Roman Hrabec Only six players remain at the end of Day 5 of the £5,300 EPT Main Event at PokerStars European Poker Tour London and leading the final table is the Czech Republic’s Roman Hrabec with a stack of 6,135,000 worth 77 big blinds.
The former professional ice hockey player entered the day fourth in chips and ran up his stack throughout the ten hours of play on Day 5, which ended when the day’s chip leader, David Docherty , fell to 2018 WSOP Europe Main Event champ Jack Sinclair .
Primarily an online grinder, Hrabec will earn his biggest live score to date should he survive one more payout jump.
Joining Hrabec and Sinclair for the Day 6 action will be British grinder Ian Hamilton , Germany’s Nils Pudel , Switzerland’s Alexandre Vuilleumier and Romanian filmmaker Danut Chisu . £5,300 EPT Main Event Final Table
SEAT PLAYER COUNTRY CHIP COUNT BIG BLINDS 1 Jack Sinclair United Kingdom 4,840,000 61 2 Alexandre Vuilleumier Switzerland 1,695,000 21 3 Ian Hamilton United Kingdom 3,505,000 44 4 Danut Chisu Romania 5,025,000 63 5 Roman Hrabec Czech Republic 6,135,000 77 6 Nils Pudel Germany 1,270,000 16 £5,300 EPT Main Event Remaining Payouts
Seidel, Heath Among Those to Fall on Day 5
The fifth day of action at London’s Hilton Park Lane began with 16 players and that number steadily dwindled down as the two tables became one.
High rollers Marton Czuczor and Ben Heath were the first two players to fall and Heath had a particularly rough exit as his set of fives was cracked by the rivered nut flush of Vuilleumier.
Fan favorite Erik Seidel was on the hunt for a Triple Crown feat (he has nine WSOP bracelets and a WPT title under his belt) but the Poker Hall of Famer fell in 12th place when his pocket sevens ran into the aces of David Docherty, who was quite familiar with Rockets as he had picked them up twice on Day 4 to stack a pair of unfortunate opponents with Cowboys. Erik Seidel Aleem Kanji busted in 10th place when his ace-seven couldn’t get ahead of […]
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