Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 08, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Day 2 of the second Epic Poker League Main Event is now in the books with 23 players remaining in the hunt for the title, including some familiar names from the inaugural Epic Poker League Main Event as the first and second place finishers are both still alive:Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 07, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After finishing the Epic Poker League Pro/Am in 8th place, Michael DiVita was one of the nine players who were able to secure a seat in the $20,000 buy-in Epic Poker League Main Event. However, when DiVita attempted to register for the Main Event he was promptly toldRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 25, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The Global Poker Index (GPI) has seen another shakeup at the top as Jason Mercier has reclaimed the #1 spot from Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier who fell to #3 on this week’s list, being bumped by Mercier as well as Erik Seidel. The GPI uses a rolling three-year formatRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 20, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After Chino Rheem’s $1,000,000 win at the inaugural Epic Poker League Main Event you would expect him to be followed to the cashier’s cage by friends and well-wishers, which was in fact the case. However, in addition to Rheem’s friends and family, there was also another group ofRead Full Article

Posted by James Guill on Aug 16, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

Chino Rheem is the Epic Poker League’s first ever Main Event winner.  He won the event this past Friday night after a spirited heads-up match with Erik Seidel to take the $1 Million top prize.  In the days leading up to the final table and the days since,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 15, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Former November Nine member Chino Rheem came under fire last week in a thread on 2+2 created by poker pro Will Molson, and after more poker pros came forward detailing their frustrations with Chino’s failure to repay loans and debts the story picked up even more steam asRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 13, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

On Friday night Chino Rheem became the first-ever Epic Poker League Champion after wading through one of the toughest 137 player fields in poker history; holding his own at a final table that included a former Main Event Champion in Huck Seed, the all-time tournament money winner inRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 12, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 2 Comments »

If Chino Rheem makes the final table of the Epic Poker League currently taking place at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas (UPDATE: Rheem did in fact make today’s final table) you can likely expect a larger than average rail, with many players who are owed money byRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 12, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

On Thursday night the Epic Poker League played down to their first ever final table. Six players will now go down in poker history as the members of the first EPL final table: Hasan Habib, Jason Mercier, Erik Seidel, Chino Rheem, Gavin Smith, and Huck Seed. However, aRead Full Article