2013 PokerStars.com EPT London

£5,250 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.com EPT London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
£560,980
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£2,929,400
Entries
604
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

The Daily EPT10 Player of the Year Update

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Player of the Year race began Barcelona and continues here in London. Remember, this season a new points formula was implemented in conjunction with the Global Poker Index.

Players will be able to accumulate points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop will be eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.

The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here.

Here are the top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard:

PlacePlayerPoints
1David Benefield261.67 pts
2Ole Schemion259.32 pts
3Joao Barbosa220.20 pts
4Thomas Muehloecker196.87 pts
5Jonathan Duhamel195.58 pts
6Tom Middleton181.74 pts
7Vitaly Lunkin176.97 pts
8Steve O'Dwyer175.30 pts
9Kevin Vandersmissen173.42 pts
10Oleksii Khoroshenin166.89 pts

David Benefield will be adding to his total thanks to a seventh-place finish in the £50,000 Super High Roller.

We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.

Tags: EPT Player of the YearEPT POYGlobal Poke

Latest Plastic Disc Accumulation Update

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dhru Patel
Dhru Patel
125,000 48,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
90,000 14,000
Vladimir Geshkenbein ru
Vladimir Geshkenbein
EPT 1X Winner
70,000 14,700
Matt Frankland
Matt Frankland
65,500 14,500
Ramzi Jelassi se
Ramzi Jelassi
EPT 1X Winner
65,000 31,000
Henrique Pinho pt
Henrique Pinho
65,000 10,000
Daniel Rudd gb
Daniel Rudd
64,000 18,000
Frederik Jensen dk
Frederik Jensen
EPT 1X Winner
58,000 9,000
Joel Nordqvist
Joel Nordqvist
57,000 29,500
Michael Tureniec se
Michael Tureniec
EPT 1X Winner
57,000 31,000
Morten Mortensen dk
Morten Mortensen
56,000 15,000
Jamie Roberts
Jamie Roberts
55,000 17,000
Henri Kasper ee
Henri Kasper
55,000 1,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
53,000 19,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
50,000 50,000
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
50,000 -2,500
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
Poker Hall of Famer
44,000 2,000
Pete Linton gb
Pete Linton
43,500 13,700
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
38,000 5,000
Dan Heimiller us
Dan Heimiller
35,000 3,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
31,000 7,500
Theo Jorgensen dk
Theo Jorgensen
26,000 -3,300
Marcin Horecki pl
Marcin Horecki
23,000 -2,000
Laurence Houghton gb
Laurence Houghton
22,000 -8,000
Kevin Vandersmissen be
Kevin Vandersmissen
21,000 -15,000

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Viktor in the House

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

The wunderkind himself Viktor Blom has taken his seat in the EPT10 London Main Event. The Full Tilt Poker Professional has already chipped up to 37,000 chips, and we'll keep an eye on him as he tries to best his 44th-place finish in the EPT9 London Main Event this past March.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
Full Tilt
37,000 7,000

Tags: Viktor BlomEPTLondon

Seidel Slips

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel

Just before the level change, Erik Seidel opened to 700 from the cutoff. Ben Martin three-bet to 2,225 from the small blind, Seidel called, and the flop came {q-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{9-Clubs}. Martin led out for 2,050, Seidel quickly called, and the turn was the {3-Clubs}.

Martin slowed down, checking to Seidel who tossed out a single blue T5,000 chip. Martin matched the bet with a blue chip of his own.

Both players knuckled when the {3-Spades} completed the board, and Martin took the pot down with {j-Spades}{j-Clubs} for jacks and threes.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
Poker Hall of Famer
42,000 -13,000

Tags: Erik SeidelBen Martin

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Katching Up

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Eugene Katchalov
Eugene Katchalov

Eugene Katchalov was faced with a raise of 700, and opted to three-bet to 1,800 out of the small blind. His opponent called.

Katchalov fired bullets of 2,100, 4,600, and 8,200 as the board came {k-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{4-Spades}{3-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}, and the player folded on the river. The Team PokerStars Pro started off slow today, but is back up above the starting stack of 30,000.

Player Chips Progress
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
33,000 12,000

Tags: Eugene Katchalov

Stani Downturn

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Ori Hasson opened to 625 preflop and Kevin Stani made it 2,000 in the seat next to him. It was Antonio Lafosse who then interrupted this party by making it 4,000 in late position, Hasson folded but Stani flicked in the call.

The flop was {4-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{4-Spades} and Stani checked, Lafosse bet 4,000 again and the Norwegian folded.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Stani no
Kevin Stani
EPT 1X Winner
15,000 -14,500