Seat 3: Slaven “suarez_BG“ Popov, 39, Bulgaria -- 3,720,000
With nine players left in this 100th European Poker Tour stop, Slaven Popov almost went out on the final table bubble, having lost close to half his chips when Bram Haenraets cracked his kings with 
. Popov later hit a lucky double up of his own with his ace-Jack beating Andrey Shatilov’s kings and got right back into the game.
Popov has been playing poker for around 10 years and is now a professional ranked No. 9 on the Bulgarian all-time money list. He has been a Supernova on PokerStars for two years now, and plays both live and online in multi-table tournaments with a string of good results.
Online, his big cashes include winning a 2012 $1,050 SCOOP event for $560,019 and fifth in a $2,100 SCOOP earlier this year for $108,158. He started playing EPT events in Season 10, and Popov is a popular figure in Bulgaria’s poker community where he writes lots of blogs, including articles for PokerNews.
His best live result was seventh place in an event in Las Vegas two years ago for $62,554. His best EPT result was runner-up to Juan Maceiras in an EPT side event for €21,380. He also made the final table of the 2012 Eureka Bulgaria Main Event for €17,300.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,720,000 |