinds at any of the 10 feature tables during the festival. Right now, Heiti Riisberg holds a lead that is likely to hold throughout the festival after winning €3,364 or 1,682 big blinds on a wild and crazy €2/€2 no-limit hold'em table on Day 1.
Players with the hospitality package are invited tomorrow for a VIP party, while many others instead will rock and roll at the poker tables in the casino.
Stay tuned at PokerNews for the next two days as we report the hottest action during the 2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn.
Kovalev & Hedley Win Big
Andrew "Picasso" Hedley is normally in the commentary booth during the Cash Game Festival Tallinn. Instead, he decided to show his fans how it was done and play at the €5/€10 no-limit hold'em feature table. He put his money where his mouth was and won €1,320 or 132 big blinds.
Meanwhile, Viacheslav Kovalev won even more and was the biggest winner at the feature table after booking a profit of €1,716 or 171.6 big blinds.
Maret, Maret, Maret!
Maret Komarova was a Cash Game Festival regular during 2016. This was her first feature table in 2017 and she turned on the aggression.
She was the biggest winner at the Ladies Feature Table booking a profit of €594 or 297 big blinds.
The €5/€10 no-limit hold'em feature table is currently being set-up and should go live at around 9:10 p.m. EET. You will be able to check out the action at the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel and in our PokerNews coverage under the Live Stream tab.
VIP Dinner Time
A few dozen players just left for the VIP dinner. The location is being kept a secret for now but we will be sure to share pictures later in the coverage.
Meanwhile, the feature table will be wrapping up in about five minutes (25 minutes with the delay). A new €5/€10 feature table headlined by Cash Game Festival Commentator Andrew "Picasso" Hedley.
Subbing in for Picasso will be playing instead of commentating, the Cash Game Festival crew invited PokerNews' Jason Glatzer and Cash Game Festival regular Ryan "Metalface" Davey to host the stream.
Cash Game Festival London Package Winners
Every hour that players are at the tables during the Cash Game Festival Tallinn earn one ticket to a raffle where they can win a full package to the Cash Game Festival London on Jan. 3-7, 2018 at Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford City.
The first drawing just took place and Katja Minho who has been playing throughout the festival and is currently grinding away on the Ladies Feature Table won a package. Also winning a package was Kaido Mikk.
The next drawing will take place near the end of the festival on Sunday.
Photos From the Cash Game Festival Tallinn Ladies Feature Table
Video Highlights From Day 2
Cash Game Festival Ladies Feature Table Begins
The Ladies Feature Table has just begun. You can check out the action at the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel and in our PokerNews coverage under the Live Stream tab. Commentary and strategy discussion will once again be led by Scottish poker pro Andrew "Picasso" Hedley.
Here is a look at the exciting line-up:
Estonian copywriter Katerina Minho, in Seat 1, appeared at Cash Game Festival Tallinn stop earlier in the year. She shared her favorite hand is king-five offsuit but said not to ask why.
She did follow that up by stating, "I prefer to play the players and not the cards."
Betsafe Ambassador Monika Zukowicz from Poland, in Seat 2, likely needs no introduction. She has appeared at many Cash Game Festivals this year and hosts her own popular online poker Twitch stream.
United Kingdom's Elizabeth Cape, in Seat 3, is appearing at her second feature table this festival. She learned about the Cash Game Festival through Zukowicz and traveled out with her boyfriend Jonathan Bowers, who was one of the players on yesterday's €5/€5 pot-limit Omaha feature table.
Estonia's Evely Ventsli, who is sporting a Coolbet patch in Seat 4, loves two hands. One is a popular hand in ace-queen of spades, while another is one that is not normally picked in 10-5 offsuit. She shared her love for the latter hand comes from constantly winning with it.
Estonia's Maret Komarova, in Seat 5, has appeared at tons of Cash Game Festivals in the past, however, has not appeared at a feature table in about a year. Her biggest poker achievement was winning the Unibet Challenge Ladies Event in Tallinn.
Carmen-Elina Vist, in Seat 6, is a well-known Estonian poker player and also is the sister of the Cash Game Festival clicker Kadi Kask.
Rounding the table out is Christin Maëmets in Seat 7 and Kati Kippasto in Seat 8. Kippasto has played on a televised table before but only in a tournament setting.
Ladies Gathering
Many ladies are gathering in the poker room and are getting prepared to appear on the first €2/€2 feature table. We will share the final line-up and a little bit about each player shortly.
Elsewhere around the poker room, there are three tables running including a €2/€2 pot-limit Omaha game that has been running now for almost 24 hours with a bunch of the players yet to get any sleep. More tables will open shortly as dozens of other players that have arrived within the last 20 minutes.