Yoohoo.
Whilst Chili sorts out her hotel arrangements, it's up to me to keep you entertained till she arrives, but with just my personality and sharp wit in my arsenal, things aren't looking to promising.
There's a serene atmosphere here at the Grosvenor Victoria today with the majority of players opting to remain in bed until the very last minute instead of joining us press peeps as part of the turn-up-an-hour-early club. I suppose with everyone staying in hotels just across the road, they can trundle in whenever they please without really worrying about traffic or any other such hold-ups.
However, as with all other days this week, it'll suddenly become hustle and bustle with the bar adjacent to the cardroom transforming into a hotbed of eager beaver poker enthusiasts at around 12.45pm. And they'll have good reason to be excited too as not only are they playing for the prestigious honour of following in the footsteps of
Vicky Coren as the London EPT Champion, but there's also the small case of £611,000. Think about all the blonde merchandise you can purchase with that!
That accolade seems most likely to be heading in the direction of Wolverhampton's
Surinder Sunar, who, after triumphing in a meatalicous set over set versus nut flush draw encounter, ended the night with a rather eye-watering and wife--going-shopping-inducing 403,400, almost double of that of
Ben Grundy in second.
If ever there was a player who you'd require a crowbar to prise chips off, it would be Surinder, so perhaps this could be the week he adds an EPT title to his ever-increasing list of achievements.
Sunar Surinder UK 403,400
Grundy Ben UK 220,000
Lellouche Anthony France 213,800
Trinh Lam UK 207,400
Georgiou Phidias Cyprus 200,200
Perrault Pascal France 172,800
Egan Josh N Zealand 162,300
Haugen Fredrik Sweden 152,400
Nash Stuart UK 125,100
Smurfit Alan Ireland 122,100
Svendsen Katja Norway 105,900
Baran Marcel Germany 102,800
Roeg Nicky Holland 98,200
Can Fuat Sweden 94,700
Obrobac David Sweden 93,500
Mendes Paul UK 92,500
Nagarajan Vijayan Malaysia 92,400
Reeve Martyn UK 82,100
Wong Ken China 79,700
Moneymaker Chris US 76,400
De Wolfe Roland UK 76,100
Mouawad Joseph Lebanon 75,400
Abrahams Javed UK 74,800
Petersen Peter Denmark 70,800
Cox Ian UK 70,600
Reihill Shane Ireland 64,100
Goodwin Marc UK 54,500
Andler Christopher Sweden 54,400
Cinar Mehmet Sweden 53,400
Cascarino Tony Ireland 52,700
Mangas Daniel Spain 51,700
Jaspers Joris Holland 51,600
Sonelin David Sweden 49,400
Tollund Thomas Denmark 49,200
Svensson Niclas Sweden 48,500
Hackett Jason UK 39,300
Langmann Florian Germany 37,900
Citrone Carlo UK 29,700
Ashby Richard UK 25,700
Friberg Erik Sweden 7,000
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