This event drew a field of 454 entries, generating a $2,133,800 prize pool. Due to the turbo format, a winner was crowned already in the evening on Day 2. Kevin MacPhee, who is no stranger to turbo structured events, received his first gold bracelet and $490,800 for his first-place finish.
"I am pretty used to the format. I play a lot of turbos online. I use my push fold calculators very methodic[...] Read more » Kevin MacPhee Wins Event #56 - $5,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em
Joined: Mar '11
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Many congratulations to Kevin MacPhee on winning this event and his first gold bracelet. These turbo events are a great idea and i think there will be a lot more of these type of tourneys in the future
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I was surprised to see that this was only his first bracelet,I have seen a lot of him in EPT events and he is definitely one of the better players I have seen.
Posted by klash23: I was surprised to see that this was only his first bracelet,I have seen a lot of him in EPT events and he is definitely one of the better players I have seen.
Agree, he is a frequent cash finisher to some extent and many articles mentions him on this site - I was surprised too that he never won a bracelet before.
