The European Poker Tour London’s Main Event was a seven day grind for players, and it has finally wound down to a winner. A total of 691 players bought into the event, which was played at the Hilton Metropole, and created a total prize pool of £3,351,350, and paid out first place an impressive £750,000. The event was quite a grind, but one that finally came down to two of the more well-known players at the final table.
When all was said and done, the top six players were paid out six figure paydays, and Steve O’Dwyer was heads up against Benny Spindler. Both players have had some big scores in their tournament history, but in the end Spindler was the one who prevailed as the EPT London champion. O’Dwyer was sent home in second place, with a solid £465,000 payday for his strong run. Spindler on the other hand took home the grand prize, and also one of his largest scores of his career.
Here’s a look at the final table results, as well as the payouts for the final eight players:
1st- Spindler, £750,000
2nd- O’Dwyer, £465,000
3rd- Andre Klebanov, £265,000
4th- Juan Manuel Pastor, £200,000
5th- Mattias Bergstrom, £155,000
6th- Kevin Iacofano, £120,000
7th- Martins Adeniya, £86,000
8th- Miroslav Benes, £64,000
Spindler’s largest career cash to this point was a $1.1 million third place finish at the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. He also has a $469,000 cash at the £25,000 EPT High Rollever event last year; and has now totaled a win total of nearly $3 million in his live poker career.
Spindler entered heads up play with a massive chip lead of 10,000,000 chips to the second place player Klebanov, who had 3,775,000 chips. O’Dwyer was actually sitting in fifth out of five at this point, but was able to make a comeback and outlast the other three players at the table. In the end though, Spindlers’ chip lead held up and he took down the event.
Keep an eye out for Spindler’s name over the next few European Poker Tour events, as he is quickly and quietly becoming one of the more well-known names in the live poker circuit.