Everest Player Update

Everest Poker Qualifier from France, Antoine "tonio292" Saout, is the first Everest Poker player to cross the $300,000 mark in chips.

"tonio292" in action.

Here is a look at the top three chip stacks since the dinner break.

We're in level 13 today with blinds at $1,200/$2,400 with a $300 ante. The average chip stack in the room is $181,905. There is one more level left in play tonight.

.May. Catches a Bluff

Bluffers dis-.May.

We've been following Team Everest Pro Maria ".May." Macieras throughout the day and in this hand, she caught someone bluffing.

On a board of 9c Kh 2s Jh, .May. bet out $4,000 and was called by one player.

The river brought the 8 of clubs. .May. checked and her opponent bet $6,000. After contemplating, .May. made the call. She showed Qh Jd and her opponent was caught bluffing with Qc 4c.

She sits at about $70,000 going into the dinner break.

Joeknowsgolf Hand Replay

Our reporter in the field has been following Everest Poker Qualifier Joe "Joeknowsgolf" Conner today and here are some interesting hands he has come across.

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Joe min-raised to 3,200 from under the gun with Ax Jx. A short stacked woman on the button re-raises all in and Joe calls. He shows Ax Jx and she shows Kh Qh. The full board ran out: AxQxJx10x3x and her broadway straight was good for a double up.

We came across this lucky hand on the flop:
FLOP: Ax 6x 5x
Joe calls an all-in bet from another player.
Joe shows Ax 10x for top pair, and his opponent shows 6x 6x for a set of sixes. The turn brings a 5x and the river an Ax. Giving Joe a runner-runner bigger full house and eliminating his opponent.

Joe min-raised from under the gun with Ax Jx. The flop brought Jx 6x Qx . Joe bet 8,000 and his opponent called.
There was a 3x on the turn. Both players checked the turn as well as the 10x that came on the river.
Joe showed down Ax Jx for the winning hand and his opponent mucked.

Viktor Update: Level 2 on the Day

Viktor has been moving his chips around so quickly within the first few levels today that currently, during level 11 of the Main Event, Viktor is seemingly playing 1 out of every 3 pots (as told to us by our field tournament reporter sweating his table).

Here is some more play by play from the man himself:

Level 2 Updates

We are halfway through Level 2 and our Everest Qualifiers and Team Everest Pros have been making moves in the right direction.

With the average stack currently at $125,853, we have 10 Qualifiers on our Everest Leaderboard that are over 100K in chips! This is an incredible stat considering only 18 started the day!

Here is a look at the current Leaderboard since it has vastly changed since our first update:

EVPWSOP.com Update: Heard From Viktor

Here is Viktor's latest from the EVPWSOP.com Discussion Board:

Viktor Chipping Up Early

Steven 'Viktor' Van Zadelhoff Chips Up

On a board of {K-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {4-Spades} {7-Diamonds}, a player in middle position bet 5,500 and Steven Van Zadelhoff raised to 15,500 from the button. His opponent made the call and the two players saw the {8-Diamonds} fall on the turn.

The player in middle position lead out with a small bet of only 10,000 and Van Zadelhoff made the call.

Middle position: {A-Spades} {6-Clubs}
Van Zadelhoff: {8-Spades} {5-Spades}

Steven Van Zadelhoff took the pot with his rivered two pair and moves to 215,000.

**Credit: PokerNews

Day 3 Has Begun!

Day 3 had gotten underway!

2,044 Players have started on the day, 18 of which are our Everest Poker Qualifiers!

Blinds have begun today at $600-$1200 with a $200 ante.

Everest Team Pros .May. and Viktor are still in the hunt for Bracelet #1

Here is the current Everest Poker Leaderboard: