2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn
Day 3 Started
2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn (Fall)
2017 Cash Game Festival Tallinn
Day: 3
Day 3 Will Feature a Women Only Feature Table and a Packed House
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.
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.
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.
Video Highlights From Day 2
Photos From the Cash Game Festival Tallinn Ladies Feature Table
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.
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.
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.
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.