In case you missed it: The Epic Poker League Main Event ($20,000 buy-in) is being played in Las Vegas at the moment. Two days are already in the books and 18 of 137 players will return tomorrow and play Day 3. All of these players are guaranteed at least $43,190 each, and the winner will get just about $1 million. The big favorite to take home the first prize at the moment is Sam Trickett, from UK, who has taken a huge lead!
Trickett, 25, who has $1,6 million in live tournament earnings since 2007, has played fantastic poker from the very beginning of the tournament and it doesn't seem like he's afraid to gamble even though a lot of money is up for grabs. It will be interesting to see how he does during Day 3 since he has an extremely tough table - Hasan Habib, Erik Seidel, Jason Mercier, Justin Bonomo and Eugene Kathalov.
Chip counts and table assignments:
1 - Sam Trickett - 1,032,000
2 - Hasan Habib - 646,000
3 - Isaac Baron - 637,500
4 - Erik Seidel - 609,000
5 - Adam Levy - 587,000
6 - Jason Mercier - 535,500
7 - Matthew Glantz - 453,000
8 - Eugene Katchalov - 418,000
9 - David "Chino" Rheen - 408,000
10 - Gavin Smith - 357,500
11 - Noah Schwartz - 259,500
12 - Hoyt Corkins - 252,500
13 - Ted Lawson - 200,000
14 - Hafiz Khan - 144,000
15 - Brandon Meyers - 109,500
16 - Huck Seed - 93,500
17 - Dan Fleyshman - 82,500
18 - Justin Bonomo - 42,000
Table 1:
Seat 1: Adam Levy
Seat 2: Dan Fleyshman
Seat 3: Hafix Khan
Seat 4: Hoyt Corkins
Seat 5: Brandon Meyers
Seat 6: Isaac Baron
Table 2:
Seat 1: Noah Schwartz
Seat 2: Matthew Glantz
Seat 3: Ted Lawson
Seat 4: Huck Seed
Seat 5: David "Chino" Rheem
Seat 6: Gavin Smith
Table 3:
Seat 1: Hasan Habib
Seat 2: Eugene Katchalov
Seat 3: Sam Trickett
Seat 4: Jason Mercier
Seat 5: Justin Bonomo
Seat 6: Erik Seidel
