€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Dia 4 Iniciado
€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Dia 4 Iniciado
Not only is Jack Sinclair the chip leader, but he is also the most accomplished player at the final table. Sinclair boasts nearly $4.3 million in live tournament earnings, including two seven-figure cashes. The 31-year-old from London won the WSOP Europe Main Event in 2018 (€1,122,239). He’d already boasted a final table appearance in the WSOP Main Event worth $1.2 million back then.
Sinclair is a well-known player in the poker community, but lately he’s been busy elsewhere too. Sinclair produced his dad David’s music album, which will come out on September 1.
German player Björn Bruns has only one reported live cash to his name. He started playing poker in 2009 and prefers to compete in the online fields. Bruns usually battles in multi-table tournaments, and the upcoming finale is his first known major achievement.
Early into Day 3, Bruns was seen scoring a double knockout with pocket tens against Choi Yun Lam’s ace-queen and Rembert Net’s ace-king. The hand propelled Bruns to the chip lead at the time and helped him cruise towards the final table.
Yoan Asparuhov is the shortest stack on the final table with just over 12 big blinds, but it’s already been his best live tournament run. Asparuhov doesn’t play poker for a living; he co-owns a digital marketing agency. But he learned the game in high school and enjoys playing both tournaments and cash games, live and online.
Apart from playing cards, Asparuhov likes to spend time with his family and also enjoys riding motorcycles.
Hendrik Soering has played poker for well over 10 years and 2022 seems to be the year when everything starts to click for him. The 34-year-old from Alkmaar notched €64,210 in March after finishing third in the WPT DeepStacks Amsterdam event.
Soering only needs to ladder up one more position in the Estrellas Main Event to secure his new career-best score. Considering his stack – precisely in the middle of the standings – he’s a favorite to do that.
Kyle Ho claims he’s a professional Pez collector, but there’s no denying he’s also pretty good at playing poker. While Ho listed “railing my friends” as his biggest poker accomplishment, he’s guaranteed to break $500,000 in live winning with his Estrellas Main Event payout, which will be his first cash on European soil.
The 33-year-old from Vancouver has played the game since 2004 and mostly likes live cash games. But tournaments seem to suit his abilities too. Ho’s best result came last October when he topped a Pure Poker Tour Main Event in Edmonton for around $70,000. When not at a poker table, Ho enjoys playing video games.
Renat Bohdanov reached the final table on his 25th birthday. It won’t be his first big finale on EPT this year. He had already come close to taking down the FPS Monte Carlo High Roller, finishing second for €187,460.
Bohdanov is a professional player who boasts $427,365 in all-time live tournament cashes. He is currently the #28-ranked Ukrainian player, and a victory in the Estrellas Main Event would push him into the nation’s top 15. His accomplishments include a WSOP bracelet from King’s Rozvadov.
Simon Bouaksa is also about to notch a ground-breaking result. Bouaksa had about $16,000 in reported live cashes coming to this tournament. Bouaksa works in finance and has played poker recreationally since 2007.
Now the 44-year-old from Luxembourg is guaranteed to best his €8,365 payday from WPT Amneville 2010. Apart from poker, Bouaksa enjoys live tournaments, sports and music.
From the nine finalists, Ahmad Rehaime has the most modest Hendon Mob profile with only two WSOP Online cashes worth just over $2,000. The 40-year-old entrepreneur has been playing poker ever since he became legally allowed to. Rehaime likes to play mostly live cash games.
The biggest accomplishment is coming up this Sunday, but Rehaime claimed the biggest success for him is ”having fun with it“.
Rick van Bruggen might have just over $20,000 on his Hendon Mob resume, but he is an experienced grinder. Van Bruggen picked up poker when he was 18 and now considers himself a professional player.
The 27-year-old Dutchman specializes in live cash games and is now making his tournament breakthrough. He vaulted into second place on the very last hand of Day 3, winning a coin flip to eliminate Mathias Siljander in 10th place.