It's qualifier madness as the final table is set at EPT Loutraki as five of the final eight players qualified through Pokerstars in order to earn their way into the event.
The chip leader (who himself qualified) is Zimnan Ziyard. Ziyard took the lead late and has accumulated a whole bunch of chips ... he will enter final table play with a one million chip lead. Ziyard finished sixth at a 3K PLO event this past summer at the WSOP - that event was won by Sam Stein.
German player Mario Puccini - who had a good run at CAPT Baden last month - is also in contention. Puccini sits near the middle of the pack as final table play looms. Andras Kovacs is in serious trouble as the short stack at the table - he is hoping that his live tournament experience will help him out on Sunday.
THE SEASON SO FAR (Results prior to EPT Loutraki Final Table)
952. Zimnan Ziyard, 31 PTPR Points
1570. Mario Puccini, 15
1704. Andras Kovacs, 13
This is the first PTPR Score of the year for Taramas, Mothes, Heseding, Schleps and Kapernopoulos,
It was a tough day for Rupert Elder. The former EPT San Remo champ had high hopes coming into Saturday's play - Elder even flirted with the chip lead during the session. But alas, it was not meant to be and Elder's chip stack fizzled and it become clear that he would not become the first ever two-time EPT Champion.
PTPR LEADERBOARD LIVE LOOK-IN:
58. Jake Cody, 156 PTPR Points
59. Jason Somerville, 155
59. John Juanda, 155
61. Erik Seidel, 153
62. Rupert Elder, 152
63. Lucien Cohen, 151
FINAL TABLE SEATING ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS:
Seat 1 - John Taramas, Greece, 1,755,000
Seat 2 - Charalampos Kapernopoulos, Greece, 749,000
Seat 3 - Pierre Mothes, Germany, 1,073,000
Seat 4 - Hauke Heseding, Germany, 1,660,000
Seat 5 - Florian Schleps, Austria, 850,000
Seat 6 - Mario Puccini, Germany, 1,077,000
Seat 7 - Andras Kovacs, Hungary, 210,000
Seat 8 - Zimnan Ziyard, UK, 2,771,000
FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (IN EURO):
1 - €347,000
2 - €221,800
3 - €134,400
4 - €100,800
5 - €67,200
6 - €53,700
7 - €40,300
8 - €27,000
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PTPR PREMIER EVENT
European Poker Tour Loutraki
EPT Loutraki NLH Main Event
November 15-20, 2011
Club Hotel Casino Loutraki | Greece
Buy-in: $5,925 | Prizepool: $1,795,830 | Entries: 336
PTS AT STAKE:
1st position 128
2nd position 78
3rd position 48
4th position 38
5th position 33
6-7th position 28
8th position 13
DAVID ELYASHAR 13
SERGEY SERAFIMOV 13
GEORGIOS GRIGOROPOULOS 13
VASILEIOS CHANTRAZAS 11
RUPERT ELDER 11
DIMITRIS MPINAS 11
PANAGIOTIS KOULOUKAKOS 11
PIM VAN RIET 8
FREDERIC HEBETTE 8
KOEN DE VISSCHER 8
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