2018 Cash Game Festival Tallinn
Day 3 Started
2018 Cash Game Festival Tallinn
2018 Cash Game Festival Tallinn
Day: 3
The Weekend Promises Huge Action for Day 3 of the Cash Game Festival Tallinn
Welcome to Day 3 of the Cash Game Festival Tallinn at Olympic Park Casino.
To some, this start of the day is really just an extension of Day 2 with action still running in the afternoon from the evening before. Others are enjoying the delights of the Estonian capital or getting some rest to prepare for a big Friday night at the casino.
With the weekend here, the poker room is expected to be full of action at stakes low and high.
As is always the case, Henry Kilbane and Andrew "Picasso" Hedley will be commentating the two televised feature tables today at 6 p.m. EEST and 9 p.m. EEST 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.
The early game will be an action-packed €2/€2 PLO affair before the stakes move up €5/€10 and the game changes to no-limit hold'em for the later table.
Players at the feature tables will be attempting to best winning the 754 big blinds Rekard Relander won yesterday after booking a profit of €1,508 on a €2/€2 no-limit hold'em table.
The reason this will be on players' minds is that the person that wins the most big blinds on any of the ten feature tables will walk away with a trophy and a full Cash Game Festival package to Bulgaria valued at €1,500 compliments of 32Red. The Bulgarian festival will take place at Platinum Casino just steps away from the soft sands and surf of Sunny Beach on Aug. 8-12.
Another benefit of tuning into the stream is to learn about the passwords for online freerolls where they can win big cash and prizes.
Shortly after the first televised table begins, a winner of a Cash Game Festival Bulgaria package valued at €1,500 will be awarded at 6 p.m. EEST.
Later in the evening, players will the hospitality package will be heading to a memorable VIP dinner with the Cash Game Festival staff and others.
Stayed tuned to PokerNews as we cover the festival from start to finish.
Live with Slovakia's Alan Sabo
Alan Sabo won a package to the Cash Game Festival Tallinn during the last festival at his hometown poker room at Banco Casino in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava earlier in the month.
Players received tickets for a drawing for a Cash Game Festival Tallinn package valued at €1,500 if they had a hand of quads or better. Sabo won his ticket in during the last hour before the promotion ended after winning a hand with quad fives.
Sabo thought he had won when the first ticket was pulled and Andro Loos announced that the winner had quad fives.
However, another player in Cash Game Festival Dublin trophy winner Kevin Malone won the package to Tallinn in that draw after also winning a ticket with quad fives.
Temporarily, Sabo thought he was down on his luck. However, he then found out a second ticket was being drawn and Loos once again announced the winning player at pocket fives. At this point, Sabo felt certain he would be selected and he was.
You can hear about this story and more in a PokerNews interview with Sabo live on Facebook in the park in front of Olympic Park Casino.
Jon Kyte Trying to Win His Second Cash Game Festival Trophy
Jon Kyte won the first Cash Game Festival trophy when the feature table contest began in September at Aspers Casino in London.
Since then, the Norwegian has won a handful of tournament trophies, but becoming the first player to win his or her second Cash Game Festival trophy is something he is hungry for.
He will have a chance today as he is in Seat 8 at the early €2/€2 pot-limit Omaha feature table. He will need to best the 754 big blinds won yesterday by Rikard Relander or €1,508 to have a chance.
Kyte's work is cut out for him as he has a tough lineup to win money from. You can see how he and others do by clicking on the Live Stream tab in our coverage or at the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel.
Here is a look at the rest of players also competing for money and the trophy at the early feature table.
Ronni Borg, in Seat 1, is a Cash Game Festival veteran and is attending the festival this time around thanks to winning a full package at Unibet Poker.
Peter La Terra, in Seat 2, needs no introduction as he has been to just about every Cash Game Festival. La Terra is a fierce competitor at any game, especially at Sviten Special which he also plays locally in his home country of Sweden.
Ryan "Metalface" Davey, in Seat 3, was already the biggest winner once at the feature table. However, then the game was hold'em which he most often plays. He would be among of a handful of players to book the most profit at multiple feature tables during the same festival if he outperforms his table.
Also appearing at his second feature table this festival is 32Red qualifier Edgars Armans, in Seat 4. This is his third straight festival and shared he has also already won a package in an online satellite for the next Cash Game Festival at Platinum Casino in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria on Aug. 8-12.
Ireland's Karen Muir, in Seat 5, is attending her second straight Cash Game Festival. Muir enjoys the action regardless of the stakes and shouldn't be a player overlooked at the table.
Muir's friend and Cash Game Festival Dublin winner Kevin Malone, in Seat 6, has attended every Cash Game Festival since winning the trophy in his hometown poker room.
Betsafe Product Coordinator Taivo Egel rounds off the action in Seat 7. This is his second feature table after he previously appeared the last time the Cash Game Festival visited Tallinn in November.
Welcome Back to Bulgaria Aigars Dambrans!
Aigars Dambrans, loved by just about everyone in the Cash Game Festival family, will be attending back to back festivals after just winning a package valued at €1,500 to the Cash Game Festival Bulgaria at Platinum Casino in Sunny Beach on Aug. 8-12.
All players that are at a table on the hour during the festival on the hour receive a ticket for a drawing. There will be a second drawing on the last day of the festival on Sunday at 9 p.m.
Day 2 Video Highlights
Ed Furniss in the House!
Tons of players are coming just for the weekend. United Kingdom's Ed Furniss, who now has been to many of the festivals, is one of them doing high fives and hugs with many of the players he knows from prior stops.
Furniss shared his plan for today is to play for an hour before hitting an escape room in town with friends. Then he wants to come back to play Sviten Special, a game he fell in love with thanks to the Cash Game Festival.
Photos From the Feature Table
32Red Freeroll
How does winning a share of €500 sound for free?
If this sounds up your alley, just head to the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel to learn the password to a €500 freeroll at Cash Game Festival partner 32Red Poker 8:30 p.m. EEST (6:30 p.m. UK time).
VIP Dinner Begins
Players with the hospitality package just left for a VIP dinner to remember. We will have photos from the event later on in our coverage.