Who Are The 15 British EPT Main Event Champions?
The European Poker Tour is the premier live poker tour. It has not only stood the test of time, but it has continued to grow in size and stature year on year.
The 105th European Poker Tour (WPT) Main Event is currently being played in Vienna, Austria and there are still some Brits in the hunt for its title. Since its creation, British players have won an impressive 15 Main Events with six of those victories coming in Seasons 6 and 7.
Here are the 115 British EPT Main Event champions, in order of the tournament they won.
1.) John Shipley - Season 1 EPT London - £200,000
John Shipley won the inaugural EPT London Main Event in Season 1 when he outlasted a 175-strong crowd. Back then, the Main Event cost £3,050 to enter and resulted in a £200,000 prize for Shipley.
2.) Ram Vaswani - Season 1 EPT Dublin - €93,000
Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani headed to Ireland in Season 1 and bulldozed his way past the 162 other entrants to scoop the €93,000 first place prize.
3.) Mark Teltscher - Season 2 EPT London - £280,000
Mark Teltscher made sure the trophy stayed in London when he won Season 2's Main Event. Teltscher banked £280,000 when he finished on top of the 242 entrants.
4.) Victoria Coren - Season 3 EPT London - £500,000
Three EPT London's down and three British winners; a fact created with a Vicky Coren win at "The Vic." Coren netted herself a still-career-best £500,000 score.
5.) Roland de Wolfe - Season 3 EPT Dublin - €554,300
Vaswani won EPT Dublin in Season 2 and fellow Brit Roland de Wolfe took down the same tournament in Season 3. It was one of the first €5,000 buy-in events and when 389 players ponied up that princely sum, de Wolfe secured a massive €554,300 payout.
6.) Julian Thew - Season 4 EPT Baden - €670,800
Julian Thew shot to stardom in Season 4 when he won the EPT Baden Main Event. Not only did Thew become a household name, he also became €670,800 richer!
7.) William Fry - Season 5 EPT Budapest - €595,840
Although the EPT no longer stops off in Hungary, it is a stop that will be fondly remembered by William Fry who finished 1/532 in the €4,350 buy-in Main Event. Fry won €595,840 for his win.
8.) Jake Cody - Season 6 EPT Deauville - €857,000
Jake Cody won the first prong on his Triple Crown in the picturesque French town of Deauville. The lad from Rochdale netted €857,000 when he bested a 768 field of players in Season 6.
9.) Liv Boeree - Season 6 EPT San Remo - €1,250,000
One of the biggest fields ever assembled on the EPT was in San Remo during Season 6 when a staggering 1,240 players bought in for €5,300 each. They were all outlasted by Liv Boeree who left the Italy with €1,250,000 in her bank account, which is still one of the biggest wins ever on the EPT.
10.) Toby Lewis - Season 7 EPT Vilamoura - €467,836
Another stop that is now defunct is the Vilamoura leg in Portugal. This means that Toby "810ofclubs" Lewis will forever be its champion, something that I'm sure he's delighted with.
11.) David Vamplew - Season 7 EPT London - £900,000
David Vamplew was a complete unknown before he topped a 848 strong field at EPT London, defeating John Juanda heads-up to secure the title. Vamplew is now known around the world and it is surely only a matter of time before he adds another major live title to his name.
12.) Roberto Romanello - Season 7 EPT Prague - €640,000
Everyone's favourite Welsh-Italian was the winner of the Prague Main Event in Season 7. An emotional Roberto Romanello headed back home with €640,000 in prize money and the title of EPT Prague champion.
13.) Rupert Elder - Season 7 EPT San Remo - €930,000
Rupert Elder followed in Liv Boeree's footsteps by taking down the EPT San Remo Main Event. Although the crowd (987 entrants) was smaller than when Boeree won it the previous year, Elder still walked away with €930,000 for his impressive victory.
14.) Zimnan Ziyard - Season 8 EPT Loutraki - €347,000
Despite being one of the smaller stops on the EPT in modern times, EPT Loutraki is fondly remembered by Zimnan Ziyard. The loose-aggressive pro banked €347,000 for finishing 1/336.
15.) Tom Middleton - Season 10 EPT Barcelona - €942,000
Leeds' Tom Middleton helped himself to the €942,000 first place prize at the 100th EPT Main Event played, in Barcelona. Middleton's victory secured the Brits their first title since Ziyard won in Season 8.
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