A couple of poker’s premiere players claimed victory in various side events during the European Poker Tour (EPT) festival currently taking place in London.
As Martin Finger was busy taking down the EPT Super High Roller and Robbie Bull was charging to victory in the UKIPT4 London Main Event, 13-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth and the top ranked female player in the world, Vanessa Selbst, were both busy taking the top prize in a pair of tournaments of their own.
Vanessa Selbst, who recently took 2nd in the World Poker Tour Borgata Open, bested the field of 176 runners in the UKIPT £2000 High Roller Event for £67,499 after making a heads-up deal with eventual runner up, poker professional Max Silver.
“I feel excellent. The final table was really tough. It doesn’t usually happen in this kind of tournament but when it got down to the last four or five players, they were all really good.” Selbst commented to PokerNews once it was all over.
Over in another side event, Phil Hellmuth “hopped into” the EPT £2000 Open Face Chinese Poker event along with 20 other players. In the end, it was fantasyland for the “Poker Brat” as he took first in the small field tourney for £15,800 on his way to his first ever cash in an EPT event.
