2018 Cash Game Festival Tallinn II
Day 5 Started
2018 Cash Game Festival Tallinn II
2018 Cash Game Festival Tallinn II
Day: 5
Will Rain Jõgioja's Lead Hold on the Final Day of the Cash Game Festival Tallinn?
Welcome to the final day of the Cash Game Festival Tallinn at Olympic Park Casino.
Today began with players that were recovered enough from four days of nonstop poker and partying with a guided city tour of the Estonian capital. The tour wrapped up with with beer tasting at Humalakoda.
Today's action is expected to be big, especially on the two televised feature tables commentated by Christin Mäemets. The reason expectations are big is that Rain Jõgioja set the bar high for the feature table contest by winning 922.5 big blinds or €1,845 at a €2/€2 pot-limit Omaha table.
The player with the most big blinds won at any of the ten feature tables during the festival will win a commemorative trophy as well as a Cash Game Festival London package at Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford City in London on Jan. 30 to Feb. 3 valued at €1,000.
You can watch both feature tables starting at 7 p.m. EET on a 20-minute delay at the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel. You can alternatively follow the action by clicking on the Live Stream tab that will be in our PokerNews coverage once the action is live.
Stayed tuned to PokerNews as we cover the final day of the Cash Game Festival Tallinn.
Feature Table Action Begins
The first feature table of Day 5 has just begun with stakes at €2/€2 no-limit hold'em.
The line-up features two 32Red Poker qualifiers Francis "Wally" McCormack (Seat 2) and Stephen Groom (Seat 7).
Michelangelo Scalcione is out to try to win his third feature table in Seat 7 while his friend Andrea DiGiovanni, who already won a Cash Game Festival London package in a random drawing on Day 2, is also on the table in Seat 3.
Rounding off the table is Richard Rottelback (Seat 1), [Removed:111] (Seat 4), Viacheslav Kovalev (Seat 5), and betsafe poker player Kaspar Valk (Seat 8).
You can check out the action by clicking on the Live Streaming tab in our coverage or by heading to the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel.
Will Rain Jõgioja Win the CGF Tallinn Trophy?
Rain Jõgioja is in the lead heading into the final day of the Cash Game Festival Tallinn for the trophy awarded to the player that wins the most big blinds on any of the 10 televised feature tables.
The €1,845 (922.5 big blinds) he won on Day 1's €2/€2 PLO is certainly impressive but is it enough to win the trophy with two tables remaining? Stay tuned to the action to find out.
Meanwhile, here is a look at who the biggest winners were at all of the feature tables this festival thus far.
| Day | Player | Game | Profit | Big Blinds Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Oliver Florea | €1/€1 NLHE | €204 | 204.0 |
| Day 1 | Rain Jõgioja | €2/€2 PLO | €1,845 | 922.5 |
| Day 2 | Rikard Relander | €1/€1 NLHE | €756 | 756.0 |
| Day 2 | Anton Dzehelali | €2/€2 PLO | €359 | 179.5 |
| Day 3 | Jens Henrik Riis | €2/€2 Mixed Games | €573 | 286.5* |
| Day 3 | Michelangelo Scalcione | €2/€2 NLHE | €348 | 174.0 |
| Day 3 | Christian Bauer | €2/€2 PLO | €1,256 | 628.0 |
| Day 4 | Barry McGleenon | €5/€5 PLO | €3,605 | 721.0 |
| Day 4 | Michelangelo Scalcione | €5/€5 NLHE | €475 | 95.0 |
| Day 5 | ? | €2/€2 NLHE | ? | ? |
| Day 5 | ? | €2/€2 PLO | ? | ? |
* Designates unofficial feature table.
Video Highlights From Day 4
Day 4 included a VIP dinner and tons of poker. Here is a look at the video highlights.
Photos of the T.V. Table
Photos compliments of Natalie Black/Cash Game Festival.
A Look Back at Cash Game Festival Trophy Winners
Rain Jõgioja is currently in the lead for the Cash Game Festival Tallinn trophy awarded to the player that wins the most big blinds out of any of the 10 televised feature tables after winning €1,845 (922.5 big blinds) on Day 1's €2/€2 pot-limit Omaha feature table. Whether someone passes him or not is anyone's guess.
Here is a look how the prior Cash Game Festival trophy winners performed in previous festivals.
Cash Game Festival Trophy Winners
| Festival | Date | Winner | Game | Amount Won | Big Blinds Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGF London | Sept. 20-24, 2017 | Jon Kyte | £2/£5 NLHE | £4,265 | 853.0 |
| CGF Dublin | Oct. 11-15, 2017 | Kevin Malone | €1/€2 PLO | €1,735 | 867.5 |
| CGF Tallinn | Nov. 15-19, 2017 | Heiti Riisberg | €1/€2 NLHE | €3,364 | 1,682.0 |
| CGF London | Jan. 3-7, 2018 | Gang Wang | £5/£5 PLO | £9,064 | 1,812.8 |
| CGF Bratislava | April 4-8, 2018 | Martin von Zweigbergk | €1/€2 PLO | €1,563 | 781.5 |
| CGF Tallinn | April 25-29, 2018 | Jon Kyte | €2/€2 PLO8 | €2,698 | 1,349.0 |
| CGF London | July 11-15, 2018 | Martin von Zweigbergk | £2/£2 PLO | £1,500 | 750.0 |
| CGF Bulgaria | Aug. 8-12, 2018 | Kevin Malone | €2/€2 PLO | €1,620 | 810.0 |
| CGF Bratislava | Sept. 19-23 | David Lappin | €5/€5 PLO | €4,162 | 832.8 |
Stephen Groom Books Himself a T.V. Table Win
The first feature table has just ended and it was 32Red Poker qualifier Stephen Groom coming out with the most profit.
Groom won €576 or 288 big blinds at the €2/€2 no-limit hold'em feature table.
Coming up soon is the final feature table of the day with Fraser MacIntyre and others battling it out in €2/€2 pot-limit Omaha.
Fraser MacIntyre Headlining the Final Feature Table of CGF Tallinn
The final feature table of the Cash Game Festival has just begun and it appears to be an action line-up.
Making his first Cash Game Festival appearance is Scotland's Fraser MacIntyre in Seat 7. MacIntyre is not only well-known as someone in the industry but as a fierce poker player as well.
Two 32Red Poker qualifiers are in action including Stephen Groom (Seat 3) and Christian Braeuer (Seat 4). Both Groom and Braeuer have notched feature table wins this festival. Barry McGleenon (Seat 1) has also been the big winner at a feature table this festival.
Two-time Cash Game Festival Trophy winner Kevin Malone (Seat 5) and Cash Game Festival veteran Peter La Terra (Seat 8) are also in the line-up as are Anton Dzhelali (Seat 2) and Andrea DiGiovanni (Seat 6).
You can follow the action by clicking on the Live Stream tab in our coverage or by heading to the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel. PokerNews' Jason Glatzer will be joining Christin Maemets in the commentary booth for analysis and banter during most of the final stream.
MacIntyre Dazzles the Final Feature Table
Scotish poker hero Fraser MacIntyre made his first Cash Game Festival appearance and didn't disappoint his fans. He was the biggest winner at the final feature table after winning €1,240 in profit or 620 big blinds in €2/€2 pot-limit Omaha.
Two-time Cash Game Festival trophy winner Kevin Malone also notched a four-figure win with €1,044 in profit.
Stay tuned for the recap of the Cash Game Festival Tallinn.