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German player Sebastian Pauli heads a star-studded final 16 for Day 5 of the EPT11 London Main Event. The 25-year-old from Dortmund, who won the €1k NL Turbo Bounty at EPT Barcelona in August for €39,905, has 2,674,000 in chips. Pauli, who also finished fourth in the $2,500 Razz event at the World Series last year, has more than $230k in lifetime tournament winnings.
Currently second in chips with 2,291,000 is Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody. Cody's biggest result to date is still the €847,000 EPT Deauville victory which propelled him into the spotlight back in Season 6. Cody then went on to win WPT London in May the same year and a WSOP bracelet the following summer (the $25k Heads-Up Championship) to give him the coveted Triple Crown. He finished fifth at the EPT9 Grand Final and also has a string of great online results including winning the $2,100 NL SCOOP title in 2011 for $234,738. He has lifetime live tournament winnings of more than $3m.
Day 3 chip leader Raffaele Sorrentino is currently third in chips. Also still in contention for the £499,700 first prize is EPT Vienna finalist Pablo Gordillo (who won three tournaments in one night on PokerStars.com recently), EPT6 Berlin champion Kevin MacPhee, UKIPT Dublin champion Kevin Killeen and EPT8 London winner Benny Spindler, along with PCA High Roller finalist and Portugal’s #7 player Joao Vieira who won the £2k event here last season. German player Artur Koren is another EPT regular with good results on the tour including third in the €1k NL event during EPT 11 Barcelona for €56,850.
There were 675 entries in total creating a £2,619,000 prize pool. The winner will get £499,700 with 95 players paid. As well as their cash prize and trophy, the new EPT London champion will also receive a stunning “Black and Steel” watch from luxury Swiss brand SLYDE, the Official Watch Sponsor for EPT Season 11 Main Events and High Rollers.
Last season Swedish pro Robin Ylitalo defeated a 604-strong field for a £560,980 first prize. 87 players snagged a share of the £2,929,400 prize pool.
