The cards are in the air for the first marquee event of Season 10 on the European Poker Tour with the €50,000 Super High Roller at the Barcelona Casino. This is a €50,000, eight-handed, unlimited re-entry tournament, and plenty of big names will be in the mix.
Last year’s winner, Dan Smith, is here along with Team Poker Stars Pros Jonathan Duhamel, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Jason Mercier, and Daniel Negreanu.
Season 10 of the 2012 PokerStars.comEuropean Poker Tour will begin in just a couple of hours with the €50,000 Super High Roller here at the Casino Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain.
The three-day event promises to kick off the season in a big way as 30 players are already confirmed. Those scheduled to play include Team PokerStars Pros Jason Mercier, Daniel Negreanu, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, and 2010 world champion Jonathan Duhamel.
Also playing will be last season’s winner Dan Smith, who beat a 55-strong field to win €962,925, a Shamballa bracelet, and the first major EPT title of Season 9. Smith defeated JC Alvarado heads up to take the title. Smith will be back in action this year and looking to complete an astounding back-to-back result.
EPT9 Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller Final Table Results
Place
Player
Prize
1st
Dan Smith
€962,925*
2nd
JC Alvarado
€788,675*
3rd
Mike Watson
€399,500
4th
Ilari Sahamies
€291,900
5th
Mike McDonald
€215,100
6th
Erik Seidel
€153,600
7th
Talal Shakerchi
€138,300
8th
Jim McCrink
€122,960
*Denotes two-player deal
There is a lot of excitement in the air already as yesterday the Estrellas Barcelona €1,100 Main Event attracted an astounding 1,798 players to create a €1,744,060 prize pool, of which €298,600 will go to the winner. That event is likely to not only be the biggest ever live tournament held by PokerStars, but thought also to be one the biggest ever fields of that buy-in ever held outside of the World Series of Poker.
In that Estrellas Main Event, just 558 players made it through to Day 2 in that tournament including Team PokerStars Pros Rino Mathis, Christophe De Meulder, Richard Toth, Marcin Horecki, Angel Guillen, Juan Manuel Pastor, and Andre Akkari ,plus Friend of PokerStars Charlotte Van Brabander. French PokerStars qualifier Julien Gaston, who played Day 1a, remains the chip leader with 282,800. While PokerNews won't be live reporting that event, we'll be sure to bring you periodic updates as well as a full recap once a winner is determined.
Meanwhile, the elite event on hand today, the three-day €50,000 Super High Roller, kicks off at noon and all players will begin with 250,000 in chips. The blinds kick off at 500/1,000/100 with all levels lasting an hour in length. Join us then as we bring you all the action straight from the floor of the Casino Barcelona. Until then, revisit Dan Smith's winner interview from last year:
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