Level 10
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
The players have returned from break and the cards are back in the air for Level 10. Another 90 minutes and then it'll be time for the dinner break.
Epic Poker League Event #1
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Epic Poker League Event #1
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$20,000
Prize Pool
$3,085,200
Entries
137
Level
23
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 137
Filter
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Level 9
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The players are now on a 15-minute break.
Chino Rheem was all in preflop with 
against the 
of Matt Graham. The flop gave Rheem all the help he was looking for when it rolled out 
. The turn 
kept him in the lead and the 
river cemented it. He is back up to 215,000 while Graham falls to 295,000.
Gavin Smith was all in with preflop against the 
of Michael Martin.
The board ran out 
and Smith was able to make a flush on the river to stay alive. Martin is crippled though with only 57,000 left.
Gavin Smith check-called a turn bet of 7,700 on the board of 
against Hafiz Khan before the river completed the board with the . Smith checked and Khan thought about it, before checking behind. Smith mucked after Khan announced that he had a king and showed the 
for kings and sevens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
From under the gun, Jason Mercier raised to 4,000. Hoyt Corkins reraised to 9,000 from the cutoff seat and action folded back to Mercier. He made the call and the flop came down . Both players checked and the turn brought the . Both players checked again.
The river completed the board with the 
and Mercier bet 11,200. Corkins called and Mercier tabled the 
. Corkins mucked and Mercier won the pot.
"I guess I shoulda bet," said Corkins. "Can't beat you, Jason, with the worst hand or the best hand."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
206,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
||
|
196,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
||
Hasan Habib checked the 
flop to Tom Marchese. Marchese bet 5,700 and Habib check-raised to 13,300. Marchese announced that he was all in for approximately 55,000 and Habib mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
238,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
||
|
70,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
||
Isaac Baron raised to 5,000 from the cutoff seat and Brandon Cantu called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and both players checked. They also checked after the 
was added to the board on the turn and then the river completed things with the 
. Cantu checked and Baron bet 4,500. Cantu snap-called with a verbal announcement and showed the 
. His low end of the straight was good as Baron mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
144,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
||
|
110,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
|
||
In a pot that didn't appear to have more than 30,000 chips in it, Chino Rheem had to call off 148,800 to call Antonio Esfandiari's all in. The flop was 
and Rheem tanked for about five minutes. He told Esfandiari a couple of times that his first instinct was to fold it but couldn't get much of a reaction from his opponent. Eventually, Rheem slid out the chips and was disappointed when Esfandiari quickly tabled the nuts, . Rheem did still have outs for a chop though holding 
.
The turn was the which gave Rheem outs to win the pot by making a full-house but the river did neither for him when it fell the .
Esfandiari is now a top 5 stack with 325,000 while Rheem is down to just 100,000.
