Ruben Visser Wins EPT London For £595k

Dutch pro Ruben Visser has won the EPT London Main Event, after defeating a field of 647 players over six days to capture the title, and collect the £595,000 ($895,370) first place prize.
The 24-year old has now amassed $1,977,887 in winnings since his first live cash in 2008, and after taking down his biggest score to date in the English capital, commented: “This feels completely awesome. I’m extremely happy. I have been playing well in live tournaments in the last few years but now I just ran about £600,000 above expectation.”
By the time the £5k Main Event reached its final table of eight at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino, Ruben Visser faced a tough line-up of pros including the likes of Chris Moorman, Steve O’Dwyer and Theo Jorgensen.
First to leave the arena was UK’s Chris Moorman in 8th (£57,000), whose pocket sevens foundered against the A-K of Jorgensen. He was followed by the UK’s last hope Tamer Kamel, who went all-in preflop with A-10, but was eliminated in 7th (£79,950) after being called by Olof Haglund (K-Q).
Next, Germany’s Christopher Frank’s A-K failed to improve against the pocket nines of Ruben Visser, and so he bowed out in 6th for £112,000, while USA’s Steve O’Dwyer ran his A-2 into the pocker aces of Theo Jorgensen to exit in 5th for £146,000.
Jorgensen’s celebrations were short lived, however, as Visser knocked him out of the tournament next in 4th (£183,000), and after Visser (A-8) did likewise to Sweden’s Olof Haglund (K-J) in 3rd (£427,564), the heads-up phase of the competition then got underway.
At this stage, Visser held a 4 to 1 chip advantage over Lithuanian Mantas Visockis, but it wouldn’t be for another 2 hours before the defining hand was played. Unfortunately for a short-stacked Mantas Visockis his pocket tens came off second best against the A-Q of his opponent and so Visockis had to be satisfied with a runner-up finish worth £377,436, while Ruben Visser was crowned the 2013 EPT London Main Event champion.
The final table payouts were as follows:
1. Ruben Visser £595,000
2. Mantas Visockis £377,436
3. Olof Haglund £427,564
4. Theo Jorgensen £183,000
5. Steve O’Dwyer £146,000
6. Christopher Frank £112,000
7. Tamer Kamel £79,950
8. Chris Moorman £57,000