Chino Rheem just delivered a brutal one to Randy Dorfman. "All in and call!" was the yell coming from their table and when we arrived, it was Rheem's 
versus Dorfman's 
on a board of 
. Dorfman was in prime position to double up, but the river had something to say about that when the 
fell to give Rheem a full house.
The prize pool and payouts have been released and the players are all vying for their part of a $3,085,200 prize pool that will be distributed to the top 18 finishers in the field. Out of the 137 entrants that came out for the first Epic Poker League Main Event, 81 of them currently remain. Here's the list of payouts.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $982,660 |
| 2 | $621,670 |
| 3 | $360,970 |
| 4 | $237,560 |
| 5 | $154,260 |
| 6 | $107,980 |
| 7-9 | $70,960 |
| 10-12 | $49,360 |
| 13-18 | $43,190 |
The players have had some gripes about the payouts and are wondering why the Epic Poker League staff didn't just make the first-place payout worth an even $1,000,000 and adjust the other places accordingly.
Jeremiah DeGreef just eliminated Lee Watkinson with the 
to Watkinson's 
. Watkinson moved all in from the cutoff for his last 12,000 and DeGreef called from the big blind. The board ran out 
to give DeGreef the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
93,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
Busted | |
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The players are on their last 15-minute break of the day.
Level: 6
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Shawn Buchanan check-called a bet of 3,200 from Tom Marchese on the 
flop before seeing the 
pair the board on the turn. Both players checked the turn and then the 
completed the board on the river. Buchanan led for 6,200 and Marchese folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
116,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
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|
92,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
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|
133,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
100,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
98,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
|
||
|
94,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
82,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
80,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
72,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
68,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
66,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
66,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
65,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
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|
64,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
60,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
56,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
45,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
44,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
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|
36,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
32,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
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|
32,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
21,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
Chino Rheem raised from middle position to 2,400 and Phil Laak called on the button. Vitaly Lunkin reraised from the big blind to 11,000. Rheem got a count on Lunkin's stack and then made the call. Laak folded.
The flop came down 
and both players checked to see the 
land on the turn. Both checked again and the fell on the river. After Lunkin checked, Rheem said, "You're probably not going to fold kings," and then checked behind. Lunkin showed 
and Rheem mucked his hand.
On the button, David Bach raised to 2,600 and found a caller in McLean Karr in the big blind.
The flop was 
, Karr checked to Bach and he bet 3,700. Karr called and the turn was the which Karr checked again. Bach checked as well and the two men saw the 
hit the river.
For a third time, Karr checked to Bach and he took this opportunity to fire 7,500. However, Karr check-raised this time to 19,900 and Bach thought for a bit before throwing in the chips for a call. Karr tabled 
for a full house which was good enough to ship him the pot.
With the board reading 
, Ben Lamb bet, Bryn Kenney raised, Lamb reraised and then Kenney moved all in for 36,000. Lamb made the call and held the 
. Kenney held the .
The turn was the 
to give Lamb a full house and leave Kenney drawing to just a chop if another ten were to fall. The river was the and that failed to do it for Kenney. He was eliminated as 2011 World Series of Poker November Niner Ben Lamb climbed to 160,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
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Busted | |
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