Seat 5: Benny Spindler (26, Darmstadt, Germany) - 3,435,000
PokerStars player
This is Benny Spindler’s second deep run in the EPT London Main Event -- he finished 12th here two years ago for £28,000. That result followed his biggest-ever cash -- and his first brush with fame -- when he came third at the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for $1.1 million. Spindler’s other huge result was second place in last season’s EPT Grand Final High Roller for €316,000 (the event won by Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier).
Despite all these great results however, Spindler is planning to ease up on live events for a while and concentrate on playing Pot-Limit Omaha online, where he frequents some of the largest games around. He took up poker in 2006, starting in the micro limits before grinding his way right up to the high-stakes cash games.
Originally from Darmstadt in Germany, Spindler has been living in London for the last year. He said, “I like London and a lot of my friends live here... like Sebastian Ruthenberg, Philip Gruissem, Tobias Reinkemeier and Fabian Quoss”.
Bio courtesy of PokerStars.