Seat 5: Andrei ‘Andr31123’ Stoenescu, 23 Bucharest, Romania - 1,974,000
High stakes cash game pro Andrei Stoenescu bust Mike ‘Timex’ McDonald to set the final table after winning a huge 1.9m flip with his big slick flopping Broadway against the Canadian’s flopped set of tens. The board failed to pair and McDonald was sent to the rail.
Although this is only the second EPT Stoenescu has ever played, he is far from a poker novice. Stoenescu’s daily online grind is at the $5/$10NL up to $50/$100NL tables and his best online tournament score was for $115,000 when he chopped a Sunday major heads up. He went on to win. Stoenescu aims to become the first Romanian EPT winner.