2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn Day 3 | 2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn (Fall)

11-17-2017 22:54 UTC

Maret Komarova and Viacheslav Kovalev Win Big on Day 3

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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.

Tags: Andrew Hedley Heiti Riisberg Maret Komarova Viacheslav Kovalev

11-17-2017 22:47 UTC

Kovalev & Hedley Win Big

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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.

Tags: Viacheslav Kovalev Andrew Hedley

11-17-2017 18:32 UTC

Maret, Maret, Maret!

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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.

Tags: Maret Komarova

11-17-2017 16:36 UTC

Cash Game Festival Ladies Feature Table Begins

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Cash Game Festival Tallinn Ladies Feature Table

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.

Tags: Andrew Hedley Carmen-Elina Vist Christin Maëmets Elizabeth Cape Evely Ventsli Jonathan Bowers Kadi Kask Katerina Minho Kati Kippasto Maret Komarova Monika Zukowicz

11-17-2017 11:42 UTC

Day 3 Will Feature a Women Only Feature Table and a Packed House

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Petra Poola at the Cash Game Festival Painting Session

Welcome to Day 3 of the 2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn Fall Edition at Olympic Park Casino. The action yesterday throughout the day and evening was huge with 11 tables running at peak times and many of them running until the sun came up including a heads-up €5/€10 pot-limit Omaha match and a €5/€10 no-limit hold'em game featuring Cash Game Festival Commentator Andrew "Picasso" Hedley, Cash Game Festival Cofounder Enri Orav, Cash Game Festival regular Ryan Mullarkey and well-known Twitch sensation Espen Uhlen Jørstad.

Also running for hours on end was a €2/€2 super dealer's choice game where crazy games were played including with cards on players heads and games with multiple boards and wild cards. Among the players at this table were Cash Game Festival Cofounder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk, Peter La Terra and Jens "Dansken" Riis.

Yesterday, players that secured a Cash Game Festival Tallinn package through an online promotion or purchased the hospitality package were treated to an afternoon of painting. As a an added twist, they were learning how to paint nude models. Today players with the hospitality package will be treated to a VIP dinner.

The feature tables were full of excitement as well. Estonian footballer and Coolbet player Joel Lindpere, who has played for the New York Red Bulls and the Chicago Fire proved to his fans around the world he isn't just a star on the pitch but at the poker tables as well. He was the biggest winner at the first €2/€2 no-limit hold'em table with a profit of €424 or 212 big blinds.

Although Lindpere admitted that he hasn't played much Omaha, he decided to take a stab at the later €5/€5 pot-limit Omaha feature table and booked a small profit in that game as well.

However, yesterday's star was another player at the Omaha table in Finland's Lasse Kekoniemi. The relatively unknown player until yesterday's impressively booked a profit of €1,518 on a fairly tough feature table that also featured Cash Game Festival Dublin trophy winner Kevin Malone. However, according to what was witnessed throughout the evening, despite not being well-known, it is very clear he is very experienced.

Even though Kekoniemi was yesterday's big feature table winner, he is not currently in contention for the trophy. Right now, Heiti Riisberg maintains 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 the first day of the festival.

As will be the case throughout the festival there will be two feature tables today at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. EET on the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel and in our PokerNews coverage under the Live Stream tab.

However, what makes today different is that the first feature table will be a women's only affair with stakes at €2/€2 no-limit hold'em. The stakes move up to €5/€10 no-limit hold'em for the later feature table and Hedley will attempt to show that in addition to providing quality commentary that he can play under the pressure of the lights and cameras.

The casino is expected to be even more packed with all 15 tables expected to be running on Day 3 as many more players are coming in for the weekend.

Stay tuned at PokerNews for the next three days as we report the hottest action during the 2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn. Our official coverage is scheduled to begin before the first feature table kicks off at 6 p.m.

Tags: Andrew Hedley Enri Orav Heiti Riisberg Jens Riis Joel Lindpere Kevin Malone Lasse Kekoniemi Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk Peter La Terra Ryan Mullarkey