2018 Cash Game Festival Tallinn II
Day 2 Started
2018 Cash Game Festival Tallinn II
2018 Cash Game Festival Tallinn II
Day: 2
Get Ready for Hot Action on Day 2 of the Cash Game Festival Tallinn
Welcome to Day 2 of the Cash Game Festival Tallinn at Olympic Park Casino.
Yesterday was an exciting start to the festival with many players coming from around Europe to the Estonian capital. The action in the casino is expected to pick up even more from yesterday's hot start as the weekend is approaching.
Players with the hospitality package, including those that came to the festival compliments of Cash Game Festival partners Unibet Poker, 32Red Poker, Olybet Poker, and betsafe Poker began the day with a unique bowling activity which we will cover later in the coverage.
As will be the case throughout the festival, two televised features will take place today hosted by Cash Game Festival Commentator Christin Maëmets. Guest hosts will pop into the booth throughout the day as well.
The first feature table will kick off at 6:30 p.m. EET with the stakes at €2/€2 no-limit hold'em featuring players from local Estonian poker clubs. The action will be on a 20-minute delay with hole cards exposed and can be viewed both within our coverage and at the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel.
The action changes three hours later at 9:30 p.m. EET to €2/€2 pot-limit Omaha.
Players at both feature tables have their eyes on booking at least 922.5 big blinds in profit, which was what Cash Game Festival veteran Rain Jogioja notched early yesterday when he booked €1,845 in profit at a €2/€2 pot-limit Omaha feature table.
The reason this is the target is that the player that wins the most big blinds during any of the 10 feature tables during the festival will win a Cash Game Festival trophy and a free €1,000 package to the next Cash Game Festival in the British capital of London on Jan. 30 to Feb. 3.
Our coverage will begin shortly before the first feature table kicks off. Stay tuned at PokerNews as we bring you the highlights of the Cash Game Festival Tallinn.
Estonian Poker Club TV Table Begins
The first televised feature table of Day 2 has just kicked off with stakes at €2/€2 no-limit hold'em. The theme of the table is that every player is registered to a local Estonian poker club. The line-up looks like one of the more competitive ones. Here is a look:
Meelis Vist, in Seat 1, belongs to the Wismari poker club. Despite this being his first Cash Game Festival, Vist has eight years of poker experience. Also representing this club are Anto Variku (Seat 4) and Karev Tralla (Seat 5).
Tauri Taimre, in Seat 2, is a member of the newly founded Cash Game Pokkeriklubi. He has been to many Cash Game Festivals when they have visited the Estonian capital and considers himself a semi-pro with eight years of poker experience.
Villu Metsur, in Seat 3, is representing the Insomnia poker club. This is his second Cash Game Festival and shared he has more than a decade of poker experience. Cash Game Festival veteran Rikard Relander, who was also at the feature table last night, is also on the table in Seat 8.
Kaido Koorits, in Seat 6, belongs to the Nemesis poker club. He was one of the original players at a Cash Game Festival having attended one in 2014 in Tallinn before the tour went international.
Rounding off the table in Seat 7 is Jokker's Marko Keskel.
You can check out the action by clicking on the Live Reporting tab in our coverage or by heading to the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel.
Side Table Action
The side table action is picking up with four tables running. This number is expected to more than double as the night becomes deeper.
Photos From the Estonian Poker Club T.V. Table
Here is a look at photos from the early Day 2 feature table compliments of Harry Tiits/Cash Game Festival.
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This is the perfect way to keep in touch with the every growing Cash Game Festival family.
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Video Highlights From Day 1
Here is a look at some video highlights from Day 1 of the Cash Game Festival Tallinn.
Andro Loos and Maxime Roseau in the House
The family is getting back together. Andro Loos and Maxime Roseau have both just arrived to the casino minutes apart. Between the two, they have been to almost every Cash Game Festival. Hugs and high fives were a plenty!
Loos was the former Cash Game Festival Project Manager and is considered an OG of the Cash Game Festival family. Roseau moved to Tallinn to join the Cash Game Festival with different projects and even after moving away from the gaming industry decided to continue to call the Estonian capital his home.
Relander Wins Big
The stakes at the early Estonian Poker Club feature table may have been small at €1/€1 no-limit hold'em but that didn't stop big money from being won.
Rikard Relander was the biggest winner of the feature table after booking a profit of €756 or 756 big blinds. This does not place him in contention for the Cash Game Festival Tallinn trophy awarded to the player that wins the most big blinds at any of the 10 official feature tables this festival as yesterday Rain Jogioja booked a massive profit of €1,845 or 922.5 big blinds.
Betsafe and 32Red Qualifiers at the Feature Table
The second and final feature table has just kicked off with stakes at €2/€2 pot-lietermit Omaha.
Three players at table qualified to the event including betsafe player Taivo Egel (Seat 1), 32Red player Andrew Roberts (Seat 3), and Cash Game Festival Bratislava package Jakub Miks (Seat 5).
Two-time Cash Game trophy winner Kevin Malone (pictured) is also back in action in Seat 2 as is Cash Game Festival veteran on Ryan Davey in Seat 7.
Rounding off the table is Mick Smith in Seat 4, Peter Bergman in Seat 6, and Roland Luik in Seat 8.
Click on the Live Stream tab in our coverage to follow along or head to the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel.