Here are the main points of the eight players who will today go searching for the title of UKIPT4 Marbella2 champion. Here is a review of ways they came. Remember and you'll follow along on pokerstars.tv.
Seat 1. Katja Svendsen, 34, Norway, PokerStars Qualifier - 3,910,000
Katja Spillum Svendsen originally hails from Norway but now lives near East Grinstead in England. Katja is a qualified poker player that specialize in online games, and she or he qualified online at PokerStars. She also plays backgammon professionally. Katja goes into the general table as chip leader, and shall we see UKIPT and Estrellas history being made by the top of the day - if she wins, Katja would be the first female winner of either a UKIPT or an Estrellas Main Event.
Seat 2. Gareth Hamilton, 35, Derry, UK - 590,000
Gareth Hamilton lives in Derry, Northern Ireland, where he mostly spends his time playing live tournaments. All of the evidence means that he's high-quality at them - he won his Main Event seat in a €40 satellite at his local card room, and among his other live results are a $30,000 profit the WSOP Main Event and an Irish Open side event that he chopped for €24,000. He's come over from Northern Ireland with a large group of friends, so expect some enthusiastic railing for Gareth come the overall table.
Seat 3. Marcin Barwinski, 22, Lubcin, Poland, PokerStars Player - 1,055,000
At just 22 years-old, Marcin Barwinski have been playing poker for the reason that moment he came of age, four and a half years ago. He describes himself as a heads-up cash game professional and although he admits he doesn't make numerous money, he says it's enough for him to live in relatively inexpensive Poland. Consequently he won't be going overboard if he wins tomorrow - but he concedes that he might treat himself to a brand new car
Seat 4. Rodrigo Espinosa, 34, Spain, PokerStars Qualifier - 705,000
Rodrigo Espinoso lives in Burgos in Northern Spain. He's mostly a live player, but whichever place he finishes in, this may increasingly be his best ever live result. He keeps good company too - Espinosa is sweet friends with Ruben Velasco who finaled an Estrellas Main Event in 2012 and is among the best-known players in Spain.
Seat 5. Jake Cody, 25, Rochdale, UK, Team PokerStars Pro - 1,600,000
Triple Crown winner and Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody needs no introduction. A veteran of countless final tables and possessor of over $3.7 million in tournament winnings despite his tender years, Cody is by far probably the most experienced player at this final table, and the truth that he's going into the overall with not up to half the stack of chip leader Katja Spillum Svendsen won't faze him within the slightest.
Seat 6. Daniel Rodriguez, 26, Cordoba, Spain - 720,000
Daniel Rodriguez comes from near Cordoba, and is our official short stack going into the general table. He's unlikely to be worried, though - Daniel makes his living as a web based poker pro playing mostly €1,000 NLH cash games, and he's used to playing for large bucks. He plans to visit Las Vegas this summer to play the WSOP Main Event, so the minimum €13,030 cash he picks up tomorrow on the PokerStars Marbella Festival final table will certainly be put to good use.
Seat 7. Christian Bauer, 27, Germany - 2,425,000
Christian Bauer hails from Germany but is now resident in Vienna where he makes a living as a qualified poker player. He plays both live and online, but despite finishing ninth within the Eureka Main Event in Vienna earlier this year, he leans heavily towards the net game. He plays on PokerStars under the screen name "iPUNI$H" where he's amassed almost $1.3 million in total winnings, including $47,000 for first place in a TCOOP event.
Seat 8. Javier Elorza, 24, Pamplona, Spain, PokerStars Qualifier - 880,000
At just 24 years-old, Jave Elorza is our second youngest finalist, and our second shortest stack going into the overall. Elorza hails from Pamplona where he mostly plays online. That is his biggest live score by far - his total live winnings up until today comprise just €386, but he's clearly a force to be reckoned with on the live table.
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