The Federated-Sports-plus-Gaming-and-Semi-Nebulous-Professional-Poker-League-now-with-more-Heartland-Poker-Tour got itself a Twitter-friendly name today — the Epic Poker League … just in time for their upcoming $1,500 Pro-Am at the Palms (no longer a Maloof Casino Resort).
Dude, where\’s my card? The Pokerati in chief wins a satellite into Epic\’s $1,500 pro-am. \”It was easy. Now I\’m a pro.\”
I happen to get a near-front row seat, as everything leading up to their first event — a 3-day $1,500 pro-am, August 5-8 — takes place at the Palms, a place where the Pokerati Game, you all know, has found a delightfully raucous, if not cozy home for our brand of \”high-stakes action for low-stakes players\” in the form of 1/2 NLH/PLO.
It should be an up-close look at one of the more interesting side stories of the 2011 WSOP — the birthing of Jeffrey Pollack and Annie Duke\’s poker lovechild emergence of a new professional poker league … a difficult labor to be sure!
Meanwhile, in my initial exploration of Epic (before I even understood how \”Epic\” it would be) … I happened to win a satellite this weekend into the first $1,500 event. So now I\’m a pro, obv! I\’ll get an even closer look — behind the rails with actual chips in play — at how this league is really taking shape, what it means for players looking at it as a vehicle for future poker success, and even though I never wanted to be a real poker pro … a chance to more legitimately claim status as a card-carrying pro at stake.
