2018 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria
Day 3 Started
2018 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria
2018 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria
Day: 3
Barakat and Kyte Both Shooting for Records on Day 3 of the Cash Game Festival Bulgaria
Welcome to Day 3 of the 2018 Cash Game Festival Bulgaria at Platinum Casino, located steps away from the Black Sea in the aptly named Sunny Beach.
The first two days of the festival provided tons of excitement both on and away from the tables. There were 14 tables of players battling it out and having fun all night long with many players still playing after the sun came up.
A packed house is expected again on Day 3. Players have no reason to be worried about if they will get a seat at a table as the casino promised to replace gaming tables with poker tables as needed.
As will be the case throughout the festival, Cash Game Festival's Henry Kilbane and PokerNews' Jason Glatzer will be hosting the commentary of two televised feature tables at 7 p.m. EEST and 10 p.m. EEST at the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel and embedded in our coverage as well.
Unibet Poker player and Cash Game Festival regular Kalle Fagerstrom will be in the line-up for the early €1/€3 no-limit hold'em feature table.
The stakes then move up and the game changes to €5/€5 pot-limit Omaha at the later feature table. Two-time Cash Game Festival trophy winner and 32Red Poker qualifier Jon Kyte will be attempting to set a record for the most Cash Game Festival trophies won in what promises to be an exciting table.
Meanwhile, Youness Barakat already set a Cash Game Festival record by winning three of the first four feature tables. He will be back in action against Kyte and others in hopes of winning a fourth table.
The feature tables aren't the only action as players can enjoy any game they think of. Last night's action featured no-limit hold'em, pot-limit Omaha, and a Sviten Special table that didn't close until after 7 a.m.
Players with the hospitality package are also in for a treat tonight as the Cash Game Festival crew is hosting a VIP dinner in Nesebar at 10 p.m.
Stay tuned at PokerNews as we cover the last three days of the Cash Game Festival Bulgaria.
Photos courtesy of Natalie Black/Cash Game Festival.
Nikolay Bibov Wins a Package to Bratislava
Congrats to Nikolay Bibov for winning a Cash Game Festival package valued at €1,500 to the tour's next stop in Bratislava on Sept. 19-23.
He won his package by spinning it up on a roulette wheel. This might sound strange on the face of things but it is indeed poker related.
Players earned tickets that were convertible to play money roulette chips for every hour they played at a cash game table during the Cash Game Festival Bulgaria. The player that wound up with the biggest total of play money chips after spinning it up on the roulette wheel won a package with others near the top of the leaderboard also awarded prizes.
Bibov won't be the only player to head to Bratislava in style thanks to this promotion at the Cash Game Festival. Tickets can still be earned for the next roulette competition on Sunday.
Photos From Last Night's Party
Last night, players with the hospitality package headed across the boardwalk of the casino and headed to the Aloha Bar for drinks and dancing. This was the first of two parties planned by the festival organizers.
Photos compliments of Natalie Black/Cash Game Festival.
Kalle Fagerstrom Makes His Cash Game Festival Return at the Feature Table
The first feature table of the day has just kicked off with stakes at €1/€3 no-limit hold'em. Among the players at the table is old-school Unibet Poker player Kalle Fagerstrom.
Fagerstrom has been to many Cash Game Festivals in the past and his energy is felt both on and away from the tables.
Three 32Red Poker qualifiers are also at the table including Zanis Tasnevs, Renars Kazuzs, and Yohannes McAllistair. Joining this trio is Estonia's Carmen-Elina Vist, who won a Cash Game Festival the last time the festival was in Tallinn in April.
Rounding off the table is Cash Game Festival veteran Karolis, Michael Panayotov, and Joel Rionda Granjo.
Cash Game Festival Head of Media Henry Kilbane and PokerNews Editor Jason Glatzer will be in the booth commentating the action with hole cards displayed on a 20-minute delay.
Big Hand from Day 2
Check out a hand yesterday where Maximus and Kevin Malone decide to run it twice at the €2/€2 pot-limit Omaha feature table.
Check out the Live Stream of the €1/€3 NLHE Feature Table
32Red Qualifier Yohannes McAllistair Wins Big at First Feature Table
32Red Poker qualifier Yohannes McAllistair won big at the first feature table with stakes at €1/€3 no-limit hold'em after booking a profit of €423 or 141 big blinds.
There is a break in the action on the live stream while the €5/€5 pot-limit Omaha table is being set-up.
Live Action of the Twitch Stream
Barakat Looking to Make it Four Wins
Youness Barakat is looking to become the biggest winner at a feature table this festival for the fourth time.
It isn't going to be easy. Not only are the stakes €5/€5 pot-limit Omaha but he will also have to perform better than two-time Cash Game Festival winner and 32Red Poker qualifier Jon Kyte and Cash Game Festival Dublin trophy winner Jon Kyte.
Once again, Henry Kilbane and Jason Glatzer will be hosting the commentary.