Get to Know Tudor Purice
Tudor Purice, Iasi, Romania
Tudor Purice was the chip leader going in to Day 3 of the EPT 10 London Main Event. The 35-year-old from Iasi in Romania is an EPT regular who won his seat via a Live Satellite here on London. He’s an avid tweeter - see @aseHighTP.
Half an hour before end of play on Day 3, he tweeted: "Helps to be winning huge flips on tv table. 300k pot my AK > QQ in cold 4b pot, aipre. #EPTLondon. 634k @2400bb 20min left 4 tday".
Best live result to date was 2nd in an EPT Prague €300 NL Turbo in Season 8 for €12,500 but has numerous big online scores in Sunday Majors and $50 NL Turbos. Lived in the USA for much of his 20s, playing a lot of NLH in poker rooms in New Mexico. He returned to Romania in 2006 where he finished college, graduating in Finance and Accounting. He then started playing a lot of poker, both live and online, especially on PokerStars.
Numerous results in the Sunday Majors, which he plays under the name "a.S.e High", include second in the Sunday500, Sunday WarmUp, won the Big 100, $100R etc. He also won the Super Tuesday in 2012 for $77,000, which is his biggest online cash.
Love sports of all kinds especially water sports like windsurfing and waterskiing, also passionate about
motorbikes and Formula 1 – describes his “1000 Aprilia Tuono” motorbike as his second passion after poker.
*Bio courtesy of PokerStars