2018 Cash Game Festival London II
Day 3 Completed
2018 Cash Game Festival London II
2018 Cash Game Festival London II
Day: 3
Eddie Anderson Crushes Day 3 of the Cash Game Festival London
The Summer-edition 2018 Cash Game Festival London at Aspers 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. The action peaked at 24 tables with many of them expected to run through the night and into the morning.
In addition to the massive amount of action in the poker room, the feature tables were even more special than normal with three tables taking place instead of the usual two.
The first feature table was dubbed a £1/£1 no-limit hold'em Aspers Poker Special with the first six players at the table winning a stake to sit down after qualifying through a tournament earlier in the week. PokerNews Editor Jason Glatzer and Cash Game Festival's Henry Kilbane announced the action.
The other Cash Game Festival commentator, George Sandford, left the booth to join in on the fun and was able to book a small profit. However, it was James Simms, who entered the game late after one of the players lost his stack and decided not to reload, who was the biggest winner after booking a profit of £185.
The stakes doubled to £2/£2 no-limit hold'em for the second feature table of the day with Kilbane and Sandford commentating. Ian James pulled off the biggest win of that table after securing £512 in profit or 256 big blinds.
Shortly after, the third and final feature table began with stakes at €5/€10 no-limit hold'em commentated by Sandford and Glatzer. As one might expect at these stakes, the table was full of experienced players displaying impressive poker action. Eddie Anderson, who seems to always impress whenever the Cash Game Festival comes to London, managed to nail down the biggest win at the feature table of the day after booking a profit of £3,690 or 369 big blinds.
Despite Anderson's huge win, 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, Cash Game Festival Co-Founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk is in the lead after winning £1,500 or 750 big blinds on a £1/£2 pot-limit Omaha feature table on Day 1.
While hundreds of players enjoyed amazing poker action throughout the day, many more were involved in a FIFA battle on the big screen just outside the poker room. The first round is in the books and the semi-finals start tomorrow. Cash Game Festival organizers have George Sandford as the early favorite after he crushed the first round with a 4-0 victory.
Stay tuned at PokerNews for the next two days as we report the hottest action during the 2018 Cash Game Festival London.
The Eddie Anderson Show
Eddie Anderson bought in for the most money at the £5/£10 no-limit hold'em feature table, starting off with a huge stack of £5,000. He also ended the televised session with the most chips and most profit after booking a win of £3,690 or 369 big blinds.
Steven Game also won big at the feature table after doubling up early on against Terry Jordan and just missed out on being the biggest winner while the cameras were rolling.
Most of the players decided to keep playing after the cameras turned off and the rest of the poker room is packed as well with more than two dozen tables in play.
Stay tuned for the Day 3 recap of the Cash Game Festival London.
Live Action of the Twitch Stream
Check out some exciting £5/£10 no-limit hold'em action featuring Jason Wong, Terry Jordan, Chris Yong, and more at the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel below.
Jason Glatzer and George Sandford will be hosting the commentary for the final stream of the day.
Watch live video from CashGameFestival on www.twitch.tvChris Yong is Back
The final of the three feature tables has just begun. Chris Yong, who won the most at yesterday's £5/£5 no-limit hold'em feature table, is back in action.
You can follow the action at the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel and in our PokerNews coverage.
18 Tables
The action has been picking up at Aspers Casino. There are now 18 tables in action with more to come.
The stream is currently on break and will be back in about 30 minutes. Festival and casino organizers are getting players seated for a £5/£10 no-limit hold'em feature table.
Ian James Wins Big
The £2/£2 no-limit hold'em feature table is now in the books. Ian James shipped the biggest profit of £512 or 256 big blinds.
Next up, is a higher stakes £5/£10 no-limit hold'em feature table. PokerNews Editor Jason Glatzer and Cash Game Festival's George Sandford will be manning the commentary booth.
Day 2 Video Highlights
32Red Poker Regular Edgars Armans' Top Three
We will ask a variety of people throughout the next few days the top three things they like the most about the Cash Game Festival.
32Red Poker reg Edgars Armans is now at his fourth straight Cash Game Festival. He keeps winning packages to the festival via promotions and freerolls and has impressively already won eight packages.
So in other words, we will be seeing a lot more of Armans at the tour, who is already considered by the other regulars as part of the Cash Game Festival family.
Armans shared with PokerNews the top three reasons he loves the Cash Game Festival and why he wants to come back for more.
- People
- The cash games
- Atmosphere
Armans plans to play in a special 32Red Poker game at Aspers Casino hosted by 32Red Poker Manager Nick Diaz this evening and is also currently involved in the FIFA contest being held right outside the poker room.
Finn Stewart's Cash Game Festival "Experience Has Been Really Great"
Finn Stewart attended his first-ever Cash Game Festival and immediately hopped on both the £2/£2 pot-limit Omaha and the £5/£5 no-limit hold'em feature tables. He lost a little on the first before making most of it back on the second table.
Stewart is 32-year old professional poker player that got into the game 20 years ago. He explained that he got into the game partly because of his father and partly because of t.v.
"My dad taught me how to play," shared Stewart. "He always loved card games and was a bit of a gambler."
"I got into the game through an old t.v. show called Late Night Poker in the 90's," explained Stewart. "The show got the game a bit out of the underground a bit. I think it was a big thing, it certainly was a big thing for me. They would have eight heats and one final table and I remember it looked really cool. I remember I wanted to play poker very soon after seeing the show."
Stewart has been a professional poker player for the past decade, although part of the time he was a semi-pro working other jobs on the side. He shared that in the back of his head he always had the thoughts of becoming a poker pro on his mind after watching poker on t.v. However, he was also pushed into it a bit when he moved to France with his girlfriend and poker was one of the ways to make money without speaking the local language.
When we asked Stewart about whether he preferred tournaments over cash games, he immediately responded cash games.
"I play tournaments about four times a year and don't like to travel for these events with all the extra expenditures," said Stewart. "I do enjoy when I play tournaments, however."
"With cash games, I can play mostly locally," Stewart elaborated. "If I had a bad session, I can always call my girlfriend for a hug or to go out to a pub."
This is Stewart's first Cash Game Festival but it will unlikely be his last. His friend, Tony Coe, told him about the event and he appears to enjoy the friendly atmosphere generated by the festival alongside the great poker actoin.
"Part of the reason this is my first Cash Game Festival is that although Aspers is now my local card room, I didn't really play properly here this year," said Stewart. "I previously was playing primarily in central London."
"My friend Tony Coe sent me a link to the registration page and wanted to get experience appearing on a stream," shared Stewart. "The experience has been really great and anyone can enjoy it."
Stewart's experience has been positive for him despite the fact he didn't turn an overal profit, at least yet, on the televised streams.
"I played a bit of PLO on the feature table on Day 2 and lost a bit with aces and then was in a gross spot where my full house was outgunned by a better one," said Stewart. "I lost about £300 in that game. Last night I played £5/£5 hold'em and got into a horrid spot early on. I flopped a flush draw against Chris Yong, got it on the turn, but he filled up with full house. I was in a world of pain but found the fold. I was happy after seeing the hand later when I watched the stream."
"It turned around after I doubled up against Terry Jordan when my flush-draw completed," Stewart continued. "I ended that session about 200 up. So I booked a small loss overall. But I am hoping to play some 1/3 on the side tables tonight."
We asked Stewart if he would travel outside of London for a Cash Game Festival and it appears he has his eyes on heading to Sunny Beach, Bulgaria for the next Cash Game Festival on Aug. 8-12 at Platinum Casino. He is looking for a potential poker holiday, something that the Cash Game Festival is well-known to provide.
"Absolutely, I hope to attend more Cash Game Festivals," said Stewart. "The idea of Sunny Beach really appeals to me. I really love the sun and the beach. If I find a couple of mates that are interested in a poker-related holiday I will likely go."
Poker is often about players donating to others on the table. Stewart tries to save his donating to those more in need as in his spare time he helps out those that need someone to talk with at the charity Samaritans, which provides support to those thinking about suicide. Kudos to Stewart to giving back to the community.