It was an action-packed weekend at the Victoria Casino in London given that both the Main Event final table and the High Roller final table were played. The latter saw 137 entries (players: 112 and 25 re-entries) and on Saturday the field had been narrowed down a final table with the following 9 players:
1 Gautam Sabharwal 1,113,000
2 JC Alvarado 750,000
3 Talal Shakerchi 1,706,000
4 Dimitar Danchev 246,000
5 Vicky Coren 262,000
6 Faraz Jaka 957,000
7 Fabian Quoss 804,000
8 Eric Sfez 565,000
9 Paul Volpe 448,000
After several hours of play the Brit Talal Shakerchi, who brought the largest stack to the final table, had all the chips after defeating the American pro Faraz Jaka heads up in no-time. Shakerchi, a hedge fund manager and poker player, received £436,330 for taking down the tournament. It was the third tournament cash of his career and he now has $1.5 million in lifetime tournament earnings.
EPT London - High Roller
Date: 14-16 March 2013
Buy-in: £10,000
Game: NLHE
Players: 112 (25 re-entries)
Prize pool: £1,342,600
1 - Talal Shakerchi, UK, £436,330
2 - Faraz Jaka, USA, £241,670
3 - Fabian Quoss, Germany, £147,690
4 - Paul Volpe, USA, £107,410
5 - Gautam Sabharwal, India, £87,270
6 - Vicky Coren, UK, Team PokerStars Pro, £67,130
7 - JC Alvarado, Mexico, £53,700
8 - Eric Sfez, France, £40,280
9 - Dimitar Danchev, Bulgaria, £29,540
10 - Johan van Til, Netherlands, £29,540
11 - Barry Greenstein, USA, Team PokerStars Pro, £26,850
12 - Albert Daher, Lebanon, £26,850
13 - Anaras Alekberovas, Lithuania, £24,170
14 - Scott Seiver, USA, £24,170
