Completed

League Main Event

Format: Texas Hold'em 6-Max (?)

6–handed (maximum) tables, No-Limit Texas Hold'em

Aug. 9 - 12, 2011Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas NV

Event Information

Buy-In Entries Added Money
$20,000 137 $400,000
Total Prize Pool
$3,140,000

Level Information

Current Level Blinds Ante
23 25,000 / 50,000 5,000
Next Level Blinds Next Level Ante
30,000 / 60,000 10,000

Payouts

Event Winner

David 'Chino' Rheem
Payout: $1,000,000.00

Winner Recap: David "Chino" Rheem outlasted a field in the Inaugural Epic Poker League Main Event which included some of the best players in the world. The final table featured a collective 16 World Series of Poker bracelets, 3 World Poker Tour titles, and over $40,000,000 in career tournament earnings. Rheem used an aggressive style to stay ahead of his opponents for most of the final table and defeated Erik Seidel to collect the $1,000,000 first place prize and the Champion's Ring.

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Place Payout
1st David 'Chino' Rheem $1,000,000
2nd Erik Seidel $604,330
3rd Jason Mercier $360,970
4th Hasan Habib $237,560
5th Gavin Smith $154,260
6th Huck Seed $107,980
7th Adam Levy $70,960
8th Eugene Katchalov $70,960
9th Brandon Meyers $70,960
10th Isaac Baron $49,360
11th Sam Trickett $49,360
12th Ted Lawson $49,360
13th Noah Schwartz $43,190
14th Matthew Glantz $43,190
15th Dan Fleyshman $43,190
16th Hafiz Khan $43,190
17th Hoyt Corkins $43,190
18th Justin Bonomo $43,190