Seat 4: Jonathan Slater, UK (PokerStars Player): 1,600,000
Jonathan Slater is a 25-year-old professional poker player from Chidwell, Essex. His poker tutelage started at Hertfordshire University and he's been a professional player for four years. He enjoys playing the UKIPT, having played at UKIPT Galway, Bristol, Newcastle and Edinburgh previously.
He has good form in Galway having chopped the €300 event here last year for €12,800 - his best result to date. He's been particularly impressed with the Full Tilt Poker Village -"It's a great set-up, I love the games room and bar. There's a great buzz in there at the end of the night."
He told us yesterday was the key day for him - "I had a really good table yesterday where I arrived with 60,000 and won every hand for four hours. I think I was first player to break one million."
He's close friends with fellow finalist Jonathan Spragg, whom he three-bet regularly in the latter stages of the day. "It's funny, he thinks I'm really aggressive but I had a hand against him every time. We're good mates, I know him really well. We've got a house together here in Galway so it's great we've both finalled."
*Bio courtesy of FTP.