Stephen Graner Leads Last 7 Players into EPT Prague Final Day

Stephen Graner leads at the Final Table of EPT 11 Prague after dominating for the past three days.

The Hawaiian-born 26-year-old has finished Days 3 and 4 second in chips but starts the final day with a massive chip lead. Graner knocked out Greek Omaha specialist Miltiadis Kyriakides in eighth place just before end of today's fifth and final level to strengthen his lead and reduce the remaining field down to seven players.

This record-breaking event resulted in a €5,368,950 prize pool with the winner walking away with €969,000.  All seven remaining players are guaranteed at least a €129,390 payday.

EPT11 Prague final day chip counts:
Seat 1: Anton Bertilsson, Sweden, PokerStars qualifier, 7,740,000
Seat 2: Simon Mattsson, Sweden, 2,130,000
Seat 3: Jonathan Wong, UK, 1,900,000
Seat 5: Stephen Graner, USA, PokerStars player, 12,405,000
Seat 6: Bjorn Wiesler, Germany, 3,285,000
Seat 7: Remi Castaignon, France, PokerStars player, 1,030,000
Seat 8: Fabio Sperling, Germany, PokerStars qualifier, 4,710,000

Graner talks to PokerNews.com below.

- Patrick Flanagan, Gambling911.com