Liv Boeree wins EPT San Remo
The 25-year-old TV presenter and model, Liv Boeree won just over 1 million dollar in the first round of the European Poker Tournament after defeating the 22-year-old Swedish poker pro Jakob Carlsson. The beautiful astrophysics graduate started playing poker online four years ago, after she had taken part in a reality TV show about poker. She followed the EPT circuit for a while as a TV presenter, but says she always dreamed about playing poker herself. She won her seat at the San Remo Main Event in a € 500 live satellite and is only the third woman to win an EPT since the poker tour began in 2004. Liv said: “Winning a major event is exactly what I’ve been working towards. I went round to all the EPTs as a host but all I was thinking was: ‘I want to play.’ I have been working very hard on my game but I can’t believe I have won. I’m over the moon, absolutely over the moon.” The finals, which currently take place, takes place at Le Sporting in Monte Carlo Bay Hotel and lasts until April 30. Liv Boeree was eliminated on the second day of the final.