Another Few Faces
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We've ticked up to 294 players registered for this Day 1b flight, and more are coming.
My blogging mate MarcC just told you about the tough Table 21 (Table Toth/Jaka), so we'll tell you about Table 9 instead. In Seat 3 there is Michel Dattani, who finished second in the most recent WSOPE Six-Max PLO event. David Vamplew won an EPT title in London a couple seasons ago, and he's joined Dattani in the five seat. Just as we were watching, Caio Pimenta slid the nine seat out from under the table and plopped himself down in it.
As we scan through the room a third and fourth time, we spot another batch of faces, most of whom are expected additions to this field. Players like Juan Manuel Pastor and Leo Margets from right here in Spain, and EPT regulars like Nick Yunis and Dominic Nitsche. No surprises there.
One man sticks out as particularly notable in this field, a figure we didn't expect to see. Vincenzo Gianelli is a Venezuelan who mostly frequents PokerStars' sister tour, the LAPT. He finished as the runner-up in the Season 2 LAPT Vina del Mar, and just last month, he ran deep to 13th place in the Grand Final in São Paulo, Brazil. Gianelli is one of the most imposing figures in the room, towering over his table, but a one-sentence conversation with him is all it takes to find he's a truly gentle giant. We can't do much better than Brad Willis did telling his story, so have a read through this piece from Brazil if you want to know more about the man behind the turtle figurines.
This is Gianelli's first-ever EPT.