Seat 8: Diego “ildieko” Gomez, 33, Oviedo, Spain - 1,380,000
If you were superstitious, you would say bowtie-wearing insurance broker Diego Gomez was destined to make the EPT Prague final table. Back in August, he was in Barcelona for work and dropped in to watch JC Alvarado on the Super High Roller final table. He decided it was his dream to make an EPT final table and set about winning a seat on PokerStars. After bubbling THREE EPT Prague satellites, he decided he should come here anyway and buy in direct.
Within days, he had managed to win the first Eureka side event (for €5,550) and then win a seat to the EPT Main Event in a live satellite, even though he was down to one big blind at one point.
Diego has been playing poker for around four years, mainly casino tourneys, although he did finish 12th at Estrellas San Sebastian He is being supported in the final by a large group of Spanish mates, including his girlfriend Marina.