Seat 1: Nickolas "daaaaaaang16" Davies, 30, Bend, Oregon, USA (currently living in Playa del Carmen, Mexico) PokerStars Player, 4,000,000
Originally from Bend, Oregon, poker pro Nickolas Davies is one of the Americans who've relocated to Playa Del Carmen in Mexico. He's been in Europe since August though as he travelled over to Barcelona to play EPT100 along with his good friends Nick Rampone and eventual runner-up Samuel Phillips.
He's been playing poker for seven years but his career would've taken an excessively different path but for the industrial crisis. He'd secured a role in finance however the economic down turn meant he wasn't taken on. He was already playing somewhat poker because his brother Seth, who has a SCOOP title to his name, was also a keen player. The rest, as they are saying is history and Davies, who plays on PokerStars under the username daaaaaaang16, has several mid five-figure scores to his name online. His biggest live cash is $25,000 so should he finish seventh or higher he'll have a brand new high score.
Seat 2: Rasmus Agerskov, 28, Denmark, PokerStars Qualifier, 3,150,000
Danish player Rasmus Agerskov is an EPT regular and no stranger to final tables. In March he finished sixth within the €10k EPT Vienna High Roller event for € 91,150 and in May last year won the Danish Championships for DKr 524,000 (around $92k). He also won the UKIPT Edinburgh £2k event in January this year for £22,430 and was fourth within the Sanremo €2k last season for €16,400. The £12,800 he's now guaranteed for making this UKIPT London final takes him well over the $600,000 mark for lifetime live tournament winnings.
Seat 3: Sandro Mescola, 68, Venice, Italy, 1,145,000
Sandro Mescola - now 68 - have been playing poker since he was 14 when he used to play five card draw with friends. Now retired from his work as a cultural events organiser in beautiful Venice, he has played numerous EPTs and IPT events. His best live result was at EPT Vilamoura in 2009 when he won a €1k side event for €20,181. He also made the general of IPT Venice in 2009, finishing 7th for €20,000. His lifetime live tournament winnings already amount to just about $140,000.
Seat 4: Vladimir Troyanovskiy, 41, Russia, PokerStars Player, 2,705,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy is sort of certainly the best-known player at this season's UKIPT London final table with a chain of enormous results at the European Poker Tour and global stage. He first came to fame in EPT Season 9 when he won EPT High Roller Player of the Year after finishing fifth within the EPT Grand Final €100 Super High Roller (for €339,500) and runner-up to Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst within the PCA $25k High Roller event for an entire life best cash of $792,180. He also came seventh within the $100k Super High Roller a couple of days earlier. In August this year, he finished third within the EPT Barcelona Super High Roller for €473,200 and is currently eighth within the Russia all time money list with greater than $2.6m live tournament winnings to his name.
Seat 5: Brett Angell, 31, Middlesborough, UK, 5,190,000
The chip leader entering into to the UKIPT London final table is 30-year-old Brett Angell from Middlesborough who has come just about a UKIPT title prior to now. At UKIPT Nottingham in Season 2, he was runner-up Gareth Walker and his £80,000 payday from that event continues to be his biggest live cash thus far. Brett's interest in poker was first piqued by watching his brother play online and the IT professional saw the way to use his mathematical skills to his advantage - he hasn't looked back since. He plays recreationally while still working full time in IT.
Seat 6: Fabrizio Fuchs, 26, Zurich, Switzerland, PokerStars Qualifier, 1,240,000
Fabrizio Fuchs was playing poker for around eight years with deepstack Texas Hold'em cash games his favourite format. That is only the third big live tourney but he plays so much online - using his winnings to support himself while he studies law at University. "I DO NOT feel the pressure in poker because my focus is on studying and creating a normal career, but (making the general) is a big bonus."
Seat 7: Caicai Huang, 29, UK, 1,960,000
Huang left Beijing six years ago and currently runs her own company placing Chinese students into university and faculty courses within the UK. She got into the sport of poker when she was on an evening out in a London casino, and saw the sport being played. It appeared like something she desired to know more about and she or he sat down. The rest, as they say, is history, Huang's biggest cash thus far is a second place at GUKPT Luton for £42,750 back in October 2013.
Seat 8: Mark James, 39, Guisborough, UK, PokerStars Player, 2,300,000
Mark James is a recreational player from the Yorkshire town of Guisborough. With three businesses to run, and two children, the 39-year-old doesn't have much time to play poker but tries to compete in live events once or twice a month. He's been playing UKIPT for the last 2.5 years and that is his second cash. If he finishes fourth or better, it will likely be his best live result up to now. His previous record was winning a €300 tournament in Nottingham for £25,616. His total live winnings amount to greater than $144,000 - not bad for somebody just playing for fun!
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