Phil Ivey, arguably the best poker participant of all time, competed in opposition to dozens of poker followers in a particular low-stakes World Poker Tour (WPT) Christmas Meet-Up Recreation (MUG) on Tuesday at Wynn Las Vegas.
The 11-time World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and WPT Champions Membership member performed some $1/$3 and $2/$5 no-limit maintain’em from 9 a.m. to midday. He was joined within the packed crowd by many different huge names within the poker group, together with fellow WPT International ambassadors Brad Owen and Ethan “Rampage” Yau.
Spreading Vacation Cheer
The vacation MUG befell in the course of the WPT World Championship competition, which has attracted hundreds of gamers to Wynn over the previous two weeks. Poker followers had a shot at grabbing some Christmas “Bradley {Dollars}” from Owen, the preferred poker vlogger on this planet with 760,000 subscribers on YouTube. There have been another widespread vloggers in the home, together with Jaman Burton, Mariano Grandoli, and naturally Rampage.
Meet-Up Video games, a creation of Andrew Neeme and Owen years in the past, give poker followers a possibility to fulfill and compete in opposition to their favourite vloggers, streamers, and execs. Tuesday’s occasion, like most MUGs, offered a relaxed setting for informal poker gamers to play just a little poker with Ivey, Jamie Kerstetter, and WPT commentators Tony Dunst and Lynn Gilmartin.
Matt Savage, the WPT’s Govt Tour Director, even confirmed up in true vacation spirit, dressed as Santa Claus. It was enjoyable occasions for everybody, particularly those that gained some cash in opposition to their favourite poker gamers and personalities.
*Photos courtesy of the World Poker Tour.
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