The EPT London became the perfect event to launch the first high roller in the history of the European Poker Tour: the EPT London £ 1m Showdown on PokerStars.com.

The £ 1m Showdown attracted a large number of stars, among whom were members of Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein and Alex Kravchenko, lined up against heavyweights like Phil Ivey, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson and Gus Hansen, for to name just a few of them. None of these players reached the final table, but with the members of Team PokerStars Pro Isabelle Mercier, Scotty Nugyen,

With David Benyamin and John Juanda at the end, viewers were guaranteed not to be disappointed. John Juanda was the heads-up, but he managed to stop the good run that carried Jason Mercier in 2008.

He had already won the 4th season of the EPT San Remo and had reached the final table of the 5th season of the EPT Barcelona, but could add a check of ₤ 516,000 for winning the high-roller his achievements which had already become an incredible year.