Daily Rewind - 'Stars Anniversary Million, Merry Xmas from WPT, Epic Final Table

In today's Daily Rewind we preview PokerStars mega million anniversary tournament, listen to some of you favourite poker stars wish you a Merry Christmas and take a look at the final five players left in the Epic Poker Main Event. All that plus a look at Patrik Antonius's fortunes at the felt and another poker WAG.

PokerStars Mega Anniversary Million

It’s the one you’ve all been waiting for, PokerStars Sunday Million 10th Anniversary event. 

With a guaranteed $10 million prizepool this is one tournament you really don't want to miss. Indeed, the winner is guaranteed a cool $2,000,000, which is a nice Christmas present by anyone’s standards.

At the time of writing there are already almost 17,000 players registered and with late registration running for 180 minutes that number will certainly increase. 

The action kicks off at 19:30 UTC and will certainly be one of the most exciting online tournaments of the year.   

Merry Christmas from the WPT

It seems the WPT’s Royal Flush Girls have been getting into the festive spirit at the recent WorldPoker Tour event in Venice. 

First, two of the poker beauties decided to wish Tony G a happy birthday with a rendition of the popular celebratory tune. They then joined Steve O’Dwyer – who was also celebrating making the final table of the Venice event – and an all star cast of poker players and bloggers to wish the poker community a very Merry Christmas.


 

Epic Final Table

The final of the Epic Poker League’s Main Event will take place today with a plethora of recognisable faces taking to the felt. 

Leading the way is recent WPT final-tablist Andrew “Lucky Chewy” Lichtenberger with 1,742,000 chips, closely followed by Michael Mizrachi with 1,279,000. Completing the 5-handed line-up is Chris Klodnicki (1,024,000), Joe Tehan (820,000) and PokerStrategy Coach Scott “ScottClements” Clements (131,000).

When play resumes today at 12:00 PST, the player who can hold his nerve the best and gather all the chips will walk away with a first place prize of $801,680.  

You can see how the final five, including Scott Clements, are feeling ahead of the final thanks to thisvideo intervew. 

High Stakes Corner

If the rumours are true then Patrik Antonius is having a rough ride at the virtual felt in the run up to Christmas. 

Many are speculating that “Fake Love888” on PokerStars is the Finnish pro and have watched in disbelief as he’s dropped almost $500,000 since the start of December. However, while he hasn’t managed to claw back all his losses, the high stakes star has won back almost $300,000 in the last few days. 

Yesterday’s haul of $142,000 gave “Fake Love888” their biggest bankroll boost of the month and elevated them to the top of the profit table ahead of Phil “MrSweets28” ($121,794) and Ronny “1-ronnyr3 “ Kaiser ($77,136).

Hot Shot of the Day

She's the girlfriend of WSOP POY and all-round tournament star Ben Lamb, and while she may be too busy grinding to flaunt for the camera, she's certainly a poker beauty worthy of WAG status. So, for today's hot shot, we present Aimee.