2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
96
Prize
€2,300,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€9,350,000
Entries
935
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 935

Poker Widows

Patiently railing...
Patiently railing...
It's an enduring image in the poker world: the image of the poker player as a grizzled loner, making his lonely way through the world one poker game at a time. Yet in every poker room in the world -- including the tournament floor here in Monte Carlo -- you'll see at least one woman standing by her man. More aptly she's usually sitting behind her man.

It's a phenomenon we've never understood but one we've witnessed time and again. A male poker player's female companion will sit quietly in a chair directly behind him, bored to tears as he plays poker. And we'll admit it -- watching poker is not always exciting stuff. We have the luxury of moving from table to table and following the action, but a poker widow doesn't. She just sits there and reads a book or files her nails or does nothing at all but look bored.

There is one notable exception. Ray Rahme is often shadowed by his lovely wife Teresa. Teresa Rahme is not the typical poker widow. She stays quite alert while Ray plays his poker and seems to really be pulling for him on every hand.

UPDATE: The player who inspired this post busted just before the end of Level 2, presumably to the relief of his companion.