Seat 2: Steven ��SvZff�� van Zadelhoff, 31, Netherlands (Malta resident) �C 805,000
Dutch pro van Zadelhoff first gained headlines when he won the PokerStars Sunday Million in April 2007 for over $160,000. Originally from Holland, van Zadelhoff and his girlfriend moved to Malta at the beginning of 2010 to avoid Holland��s punitive taxes on poker winnings. The change has already reaped rich rewards. Van Zadelhoff said: ��I stopped smoking two years ago and now I��ve lost 30 kg. I��m physically fit and also I have mental stability. I don��t have the IRS taxing half my winnings. It��s definitely helped my game. I feel free now. It��s been a very good half year.�� Van Zadelhoff, who has already earned more than a million dollars in live tournaments and is currently 10th in the Netherlands All Time Money list, has min-cashed three times at EPTs but this is by far his best EPT result to date. He started Day 4 as a short stack but has steadily built up and now has 805,000.