Cheered on by a large French crowd, Jan was close to tears as he picked up the biggest tournament prize of his career.

The record EPT turn-out, which included 33 PokerStars.com qualifiers, generated a total prize pool of €1,300,000, over five times more than the 2004 tournament.

The first event of season two of the EPT featured a host of celebrities including three-time WPT winner Gus Hansen, WPT Ladies’ champion Isabelle Mercier, Dutch poker legend Marcel Lüske, Britain’s Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott and Rob Hollink, winner of the 2005 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final.

Tournament director Thomas Kremser said:“No-one could have estimated that so many players would make their way to Barcelona for the start of the European Poker Tour.

It’s fantastic.”[5] YouTube: EPT London Season 2 (The Grosvenor World Masters) - DAY 1 (1h11m01) YouTube: EPT London Season 2 (The Grosvenor World Masters) - DAY 2 (58m07) YouTube: EPT London Season 2 (The Grosvenor World Masters) - FINAL TABLE (1h11m06) The tournament was divided by two initial day with 118 players each plus the online qualifiers by PokerStars who couldn't attend the event.