Seat 3: Ramzi Jelassi, 26, Stockholm, Sweden - 5,675,000 chips
Even though Ramzi Jelassi is still only 26, he is one of the old hands when it comes to the European Poker Tour, having first started on the tour way back in Season 2 when he won a seat online to EPT2 Barcelona. He went deep in two side events at that event and then cashed twice the following season – in Baden and Warsaw.
Since then he has cashed a further nine times in EPT Main Events, including 19th at the EPT6 Grand Final in Monaco for €50,000, and 20th at EPT Barcelona in Season 5 for €24,700. His biggest victories to date though were winning IPT San Remo in 2009 for €170,000 and winning a €2k side event at EPT Prague in Season 5. His live tournament winnings now total more than $1.2 million.
Before taking up poker in 2004, Jelassi was a successful soccer player, participating in the Boy’s Allsvenskan (the highest boy’s league in Sweden) as a 16-year old. This is his deepest EPT Main Event run to date.