Seat 1: Walid Abdi-Ali, 37, Kiel, Germany - 1,666,000

Last season, Walid Abdi-Ali fell just shy of the Eureka Hamburg Main Event final table when he was eliminated in 10th place, earning €7,550. However the 37-year-old from Kiel returned to make good at the promise shown last time, cruising to the last six. Abdi-Ali has amassed greater than $60,000 in live tournament winnings, the most important single score of which came five months ago when he won the Redbet Live Rozvadov €1,000 High Roller event for €10,500.

Seat 2: Ismet Oral, 28, Hamburg, Germany - 1,190,000

Ismet Oral started playing poker when he turned 18. Ten years later, he's made it to the Eureka Main Event final table, an achievement made the entire more sweet by the truth that it's in his home city of Hamburg. Oral has just one previous reported cash worth €2,610 for a second place within the €330 NLH Deepstack at King's Rozvadov. Oral says he prefers to play live tournaments to another type of poker.

Seat 3: Ercan Atmaca, 49, Enschede, Netherlands - 1,265,000

Ercan Atmaca have been playing poker for 12 years and had already notched up three Eureka Main Event cashes before arriving here this week. His previous best result at the tour was a 15th-placed finish in Rozvadov worth €6,180. However the biggest profit the 49-year-old's career came eight years ago when he took down the Uttrecht's 2008 Dom Classics for €71,610. Atmaca's live tournament winnings will move to greater than $250,000 after this tournament as a seat on the final guaranteed him a minimum of €8,400. The amateur poker enthusiast also enjoys tennis and football.

Seat 4: Dinesh Alt, 25, Bern, Switzerland - 1,260,000

Dinesh Alt have been playing poker for seven years in which time he has risen to the summit of the ecu game. The 25-year-old professional from Bern has earned $430,000 in live tournament winnings and lots more online, where he's referred to as "NastyMinder". He won the ANZPT Main Event in Sydney for A$226,320 three years ago, but that was eclipsed by his victory within the 2016 PokerStars Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) Main Event for record-breaking $396,691.

Seat 5: Erik Scheidt, 29, Rostock, Germany - 1,975,000

Erik Scheidt is entering his second Eureka Main Event final table. His debut came back at Eureka 4 Vienna, where he finished seventh for €33,090. That also remains the German's best result so far. The 29-year-old computer specialist from Rostock have been travelling across the live circuit for the past five years. He's racked up greater than $250,000 in live tournaments including three EPT Main Event cashes and sixth place within the €1k Berlin Cup worth €31,000. He qualified for this event on PokerStars.

Seat 6: Marcel Schauenberg, 25, Hamburg, Germany - 1,795,000

Marcel Schauenberg is another local player at the final table. The 25-year-old comes from Hamburg and was recreationally playing poker since he turned 18. He's playing both live and online tournaments. Making this final table is the most efficient achievement of his career. His previous biggest cash came also here in Hamburg; in June 2014, Schauenberg finished seventh within the German Poker Tour Main Event, banking €3,380.

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