Seat 8: Nicolas Levi, 29, living in London, originally from Paris, France – 709,000
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This is genial French player Nicolas Levi’s second final table of Season 8 - and third EPT final overall. Last December, Levi finished third at EPT Prague for €270,000 and in Season 3, he made the final of EPT Dortmund, finishing seventh place for € 85,700. Levi came across poker quite by accident, seven years ago, while he was studying computer science in the UK. On his laptop, Levi discovered “a totally different game, a mix of psychology and mathematics”. He said: “From the very first hand, I thought ‘this is the game for me’. Beating chance seemed a very exciting challenge.” Since then, Levi has become a regular on the international poker scene, and is never seen without his signature trilby hat. Outside of the EPT, Levi has achieved numerous other deep runs; his four WSOP finals include fifth in the 2010 WSOPE Main Event for £208,119 and sixth in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship for $114.525. Levi been based in the UK since 2000 – and in London for the last four years.