Astrophysics
grad turned poker pro, TV presenter and model Liv
Boeree
won the biggest PokerStars European Poker Tour event ever in San
Remo, Italy today. With 1,240
entrants the PokerStars EPT San Remo
tournament bested its own record –set last year—for the largest
major poker tournament in European history.
In the span of a few
weeks a woman has won the North American Poker Tour event at Mohegan
Sun, and now the European Poker Tour San Remo event! Liv
Boeree, a UB
sponsored poker pro, earned her way into the
PokerStars sponsored
EPT San Remo
event through a $500 qualifier, and now has €1.25
million to show for it, along with her first
major victory.
Liv
Boeree came into the final table in
fifth chip-position and played a strong game to take over the chip
lead from Jakob Carlsson
during three-handed play when she eliminated Toni Pettersson. She
then defeated Carlsson in the heads-up final to claim a landmark
victory.
Liv
Boeree
overcame
Jaob Carlsson’s
massive final table chip-lead to win the title, saying,
“This is exactly what I’ve been working for since I learned
poker, winning a major event…”
Liv
Boeree
has a degree in Astro-Physics– turned heavy metal guitar player,
turned television presenter, turned poker
pro
has elevated herself into the world of poker
legitimacy with the win –many female
poker players get
sponsored more for looks than for results—joining the ranks of
Vanessa
Rousso,
Annette
Obrestad,
and other accomplished female
poker pros.
World's best poker player Liv Boeree says she's put a lot of hours into her game and it paid dividends
this week in San Remo.
"I
have been working a lot on my game, I had a lot of work to do. Jakob
was the person I really didn't want to get heads-up against, but I
just played my arse off. It's just incredible. I won my way into the
event in a €500 satellite." Said Liv Boeree.
Looking
forward, Liv Boeree says she'll be taking care of her new found riches.
"I will invest the money wisely, I'm not going to just hit
the craps table. I'm going to buy a nice car, and buy a house, maybe
two houses. I'm also going to buy a new guitar and a new amp and make
a lot of noise in my new house." Liv Boeree added.
EPT
San Remo 2010 Final-Table Results:
1 Liv Boeree
— €1,250,0002 Jakob Carlsson — €750,000
3 Toni Pettersson — €420,000
4 Michael Piper — €345,000
5 Alexey Rybin — €270,000
6 Giuseppe Diep — €210,000
7 Claudio Piceci — €150,000
8 Atanas Gueorguiev — €90,000
"I
don't want to cry because that's not professional but I can't believe
that I've won this. This is incredible. Everyone today played so
good. Jakob was the one person I didn't want to get heads-up against,
he's such a good player. But I ran well and I played good." Liv
Boeree said.
Liv
Boeree had stunned everyone when she eliminated Toni
Pettersson in third place to take a massive lead into the heads
up, not least eventual runner-up Jakob Carlsson who had led
until then.
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