Seat 4: Zorlu Er, 53, Mersin/Turkey (7,090,000)
Zorlu Er is here at EPT Barcelona with his poker-playing son, also called Zorlu �C in fact it was Zorlu Junior��s idea to come here. The 24-year-old said: ��My dad is very talented, a really clever man. He��s been playing poker for about forty years �C at first it was just draw poker, but he took up Texas Hold��em about ten years ago.��
According to Zorlu Junior, his father didn��t want to come to Barcelona but was eventually persuaded to by his son who��s just graduated from university in construction engineering. He said: ��My dad doesn��t like beaches and, if he goes on holiday, he likes it to be closer to home �C somewhere like Bodrum or Cyprus. But I wanted to come to the EPT. We both entered the Main Event but I bust before the money.
My father owns a Texas Hold��em club in our home town and coaches people as well. They don��t play for money �C it��s an association and they have a league �C it can only be Texas Hold��em though which is considered a mind sport in Turkey. He also plays tournaments and cash games in Northern Cyprus. My mother died when I was only one so it��s always just been my Dad and me. Poker is our passion and I��m very proud of what��s he��s achieved here.��