Seat 5 - Anton Wigg, 37, Sweden, resides in Vienna, Austria (3,190,000)
The only past EPT champion at the final table, Anton Wigg is trying to rewrite history and capture another title today.
Wigg was a fresh-faced 23-year-old when he won the EPT Copenhagen Main Event in 2010. He’s looking to become just the fourth player with multiple EPT titles, joining Victoria Coren Mitchell, Mikalai Pobal, and Mike Watson. He has 14 EPT cashes since his win but this is his first final table, his best result being 14th in Berlin in 2012. He also finished 18th in the inaugural EPT Cyprus last year.
Wigg is also a prolific online player known as “Bomber&Granater,” where he’s collected millions in cashes. He won the Sunday Million in 2009 for $213,000. He’s already guaranteed to move past $5 million in live earnings regardless of where he finishes at the final table.
Career Record
EPT cashes: 15
Best EPT result: 1st, 2010 EPT Copenhagen
Career earnings: $4,797,335
Tournament Progression
Day 1: 235,000 (7/260, 1B)
Day 2: 350,000 (38/144)
Day 3: 1,195,000 (10/45)
Day 4: 1,550,000 (10/16)
Day 5: 3,190,000 (5/6)
Event Highlights
Wigg won a race with two nines against Adi Rajkovic's ace-king on Day 3, then spiked a set of tens on the turn to crack Iurii Okolovich's jacks for another bustout.
On Day 4, Wigg won a 2,000,000 pot off Andrea Dato when he showed down two pair, aces and tens, while Dato only had pocket fives. Wigg then eliminated last year's finalist Halil Tasyurek in 13th when Tasyurek shoved for 770,000 with ace-jack and Wigg called holding ace-queen.