Seat 8, Sotirios Koutoupas, 31, Thessaloniki, Greece - 6,400,000
Sotirios Koutoupas, 31, already has nearly $750,000 in lifetime tournament winnings �C a large chunk of which he earned with his �510,000 runner-up finish to Ramzi Jelassi at EPT Prague in Season 9. Yesterday, Koutoupas told the PokerStars Blog: ��"I want to be the first Greek player who wins the EPT. I'll do my best.�� Koutoupas, currently ranked third on the Greece all time money list, is one of a troop of Greek players who are clocking up big cashes on the tour: Georgios Karakousis was runner-up at EPT London in October and and George Manousos Sotiropoulos snagged �700,000 for his runner-up finish at EPT Prague. Koutoupas is not a pro or a full-time player �C he helps run his family��s wholesale business - but has started picking up results and stacks that some tour pros would be pretty jealous of, including 56th at EPT9 Berlin for �15,000 and 25th at the recent EPT Prague for �24,900.