Monte Carlo is not simply one other cease on the seemingly unending world poker circuit for Seth Davies. It is particular. It is a reminder for him, and different excessive curler gamers, of the place all of it started and the way far he is come.
PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte Carlo has a number of Excessive Curler tournaments, with the largest of all of them the €100,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler kicking off as we speak, with a number of massive names akin to Davies becoming a member of the motion.
Davies Again After Lacking 2024
For a participant who’s risen via the ranks to recurrently compete on the very highest stage of event poker, Davies says that after lacking out on the cease in 2024, returning to the EPT has each private {and professional} significance and that the tour nonetheless holds a singular place in his coronary heart.
“I in all probability first got here to Monte Carlo in 2014,” Davies remembers. “I missed it final 12 months, so I am actually glad to be again. It is such a fixture in my schedule…in all of our schedules, actually.”
“I have never prioritized the EPT as a lot currently as a result of Triton’s turn out to be so large,” he admits. “However I do miss it. Earlier than I used to be enjoying excessive stakes on a regular basis, I would come right here for the Most important Occasion and people small aspect occasions. I like all of the EPTs. They actually do have a particular place in my coronary heart.”
The place Goals Are Made
A part of the appeal, Davies explains, lies within the EPT’s accessibility and the variety of gamers it attracts, from first-timers in €500 occasions to professionals grinding the €30Ks.
“These EPT stops are the place desires are made,” he says. “I bear in mind again in 2013, I used to be dwelling in Mexico with a bunch of American expat poker gamers. Considered one of my mates chopped the EPT Barcelona Most important Occasion for 1,000,000 euros. That sort of cash was unimaginable to me then. It was his dream come true, and that left a mark.”
Regardless of years of journey and tournaments all around the globe, Monte Carlo nonetheless carries a singular weight for Davies and his poker circle.
“It positively has that additional ring to it when somebody says, ‘I’ll Monte Carlo.’ It is totally different than saying you are going to Florida or Bay 101. No offense to these locations. They’re nice. However Monaco simply has that status.”
With the event typically coinciding with main occasions just like the System E race, the glamor can be inconceivable to disregard.
“There’s one thing cool about being right here throughout all that. Even in any case this time, Monte Carlo nonetheless feels particular.”
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