The Cash Game Challenge is another fun element of The Festival Series. The Festival Series founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk was proud that he was the champion of this contest during the last The Festival Series at Portomaso Casino in Malta.
Franke is at dinner, although his stack seems to still be in play in the €250 Sviten Special. We are not shocked as Franke missed about two hours if not more earlier in this event for meetings. So, we know he will at least be sitting out the first session.
The challenge is easily explained. Every night throughout the week, The Festival Series will be hosting two cash game challenges at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. which players can sign up for on the casino floor. The games and stakes will vary from session to session but the player that manages to win the largest amount of big blinds during any single Cash Game Challenge session will win the challenge, a sketched winner's portrait, and a package to the next The Festival Series stop in February with the location to be announced soon.
Stakes are small to start things off with a friendly €2/€2 no-limit hold'em affair. The Festival Series veterans Knut Gronli and Daniel Pilgrim both signed off on using their real names, while several others opted for nicknames including the duo from casinotogether in Marco Allstarz21 and Milan. Lars, Kiiver, Alex, and Saturn opted to not use their full names at least for the time being as well.
Best of luck to all of the first Cash Game Challenge players. Tonight's action will be hosted on Twitch with Andreas "Wiseguy" Hoglund and Scott "Pokerbrahs" Kenyon announcing the action. An action-packed €2/€2 pot-limit Omaha session will follow in a couple of hours. Check out the action at TheFestival OG Twitch channel.
