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.
Danut Chisu opened to 200,000 on the button with , Roman Hrabec flatted the small blind with , and Jack Sinclair defended the big blind with .
The dealer spread the flop and action checked to Chisu who bet 325,000. Hrabec raised to 850,000, Sinclair got out of the way, and Chisu called.
The landed on the turn and Hrabec led for 750,000. Chisu used a couple of time banks and put the calling chips into the middle.
The completed the board and Hrabec used a time bank of his own before moving all in, covering Chisu's 2,060,000 remaining. Chisu mucked his hand and Hrabec picked up the pot.
Roman Hrabec limped the small blind with and Jack Sinclair checked his option with .
Hrabec led for 80,000 on the flop and Sinclair called.
The turn was checked to the river and Hrabec led out for 400,000. Sinclair used a time bank before he called and tabled his pair of fours to claim the pot.
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.
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.
, Roman Hrabec flatted the small blind with 
, and Jack Sinclair defended the big blind with 
flop and action checked to Chisu who bet 325,000. Hrabec raised to 850,000, Sinclair got out of the way, and Chisu called.
landed on the turn and Hrabec led for 750,000. Chisu used a couple of time banks and put the calling chips into the middle.
completed the board and Hrabec used a time bank of his own before moving all in, covering Chisu's 2,060,000 remaining. Chisu mucked his hand and Hrabec picked up the pot.
.
turn and Hrabec again called. 
flop and Sinclair called.
turn was checked to the 
river and Hrabec led out for 400,000. Sinclair used a time bank before he called and tabled his pair of fours to claim the pot.
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.
