EPT London side events drawing big names, results

Several months ago we began to hear rumblings at the European Poker Tour event here in London was going to be much more than one tournament and a couple of second chance events. We started hearing words like "festival" and "series." And when the final schedule came out, there were some of us who were heard to say, "Well...wow."

Since then, we've become a little more accustomed to seeing these big side events playing out alongside the main competition. While the events are a tad cheaper and open to everyone, we're starting to see some big names among the final table players. In just the first few side events, we've seen winners with names like Hachem, Glantz, and Soulier. To give you some kind of idea of what we're talking about, we've listed the final table results for all the side events so far at the bottom of this post.

If you happen to be in London right now, the next four days are packed with tournaments for every bankroll. Here's the remaining schedule for EPT London. Come on down and join us at the Hilton Metropole.

Sunday--£2,500 + £200 - NL Freezeout
Monday--£200 + £20 - Ladies Only Event, £1,000 + £100 - NL Freezeout
Tuesday--£500 + £50 - 8 Game, £1,500 + £100 - NL Freezeout
Wednesday--£500 + £50 - PLO Shootout, £500 + £50 - No Limit Shootout

EPT London results so far:

£20,000 EPT London High Roller (75 Players)

1. Matthew Glantz American £542,000
2. Erik Cajelais Canadian £326,000
3. Eugene Katchalov American £193,000
4. Adolfo Vaeza Uruguayan £141,000
5. Leo Fernandez Argentinian £104,000
6. Ilari Sahamies Finland £74,000
7. Dennis Phillips American £60,000
8. Shane Reihill Irish £45,000

£2,000 European 8 Game Championships (60 Players)

1. Joe Hachem £42,400
2. Nikolay Evdakov £25,600
3. John Cernuto £15,100
4. Richard Gryko £11,100
5. Huseyin Yilmaz £8,100
6. Andrew Pantling £5,800
7. Huckleberry Seed £4,700
8. David Williams £3,600

£1,000 NL 6 Max (223 Players)

1. Andreas Gulunay £67,000
2. Fabian Quoss £37,500
3. David Pham £22,500
4. Robert Trevor Akery £16,100
5. Espen Solaas £13,200
6. Evan Parkes £10,500
7. Magnus Persson £8,300
8. Sida Yuen £6,010
9. Shawn Busse £3,900

£1,000 PLH / PLO Round of Each (85 Players)

1. Iikka Tahkokallio £30,000
2. Kevin Macphee £18,100
3. Scott Byron £10,700
4. Martin Davis £7,800
5. Thiago Nishijima £5,700
6. Ketul Nathwani £4,200
7. Chad Brown £3,300
8. Jeff Kimber £2,650

£1,000 PLO 6 Max (71 Players)

1. Fabrice Soulier £23,400
2. Surinder Sunar £11,700
3. Ofir Abramovici £9,000
4. Dario Alioto £6,850
5. Michael Ellis £5,500
6. Neel Nagrecha £4,120
7. Alin Pandilica £3,450
8. Mihai Manole £2,750
9. Jean Montury £2,100