Juanda Leads Into Day 3
Today is Day 3 of the 2012 PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event. The first event of Season 9 has shattered records and the Main Event has kept up that momentum with a field of 1,082 players coming out. Just 207 of them remain and it's none other than five-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner John Juanda topping them all in a big way with 732,400.
The top finishers from Day 2 include many other notables. Ilari Sahamies bagged up 535,500, Lucille Cailly finished on 360,700, Xuan Liu wrapped up with 326,200 and Jonathan Karamalikis has 317,600. The top member of Team PokerStars Pro is Daniel Negreanu and he'll be returning to action with 248,000 in chips.
Other Team PokerStars Pros remaining in the field include Henrique Pinho, Juan Manuel Pastor, Sebastian Ruthenberg, Matthias De Meulder, João Nunes, Ana Marquez, Theo Jorgensen, Angel Guillen and Barry Greenstein.
With such a packed field still left and the money bubble set at 160 players, it's going to be a great day of poker today that you won't want to miss. The cards are scheduled to be in the air at 12:00 PM local time, so stay tuned right here to PokerNews for all of the live coverage!