The Main Event is far from the only tournament currently running at the European Poker Tour London Festival of Poker. A number of varied and exciting side events are constantly happening as well, all with big prize pools, hefty buy-ins and all-star talent. Although the fan-favorite 20,000 pound High Roller has yet to be played, a number of smaller events have had their leaderboards finalized and their top finishers paid out.
First up was Event 1, a standard NLHE tournament with an 1,100 pound buy-in and 150 runners. Michael Benvenuti finished first for just over 45k pounds, followed by Andrew Bedecker and Melanie Weisner with 25k and 15k pounds, respectively.
Jonathan Roux had no problem taking down Event 3, a 5-Card PLO 8oB event with a 550 pound buy-in and 47 entrants. Roux earned 8,440 pounds for his victory, while runner-up Victor Ramdin scored 5,500 pounds for his performance.
Event 5 was an NLHE Turbo with a 330 pound buy-in and 129 runners. Nathan Lee emerged victorious to win just over 10k pounds. He was involved in a four-way deal with Christopher Gordon, Markus Herbel and Gary Lindsay, who earned 6,700, 5,150 and 4,000 pounds for their finishes.
Event 8 was a split between NLHE and PLO played in a bounty format. A total of 108 players paid buy-ins of 1,050 pounds each to generate a 52k pound prize pool. David Williams won the event for 17,300 pounds, while famed pro David “Devilfish” Ulliott came in second for just under 10k pounds.
A deal was also struck in Event 13, a 330 pound buy-in NLHE Turbo Win-the-Button tournament. Age Stalheim and Nik Persaud split the first and second-place prizes almost in half, scoring roughly 7,450 pounds each.
Another big score belonged to Jacques Torbey, who won just under 40,000 pounds for dominating Event 10, an NLHE Turbo Bounty with a 2,100 pound buy-in.
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