Everest Poker
Vegas June 27, 2010
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Sigurd Wins!
After a long night, Everest Poker’s Live the Dream Team player Sigurd Eskeland, achieved the performance of a lifetime!
He won the gold Bracelet for Event #48 at the World Series of Poker in Vegas! One of the most prestigious tournaments in the world where talent and technique are the keys to succeed!
It was a truly amazing day that began at 3pm with 20 players still in the game. 14 hours later, Sigurd was the last man standing after he knocked out Steve Sung!
Of the 8 different games, it’s with No Limit Hold’em that Sigurd took the final advantage on his opponent winning with Ac9s and a flush on the river against pockets QQ.
Sigurd takes home $260,497 and Everest Poker’s first ever Gold Bracelet!
Congratulations Sigurd!!!
Update: Heads Up
Sigurd Eskeland from the Live the Dream Team is in the final Heads Up of Event #48 against Steve Sung.
After the elimination of Alexander Wice on a 2-7 triple draw, there are only two players remaining and Sigurd is the chipleader!
Here’s an updated chipcount for the two players:
Sigurd Eskeland: 2,263,000 chips
Steve Sung: 1,134,000 chips
Stay tuned to follow our LTD player on his final race for a Bracelet!
Update: Three Players Remain!
Three players have been eliminated so far:
Scott Seiver (6th)
Jared Jaffee (7th)
Kirill Rabtsov (8th)
Sigurd Eskeland takes the chip lead with a well played Hold’em no Limit game!
Nikolai Yakovenko called the Big Blind from the cut off and Sigurd raised from the button for 56,000 chips (blinds at 6,000/12,000 – 3,000 ante).
Alexander Wice re-raised to 170,000 from the blinds. Sigurd didn’t want him to take the lead so he shoved All In for 946,000 chips! Wice gave it a long thought, had a look at the structure and prize pool and finally made the call and both players went to a showdown.
Sigurd : KK
Wice: AsKs
Nothing will come on the board to save Wice who find himself short stacked and Sigurd becomes the chip leader of the Final Table with more than 1,959,000 chips!
Here we go Sigurd!
Above: Sigurd waiting for the call
Steven Su Eliminated in fifth place and Nikolai Yakovenko eliminated in fourth place.
There are only 3 players remaining on the final table:
Sigurd Eskeland is now down to 1,340,000 chips after losing a pot of 600K against Alexander Wice in Omaha-8.
Alexander Wice is now second with 1,220,000 chips.
Steve Sung is now 3rd with 790,000 chips.
Update: Final Table
Sigurd Eskeland, our exceptional player from the Live the Dream Team and native of Norway made it to the Final Table of Event #48: $2,500 Mixed Event!
This variation of 5 card stud changes every eight hands played. The 8 different games are: 2-7 triple draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8/b, Razz, Stud, Stud 8/b, No Limit hold’em, Pot limit Omaha. To play this variation of Poker, players need exceptional assets in strategy and techniques.
There are 8 players seated around the Final Table. Here are their starting chipcounts at the Final Table:
Steve Sung: 900,000 chips
Nikolai Yakovenko: 575,000 chips
Stephen Su: 544,000 chips
Alexander Wice: 360,000 chips
Sigurd Eskeland: 346,000 chips
Scott Seiver: 229,000 chips
Jared Jaffee: 210,000 chips
Kirill Rabtsov: 125,000 chips
Here is the prizepool breakdown:
1. $260,497 + a Bracelet
2. $160,952
3. $102,314
4. $ 73,776
5. $ 54,032
6. $ 40,175
7. $ 30,319
8. $ 23,223
Update: Sigurd is In the Money
Event #48: $2,500 mixed Event – Sigurd is In The Money!
Sigurd Eskeland, our Norwegian player from the Live The Dream Team is within the last 20 players standing to be crowned Champion for Side Event #48: $2,500 mixed event!
The game includes: 2-7 triple draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8/b, Razz, Stud, Stud 8/b, No Limit hold’em, Pot limit Omaha.
Of the 176 survivors of Day 1, only 20 made it to the final day (day 3). Sigurd is one of them and doing well with a stack of 167,200 chips in 12th position! The average is 169,000 chips and we have no doupt that are fearless player from Norway will do everything to reach the final table! Stay tuned for more updates about his performance.
Here’s the payout structure for the last 20 players:
1. $260,497 + a Bracelet
2. $160,952
3. $102,314
4. $ 73,776
5. $ 54,032
6. $ 40,175
7. $ 30,319
8. $ 23,223
9-10. $ 18,045
11-12. $ 14,232
13-14. $ 11,377
15-16. $ 9,220
17-20. $ 7,585
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