2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€8,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
€850,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€8,000
Prize Pool
€3,832,000
Entries
479
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Seat 5: Carter Phillips - 4,421,000

Carter Phillips
Carter Phillips
Former student Carter Phillips has appeared regularly on the EPT since going deep in both San Remo and Monte Carlo last year, busting within sight of the bubble. Barcelona will be his biggest live cash, topping the €29,500 won earlier this month, chopping a €1,000 side event prior to EPT Barcelona.

He also narrowly missed a Latin American Poker Tour event final table, busting in 10th place in Vina Del Mar last January.

Those results, and his performance this week, demonstrate a development from online player, username “Bdybldngpkr,” to live tournaments. In the 10 months spent playing full time, Phillips has competed among the best in the game. “Online you play against the same people and get a feel for how they play,” he said. “Ninety percent of them might play full time. In EPTs there’s a mix of pros and recreational players. But I approach it the same way.”

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