EPT London Latest; UKIPT Champion of Champions

Aido Storms EPT London

Sergio Aido’s phenomenal EPT run continued yesterday after he topped the second opening session the £5,000+£250 Main Event. The Spanish player made his mark in the UK’s capital over the weekend when he took down the UKIPT’s Grand Final for £144,555.

On the same day he managed to chop the £1,100 EPT side event for £20,000 to take his running total to £164,555.

So far he’s arguably the most dangerous player currently playing inside the Victoria Casino and, after bagging 215,200 chips yesterday, he looks a sure bet to make a deep run in the Main Event.

In total 411 players sat down for Day 1B and by the end of the day just 225 were left. That left the overall number of survivors in line for the £700,000 top prize at 347.

Also making it through the day and maintaining the tournament’s level of quality was the likes of Chris Moorman (159,800), Viktor Blom (111,300), Steve O’Dwyer (109,400) and Philipp Gruissem (46,300).

Today’s action kicked off a little earlier and already seven players have hit the rail, including Jonathan Duhamel and Tobias Reinkemeier.

Evans Wins UKIPT Champions’ Event

In a fitting conclusion to UKIPT’s successful third season, its nine champions convened on one table for a Champion of Champions’ freeroll.

On offer was a Season 4 passport granting the winner free entry into each event on the tour next season.

Fresh from his UKIPT Grand Final win, it looked as though Sergio Aido would continue his form and cruise to another victory after jumping to an early chip lead.

However, not long after he bolstered his stack he was heading for the rail courtesy of UKIPT Edinburgh winner, Nicolau Villa-Lobos.

That exit opened the elimination floodgates as the swift structure forced Chris Ferguson, Dara O’Kearney, Thomas Finneran and double UKIPT winner Wojtek Barzantny out of the tournament area.

With just four players left and barely anything to choose between the remaining stacks, it was Villa-Lobos who fell first, before Emmett Mullin followed close behind.

With five hours of action complete, just Robert Baguley and Richard Evans stood inches away from a passport to UKIPT paradise.

Despite being the proverbial underdog (on account of him admitting a high stakes tournament for him used to be “the Big $11”), Peter Evans proved that his UKIPT Dublin win wasn’t a fluke.

Having seen off Baguley with [Tc] [6c] on the final hand, he was able to look back on a run that started with a £15 satellite and ended with the Champion of Champions title.