€5,300 EPT Main Event
Dia 1b Iniciado
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Dia 1b Iniciado
The second flight of the €5,300 Main Event of the PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour is about to kick off at noon local time.
A total of with 749 entry slips were sold for the initial flight with 227 players finding a bag for Day 2. Anthony Cierco ended the day at the top of the counts with 322,000, the only stack above the 300,000 mark.
Many other stars have also guaranteed their spots for Day 2 including PokerStars Ambassadors Alejandro Lococo (165,000), and Ramon Colillas (93,500).
YEAR | ENTRIES | PRIZE POOL | CHAMPION | COUNTRY | 1ST PRIZE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | 1,082 | €5,247,700 | Mikalai Pobal | Belarus | €1,007,550 |
2013 | 1,234 | €5,984,900 | Tom Middleton | United Kingdom | €942,000 |
2014 | 1,496 | €7,255,600 | Andre Lettau | Germany | €794,058 |
2015 | 1,694 | €8,215,900 | John Juanda | Indonesia | €1,022,593 |
2016 | 1,785 | €8,657,250 | Sebastian Malec | Poland | €1,122,800 |
2017 | 1,682 | €8,157,700 | Sebastian Sorensson | Sweden | €987,043 |
2018 | 1,931 | €9,365,350 | Piotr Nurzynski | Poland | €1,037,109 |
2019 | 1,988 | €9,641,800 | Simon Brandstrom | Sweden | €1,290,166 |
Just like Day 1a structure, players will get a 30,000 starting stack and will play ten 60-minute levels on Day 1. The players are allowed to make one reentry to make up for two entries in total in the Main Event. There is also the possibility to register at the start of Day 2 but only if you haven't fired two bullets in the tournament yet.
There will be a 25-minute break after every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break at the completion of level eight. They will play two more levels after the dinner break to end the day and bag up for Day 2.
The two starting flights' survivors will combine on Wednesday August 17 for Day 2 of the six-day event.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team brings you all the updates throughout the Main Event and the many side events.
Nível: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
The tournament director has announced the ceremonial "Shuffle up and Deal" and cards are in the air.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Alexander Ivarsson |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Simon Trumper |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Arnaud Mattern |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Dominik Panka |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Jason Wheeler |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Z Stein |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Jakub Michalak |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Espen Sandvik |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Arie Kliper |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Ho Yin Lee raised to 300 from the button and Ignacio Romera called from the big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of on which Romera check-called a bet of 300 from Lee.
The turn brought the and Romera check-called another bet of 1,100 from Lee.
The completed the board, and this time, both players checked.
Lee showed but Romera turned over to win the pot with his better kicker.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Ignacio Romera
|
31,700
31,700
|
31,700 |
Ho Yin Lee |
28,200
28,200
|
28,200 |
On a completed heads-up board of , big blind Philippe Le-Touche led out for 4,000 into a pot of 7500.
Sergio Leon was under-the-gun as he was faced with this bet, and after a few seconds in thought, he put in a raise to 10,000 and sent the action back to Le-Touche, who shook his head and folded.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Sergio Leon
|
36,000 | |
Philippe Le-Touche
|
21,000 |
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Mustafa Biz |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Michael Brinkenhoff |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Salvatore Camarda |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Remi Castaignon |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Carlos Chang |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Bahram Chobineh |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Arne Coulier |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Andrea Cortellazzi |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Nicola D'Anselmo |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Niall Farrell |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Jamie Flynn |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Guy Goossens |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Gonzalo Gottlieb |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Robert Heidorn |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Robert Kaggerud |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
JP Kelly |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Stylianos Kollatos |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Dawid Kuliberda |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Peter Mikschik |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Mateusz Moolhuizen |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Jorma Nuutinen |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Jack Oliver |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Juan Pardo
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Peter Kamaras |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Chino Rheem |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
With approximately 2,500 in the pot on a completed board of , Onur Unsal bet 1,600 and was then raised by Alberto Caballero Lopano to 4,000 in the cutoff.
Unsal thought briefly then told his opponent, "You made it so cheap, I believe you," before folding face up to send the pot to Lopano.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Onur Unsal | 33,500 | |
Alberto Caballero Lopano
|
32,200 |
Raul Bonilla opened to 300 from the hijack and Lukas Zaskodny bumped it up to 1,000 from the cutoff. Brandon Mifsud called from the button along with Jack Oliver in the small blind. Bonilla stuck around with a call as well.
Players saw a flop of and action was checked to Zaskodny who bet 3,000. Oliver was the only caller.
The turn brought the and Oliver check-called another bet of 6,500 from Zaskodny.
The filled up the river and Oliver checked once more. Zaskodny fired 15,000 and Oliver with 11,000 behind, went deep into the tank for his tournament life but opted to let it go.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Lukas Zaskodny |
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Jack Oliver |
11,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |