2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

€1,100 EPT National
Day: 1a
Event Info

2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
€547,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€4,127,560
Entries
4,348
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000

The Highly Anticipated €1,100 EPT National Starts Today!

Pedro Cairat, 2017 PokerStars National Championship Winner
Pedro Cairat, 2017 PokerStars National Championship Winner

At noon local time, cards will be in the air for the first of four starting days of the €1,100 EPT National at the 2018 EPT Barcelona. The Barcelona National has been one of the most popular 1K's in Europe for years. Last year drew an astonishing 4,557 runners, making it the largest live event in PokerStars history. Tons of players were already spotted in and around Casino Barcelona last night, including 800 players in the EPT National satellite, and another bumper field is expected in the sun-drenched Catalonian city.

Last year, flying under the PokerStars Championship Banner, Argentina's Pedro Cairat conquered the massive field for a life-changing payday of €432,178. Two years ago, back when it was called the Estrellas Main Event, Mohamed Samri won it for €353,220, after chopping with Teun Kooij heads-up, who walked away with the bigger payday of €372,060.

Two $30,000 Platinum Passes are added by PokerStars to spice up the EPT National even further. The eventual winner on Sunday, August 26 will receive one, as well as one lucky winner of the Crazy Pineapple hand challenge on Day 2. Both of them will be able to punch their ticket to the Bahama's for the PokerStars Players NL Hold'em Championship, held from 6-10 January 2019.

Day 1a will commence at noon local time and will feature 40-minute levels throughout the day. Play will be suspended after 15% of the field is remaining, which means Day 2 has to be reached in order to make the money. A second starting flight will kick off at 7 p.m. tonight and feature 20-minute levels instead. One entry per flight is permitted, allowing players to buy in up to four times in this tournament, one for each starting day.

PokerNews will cover one of the most popular tournaments in Europe wire-to-wire and will bring you all the live updates from this event, as well as eight other events over the course of the next twelve days. PokerNews will also live cover this event in Spanish and French.

Day 1a Blind Schedule

LevelBlindsSmall BlindBig BlindAnte
140 min100100 
240 min100100100
340 min100200200
Break    20 min    
440 min100300300
540 min200400400
640 min200500500
Break    20 min    
740 min300600600
840 min400800800
940 min50010001000
Dinner Break    75 min    
1040 min60012001200
1140 min80016001600
1240 min100020002000
Break    20 min    
1340 min100025002500
1440 min150030003000
1540 min200040004000

Tags: Pedro Cairat