 Verfasst am: Mi Mai 10, 2006 1:53 |
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Liz Lieu takes on Erik Sagstrom at the Venetian
Heads-Up Match Between Two Online Poker Room Rivals
May 7, 2006 - Friday night marked the beginning of a three-day affair between poker’s engaging Liz Lieu and online rival Erik “123” Sagstrom. Over Cinco de Mayo weekend they went heads-up in a $600,000 freeze-out series of three $200,000 matches with a $2,000-$4,000 limit structure. The event is fittingly titled “Beauty vs. the Beast.”
Liz Lieu plays at MartinsPoker.com, an online gaming site supported by a global team of elite poker professionals including; Martin deKnijff, Patrik Antonius, John Phan, Cecilia Nordenstam, Claus Nielsen, Alex Stevic, and more. Lieu is one of the most engaging and beautiful up-and-comers in women’s poker today, and secured her professional status over four years ago. She played mainly cash games, but since entering the 2005 WSOP, she’s ridden the tournament dragon with impressive results.
Erik Sagstrom plays online as “Erik 123” at 66Poker and is widely considered one of the best online players in the world. He also posesses respectable live tournament results.
The match started with a little “trash talking” while the two exchanged messages during online play. Sagstrom supposedly called Lieu a fish (although he said it in Swedish). Lieu took that as a challenge and invited him to compete against her in a live game. Live action usually provides her with a home field advantage and Sagstrom accepted the invitation. The two debated the format during the recent WPT Championship at the Bellagio and when they reached an agreement, the idea was pitched to the Venetian. The Venetian poker room staff and promotional team were all too willing to host the event.
With big name professional endorsements and the MartinsPoker.com team rooting her on, Lieu got “down and dirty” on the felt with Sagstrom at the Venetian on Friday night.
Den "Kampfverlauf" könnt ihr hier verfolgen:
http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_news/detail.php?p_id=972&PHPSESSID=4a9142d49191184b10fbc77f140268c0 
- Xorron würde an ihrem tisch auch mit 72 all-in gehen. 
- siehe triumph-thread 
