7.15pm: Philipp Gruissem is the EPT London High Roller Champion (£450,200) Gruissem continued to crush Kurganov and had him down to less than 200,000 by the time the final hand played out. Kurganov open shoved from the button and Gruissem made an instant call from the big blind to...more

There were times today when we wondered whether the EPT London High Roller would ever come to life. For long periods the tempo was slow and repetitive, with players seeming to be keener on chatting than getting down to business, like some out of control classroom needing iron discipline...more

9.50pm: The final table is set After an extended period of cagey play, as eyes turned to James Bord, the short stack, to make an all-or-nothing move, the Englishman finally found a hand he was prepared to stake his tournament life on, moving in for just short of 60,000....more

4.25pm: End of the level Players are now on a 15 minute break. 4.20pm: Scratch Katchalov Out in 22nd place goes Eugene Katchalov. He opened on the button for 6,500 which was called by Andrey Bondar in the big blind for a flop of 3♠7♠8♠. Bondar checked to Katchalov...more

As the EPT London main event creaked towards a final 24, a new event turned the clock back to level one; the £20,000 buy-in High Roller. It's sometimes difficult to work out which event casts a shadow over the other. The main event is, of course, the flagship event...more

11.25pm: Play finishes Players are bagging and tagging. We'll have a full wrap with you shortly, and we await the official chip counts. But it looks like Sam Stein has nipped taken the chip lead from Michael Watson at the death. Stein looks to have around 240,000 while Watson...more

4.35pm: End of the level That's the break. Play will resume in 15 minutes. 4.30pm: Lodden unloaded Johnny Lodden is the next faller, six-bet shoving with A♠K♣ against a pair of aces. The board ran T♥7♥2♠3♦4♣ to send Lodden to the rail. -- SB 4.20pm: One out, Macieras flying...more