He immediately fell in love with the game - and, in particular, the European Poker Tour. The 21-year-old, one of the youngest EPT champions ever, used to play chess competitively as a youngster but when his chess coach travelled to Las Vegas for the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP), he started following the poker scene instead. Sebastian Malec beat Germany’s Uri Reichenstein heads-up to take the title, trophy and massive first prize. Polish PokerStars qualifier Sebastian Malec has won the European Poker Tour (EPT) 13 Barcelona Main Event – the biggest EPT ever held - for €1,122,800 - after qualifying online for just €27.
