EPT Prague Final Table Preview

A trio of stars, including the man who looks to have won the GPI Player of the Year race, headline the EPT Prague final table…

UK DUO SET FOR BATTLE

It didn’t take long to find our final eight players at EPT Prague on Tuesday. Germany’s Julian Track will take the chip lead into final table play but there is a pair of UK pros – who rule the roost both live and online – who are right behind Track.

Both Max Silver (GPI#210) and Stephen Chidwick (GPI#61) will attempt to pickup their first ever EPT title on Wednesday. Silver, who won the UKIPT Isle of Man High Roller event last month, will earn yet another Top 10 finish this season. In fact, this will mark Silver’s eighth straight Top 10 cash in a row; the last time he cashed an event outside the Top 10 was at the PCA at the beginning of the 2013 season.

For Chidwick, it’s another attempt to win the first major tournament on the live tournament circuit. Chidwick, who finished third earlier this festival in the Eureka Poker Tour Main Event. Known as “stevie444” online, he has accumulated over 3.8M USD in online winnings according to our friends at PoketFives.

SCHEMION SURGES

It seems that all everyone is talking about in Prague is Ole Schemion (GPI#4). The German superstar is about to steal the title of GPI Player of the Year away from Daniel Negreanu (GPI#1) when it looked like Negreanu had all but wrapped up the title coming into Prague.

Schemion, who recently turned 21, will have all eyes in the poker world pointed straight in his direction when the 2014 season as he will be expected to run the table anywhere he plays given his performance on tour during his first two seasons.

Here is a closer look at the final table participants:

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›› Finished fifth in the EUREKA High Roller earlier this week (€45,500)
›› Earned a 10th place finish at EPT Prague last year (€53,000)
›› Earned a 39th place finish at EPT Prague last year (€8,850)
›› EPT Career: 2 cashes, $82,243 USD in earnings

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›› Finished 3rd in EUREKA Prague Main Event earlier this week (€92,500)
›› Has amassed well over 5M USD in combined live/online tournaments
›› Earned a total of 9 cashes (three Top 10) at this year’s WSOP
›› EPT Career: 4 cashes, $113,982 USD in earnings

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›› Projected to take over from Daniel Negreanu in 2013 GPI PoY Race
›› Has already earned 9 victories in his first two years on the live tournament circuit
›› Won three events at the EPT Grand Final earlier this season
›› EPT Career: 2 cashes, $81,075 USD in earnings

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›› Finished 43rd at EPT Copenhagen in 2011
›› EPT Career: 1 cash, $11,932 USD in earnings

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›› Cashing for the first time on the live tournament circuit
›› EPT Career: First cash on the European Poker Tour

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›› Finished 12th at the WPT Emperors Palace Classic in November ($9,658)
›› EPT Career: 1 cash, $17,288 USD in earnings

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›› Finished 13th at the Betfair Poker Live London event in 2011 (£925)
›› EPT Career: First cash on the European Poker Tour

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›› Recently won side event at UKIPT Isle of Man (£20,800)
›› Earned second place finish at UKIPT London earlier this season (£59,906)
›› 16 Top 10 finishes in his four years on the circuit
›› EPT Career: 2 cashes, $31,041 USD in earnings

Catch the live stream of the EPT Prague Main Event Final Table over at EPTLive.com on Wednesday.