The final table of the Epic Poker League Main Event at the Palms is now set as the remarkable year of Erik Seidel continues with another final table. He\’ll attempt to improve on his 2nd place finish to Chino Rheem in the first EPL event.
Day 3 started with 23 players with a dozen making the money. Day 2 chip leader Fabrice Soulier was the short stack on the money bubble, but when Allen Bari shoved over Soulier\’s raise with pocket jacks, Isaac Baron woke up with pocket aces to eliminate Bari in 13th place.
Matt Glantz, Tim West and Amit Makhija were eliminated after the dinner break, earning $46,020. Adam \”Roothlus\” Levy bubbled the televised final table for the second straight EPL event, also pocketing $46,020.
David Steicke, who earned most of his tournament winnings in high buy-in tournaments in Asia and Australia, starts the final table as chip leader with Seidel a close second, the only two with over 1,000,000 in chips. The winner will collect over $780,000 with the top five earning a six-figure payday.
The rest of the final table consists of 2011 WSOP bracelet winners Sean Getzwiller and Fabrice Soulier, \”young guns\” Isaac Baron and Mike McDonald, Nam Le, and Dutch Boyd. For the second straight event, a Pro/Am qualifier (Getzwiller) makes the final table.
Boyd\’s appearance at the final table will cause consternation among some in the poker community after seeing Rheem placed on probation after the first EPL event for failure to pay back players he owed money.
Here\’s how the final table is seated when play resumes Friday at 3pm with 18:05 left with the blinds at 5,000/10,000 with an ante of 1,000:
- Seat 1: Fabrice Soulier – 537,000
Seat 2: Mike McDonald – 357,000
Seat 3: David Steicke – 1,059,000
Seat 4: Dutch Boyd – 359,000
Seat 5: Isaac Baron – 876,000
Seat 6: Sean Getzwiller – 235,000
Seat 7: Erik Seidel – 1,031,000
Seat 8: Nam Le – 362,000
Hand-for-hand updates of the final table at www.epicpoker.com.
