Charlie Carrel: Biography, Career and Poker Results

November 7, 2026

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Charlie Carrel is an English professional poker player, known online as “Epiphany77”, who built his bankroll from a $15 deposit and became a regular in high roller tournaments in his early twenties. He won the €25,000 High Roller at the 2015 European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo for €1,114,000, the 2017 PokerStars SCOOP $10,300 Main Event for $1,200,899 and a £50,000 event at the 2019 Triton Super High Roller Series in London for £1,321,000. ^{[1][2][8][12]}

Charlie Carrel at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale, April 2017 — Photo: World Poker Tour, licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.

Charlie Carrel: key facts

Full name	Charlie Carrel
Online alias	Epiphany77 ^[8]
Country	England (United Kingdom) ^[1]
Born	November 7, 1993 (age 33), St Brelade, Jersey
Known for	Running a $15 online deposit into a $520,000 bankroll; high roller tournaments ^[11]
Major titles	GUKPT Grand Final 2014; EPT Grand Final €25,000 High Roller 2015; EPT Dublin Single-Day High Roller 2016; SCOOP $10,300 Main Event 2017; Triton London £50,000 Eight-Handed 2019 ^{[2][3][8][12]}
WSOP bracelets	None; best result third in the 2017 $10,000 Heads-Up Championship ^[9][13]
Live tournament earnings	$9,607,988 as of October 27, 2026 ^[1]

Early life and first steps in poker

Carrel started with small home games against friends. After a friend told him he had made a little money online, he deposited $15 on PokerStars and won the first tournament he played, a $1 sit and go with 180 players, for around $49. He moved up through $1.50, $3.50 and $7 sit and gos and then to $25NL Zoom cash games. “Had I not won that first tournament I would never have deposited again, and none of this would have happened,” he told PokerListings. ^[15]

To focus on the game away from his friends, he moved to Jersey to live with his grandmother. ^[11] Playing cash games on partypoker, where the games were softer, he grew his bankroll from $1.8k to $60k in the first few months while still finishing his A levels. ^[15] PokerNews reported that he built a $500,000 bankroll mostly from cash games on partypoker, and that it peaked at $520,000. ^[4][11] Back on PokerStars in 2014 he won the Sunday Rebuy for $45,000 and finished second in the Sunday Million, after a deal, for more than $200,000. ^[4]

Breakthrough on the live circuit

Carrel’s live career took off in November 2014, when he won the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Grand Final from 212 entries for £108,625. In March 2015 he finished fifth in the EPT Malta €10,000 High Roller for €183,800. ^[2]

Two months later, aged 21, he played his first €25,000 event, the High Roller at the 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final. The tournament drew 215 entries and a prize pool of €5,267,500. Carrel beat a final table that included Steve O’Dwyer, Dario Sammartino and Jeremy Ausmus, then needed only 30 hands of heads-up play to defeat Imad Derwiche and win €1,114,000. He had sold pieces of his action, and said afterwards: “I’m extremely excited to give a chunk of this away to my friends.” ^[2] PokerNews put his live tournament earnings for 2015 at over $1.5 million. ^[3]

Playing style

Carrel came to tournaments from No-Limit Hold’em cash games, and live reports describe an aggressive, bluff-heavy approach. At the 2016 EPT Dublin Single-Day High Roller, PokerNews described his heads-up match with Dominik Nitsche as full of “river check-raises, big overbet bluffs, and action plays”. ^[3] In the 2017 WSOP Heads-Up Championship he was eliminated by Adrián Mateos after two bluffs were called in their semi-final. ^[9] In 2017 he also walked PokerNews through a multi-street bluff he made against David Peters in the €100,000 Super High Roller in Monte Carlo, explaining how he narrowed his opponent’s range on each street. ^[10] After beating him heads-up in the Bahamas, Jason Koon said: “It looks like he’s figured some stuff out that took me a decade longer to figure out.” ^[6]

Greatest achievements

High roller results, 2016 and 2017

In February 2016 Carrel finished third in the EPT Dublin €25,750 High Roller for €234,100 and won the €10,200 Single-Day High Roller the next day. That event drew 89 entries; after two deals Carrel took the trophy and €145,938, while Nitsche received slightly more for second. At the time he had no home of his own and travelled from hotel to hotel. ^[1][3] In September 2016 he won his first WCOOP title, the $215 No Limit Hold’em Rebuy, from 773 players for $60,040.79. ^[4]

He then reached heads-up in two of the most expensive events on the PokerStars circuit. In December 2016 he finished second to Leon Tsoukernik in the €50,000 Super High Roller at EPT Prague, the last PokerStars EPT Super High Roller under that name, for €535,250. ^[5] In January 2017 he took almost a 2-1 chip lead into heads-up play against Jason Koon in the $100,000 Super High Roller at the PokerStars Championship Bahamas, but Koon came back to win; Carrel finished second for $1,191,900. ^[6]

The 2017 SCOOP Main Event

In May 2017 Carrel won the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker $10,300 Main Event, which drew 693 entries and a $6,930,000 prize pool. He started the final table last in chips and, according to PokerNews, played through internet problems from Mexico, saying he was in a Starbucks. After a heads-up deal with Harrison Gimbel, he won the title and $1,200,899. ^[8] In 2020 he recalled that a power cut hit a large part of Mexico on the final day, leaving him to finish the tournament in his pyjamas in a café. ^[14]

Triton London 2019

In August 2019 Carrel won the £50,000 Eight-Handed event at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in London. The tournament had 66 players and 43 re-entries for a £5,123,000 prize pool. He beat Jason Koon heads-up and took £1,321,000 ($1,601,853), the largest live prize of his career and the third seven-figure score of his career. ^[12] In May 2020 he won a $25,500 No-Limit Hold’em event in the WPT Online Series for $600,250. ^[13]

Tournament results

Year	Event	Result	Prize	Source
2019	Triton Super High Roller Series London £50,000 Eight-Handed	1st	£1,321,000	[12]
2015	EPT Grand Final €25,000 High Roller, Monte Carlo (215 entries)	1st	€1,114,000	[2]
2017	PokerStars SCOOP $10,300 Main Event (online, 693 entries)	1st (after a deal)	$1,200,899	[8]
2017	PokerStars Championship Bahamas $100,000 Super High Roller	2nd	$1,191,900	[6]
2020	WPT Online Series $25,500 No-Limit Hold’em	1st	$600,250	[13]
2016	EPT Prague €50,000 Super High Roller	2nd	€535,250	[5]
2019	EPT Barcelona €25,000 Single-Day High Roller II	2nd	€481,640	[1]
2019	EPT Monte Carlo €100,000 Super High Roller	6th	€327,930	[1]
2017	WSOP Europe €111,111 High Roller for One Drop	9th	€295,131	[1]
2016	EPT Dublin €10,200 Single-Day High Roller (89 entries)	1st (after deals)	€145,938	[3]
2014	Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Grand Final (212 entries)	1st	£108,625	[2]
2017	WSOP $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship (129 players)	3rd	$125,454	[9]
2016	WCOOP $215 No Limit Hold’em Rebuy (online, 773 players)	1st	$60,040.79	[4]

World Series of Poker

Carrel has not won a WSOP bracelet. ^[13] His deepest run came in the 2017 $10,000 Heads-Up Championship, where he won his way to the final four of a 129-player field before losing a 37-hand semi-final to Adrián Mateos, who went on to win the bracelet. Carrel finished third for $125,454. ^[9] At the same series he finished 15th in the $111,111 High Roller for One Drop and 88th in the Main Event for $72,514, and later that year he was ninth in the €111,111 High Roller for One Drop at WSOP Europe. ^[1]

Streaming and television

In 2018 Carrel announced that he was stepping away from poker to concentrate on other projects, but he returned the same year with a challenge to turn a $50 PokerStars deposit into $10,000, streamed on Twitch and starting at $0.01/$0.02 Zoom. ^[11] He came back to Twitch in 2020 with a bankroll challenge on his channel “Epiphany77”. ^[14] In November 2023 he appeared in the first season of Game of Gold, the poker reality series produced by GGPoker and the Poker After Dark team, where he played on Team Spades with Fedor Holz. ^[16]

In his own words

“I deposited $15 and just got lucky I guess.” On how his online career began. ^[15]
“It’s all about the memories and experiences.” On what money means to him. ^[15]
“I’ve been living out of a suitcase for five months now.” After winning the EPT Grand Final High Roller, May 2015. ^[2]
“It’s better to play 20 tournaments with your A-Game than 40 tournaments with your C-Game.” His advice for online series, April 2020. ^[14]

Iconic hands and moments

PokerStars Championship Cash Challenge (PokerStars)

How he would build a bankroll if he started over (Charlie Carrel’s channel)

FAQ about Charlie Carrel

How old is Charlie Carrel?

He was 21 when he won the EPT Grand Final High Roller in May 2015 and 23 in January 2017, so he is 32 or 33 in 2026. ^[2][7]

Where is Charlie Carrel from?

He is English and plays under the flag of the United Kingdom. He also has family ties to Jersey, where he lived with his grandmother while building his bankroll. ^[1][11]

What is Charlie Carrel’s net worth?

There is no reliable public figure for his net worth. What can be verified is his live tournament record: $9,607,988 in earnings as of October 27, 2026, according to PokerNews. Prize totals do not show buy-ins or the share of his action sold to backers, which he has done for big events. ^[1][2]

What is Charlie Carrel’s biggest win?

His largest live prize is the £1,321,000 ($1,601,853) he won in the £50,000 Eight-Handed event at the 2019 Triton Super High Roller Series in London. Online, his biggest score is the $1,200,899 from the 2017 SCOOP Main Event. ^[12][14]

Has Charlie Carrel won a WSOP bracelet?

No. His best WSOP finish is third in the 2017 $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship. ^[9][13]

What is Charlie Carrel’s screen name?

He plays on PokerStars as “Epiphany77”, the name under which he won the 2017 SCOOP Main Event. ^[8]

How did Charlie Carrel start playing poker?

He deposited $15 on PokerStars, won his first $1 sit and go, and moved up through small sit and gos and Zoom cash games before switching to partypoker. His bankroll eventually peaked at $520,000. ^[15][11]

Was Charlie Carrel on Game of Gold?

Yes. He played in the first season of GGPoker’s Game of Gold in 2023, on Team Spades with Fedor Holz. ^[16]

Related Poker Legends

Read more about Jason Koon, who beat Carrel heads-up in the Bahamas in 2017 and lost to him heads-up at Triton London in 2019, Adrián Mateos, who knocked him out of the 2017 WSOP Heads-Up Championship on the way to the bracelet, and Fedor Holz, his team-mate on Game of Gold.