2018 Cash Game Festival Bratislava

2018 Cash Game Festival Bratislava
Day: 5

Jan Packa Explains That the Cash Game Festival Has Been a Huge Success for Banco Casino

Andro Loos and Jan Packa
Andro Loos and Jan Packa

The Cash Game Festival at Banco Casino is almost in the books. The five days went fast with players grinding nonstop.

This marked the first time the Cash Game Festival visited the Slovakian capital and according to both the festival organizers and casino representatives, it has been a resounding success. We sat down with Banco Casino Director of Marketing Jan Packa to learn more about his thoughts.

"I think the festival provided a great opportunity for local Slovakian, Czech, Hungarian, and Austrian players to fight at the tables against players they don't typically see from around the world," said Packa. "Also, the festival improved the level of cash games available for the local market."

Packa's expectations were just what the Cash Game Festival typically promises. In other words, lots of fun and action.

"My expectations of the festival was to provide a great atmosphere for the players with a great service and make the festival a showtime both on and away from the tables." shared Packa. "Cash game players typically can't be as famous as tournament players. So basically I felt the festival was important to make something to bring cash game players some recognition."

Packa explained to PokerNews that the festival not only met these expectations but far exceeded them. Part of the reason is that some casino records were broken.

"We had 11 tables open at one point," said Packa. "Our previous record was eight tables."

This wasn't the only new aspect the Cash Game Festival brought to Banco Casino Bratislava.

"For the first time our cash game players were able to play under the lights and camera on a poker stream," said Packa. "The experience proved to be great for our players and they left the experience wanting more."

"For sure," Packa said when asked if he wanted the Cash Game Festival to return to Banco Casino before he added, "and I hope it is going to be soon."

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