£5,300 EPT Main Event Returns to London Today With Day 1a
The PokerStars European Poker Tour London is back for the first time since 2014 and will see the £5,300 EPT Main Event kicking off today at noon local time.
Held at the beautiful Hilton Park Lane in London, the six-day Main Event should, like other EPT events this year, draw a huge field and plenty of big names, including many of the Team PokerStars Pros who have been firing events throughout the series.
The £5,300 No-Limit Hold'em event will feature two starting flights, the second of which will play out on Sunday, Oct. 23. The single re-entry event will see players starting with a stack of 30,000 chips and blinds of 100/100/100.
Levels will last for a lengthy 60 minutes with a 20-minute break every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break scheduled to take place after Level 6 around approximately 7 p.m, with both starting flights playing for ten levels. Approximately 15% of the field will be paid and a shot clock will be implemented during Day 3 on Oct. 25.
It's been eight long years since the last EPT London where Sebastian Pauli bested a field of 675 runners to win the trophy and £499,700 in the £4,250 buy-in Main Event. Other previous champions include Ruben Visser, David Vamplew and Michael Martin, who won the biggest EPT London Main Event prize to date, a cool £1,000,000, when he took down the 2008 offering.
Previous EPT London Main Event Champions
| Year | Buy-in | Entries | Winner | First-Place Prize (GBP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | £3,000 | 175 | John Shipley | £200,000 |
| 2005 | £3,050 | 242 | Mark Teltscher | £280,000 |
| 2006 | £3,550 | 398 | Victoria Coren Mitchell | £500,000 |
| 2007 | £5,400 | 392 | Joseph Mouawad | £611,520 |
| 2008 | £5,400 | 596 | Michael Martin | £1,000,000 |
| 2009 | £5,250 | 730 | Aaron Gustavson | £850,000 |
| 2010 | £5,250 | 848 | David Vamplew | £900,000 |
| 2011 | £5,250 | 691 | Benny Spindler | £750,000 |
| 2012 | £5,300 | 604 | Robin Ylitalo | £560,980 |
| 2013 | £5,250 | 647 | Ruben Visser | £595,000 |
| 2014 | £4,250 | 675 | Sebastian Pauli | £499,700 |
The PokerNews live reporting is on-site here at Hilton Park Lane and will be providing updates ahead of a winner being crowned on Oct. 28. Be sure to check out the team's coverage of other EPT London events in the meantime.
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and Lukas Zaskodny had checked a pot of around 6,000 to Mario Adinolfi who bet 4,500.
for king-high. Zaskodny showed 
for a pair of fours and won the pot.
turn and Loeliger called.
and played the board, with Alm's 
turn. Andreev checked again and Carneiro fired a bet of 7,000. Jorstad quickly folded and Andreev followed suit.
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. All three players checked on the flop and the same action took place on the 
river and Pham took a stab with a bet of 2,500. Adams raised to 7,800 and quickly folded. Pham took slightly longer to make a decision but also opted to lay it down.
and Gillis checked. Sinclair bet 7,500 and called a shove from Gillis for over 20,000.
river sending him to the rail.
turn. Lukas Zaskodny was the only caller.
and Sinclair shoved. Zaskodny had around 22,000 behind and muttered something across the table before calling.
for a flopped full house, with Zaskodny showing 
