Liv Boeree is the PokerStars EPT San Remo champion, after coming through a 1,240 strong field to land the €1,250,000 first prize, becoming the third woman to win a European Poker Tour title in the process.
TV presenter Boeree graduated from the University of Manchester with an astrophysics degree and only discovered poker late in 2005, when taking part in the television show “UltimatePoker.com Showdown”, in which she received tuition from poker legends such as Annie Duke, Phil Hellmuth and Dave “Devilfish” Ulliot.
The lessons obviously stood her in good stead, as she has already cashed in two World Series of Poker events, as well as having a good run in last year’s WPT Championship Event and winning the 2008 Ladbrokes European Ladies Championships.
This EPT San Remo title though, is by far her biggest poker accomplishment to date and Boeree certainly didn’t have an easy time of it, with Jakob Karlsson proving a tricky customer. The heads up duel commenced with Boeree on 23,215,000 in chips to Karlsson’s 14,065,000, but within 45 minutes Karlsson had turned the tie on its head, earning a 22,500,000 to 14,700,000 lead.
The 25 year old from Kent quickly battled back with two monster pots in ten minutes, including a turned straight against Karlsson’s flopped top pair, but with the finishing line in sight, an enforced dinner break of one hour halted poker proceedings. The delay didn’t interfere with Boeree’s rhythm though, as within ten minutes of the restart, the tournament was over and the former model was crowned EPT San Remo champion.
Karlsson had started the final table as chip leader, having been among the big stacks from the first day, so it was no surprise to see him involved heads up. Boeree however, was something of a surprise package, having bought her way into the San Remo event via a €500 satellite and navigated her way to the final table, where she sat a distant fifth place, trailing the leader by some ten million chips.
The newly crowned champion described the win as “incredible” and was humble in victory, saying “Jakob was the one person I didn’t want to get heads-up against, he’s such a good player. But I ran well and I played good”. Boeree won her first poker tournament just four years ago, a £5 rebuy tournament at the Gutshot in London and now she is an EPT champion and millionaire.
EPT Snowfest winner Allan Baekke just missed out on the final table, busting out in 12th for €50,000 in prize money, ending hopes of a first two-time European Poker Tour champion. We’re sure the poker world will settle instead for the story of Liv Boeree, the Queen of San Remo.
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