Double Bubble at EPT Grand Final

Paur and Vamplew Bubble EPT Grand Final

While Johnny Lodden and Daniel Negreanu were busy climbing the chip counts during Day 2 of the EPT Grand Final, staff behind the scenes were adding up the numbers for this year’s prizepool.

Thanks to a total of 531 entrants the prizepool was set at €5,310,000, which means this year’s winner will walk away with an EPT trophy and €1,224,000.

When yesterday’s session came to a close it was Johnny Lodden leading the charge towards the top prize. Indeed, after scooping 605,200 chips, the Norwegian pro was able to finish the day ahead of such luminaries as Daniel Negreanu (340,100), Jason Mercier (321,900) and Jake Cody (223,300).

One player who didn’t manage to make it through the day was Mohsin Charania. The reigning champion couldn’t gain any momentum and finally hit the rail during the last level of play when his pocket nines were beaten by John Juanda’s pocket tens.

Today’s session started with 105 players and at the time of writing the bubble had just burst in dramatic fashion.

With the field poised at 81 players and only 80 getting paid, both Taylor Paur and David Vamplew were both all-in on separate tables.

While Paur was watching his [Ks] [Qs] fall behind Oleksii Kovalchuk’s [Ad] [Js], Vamplew was all-in with [Ac] [Kc] against Calvin Anderson’s [Jc] [3c] on an [Ah] [4h] [2d] [5s] board.

As the [2s] on the river brought an end to Vamplew’s tournament, a [2c] [6c] [4s] [Jh] [6h] board also sent Paur to the rail.

The double bubble meant that both players were allowed to split the €16,000 minimum cash equally and take home something for their time at the felt.

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