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We've written before about how PokerStars' slate of regional tours are a great way for players to get experience of deepstacked, well-structured poker tournaments at a price point that's a lot lower than the EPT.
They're also a fertile breeding ground for players wanting to step up to the EPT and there's a host of them who've had success on the UKIPT, Estrellas or Eureka tour before replicating that success on a bigger stage. Players of the calibre of Max Silver, Ludovic Geilich and Adrian Mateos all first hit the big time away from the bright lights of the EPT. Now, Nir Levy is following in their footsteps.
Until August 2014 Levy had never cashed in a live tournament with a buy-in of more than €300. He'd made two side event final tables on the Eureka Poker Tour but little else of note. Then came EPT100 and the Estrellas Barcelona Main Event. Since PokerStars began kicking off their EPT festivals with one of their regional tours Main Events the numbers have rocketed and Barcelona was no different.
A ridiculous 2,560 people entered the €1,000 event and Levy was one of four players left in when they struck a deal. That near €200,000 cash gave him a lot more than just a breakthrough score. 'I think it gave me a lot of confidence. I had a great year online in 2014 and Barcelona came after a few big scores I had online. It increased my bankroll by a lot. I'm a bankroll nit most of the time,' he told us during a break in play before adding. 'This is my second time playing the EPT, I played in Barcelona and got knocked out in Day 2. I won a seat to this event in a €215 re-entry satellite.'
The 27-year-old, who lives 20 minutes south of Tel Aviv in a city called Rehavot, plays poker online full-time but has also got involved in a side project. 'I've started coaching at the Israeli Poker Academy, which is a live poker course with power point presentations all that kind of stuff so I'm both playing and coaching. I'm not one of the owners, I just work there. A friend of mine is one of the owners and he wanted me to coach there, so I'm coaching tournaments. It's mostly for beginners but they also have some advanced courses.'
The fact that there's an Israeli Poker Academy might surprise some people, but then Israel provided more players in this Main Event than any of Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal, Brazil, Spain, Ukraine, Ireland or Lebanon. 'I think if I remember correctly there were 22 Israeli players in the Main Event so we definitely have a community,' says Levi. 'I've been playing since the end of 2007 and I didn't know anybody. In 2010 I met a lot of people that play online on PokerStars. A lot of Israeli's play high stakes, so maybe it's a new community, but it's big compared to the size of my country.'
The players he's teaching tournament poker to at the Academy are in good hands. 'I play tournaments online, mostly PokerStars and PokerStars.fr and Full Tilt. Mid to high stakes tournaments. I play the Super Tuesday ($1,050 buy-in) I wouldn't say all the time, but if I've had a good week I will play it. In 2014 I took second in the Big 109, I final tabled the Sunday Supersonic, I won the Sunday Brawl on Full Tilt and also had lots of €5k scores.'
He's certainly not fazed about this tournament's buy-in being the size of many of his online scores. 'I don't think about the money and I'm used to playing against really tough players all the time. I think that the field in an EPT is probably softer than the high stakes online, obviously there's a lot of money on the line but I'm not going to play scared money or anything. I don't think about the money I just think about how to play my game.'
It's definitely a first world problem, but today Levi has joined the long list of poker players who've missed a flight and it could well land him in trouble. 'It's my girlfriend's birthday on Saturday, I booked a flight for today but knew if I made Day 4 that I'd have to delay it and now I might miss her birthday entirely, if I do I'll need to bring her a really nice present I guess.'
Will an EPT trophy suffice Nir?
Follow coverage of the EPT Malta Main Event on the EPT Malta Main Event page. There are plenty of side events going on, and the €10,000 High Roller is under way. Keep abreast of everything via the EPT App, available on Android or IOS.
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Who is Alec Torelli?
Alec Torelli is a professional high stakes poker player turned digital entrepreneur and keynote speaker, who shares how the lessons he learned from poker can be applied to life and business.
Alec is the founder of Conscious Poker, a popular poker training platform, and after spending the last 14 years making decisions for hundreds of thousands of dollars in a single hand, he now gives talks in which he dissects the anatomy of decision making to help others hone the way they make choices.
Through his blogs, videos and keynotes, Alec tackles subjects such as: the role of luck in life, evaluating risk, maintaining a positive mindset, strengthening mental fortitude, handling adversity and setbacks, managing your bankroll and cultivating self-awareness.
Together with his wife Ambra, they divide their time between Las Vegas, LA, NYC, and Italy.
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With over $1,500,000 in tournament winnings and millions more in both live and online cash games, Alec Torelli is one of the most respected poker players in the industry today.
Known for competing in the biggest cash games in the world while living in Macau, Alec would play in games where you bet a car and get raised a house, and the buy in alone was $1,000,000.
In his 14-year career, Alec has traveled to over 45 countries and been featured on ESPN, CBS Sports, Travel Channel, Fox Sports, Cigar Aficionado, Poker News and many more.
Compelled by his passion to share the lesson he’s learned and help others on their journey, Alec has coached players from all over the world. In 2017 he founded Conscious Poker, a poker training site dedicated to transforming good players into great ones.
Why Optimal Decision Making?
The game of poker mimics life in the sense that it forces you to make decisions without having complete information. After playing millions of hands over the past 14 years, and mastering the art of taking calculated risks, Alec has developed an unparalleled ability to apply the skills he learned in poker to evaluate situations in life and business.
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Alec uses a combination of logic, intuition and self-awareness to help others make better, more informed choices, and determine the optimal course of action when you can’t ‘see all the cards’.
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Poker and entrepreneurship have always gone hand in hand for Alec. Soon after he started playing poker professionally, he began running a large affiliate operation for the world’s largest poker room at the time, PartyPoker, and took what he learned in this marketing venture to start his own digital company specialized in lead generation.
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While running his company together with his wife, and traveling the world full time to play poker, Alec crafted his own tactics to optimize outsourcing and productivity, and applied the teachings he learned in poker about evaluating risk and decision making to managing a profitable business.
After seven years in affiliate marketing, Alec made a pivotal shift and decided to leverage the skills he learned in that space to create his own brand (10,000,000 views on YouTube) and poker training site, Conscious Poker, which has helped transform thousands of players from good to great.
Today, he manages an all-virtual team of 6 employees from 5 countries, typically from his favorite local coffee shop.
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