Mike "SirWatts" Watson Leads Nine Contenders Into Day 2 of the 2021 PokerStars EPT Online Event #18: $10,300 NLHE
Only nine players remain out of 69 entries in 2021 PokerStars EPT Online Event #18. The biggest stack by a good margin was bagged by Mike "SirWatts" Watson, who stayed near the top of the leaderboard for most of the day and even made a straight flush near the day��s end to finish with a solid stack of 4,102,145 chips.
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford (2,929,694) and Lucio "WizardOffAz" Lima (2,235,750) round out the top few biggest bagged stacks.
The prize pool of $690,000 surpassed the guarantee and while all of the remaining players have locked up $10,756 in addition to the bounties they��ve won, they will all be looking to finish on top at tomorrow��s final table, where one player will be taking the $81,432 first-place prize, which comes with the bounties they��ve collected and the EPT Online trophy.
2021 PokerStars EPT Event #18: $10,300 NLHE PKO Prize Pool
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $81,432 |
| 2 | $81,432 |
| 3 | $52,240 |
| 4 | $39,127 |
| 5 | $29,306 |
| 6 | $21,951 |
| 7 | $16,441 |
| 8 | $12,314 |
| 9 | $10,756 |
Although Watson will be heading into the final table with a fairly large chip lead, ��v0I<u�� collected the most bounties today by winning $30,625 through knocking out his opponents, and they will be going into the final table fifth in chips.
Some of the notables who weren��t able to make the final table include four-time bracelet winner Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski, Niklas "Lena900" Astedt, Ole "wizowizo" Schemion, Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis, and Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet.
Final Table Seat Draw
| SEAT | PLAYER | CHIPS | |
| 1 | Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford | 2,929,694 | |
| 2 | Mark "AceSpades11" Radoja | 1,819,514 | |
| 3 | Eelis "EEE27" P?rssinen | 708,848 | |
| 4 | Samuel "�urop�an" Vousden | 735,633 | |
| 5 | Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi | 487,044 | |
| 6 | Mike "SirWatts" Watson | 4,102,145 | |
| 7 | "v0I<u" | 2,095,690 | |
| 8 | Lucio "WizardOffAz" Lima | 2,235,750 | |
| 9 | Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood | 2,135,682 |
Day 2 action for Event #18: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Super High Roller] picks up on Dec. 15 at 1:05 p.m. ET. Stay tuned as PokerNews will be there to follow it to the end as they play down to a winner.