Unibet's J?rstad Wins Big on Day 1 of the Cash Game Festival Tallinn
The first day of the 2018 Cash Game Festival Tallinn at Olympic Park Casino in the Estonian capital has been a huge success both on and away from the felt.
Many players from past festivals came from near and far to take part in the opening day and to meet up with their poker friends. In addition, many new players including those from online partners 32Red, Betsafe, OlyBet, and Unibet, came to see first hand what all the buzz is about.
The festival officially kicked off at 5 p.m. with welcome drinks featuring a unique blue chardonnay from Marques De Alcantara in Spain. Shortly after, the first televised feature table kicked off with stakes at �2/�2 no-limit hold'em. Finland's Arttu Iisakka had an early lead at the table, however, after the final hands took place, it was Ryan "Metalface" Davey who won the most after booking a profit of �278 or 139 big blinds.
Davey, who in the past has commentated the Cash Game Festival feature table, shared after the early session that, "The win will at least pay for my next buy-in."
The stakes increased to �2/�5 and played even bigger with players agreeing to a mandatory �10 straddle for the later televised feature table. The lineup featured two former Cash Game Festival trophy winners in Jon Kyte (London - September 2017) and Kevin Malone (Dublin - October 2017). A trophy is given away at the Cash Game Festival for the player that has won the most big blinds on any of the ten feature tables during a festival.
Kyte started off hot with a quick double-up in a pot worth �2,000 when his ace-queen nailed top two pair against Karol Masovic's lower two pair with ace-jack.
However, by the time the cameras were turned off, it was another well-known cash game player in Unibet Ambassador Espen Uhlen J?rstad winning the most amount of money with a profit of �1,072 or 214.4 big blinds.
J?rstad agreed to an interview on Facebook Live later in the festival with his two housemates, Unibet Ambassador Rauno "Estonian Jesus" Tahvonen and Rauno Kiviloo. Both Rauno's were in attendance today and the trio of players are all involved in a popular vlog titled One Year One Million where they are attempting to earn at least �1 million in a year in poker and cryptocurrency.
As will be the case every day during the festival, live streaming for tomorrow is scheduled at lower stakes at 6:00 p.m. and higher stakes at 9:00 p.m. You can check out all of the action at the Cash Game Festival Twitch channel and under the Live Stream tab in our coverage.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as the festival has just begun and will continue to grow as the weekend approaches.
