Recap Day 1 – Tallinn, November 2016

The atmosphere outside is bit cold, but so sweet in the same time. A snowman smiled to me on my way to the Olympic Park Casino. Today is the day as the Cash Game Festival is back for the third time in his hometown and it’s always a fantastic pleasure. Tallinn here we are !
 
The first day began with welcome drinks where old friends, players and partners enjoyed together some nice cocktails and tasty “petit four” served by the Olympic Park Casino. Smiles on many faces, a good spirit in the room and we we’re all ready to start the first tables of the day !
At 6 PM (Estonian time), the first TV table, a 2€/2€ No Limit Hold’em, has been launched with some regulars of the festival: Jack Fenton, Daniel Näsman, Niklas Blomqvist (Swedish postman the day, stoïc poker player by night). Let’s of course also not forget about some of our online qualifiers, and almost as importantly, our co-founder Enri Orav! The action was great with some good pots and aggressiveness. We’ve seen Enri and Jack going all in preflop A-K vs pocket-nines in a 3-bet/4-bet raising war when Enri was in a straddle with big slick. Jack’s pocket pair won the race and held onto be the winning hand for a huge pot!
Some snacking at the casino for the dinner time and already 6 tables running at the beginning of the evening with some actions in NLHE, Omaha and Dealer Choice.
At 9 pm, it was the time for the second TV table of the day, Brandon Allen our great commentator was joined by the professional player Andrew “Picasso 2” Hedley, giving us some very good insights about the hands played! This table was a 5€/5€ NLHE were we had the pleasure to see some of our online qualifiers, the PokerNews reporter and PocketFives Admin Jason “wackyJaxon” Glatzer and locals players ! The Twitch live chat was on fire, playing games with our commentators to win free Cash Game Festival T-Shirt! Congrats to all our winners!
Later the during the night we had 9 tables running including two tables of 5€/5€ NLHE and two more of 5€/5€ Omaha. What an amazing start for a first wednesday night! We can’t wait to see all the actions today and this week-end!
Before finishing my day at the casino, we bumped into Jack Fenton in the lobby of the casino and say to him “Do you gonna get more sleep then in London tonight?” (He didn’t sleep for 48h at the last Cash Game Festival, keeping grinding), he answered, “Come on it’s like 1 o’clock, it’s lunch time for me.” Time doesn’t matter when you’re passionate about something like poker !
A huge thanks at all our partners: NordicBet, OlyBet, 888poker, SlotsMillion and all the lovely staff of the Olympic Casino who make sure that everything is happening very well! Thanks a lot, we feel very comfortable here! Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and our Instagram !
Day 2 we are yours !!! And a nice surprise: a “SPA Therapy” hosted by the Cash Game Festival Package, I’ll tell you more about it later !
Please now enjoy the great pictures by Natalia Pastakeda from 24 Production !