London has been a stop on all 10 seasons of the EPT, peaking in Season 5 when it generated a total prize pool of £3,349,200. The first player to win an EPT title in the UK was Britain's own John Shipley, and the Season 9 winner was Ruben Visser.
In Season 3, Victoria Coren won the Main Event, becoming the first female to ever capture an EPT title.
PokerNews' own Chad Holloway profiled the former winners in one of his Where Are They Now pieces, and the following table lists all of the winners along with their respective first-place prizes:
Season
Winner
Prize
1
John Shipley
£200,000
2
Mark Teltscher
£280,000
3
Victoria Coren
£500,000
4
Joseph Mouawad
£611,520
5
Michael Martin
£1,000,000
6
Aaron Gustavson
£850,000
7
David Vamplew
£900,000
8
Benny Spindler
£750,000
9
Ruben Visser
£595,000
The Grand Connaught Rooms on Great Queen St. will play host to the second stop on Season 10 of the EPT. At the start of September, Tom Middleton won the EPT Barcelona Main Event, earning €942,000. Vitaly Lunkin won the Super High Roller for €771,300 and Thomas Muhlocker defeated Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu heads up in the High Roller to win €390,700.
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Most people show up for work, take a pee, make a coffee and turn on the computer to stare at a spreadsheet. But for your average EPT tournament poker player, things are different. PokerStars Blog takes a look at the alternative morning routine.
After a raise and a call from Dhru Patel, Leo Margets three-bet to 3,000 from out of the small blind. The original raiser folded, and Patel called on the button.
The dealer fanned , Margets checked, and Patel fired out 7,050. Margets check-raised all in for what looked like 20,000 or so, and Patel snap-called.
Margets:
Patel:
The turn and river came , respectively, and the Team PokerStars Pro hit the rail.
When we arrived at Table 20, Dan Smith was all in for effectively 30,000 or so on a flop of . Haitao Wu was in the tank, and by the looks of it, Smith had bet 6,600 and Wu raised to 13,500. Smith responded with an all-in wager, and Wu dipped into the tank.
Finally the Brit folded his hand, and Smith dragged in the pot.
"I just wanted to impress her," Smith said with a grin as he motioned towards his masseuse.
Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel tells the PokerStars Blog how to beat up on your starting table (right after setting the record straight about 'making Day 2'). Take a look at that here.
Just before the level change, Erik Seidel opened to 700 from the cutoff. Ben Martin three-bet to 2,225 from the small blind, Seidel called, and the flop came . Martin led out for 2,050, Seidel quickly called, and the turn was the .
Martin slowed down, checking to Seidel who tossed out a single blue T5,000 chip. Martin matched the bet with a blue chip of his own.
Both players knuckled when the completed the board, and Martin took the pot down with for jacks and threes.
The UK’s John Shipley has been a staple in the poker world for nearly two decades, with his first cash coming back in April of 1994 when he finished ninth in a £500 No Limit Hold’em event at the Irish Poker Open for £500 – that’s right, he broke even. Over the next decade, Shipley notched numerous four and five-figure scores, including a seventh-place finish in the 2002 World Series of Poker Main Event for $125,000.
Shipley, who was a part of the groundbreaking Late Night Poker, then made history as the first-ever EPT London winner in October 2004. That year 175 runners paid the £4,000 buy-in and created a prize pool of £763,379. Notables Marcel Luske and Noah Boeken both made the final table, but finished in seventh and sixth respectively for £14,800 and £16,800. As you know, Shipley prevailed and captured the £200,000 first-place prize.
Since then Shipley has continued to play poker and rack up cashes, most coming at the WSOP in Las Vegas. For instance, in 2008 Shipley finished ninth in a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event for $56,782, and three years later he placed third in the 2011 WSOP $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship for $369,575 – his biggest career score. Most recently, Shipley finished 472nd in the 2012 WSOP Main Event for $24,808.
Martin Finger EPT London Super High Roller Champion 2013
Martin Finger tonight won the first ever EPT London £50,000 Super High Roller becoming the first player to claim two exclusive EPT title Shamballa Jewels bracelets, while also joining an elite clique of players with two EPT major titles to their name. Congratulations also to Tobias Reinkemeier who scored his second big money runner-up Super High Roller finish. Find out how Finger won at the PokerStars Blog.
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. The Dane fired out 2,000, and only Guanilo called.
, Guanilo checked again, and Jorgensen tossed out another 6,000. Guanilo tanked for no more than 10 seconds before folding.
, Margets checked, and Patel fired out 7,050. Margets check-raised all in for what looked like 20,000 or so, and Patel snap-called.
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respectively, and the Team PokerStars Pro hit the rail.
. Haitao Wu was in the tank, and by the looks of it, Smith had bet 6,600 and Wu raised to 13,500. Smith responded with an all-in wager, and Wu dipped into the tank.
. Martin led out for 2,050, Seidel quickly called, and the turn was the 
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completed the board, and Martin took the pot down with 
