Catch the Final Table Streamed on bestbet LIVE and Broadcast by the E-Train
Sunday night, eight players will make the final table of the bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series $2,500 Main Event. Come that time, the tournament will be live-streamed on bestbet LIVE until a winner has been declared.
The local duo of Eddy Mroczkowski and Eric "1k" Steinbaugh will be in the booth calling the action.
More than Just Playing Poker
Of the two, Mroczkowski was the one to get his foot into the door of the broadcasting booth, so to speak. bestbet Jacksonville held a contest in January 2018 in search of a worthy commentator for its live stream, and having been around the local poker scene for over a decade, Mroczkowski proved himself well-versed enough to win the contest.
Commentating has become another poker-related hobby for Mroczkowski, but it is still secondary to playing. With over $450,000 in lifetime earnings on his Hendon Mob database, Mroczkowski said the dream is to travel to play poker tournaments and then jump into the booth should they fall short of the final table. A win-win situation.
The E-Train Enters the Station
As soon as Mroczkowski got onto the broadcast, he knew that bringing his friend Steinbaugh into the booth would work well, and as of around a year and a half ago, the E-Train pulled into the station for the first time. COVID-19 prevented the two from working together in 2020, and regardless they are often busy in their own lives. Still, they try to get together on stream as often as possible, and certainly for every big event at bestbet Jacksonville.
Both Steinbaugh and Mroczkowski know poker well enough to talk about it on air and are able to entertain while staying focused on the game. They get along great in the booth because it is an extension of their friendship away from the game of poker, one Mroczkowski's wife actually predicted years prior to the two crossing paths.
Mroczkowski's wife and Steinbaugh worked together at Daytona's poker room and she told him that the two would get along well. Years later, they found themselves in Las Vegas together one summer for the World Series of Poker and immediately connected. Now, they travel the world together, having visited destinations domestic and international alike such as Utah, Colorado, London, and Amsterdam.
For more updates all tournament long, stay tuned to PokerNews to catch all the action. Also, be sure to catch the live stream on the bestbet LIVE Twitch Channel.