Any player can win a poker tournament in any number of circumstances. An individual can sometimes go on the biggest rush of their life and make all the right decisions at all the pivotal moments; another can just get lucky time and again. But sometimes, every now and then, the result just seems obvious - and today was one of those days. The Team PokerStars … [Read more...]
$25K High Roller: Level 17 Updates
You can follow all the action from start to finish on EPTLive with expert commentary and analysis all the way through and highlights will be updated here throughout the day. Click refresh for the latest real-time updates. Levels are 60 minutes long and we play down to a winner. We're now into level 17 with blinds of 10,000-20,000 with a running ante … [Read more...]
$25K High Roller: Level 17 and 18 Updates
You can follow all the action from start to finish on EPTLive with expert commentary and analysis all the way through and highlights will be updated here throughout the day. Click refresh for the latest real-time updates. Levels are 60 minutes long and we play down to a winner. We're now into level 17 with blinds of 10,000-20,000 with a running ante … [Read more...]
$25K High Roller: Level 16 updates
You can follow all the action from start to finish on EPTLive with expert commentary and analysis all the way through and highlights will be updated here throughout the day. Click refresh for the latest real-time updates. Levels are 60 minutes long and we play down to a winner. We're now into level 16 with blinds of 8,000-16,000 with a running ante … [Read more...]
$25K High Roller: Level 15 updates
You can follow all the action from start to finish on EPTLive with expert commentary and analysis all the way through and highlights will be updated here throughout the day. Click refresh for the latest real-time updates. Levels are 60 minutes long and we play down to a winner. We're now into level 15 with blinds of 6,000-12,000 with a running ante … [Read more...]
$25K High Roller: Level 12 and 13 updates
You can follow all the action from start to finish on EPTLive with expert commentary and analysis all the way through and highlights will be updated here throughout the day. Click refresh for the latest real-time updates. Levels are 60 minutes long and we play down to a winner. We have 15 minutes more to play with blinds at 3,000-6,000 with a 500 running … [Read more...]
$25K High Roller: The last of the high rollers
Players have done their interviews, pre-flight checks and are wired into the final table, sparkling with blues and greens, ready to play. There are never enough pictures to be taken, but once the bank of photographers are done play will commence. In the meantime here's a few more details about today's finalists... Seat 1 - Humberto Brenes - Team PokerStars … [Read more...]
$25K High Roller: Keep on rolling
If you stuck with it through to the end of the high roller event last night you'll know what preceded today's final was fifteen hours of timeless poker, culminating early this morning with the elimination of Bill Edler, a gentleman through to the end, who shook hands with his opponents and left with nothing, the money and glory going to those he was … [Read more...]
$25K High Roller: Ready for tomorrow’s final
The final table is in place. With ten minutes to go before 3am the decisive hand played out, a bubble hand that was ultimately worth more than $45,000 to someone. Bill Edler had been moving in from time to time, hoping to gain the momentum he needed to kick-start a campaign that had left him the short stack for several levels. "I hate it" he'd said … [Read more...]
$25K High Roller: The post mortem of a hand
A season of EPTs means watching thousands of hands but among them only a few ever stand out. The running theme at the end of level 11, as players mill around waiting for chips to be coloured up, is what will probably be known from now on as the "Alaei fold." Press and players want to talk about it, the type of hand you hear about but rarely see. "When … [Read more...]