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LONDON SECTOR OF EUROPEAN POKER TOUR STARTS

400 players in the hunt for poker glory and big money

400 players with big-money and poker glory visions front-of-mind packed The Vic in London just before the weekend as the European Poker Tour's London sector kicked into gear.

Taking half the field on Day 1 A and the balance on Day 1 B the promise of expert and high energy poker was soon realised as players from all over the world - some of them famous names - started playing.

Hot on the heels of the outstanding success of the Barcelona Open, (see previous InfoPowa reports) the EPT was in full entertainment spate again, hammering into its second stop in as many weeks with the tables spread through three jammed-to-capacity rooms.

Among the better known players was Phil Ivey, who had just been playing in Barcelona. Joining him on Day 1 'A' were Kenna James, Ram Vaswani, Victor Ramdin, Dave Colclough, Johnny Lodden, Harry Demetriou, Barcelona Champ Bjorn-Erik Glenne (the Barcelona champ), Jeffrey Lisandro, Isabelle Mercier, Luca Pagano, David Plastik, and a cast of dozens.

Play started at 3pm local time, with initial reports indicating that play was not quite as fast as has been the case in some of the other EPT events. By the dinner break, only a few players had been eliminated including David Plastik, Dave Colclough, and Harry D, and any ambitions that Glenne might have had of a second mega-win were dashed when the Barcelona champion was an early casualty.

The action became more intense as the tournament wore on, especially in the middle levels where players were dropping like nine-pins, resulting in a remaining field of about 70 by the beginning of the final level. Those numbers were down to 54 players as the day came to an end, with Johnny Lodden the chip leader of the event by a solid margin and way ahead of his closest threat, the Hendon Mob's Barny Boatman.

Big leaders with chips included the Boatman brothers of the Hendon Mob, both of whom were above 50 000. Phil Ivey had 42 000, player of the year candidate Shannon Shorr, about 60 000 chips. Tom Parker-Bowles (son of Prince Charles's wife Camilla Parker-Bowles) had a stack of about 52 000 chips.

The payout schedule for London EPT leg was announced Saturday, with a heavy bias toward the top winners. The organisers announced a GBP 1 393 000 prize pool, where the worst any player in the top 32 can do is GBP 4 000. The top ten surviving players will be getting pay cheques that look like this:

1st GBP 500 000
2nd GBP 285 900
3rd GBP 168 600
4th GBP 110 000
5th GBP 58 600
6th GBP 44 000
7th GBP 36 600
8th GBP 29 300
9th GBP 10 000
10thGBP 10 000

Day One 'B' played down even faster than Day One 'A', and when play was halted the London EPT was down to 49 players.

Final chip counts for the top 6 contenders when the players enter Day Two are:

Chad Brown 127,800
Johnny Lodden 126,700
Dean Sanders 117,600
Emad Tahtouh 110,300
Michael Abecassis 87,200
Barny Boatman 87,100

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LONDON SECTOR OF EUROPEAN POKER TOUR STARTS 400 players in the hunt for poker glory and big money 400 players with big-money and poker glory visions front-of-mind packed The Vic in London just before the weekend as the European Poker Tour's London sector kicked into gear. Taking half the field on Day 1 A and the balance on Day 1 B the promise of expert and high energy poker was soon realised as players from all over the world - some of them famous names - started playing. Hot on the heels of the outstanding success of the Barcelona Open, (see previous InfoPowa reports) the EPT was in full entertainment spate again, hammering into its second stop in as many weeks with the tables spread through three jammed-to-capacity rooms. Among the better known players was Phil Ivey, who had just been playing in Barcelona. Joining him on Day 1 'A' were Kenna James, Ram Vaswani, Victor Ramdin, Dave Colclough, Johnny Lodden, Harry Demetriou, Barcelona Champ Bjorn-Erik Glenne (the Barcelona champ), Jeffrey Lisandro, Isabelle Mercier, Luca Pagano, David Plastik, and a cast of dozens. Play started at 3pm local time, with initial reports indicating that play was not quite as fast as has been the case in some of the other EPT events. By the dinner break, only a few players had been eliminated including David Plastik, Dave Colclough, and Harry D, and any ambitions that Glenne might have had of a second mega-win were dashed when the Barcelona champion was an early casualty. The action became more intense as the tournament wore on, especially in the middle levels where players were dropping like nine-pins, resulting in a remaining field of about 70 by the beginning of the final level. Those numbers were down to 54 players as the day came to an end, with Johnny Lodden the chip leader of the event by a solid margin and way ahead of his closest threat, the Hendon Mob's Barny Boatman. Big leaders with chips included the Boatman brothers of the Hendon Mob, both of whom were above 50 000. Phil Ivey had 42 000, player of the year candidate Shannon Shorr, about 60 000 chips. Tom Parker-Bowles (son of Prince Charles's wife Camilla Parker-Bowles) had a stack of about 52 000 chips. The payout schedule for London EPT leg was announced Saturday, with a heavy bias toward the top winners. The organisers announced a GBP 1 393 000 prize pool, where the worst any player in the top 32 can do is GBP 4 000. The top ten surviving players will be getting pay cheques that look like this: 1st GBP 500 000 2nd GBP 285 900 3rd GBP 168 600 4th GBP 110 000 5th GBP 58 600 6th GBP 44 000 7th GBP 36 600 8th GBP 29 300 9th GBP 10 000 10thGBP 10 000 Day One 'B' played down even faster than Day One 'A', and when play was halted the London EPT was down to 49 players. Final chip counts for the top 6 contenders when the players enter Day Two are: Chad Brown 127,800 Johnny Lodden 126,700 Dean Sanders 117,600 Emad Tahtouh 110,300 Michael Abecassis 87,200 Barny Boatman 87,100