Epic Poker League Event #2

Day 2 completed

Posted 09-04-2011 18:14 GMT-7 by donpeters

Congratulations to Greg Mueller, Winner of the EPL $1,500 Pro/Am ($20,000)!

Posted 09-04-2011 18:14 GMT-7 by donpeters • Level 17: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante

The Epic Poker League's second $1,500 Pro/Am event is in the books after a short three days of competition. Ninety-seven players came out in total across the two starting days and nine of them were able to maneuver their way to the final table and grab a $20,000 Main Event seat. Those nine players are Nam Le, Phil Hellmuth, Greg Mueller, Andreas Hoivold, Russell Rosenblum, Sean Getzwiller, Brandon Meyers, Jeremy Ausmus and Michael DiVita.

Jamie Kaplan was the player who fell just short in tenth place and bubbled the $20,000 seat. With his elimination, the players earned their seat to the Main Event and we'll see them back in action on Tuesday at noon. Both Meyers and Getzwiller were able to successfully win their way into the Main Event for the second time around through the Pro/Am. Both did it last time and Meyers went on to finish in ninth place for over $70,000 in prize money.

Although play was originally going to stop when the field was down to the final nine, a few of the players wanted to play it out for the Global Poker Index points. The levels were cut down to just five minutes and the all-in fest began. When it was all said and done, Greg Mueller emerged victorious after taking down Le heads up. We'll see him and the other eight players on Tuesday for the $20,000 8-Max Main Event, the second Main Event of the EPL's first season.

Tags: Greg Mueller.

Nam Le Eliminated in 2nd Place ($20,000)

Posted 09-04-2011 18:13 GMT-7 by donpeters

Greg Mueller limped in from the small blind and Nam Le raised all in from the big blind. Mueller snap-called and tabled the . Le held the .

The board ran out and Le finished second best in the hand. That also meant he finished second best in the tournament as Mueller won.

Chip Counts
	Greg Mueller		970,000	300,000
	Nam Le		Busted

Tags: Greg Mueller, Nam Le.

Level 22 started

Posted 09-04-2011 18:07 GMT-7 by donpeters

Level 21 started

Posted 09-04-2011 18:00 GMT-7 by donpeters

Phil Hellmuth Eliminated in 3rd Place ($20,000)

Posted 09-04-2011 18:00 GMT-7 by donpeters

Nam Le raised to 22,000 on the button and Phil Hellmuth called from the small blind. Greg Mueller reraised from the big blind and was all in. Le folded, but Hellmuth made the call.

Hellmuth:
Mueller:

Mueller's hand held as the board ran out and he eliminated Hellmuth in third place. Mueller is now heads up with Le.

Tags: Greg Mueller, Nam Le, Phil Hellmuth.

Russell Rosenblum Eliminated in 4th Place ($20,000)

Posted 09-04-2011 17:54 GMT-7 by donpeters

Russell Rosenblum was all in preflop with the and up against the for Nam Le. Rosenblum was all in for 26,000 and it all went Le's way after the board ran out to give Le a straight.

Tags: Russell Rosenblum, Nam Le.

Level 20 started

Posted 09-04-2011 17:53 GMT-7 by donpeters

Hellmuth Doubles

Posted 09-04-2011 17:52 GMT-7 by donpeters • Level 19: 4,000-8,000, 1,000 ante

Phil Hellmuth just doubled up with the versus the of Russell Rosenblum. The money went in preflop after Hellmuth raised to 20,000 on the button, Rosenblum reraised to 80,000 from the small blind and then hellmuth moved all in for 151,000. Rosenblum called and the board ran out and Hellmuth finished with quads.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth, Russell Rosenblum.

Brandon Meyers Eliminated in 5th Place ($20,000)

Posted 09-04-2011 17:50 GMT-7 by donpeters

Brandon Meyers was all in preflop with the and dominated by the for Russell Rosenblum. The flop, turn and river ran out and Meyers was eliminated in fifth place.

Tags: Brandon Meyers, Russell Rosenblum.