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Turbo Tournament

Format: Texas Hold'em 9-Handed (?)

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

Sep. 8, 2011Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas NV

Event Information

Buy-In Entries
$2,000 14
Total Prize Pool
$26,600

Level Information

Current Level Blinds Ante
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Epic Poker added a new tournament to the schedule which was open to both professionals and amateurs. The first $2,000 Turbo Tournament ran during Day 3 of the Main Event and attracted players who were no longer in the running for that title. 14 players entered the tournament run in the Key West room and it was a great field including Yevgeniy Timonskenko, David "Bakes" Baker, John Racener, Tommy Vedes, Sam Stein, Randy Dorfman, and host Ben Lamb. The turbo format kept things moving at brisk pace and finished with Andreas Hoivold as the winner. Hoivold was also one of our players who qualified for the Main Event via the Pro/Am qualifier. He collected $13,300 for the victory with Mortiz Kranich (2nd) and Sam Stein (3rd) rounding out those making the money.

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Tournament Winner

Andreas Hoivold
Payout: $13,300

Winner Recap: Andreas Hoivold was already having a successful week when he won his Epic Poker Main Event seat by making the Pro/Am final table. He was unable to cash in that tournament but beat out 13 other players to win the first Epic Poker Turbo Tournament. He collected $13,300 for his win with Mortiz Kranich finishing 2nd and Sam Stein in 3rd.

Epic Poker League Main Event: Battle of the Qualifiers
Player to Watch: Andreas Hoivold

Payout

  1st - Andreas Hoivold - $13,300
  2nd - Mortiz Kranich - $7,980
  3rd - Sam Stein - $5,320