EPT: Fifth Stop in London Begins on Wednesday

The fifth edition of the PokerStars European Poker Tour London stop will begin on Wednesday, Oct. 1 in London, England, at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino. Many professional players are expected to jump in on the action at one of the most popular stops on the EPT schedule. Five preliminary events led up to the £5,000 buy-in main event, which will be followed by a £20,000 buy-in high-roller event (PokerStars.com EPT London £1 Million Showdown) that will run on Oct. 5-6. There will be two day-one flights in the main event, and the four-day event will conclude at a final table on Sunday, Oct. 5. (Check out CardPlayer.com for EPT live video on Oct. 4-5.) Here is a look at the schedules for the EPT main event and high-roller event:

£5,400 EPT London main event:

Players will begin with 10,000 starting stacks, and registration is capped at 500 due to space restrictions.

Wednesday, Oct. 1: Day 1A -- eight levels (all days will begin at 1:30 p.m. GMT)
Thursday, Oct 2: Day 1B -- eight levels
Friday, Oct. 3: Day 2 -- eight levels or play down to 32 players
Saturday, Oct. 4: Day 3 -- play down to eight players
Sunday, Oct. 5: Day 4 -- final table

£20,000 EPT London £1 Million Showdown:

PokerStars has guaranteed a £1 million prize pool for this event. Registration is capped at 100 players.

Sunday, Oct. 6: Day 1 (begins at 12:30 p.m. GMT)
Monday, Oct. 7: Day 2 -- final table (begins at 1 p.m. GMT)

EPT London Former Champions:

Season 4: Joseph Mouawad (Lebanon)
Season 3: Vicky Coren (UK, Team PokerStars Pro)
Season 2: Mark Teltscher (UK)
Season 1: John Shipley (UK)

EPT London Season 4:

Buy-in: £5,000
Number of entries: 392
Prize pool: £2,038,400
First-place prize: £611,500
Places paid: 32

Final-table results:

1: Joseph Mouawad (Lebanon) -- £611,500
2: Florian Langmann (Germany) -- £346,528
3: Marcel Baran (Germany) -- £203,840
4: Josh Egan (New Zealand) - £152,880
5: Fredrik Haugen (Sweden) -- £124,342
6: Anthony Lellouche (France) -- £97,843
7: Paul Mendes (UK) -- £77,459
8: Ian Cox (UK) -- £57,077

Notable cashes: Pascal Perrault (10th), Surinder Sunar (12th), Alan Smurfit (16th), Team PokerStars pro Chris Moneymaker (17th), Roland de Wolfe (18th), Ben Grundy (22nd), Javed Abrahams (25th), and Marc Goodwin (29th).

Card Player will be at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino all week, beginning at 1:30 p.m. GMT (5:30 a.m. PDT) on Wednesday, when live action begins at EPT London. Check out CardPlayer.com for live updates, chips counts, photos, and EPT Live video coverage (Oct. 4-5) from London until the champion is crowned on Sunday, Oct. 5.

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