Alexandre Vuilleumier open-jammed from the small blind and Ian Hamilton called off in the big blind with the effective stack of 1,160,000.
Ian Hamilton:
Alexandre Vuilleumier:
Hamilton was dominated and it looked like he'd be going home as the flop came . Hamilton calmly took a sip of orange juice and then put on his vest as the bricked off on the turn and his rail screamed for a five.
"Plenty of fives left!" someone yelled.
Incredibly, the then peeled off on the river and the Brit let out a sigh of relief as he took off his vest and returned to his seat after securing the unlikely double.
Danut Chisu open-shoved for 1,600,000 under the gun and Alexandre Vuilleumier rejammed for 1,655,000 in the small blind.
Danut Chisu:
Alexandre Vuilleumier:
The flop changed absolutely nothing, and the turn left Chisu needing a three-outer king to stay alive. The completed the board, however, and the Romanian filmmaker made his exit in fifth place for £175,250.
Ian Hamilton opened to 200,000 from the button holding and Roman Hrabec defended out of the big blind with .
The flop landed to give both players top pair and Hrabec checked in flow. Hamilton continued for 150,000 and Hrabec raised to 500,000. Hamilton called.
The turn brought the and Hrabec bet 900,000. Hamilton again called. The on the river completed the board and Hrabec sized down to 650,000. Hamilton called and saw the bad news as the Day 6 chip leader scooped the pot with the better kicker.
Nils Pudel took a brutal beat early in the day to go out in sixth place for £134,800.
Pudel opened to 160,000 from the cutoff and Jack Sinclair three-bet to 400,000 from the big blind. The German four-bet jammed his stack of 1,270,000 and Sinclair called with a bigger stack.
Nils Pudel:
Jack Sinclair:
Pudel's aces were in excellent shape on the flop of , but the on the turn gave Sinclair a flush draw to give Pudel a sweat. The then arrived on the river to give Sinclair the ace-high flush and Pudel hit the rail in excruciating fashion in one of the first hands of the day.
The PokerStars European Poker Tour London concludes today with the sixth and final day of the £5,300 EPT Main Event, and action will resume shortly from Hilton Park Lane at 12:30 p.m. local time.
There are only six players returning to the felt on the final day of play out of the 749 total entries which created a prize pool of £3,632,650.
All remaining players have locked up £134,800, but all are hoping to accumulate all of the chips at the table to claim the title of EPT Main Event champion, along with the coveted trophy and £664,400 first-place prize.
EPT London Main Event Final Table
SEAT
PLAYER
COUNTRY
CHIP COUNT
BIG BLINDS
1
Jack Sinclair
United Kingdom
4,840,000
61
2
Alexandre Vuilleumier
Switzerland
1,695,000
21
3
Ian Hamilton
United Kingdom
3,505,000
44
4
Danut Chisu
Romania
5,025,000
63
5
Roman Hrabec
Czech Republic
6,135,000
77
6
Nils Pudel
Germany
1,270,000
16
Czech player Roman Hrabec (6,135,000) leads the field on the final day and qualified for the event online at PokerStars in a £530 satellite. The Vienna resident originally from Prague will have an opportunity to claim his first live tournament victory after narrowly missing it less than a week ago when he finished runner-up in the £2,200 UKIPT High Roller event for a live tournament best of £155,780. Mainly an online player, the 26-year-old former competitive hockey player will shoot for the title and score a new live best with a top-five finish.
Romanian filmmaker Danut Chisu (5,025,000) was dead last on the leaderboard out of 275 players when entering the second day of play with only 11,000 chips, but now the 67-year-old from Bucharest sits second in chips and has an opportunity to complete a film-worthy comeback. He is guaranteed to move up to at least seventh on the Romanian all-time money list and could become the first-ever EPT Main Event winner from the country.
Danut Chisu
London’s own Jack Sinclair (4,840,000) is perhaps the most experienced player returning to the felt. The 2018 WSOPE Main Event winner and 2017 WSOP Main Event final tableist now has another prestigious Main Event final table on his poker résumé, and a top-three finish will push Sinclair over $5 million in live earnings. He finished runner-up in the record-setting Estrellas Main Event at the most recent EPT stop in Barcelona and is back in the spotlight with a shot at a major title in his hometown.
United Kingdom’s Ian Hamilton (3,505,000) will also be attempting to keep the title of EPT London Main Event champion on home turf. The 31-year-old doesn’t have an extensive history of live-reported cashes, although his one previous six-figure cash came earlier this year at an EPT stop in Prague when he finished second in the €2,500 Mystery Bounty event. Hamilton has bagged an above-average stack every day of this event until now, although his Day 6 stack of just under the average will give him plenty of room to maneuver through the field.
Switzerland’s Alexandre Vuilleumier (1,695,000) is looking to become only the second Swiss player to claim the Main Event title following Ronny Kaiser’s win at EPT Tallinn in 2011. A win or runner-up finish would exceed Vuilleumier’s entire total live earnings according to The Hendon Mob. The chess player has secured his third EPT Main Event cash of the year, and by far the highest, following a 66th-place finish in Prague and a 99th-place finish in Barcelona.
Germany’s Nils Pudel (1,270,000) will be coming into the final day as the short stack, although he will still have an opportunity to go on a run. The Hannover native now residing in Austria has no previous reported live cashes over four figures, but he has now far exceeded that and is guaranteed a six-figure payday. The 2019 Platinum Pass winner does have a major tournament victory from the virtual felt, however, having won a SCOOP event in 2020.
Jack Sinclair
Remaining Payouts
Place
Payout (GBP)
1
£664,400
2
£414,650
3
£296,150
4
£227,800
5
£175,250
6
£134,800
Play will resume with 13:00 remaining in Level 28 with blinds at 40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 big blind ante, and 90-minute levels are scheduled to be played today with a break in between each level until only one player remains.
The final day will be broadcasted on a security delay of 30 minutes on the PokerStars YouTube and Twitch channels. All PokerNews live updates will be published according to the delayed cards-up coverage.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team continues to bring updates from EPT London until a champion is crowned.
London’s own Jack Sinclair has made it to a big final table at a second consecutive EPT stop. He finished second in the record-setting field of 6,313 entries in the Estrellas Main Event in Barcelona.
The €377,120 payday was Sinclair’s third-biggest live cash, as he’d previously notched two seven-figure scores at the World Series of Poker. With such pedigree, Sinclair is arguably the most experienced player on the EPT final table.
He’ll collect his fourth EPT Main Event cash on Friday, and a top-three finish would help him break $5 million in live tournament winnings tracked by the Hendon Mob.
Alexandre Vuilleumier started collecting live tournament cashes in 2018, but he wouldn’t notch his first reported result in Europe until this March. That’s when he finished 66th in the EPT Prague Main Event for €14,720. Since then, he sneaked into the money in the EPT Barcelona Main Event as well (99th for €17,820).
Vuilleumier will now add a third ITM finish to his tally. He’s nearly equaled his $160,000 score from a summer event in Las Vegas and is guaranteed to break $500,000 in winnings.
Vuilleumier can make a spectacular mark on the EPT, having a chance to become only the second Swiss player to take down the Main Event title – after Ronny Kaiser at EPT Tallinn 2011.
Ian Hamilton had only 10 reported live cashes to his name before entering the EPT London Main Event. Hamilton has already impressed on the EPT, though.
In March, he scored €156,030 for second place in the €2,500 Mystery Bounty Event, including the bounties.
Hamilton has had a great run here in London, reporting above-average stack every day. Entering the final day will see him start in the bottom half of the standings for the first time.
. Hamilton calmly took a sip of orange juice and then put on his vest as the 
bricked off on the turn and his rail screamed for a five. 
then peeled off on the river and the Brit let out a sigh of relief as he took off his vest and returned to his seat after securing the unlikely double.
flop changed absolutely nothing, and the 
turn left Chisu needing a three-outer king to stay alive. The 
completed the board, however, and the Romanian filmmaker made his exit in fifth place for £175,250.
and Roman Hrabec defended out of the big blind with 
.
to give both players top pair and Hrabec checked in flow. Hamilton continued for 150,000 and Hrabec raised to 500,000. Hamilton called. 
and Hrabec bet 900,000. Hamilton again called. The 
on the river completed the board and Hrabec sized down to 650,000. Hamilton called and saw the bad news as the Day 6 chip leader scooped the pot with the better kicker.
.
and Chisu continued for 300,000. Hrabec called. Chisu bet 300,000 again on the 
and Chisu sized up to 625,000. Hrabec called and showed Chisu the bad news as he had rivered a straight to win the pot.
then arrived on the river to give Sinclair the ace-high flush and Pudel hit the rail in excruciating fashion in one of the first hands of the day.
