Anybody heard of Joseph Elpayaa?

jamby · #1 (**permalink**) 01-12-2008, 04:28 AM

He's ranked six in the 2008 POY so far, I know it's still very early. Anyway, he's listed as being from Forest Park, Illinois, which is also my home. It's a very small suburb of Chicago. Just thought it interesting. I don't know the last name. He's not got much under his belt, but has been pretty successful so far in a couple of big tourneys.

TOURNAMENT/EVENT	DATE	PLACE	WINNINGS
2008 PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure (EPT) EPT Main Event	01/10/2008	6	$300,000.00
2007 5th Annual Empire State Championship No-Limit Hold'em Event 2	08/12/2007	6	$5,336.00
2007 Irish Poker Open No-Limit Hold'em Event 4	04/09/2007	21	$801.00

jamby · #2 (**permalink**) 01-12-2008, 08:43 AM

I found out a bit more about Elpayaa through Google. Apparently he's a young internet poker phenom who plays on P* as bigegypt. Here's a pic from this article Challenge TV :: PokerStars Poker Blog that states he was the fan favorite at the recent P* Caribbean event where he finished 6th. Can't say I've ever seen him at the local coffee shop or diner.