2018 Cash Game Festival Tallinn

2018 Cash Game Festival Tallinn
Day: 1

Ryan "Metalface" Davey Headlines First Feature Table

Ryan "Metalface" Davey
Ryan "Metalface" Davey

Ryan "Metalface" Davey is back once again to the Cash Game Festival and is immediately hopping onto the first televised feature table of the Cash Game Festival in Seat 5 with the stakes at €2/€2 no-limit hold'em.

He has been a commentator for the festival in the past and will likely also appear in the booth this festival alongside the scheduled hosts of Henry Kilbane and Andrew "Picasso" Hedley.

You can check out the action at the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel. You can alternatively follow the action by clicking on the Live Stream tab in our PokerNews coverage. Here is a look at the rest of the lineup.

Finland's Arttu Iisakka was at his first Cash Game Festival in Malta in 2017 and has since been to two more. He loves the action in both cash games and tournaments with his favorite hand being {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}.

Another Cash Game Festival regular, Sweden's Niklas Blomqvist, is in Seat 3. Blomqvist is a postman by day and avidly plays poker seriously in his spare time. Blomqvist is nice and relaxed as this is far from his first televised feature table.

Local poker player Kaur Ajamaa, in Seat 4, has been playing poker for a dozen years. This is his first televised feature table and his favorite hand is {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}.

Another local player, Alexey Manuyko, in Seat 6 has been playing poker almost as long as Ajamaa. His favorite hand is {4-}{4-} and he shared that his biggest poker achievement is winning $5,500 in a tournament.

Edgars Armans, in Seat 7, has qualified for a third straight Cash Game Festival through 32Red Poker. During welcome drinks, Bomis shared he also won a package to the Cash Game Festival Bulgaria at Platinum Casino in Sunny Beach from Aug. 8-12.

Rounding off the table is local hero Tauri Taimre in Seat 8. Taimre couldn't wait for the Cash Game Festival to begin and was warming up late last night playing cash games with those arriving early.

Tags: Alexey ManuykoAndrew HedleyArttu IisakkaEdgars ArmansKaur AjamaaNiklas BlomqvistRyan DaveyTauri Taimre

Welcome Drinks Begins

Cash Game Festival Tallinn Welcome Drinks
Cash Game Festival Tallinn Welcome Drinks

Welcome drinks began in style with a couple of dozen players including Cash Game Festival regulars Niklas Blomqvist, Ryan "Metalface" Davey, Arttu Iisakka, and Tauri Taimre enjoying shiny blue wine.

The blue wine is as unique as it sounds. Cash Game Festival Co-Founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk introduced the blue chardonnay from Marques De Alcantara in Spain. The wine gets its deep blue color from dark grape shells.

Photos of the welcome drinks ceremony will be shared later in the coverage. In the meantime, some of the players that will be at the early €2/€2 no-limit hold'em table are filing in and getting ready for action.

Tags: Arttu IisakkaMartin von ZweigbergkNiklas BlomqvistRyan DaveyTauri Taimre

Welcome to the Cash Game Festival Tallinn at Olympic Park Casino

CGF Tallinn
CGF Tallinn

The Cash Game Festival Tallinn is about to begin at the Olympic Park Casino, for five days and more than 120 hours of nonstop cash game poker on April 25-29.

This marks the seventh time the festival is visiting the Estonian capital including the first three stops in 2013 and 2014 before the tour went international.

As is usually the case, each day during the festival two televised feature tables will take place at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. 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.

Henry Kilbane, who was a co-host at the last Cash Game Festival in Bratislava and two-time Cash Game Festival host Andrew "Picasso" Hedley will be teaming up for the first time to commentate all of the feature tables. Of course, guests will be popping in and out of the booth as well.

The player that wins the most big blinds at any of the 10 feature tables will win a commemorative trophy and a prize. Cash Game Festival co-founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk won the last trophy in Bratislava and has called out past winners and those that haven't won one yet to keep him from being the first player to claim the honor in two festivals.

Cash Game Festival regulars Niklas Blomqvist and Ryan Davey will be among the players at the early feature table with stakes at €2/€2 no-limit hold'em.

The stakes move up for the later table with two prior Cash Game Festival trophy winners in Jon Kyte and Kevin Malone battling it out. Also joining the action will be Unibet Poker Ambassador Espen Uhlen Jørstad.

In addition to the action on the felt, the Cash Game Festival facilitates a social atmosphere for its online qualifiers and those that won packages at past live Cash Game Festivals with its hospitality package. Players can also choose to purchase the package by enquiring with the Cash Game Festival staff.

This festival's activities will include welcome drinks, beach volleyball, a VIP dinner, a huge party, and a guided city tour with a twist.

Stayed tuned to PokerNews as we cover the festival from start to finish.

Tags: Andrew HedleyCash Game Festival TallinnEspen Uhlen JørstadJon KyteKevin MaloneMartin von ZweigbergkNiklas BlomqvistOlympic Park CasinoRyan Davey

2018 Cash Game Festival Tallinn

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