Everest Updates from Around the Room

Everest Players Making Plays Across Multiple Tournament Fields

In addition to our $1000 Event 54 runners, we have a couple players making some noise in other tournaments around the room.

Event #51: $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em

Koen de Bakker, Everest Live The Dream player has just begun his first quest for a bracelet on Day 3 of the $3000 Triple Chance No Limit event. With 12 players left standing Koen has an uphill battle sitting in 11th place with $259,000, or 16 big blinds.

Koen knows what he has to do to increase his chances in this tournament as he told one of our tournament reporters, "We will start 6-handed, so I have to make a move soon!"

We will let you know how Koen is doing as the tournament progresses.

Event #53: $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout

Everest Player Sijbrand Maal is playing in Day 2 of the Limit Holdem shootout. Yesterday he won the first round be defeating last years event bracelet winner heads up. "I killed them all" he proclaimed proudly with a smile. Sijbrand is the 2008 Belgium Poker Champion,looking to inch closer to his second major title here today.

As we keep track of our Event 54 players we will be sure and keep our reporting hats on when following these players as well.