Epic Poker League Event #1

Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

Epic Poker League Event #1

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$1,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$20,000
Prize Pool
$3,085,200
Entries
137
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Lamb Eats Up Kenney's Chips

With the board reading {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, Ben Lamb bet, Bryn Kenney raised, Lamb reraised and then Kenney moved all in for 36,000. Lamb made the call and held the {K-Clubs}{2-Clubs}. Kenney held the {Q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}.

The turn was the {2-Spades} to give Lamb a full house and leave Kenney drawing to just a chop if another ten were to fall. The river was the {Q-Spades} 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
Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
WSOP 2X Winner
160,000 73,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Ben LambBryn Kenney

Karr Check-Raises River

On the button, David Bach raised to 2,600 and found a caller in McLean Karr in the big blind.

The flop was {10-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}, Karr checked to Bach and he bet 3,700. Karr called and the turn was the {9-Spades} which Karr checked again. Bach checked as well and the two men saw the {7-Clubs} 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 {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} for a full house which was good enough to ship him the pot.

Tags: David BachMcLean Karr

Rheem Reads Lunkin's Hand Correctly

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

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 {A-Spades}{8-Clubs}{3-Hearts} and both players checked to see the {5-Hearts} land on the turn. Both checked again and the {8-Diamonds} fell on the river. After Lunkin checked, Rheem said, "You're probably not going to fold kings," and then checked behind. Lunkin showed {K-}{K-} and Rheem mucked his hand.

Tags: Chino RheemVitaly LunkinPhil Laak

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
215,000 33,000
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
133,000 3,000
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
WSOP 2X Winner
100,000 25,000
Hasan Habib us
Hasan Habib
WSOP 1X Winner
98,000 48,000
JJ Liu tw
JJ Liu
WPT 1X Winner
94,000 11,000
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
82,000 -4,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
80,000 30,000
Matt Hawrilenko us
Matt Hawrilenko
72,000 34,000
Tim West us
Tim West
68,000 35,000
Adam Levy us
Adam Levy
66,000 7,000
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
66,000 16,000
Steve Brecher us
Steve Brecher
WPT 1X Winner
65,000 -30,000
Todd Terry us
Todd Terry
64,000 14,000
Hafiz Khan us
Hafiz Khan
60,000 14,000
Alec Torelli us
Alec Torelli
56,000 6,000
Matt Marafioti ca
Matt Marafioti
45,000 -5,000
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
WPT 3X Winner
44,000 -21,000
Michael Martin us
Michael Martin
36,000 -20,000
Andy Bloch us
Andy Bloch
WSOP 1X Winner
32,000 8,000
Jeff Papola
Jeff Papola
32,000 15,000
Amnon Filippi us
Amnon Filippi
WSOP 1X Winner
21,000 -8,000
Nicolas Levi fr
Nicolas Levi
Busted

Level: 6

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Prize Pool and Payouts

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.

PlacePrize
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.