Social Director: Twitter Vets Face Off in Epic Heads-Up Final

Topics: Epic Poker League, December Main Event, Chris Klodnicki, Andrew Lichtenberger, Twitter [+]

The heads-up battle in the recently completed December $20,000 Epic Poker League Main Event came down to Chris Klodnicki and Andrew Lichtenberger. In a novel Mix-Max format, the two played the best-of-three heads-up match to determine the winner.  Carrying their respective deep chip stacks into the match, the first round won by Klodnicki took almost four hours. Klodnicki would ultimately prevail to claim the $801,000 prize, champion’s ring, and title. Lichtenberger collected $514,000 for his runner-up finish, after taking fourth in last week’s Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $218,000.

Both players have had tremendous success online and are making big names for themselves in the live tournament circuit. The two young likable poker pros are active on Twitter as @SLOPPYKLOD (Chris Klodnicki) and @luckychewy (Andrew Lichtenberger). Each enjoys tweeting, although Klodnicki tends to play it straighter while Lichtenberger has a reputation as a fun-loving trickster. Both chose to take a more informational reporting angle to pass along their progress in the recently concluded Epic Poker event.

Some may regret not taking up Klodnicki on his first couple of tweets regarding the Epic Poker event...

@SLOPPYKLOD - selling action to @EpicPoker event 3 at 1.3-1. Message me if interested.

@SLOPPYKLOD - Got 5% left to sell in epic poker event. 1.3-1. Message me if interested

@SLOPPYKLOD - Just took my seat for epic poker main event today. Bunch of super stars at my table. #TebowTime

@SLOPPYKLOD - Slow and steady day finished with 93k prob right around avg

@SLOPPYKLOD - Just found out @BigRiskky is at my table today. Can't wait to bad beat him for all the chips #revengeisadishbestservedwithwine

@SLOPPYKLOD - 166k at first break

@SLOPPYKLOD - Managed to bust the great @Erik_Seidel in massive pot. Got 349k prob near cl.

@SLOPPYKLOD - Couldnt win a pot the last level. Bagged 250k. 25 ppl left

@SLOPPYKLOD - 370k on first break. 22 players remain. Blinds 1500/3000

@SLOPPYKLOD - 420k. 16 remain

@SLOPPYKLOD - Done for the day. In the money with 376,500.

@SLOPPYKLOD - Just puked up my room service. Lets hope i run better the rest of the day

@SLOPPYKLOD - Bout to start up day 4 of epic. Amak, chewy, and hafizzle at my table. #109rebuytable

@SLOPPYKLOD - 515k on first break. Down to 9 players

@SLOPPYKLOD - Down to 8. Got 622,500.

@SLOPPYKLOD - Coolered mercier for big pot. Just a flip for pot not as big. Got 735k. 6 players remain

@SLOPPYKLOD - Made it to final table with just over 1 mil in chips. Right around avg i think.

@SLOPPYKLOD - 3-handed with tehan and chewy. Avg stack like 200bb.

@SLOPPYKLOD - Dinner break i got half the chips in play 3 handed. Avg stack like 150bb

@SLOPPYKLOD - Headsup with chewy for all the money

@SLOPPYKLOD - Finally won the first headsup match. Just gotta win one more now

@SLOPPYKLOD - Ship the win. Thank you everyone for the support. Feels great to end the year with a win. Big congrats to @luckychewy on an amazing week

And where do you go to celebrate a big win?

@SLOPPYKLOD - Victory dinner at lauritas taco shop with @gpokerg PIC

@SLOPPYKLOD  - Much thanks to @AnnieDuke @SavagePoker and their crew for running another great tourney. Cant wait to be back in feb for the next one!

As for Andrew Lichtenberger’s tweets...

@luckychewy - The @EpicPoker final table is about to start. Five left, CL with 1.7 million. Blinds will be 4k/8k. $800K to first...

@luckychewy - Just knocked out @BigRiskky in 5th. Up to 2.1 million now.

@luckychewy - Still CL with 1.78 million. Ping pong during the break....

@luckychewy - Down to 3 players, I have 1.7 million at 5k/10k. GTD 300K, live updates here:

@luckychewy - Dinner break until 7:45, at 1.5 million, blinds going 6k/12k, still at 3 players.

@luckychewy - Heads-up now vs. @SLOPPYKLOD for @EpicPoker title! Best of 3 HU matches. My 1.5 million to his 3.4 million.

@luckychewy - First break of the first heads up match at the @EpicPoker Mix-Max event. I now have a slight chip lead....

@luckychewy - Chris wins the 1st match. Resetting stacks & doing it all over again. Need to win 2 in a row now.

@luckychewy  - First break of the first heads up match at the @EpicPoker Mix-Max event. I now have a slight chip lead....

@luckychewy - Finished in 2nd to @SLOPPYKLOD in the @EpicPoker event for $514,480. Thank for the rail everybody!!!