EPT: The Final Table
Day 3 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour (EPT) was quite exciting. It took the remaining players 12 hours to determine the final table. In the end, familiar faces grabbed a spot.
Period of time:
Sep 2008 10th - 14th
Buy-in:
€8,000 + 250
Participants:
619 players
Prize pool:
€4,952,000
Prize money rank 1:
€1,361,000
Paid places:
64 players
PokerStars.de Shooting Star Sebastian Ruthenberg starts into the final around 4:00 PM today as second in chips. The young citizen of Hamburg, Germany won his first bracelet in this year's WSOP and was already successful at the EPT in the past. Amongst others, he finished third at the EPT Dortmund.
Another WSOP bracelet winner made it to the final table as well with the Belgian Davidi Kitai. Former EPT champion Jason Mercier also managed to grab one of the last 8 seats. Final
Table Bubble Boy was Mikael Lundell.
Starting at around 4:00 PM, PokerStars will again provide a free live stream for the event. On PokerStarsTV you will then have the opportunity to follow the happenings live.
Below the complete final table:
| EPT Barcelona Final Table |
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| Seat | Name | Country | Chips |
| 1 | Martin Nielsen | Denmark | 1,229,000 |
| 2 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 600,000 |
| 3 | Dren Ukella | Germany | 734,000 |
| 4 | Jason Mercier | USA | 526,000 |
| 5 | Sam Chartier | Canada | 879,000 |
| 6 | Daniele Mazzia | Italy | 359,000 |
| 7 | Fintan Gavin | Ireland | 701,000 |
| 8 | Sebastian Ruthenberg | Germany | 1,204,000 |
