Mike "SirWatts" Watson Leads Nine Contenders Into Day 2 of the 2021 PokerStars EPT Online Event #18: $10,300 NLHE
Only nine players remain out of 69 entries in 2021 PokerStars EPT Online Event #18. The biggest stack by a good margin was bagged by Mike "SirWatts" Watson, who stayed near the top of the leaderboard for most of the day and even made a straight flush near the day’s end to finish with a solid stack of 4,102,145 chips.
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford (2,929,694) and Lucio "WizardOffAz" Lima (2,235,750) round out the top few biggest bagged stacks.
The prize pool of $690,000 surpassed the guarantee and while all of the remaining players have locked up $10,756 in addition to the bounties they’ve won, they will all be looking to finish on top at tomorrow’s final table, where one player will be taking the $81,432 first-place prize, which comes with the bounties they’ve collected and the EPT Online trophy.
2021 PokerStars EPT Event #18: $10,300 NLHE PKO Prize Pool
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $81,432 |
| 2 | $81,432 |
| 3 | $52,240 |
| 4 | $39,127 |
| 5 | $29,306 |
| 6 | $21,951 |
| 7 | $16,441 |
| 8 | $12,314 |
| 9 | $10,756 |
Although Watson will be heading into the final table with a fairly large chip lead, “v0I<u” collected the most bounties today by winning $30,625 through knocking out his opponents, and they will be going into the final table fifth in chips.
Some of the notables who weren’t able to make the final table include four-time bracelet winner Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski, Niklas "Lena900" Astedt, Ole "wizowizo" Schemion, Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis, and Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet.
Final Table Seat Draw
| SEAT | PLAYER | CHIPS | |
| 1 | Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford | 2,929,694 | |
| 2 | Mark "AceSpades11" Radoja | 1,819,514 | |
| 3 | Eelis "EEE27" Pärssinen | 708,848 | |
| 4 | Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden | 735,633 | |
| 5 | Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi | 487,044 | |
| 6 | Mike "SirWatts" Watson | 4,102,145 | |
| 7 | "v0I<u" | 2,095,690 | |
| 8 | Lucio "WizardOffAz" Lima | 2,235,750 | |
| 9 | Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood | 2,135,682 |
Day 2 action for Event #18: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Super High Roller] picks up on Dec. 15 at 1:05 p.m. ET. Stay tuned as PokerNews will be there to follow it to the end as they play down to a winner.
flop left him needing help. The 
turn meant he needed only an ace, ten, or five to stay alive, but the 
fell on the river to eliminate him on the bubble.
flop. Lima was looking to be the likely bubble boy, although the 
turn provided him some more outs, including a royal draw. With one card to go, the 
spiked the river to give Lima a boat and keep him alive in a key part of the tournament.
flop and Watson check-called a 52,115 bet.
river.
for a flopped flush that improved to a straight flush as "v0I<u" mucked.
and Nemeth check-jammed after "kZhh" bet 48,450. "kZhh" called for their 283,702 remaining chips and hands were flipped over.
turn gave Nemeth four more outs, and one of those outs hit as the 
completed the board to send give him the bounty and send "kZhh" out of the tournament in unfortunate fashion.
completed the board to send the Swede's bounty over to the Finn.
to put Beresford even further ahead in a 
completed the board to send another bounty to Beresford and knock out Selouan.