Hrabec Leads Chisu, Sinclair as Six Return to Final Day of EPT London Main Event
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.
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.
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.