The third and final day of the record-breaking PCA $25k High Roller saw 11 players returning, all with the $1.29 million first-place prize in sight! The relatively unknown Canadian poker player Jean-Pascal Savard had the chip lead when the day started and he made it on to the final table of eight. Although he outlasted pokerstars Faraz Jaka and Scott Seiver on the final table, he eventually ran o[...] Read more » PCA 2015: Ilkin Garibli Wins The High Roller For $1.1M
Joined: Mar '11
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Many congratulations to Ilkin Garbil on winning this high roller event. I find it quite astonishing that this is his first ever live cash. I suppose it's not a bad way to start!! Congrats again
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well done to Ilkin Garibli for winning such a massive prize.I had never heard of this guy before and after looking at Hendon I realised that he had never cashed before ever so a great performance against a very experienced opponent.
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The Main Event may have seen a drop in numbers, but one format which is thriving is the $25,000 High Roller. A very impressive 269 players bought into this event, which eventually led to two seven-figure payouts. Ilkin Garbli of Azerbaijan walked away with the trophy however, and the larger prize of $1,105,040.
I have hard time to understand that somebody with a chip ratio better than 2:1 could agree a deal where he gets almost even money with the 2nd place finisher at the end. Yeah, it's a million so it's an ultimate payday nevertheless but this just gets me in a wrong way. They made a deal than battle more than 2 hours for the remaining title and the watch is funny.
Again, thank you Sorin for the copypaste from p.strat. You've become a valued member there too?