$20K Epic Poker League LIVE reporting

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The poker world's new elite poker league kicked off its inaugural event this week - PokerNetwork and PokerNews have...

Exclusive LIVE Reporting from the EPIC Poker League $20K buy-in event in Las Vegas.

The league is unique in that it is only open to poker players who have met certain qualification criteria, including lifetime earnings, number of major tournaments won, and number of tournament cashes since 2008

Top players are also given access according to standings in a global live tournament ranking system:
VIEW current Global Poker index standings

Many big names in this field playing for the $1,000,000 first prize. Here's the chip counts as of 9:30pm Friday AEST...

Hasan Habib 1,655,000
Jason Mercier 1,495,000
Chino Rheem 1,432,000
Erik Seidel 1,109,000
Gavin Smith 766,000
Huck Seed 396,000


Will this format prove successful? Or will it fizzle like the Professional Poker Tour did?