Mike "SirWatts" Watson Leads Nine Contenders Into Day 2 of the 2021 PokerStars EPT Online Event #18: $10,300 NLHE
Only nine players remain out of 69 entries in 2021 PokerStars EPT Online Event #18. The biggest stack by a good margin was bagged by Mike "SirWatts" Watson, who stayed near the top of the leaderboard for most of the day and even made a straight flush near the day’s end to finish with a solid stack of 4,102,145 chips.
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford (2,929,694) and Lucio "WizardOffAz" Lima (2,235,750) round out the top few biggest bagged stacks.
The prize pool of $690,000 surpassed the guarantee and while all of the remaining players have locked up $10,756 in addition to the bounties they’ve won, they will all be looking to finish on top at tomorrow’s final table, where one player will be taking the $81,432 first-place prize, which comes with the bounties they’ve collected and the EPT Online trophy.
2021 PokerStars EPT Event #18: $10,300 NLHE PKO Prize Pool
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $81,432 |
| 2 | $81,432 |
| 3 | $52,240 |
| 4 | $39,127 |
| 5 | $29,306 |
| 6 | $21,951 |
| 7 | $16,441 |
| 8 | $12,314 |
| 9 | $10,756 |
Although Watson will be heading into the final table with a fairly large chip lead, “v0I<u” collected the most bounties today by winning $30,625 through knocking out his opponents, and they will be going into the final table fifth in chips.
Some of the notables who weren’t able to make the final table include four-time bracelet winner Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski, Niklas "Lena900" Astedt, Ole "wizowizo" Schemion, Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis, and Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet.
Final Table Seat Draw
| SEAT | PLAYER | CHIPS | |
| 1 | Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford | 2,929,694 | |
| 2 | Mark "AceSpades11" Radoja | 1,819,514 | |
| 3 | Eelis "EEE27" Pärssinen | 708,848 | |
| 4 | Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden | 735,633 | |
| 5 | Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi | 487,044 | |
| 6 | Mike "SirWatts" Watson | 4,102,145 | |
| 7 | "v0I<u" | 2,095,690 | |
| 8 | Lucio "WizardOffAz" Lima | 2,235,750 | |
| 9 | Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood | 2,135,682 |
Day 2 action for Event #18: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Super High Roller] picks up on Dec. 15 at 1:05 p.m. ET. Stay tuned as PokerNews will be there to follow it to the end as they play down to a winner.