691 players entered the EPT London Main Event.   With a few ups and downs on route the Day 1B chipleader, Benny Spinder, managed to navigate a total of 6 days of play to emerge as the victor.

1 Benny Spindler £750,000
2 Steve O’Dwyer £465,000
3 Andre Klebanov £265,000
4 Juan Manuel Pastor £200,000
5 Mattias Bergstrom £155,000
6 Kevin Iacofano £120,000
7 Martins Adeniya £86,350
8 Miroslav Benes £64,000

The European Poker Tour (EPT) will soon arrive at London.  It runs from 29th Sept until 6th October 2011, and takes place at Hilton Metropole Hotel (with the occasional side event taking place at The Vic).  You can qualify or register to play via Pokerstars.

This is the 8th season of the EPT and you can expect a very well run London series.

Here is the schedule of events at the EPT London:

Thurs Sept 29th
12:00 1 Hilton NL Holdem - Day 1 £1,000 + £100
14:00 2 Vic NL Holdem - Single Rebuy - Super Sat to Main Event £500 + £50
15:00 3 Hilton 5 Card PLO - 8 or Better £500 + £50
18:00 4 Hilton NL Holdem - Super Satellite to Main Event £1,000 + £70
20:00 5 Hilton NL Holdem - Turbo £300 + £30
Fri Sept 30th
12:00 6 Hilton MAIN EVENT Day 1A £5,000 + £250
13:00 1 Hilton NL Holdem - Final Day £1,000 + £100
13:00 3 Hilton 5 Card PLO - 8 or Better (second day if necessary) £500 + £50
14:00 7 Vic NL Holdem - Single Rebuy - Super Sat to Main Event £500 + £50
19:00 8 Hilton NLHE/PLO Turbo - Bounty £500 + £500 + £50
Sat Oct 1st
12:00 6 Hilton MAIN EVENT Day 1B £5,000 + £250
14:00 9 Vic NL Holdem - Single Rebuy - Super Sat to £2,000 NL (Event 12) £200 + £20
19:00 10 Hilton NL Holdem Turbo - Bounty £1,000 + £1,000 + £100
Sun Oct 2nd
12:00 6 Hilton MAIN EVENT Day 2 £5,000 + £250
14:00 11 Vic NL - Holdem - Women’s Event £500 + £50
18:00 12 Hilton NL Holdem - Day 1 £2,000 + £150
20:00 13 Hilton NL Holdem Turbo - Win the Button! £300 + £30
Mon October 3rd
12:00 6 Hilton MAIN EVENT Day 3 - TV £5,000 + £250
12:00 14 Hilton NL Holem Heads Up - 64 Player Cap - Day 1 £5,000 + £250
14:00 15 Hilton European 8 Game Championships - Day 1 £2,000 + £150
14:00 16 Vic NL Holdem - Single Rebuy - Super Sat to £20,000 High Roller (Event 19) £1,000 + £70
15:00 12 Hilton NL Holdem - Final Day (3rd day if necessary) £2,000 + £150
18:00 17 Hilton NL Holdem - Day 1 £1,000 + £100
20:00 18 Hilton NL Holdem Turbo - Bounty £300 + £100 + £30
Tues October 4th
12:00 6 Hilton MAIN EVENT Day 4 - TV £5,000 + £250
12:00 19 Hilton NL Holdem High Roller - “8 Max” - Day 1 £20,000 + £500
12:00 20 Hilton NL Holdem Turbo £1,000 + £100
13:00 12 Hilton NL Holdem - 3rd day if necessary £2,000 + £150
13:00 14 Hilton NL Holdem Heads Up - 64 Player Cap - Final Day £5,000 + £250
13:00 15 Hilton European 8 Game Championships - Final Day £2,000 + £150
14:00 21 Vic PLO - Single Rebuy - Super Sat to £2,000 PLO (Event 24) £200 + £20
15:00 17 Hilton NL Holdem - Final Day £1,000 + £100
18:00 22 Hilton NLHE/PLO - Day 1 £1,000 + £100
20:00 23 Hilton NL Holdem Turbo - Rivers (each player receives own River card) £300 + £30
Weds October 5th
12:00 6 Hilton MAIN EVENT Day 5 - TV £5,000 + £250
12:00 19 Hilton NL Holdem High Roller - “8 Max” - Day 2 £20,000 + £500
12:00 24 Hilton PLO - Day 1 £2,000 + £150
12:00 25 Hilton NL Holdem Heads Up - 64 Player Cap - Day 1 £1,000 + £100
13:00 22 Hilton NLHE/PLO - Final Day £1,000 + £100
16:00 26 Hilton NL Holdem - Day 1 £1,000 + £100
20:00 27 Hilton NL Holdem - Hyper Turbo (10K Stack / 10 Min Levels) £100 + £20
Thurs October 6th
12:00 6 Hilton MAIN EVENT - Final Table - TV £5,000 + £250
12:00 19 Hilton NL Holdem High Roller - “8 Max” - Final Day £20,000 + £500
12:00 24 Hilton PLO Final Day £2,000 + £150
12:00 25 Hilton NL Holdem Heads Up - 64 Player Cap - Final Day £1,000 + £100
12:00 26 Hilton NL Holdem Holdem - Final Day £1,000 + £100
12:00 28 Hilton EPT Country of the Year Freeroll - Ireland Invitation
13:00 29 Hilton NL Holdem PokerStars SNE Invitational Invitation
14:00 30 Hilton NL Holdem High Roller - Turbo - “6 Max” £10,000 + £300
16:00 31 Hilton UKIPT Super Turbo - £25,000 GTD - 30K Stack / 15 min Levels £300 + £30

EPT London Main Event - £5200 NLHE - 596 entrants

Notable finishes for Full Tilt Pros David Benyamine (12th) and Max Pescatori (15th), and also WSOP November Nine player Peter Eastgate in 18th

1 £ 1,000,000 Michael Martin  
2 £ 525,314 Michael Tureniec 
3 £ 303,439 Marcin Horecki 
4 £ 234,920 Eric Liu 
5 £ 195,766 Philippe D’Auteuil  
6 £ 153,351 Alan Smurfit  
7 £ 120,723 Johannes Strassmann 
8 £ 81,569 Antony Lellouche  
9 £ 50,574 Erik Sjodin  
10 £ 50,574 Frode Gjesdal  
11 £ 35,891 Peter Busch  
12 £ 35,891 David Benyamine 
13 £ 26,102 Chris Wolters  
14 £ 26,102 Gualter Salles  
15 £ 19,576 Max Pescatori
16 £ 19,576 Joseph Elpayaa  
17 £ 16,313 Robert Firestone  
18 £ 16,313 Peter Eastgate
19 £ 16,313 Brian Green  
20 £ 16,313 Jonas Molander  
21 £ 16,313 Huseyin Yilmaz  
22 £ 16,313 Alexia Portal  
23 £ 16,313 Carter Gill 
24 £ 16,313 Justin Truesdell 
25 £ 13,052 Ian Frazer  
26 £ 13,052 Joao Barbosa  
27 £ 13,052 Sorel Mizzi  
28 £ 13,052 Ramin Henke  
29 £ 13,052 Tyler Reiman  
30 £ 13,052 Gunnar Rabe  
31 £ 13,052 Beth Shak 
32 £ 13,052 Scotty Nguyen
33 £ 11,419 Rene Mortensen  
34 £ 11,419 Priyan De Mel  
35 £ 11,419 Erik Friberg  
36 £ 11,419 Andrea Benelli  
37 £ 11,419 Axel Albertsson  
38 £ 11,419 Vicky Coren 
39 £ 11,419 Vanessa Rousso
40 £ 11,419 Toni Ojala  
41 £ 9,789 Theodoros Aidonopoulos  
42 £ 9,789 Carlo Gabriele  
43 £ 9,789 Jonathan Aguiar  
44 £ 9,789 Daniel Albright  
45 £ 9,789 Thomas MacNamara  
46 £ 9,789 Georges Moussa  
47 £ 9,789 Paul Dack  
48 £ 9,789 Antto Lohvansuu  
49 £ 8,156 Gicquel Youn  
50 £ 8,156 Mohammed Jabar  
51 £ 8,156 Arnaud Mattern  
52 £ 8,156 Panzeri Stefano  
53 £ 8,156 Joe Grech  
54 £ 8,156 Bernard Roy  
55 £ 8,156 Javier Dominguez  
56 £ 8,156 Florent Auber