Salas, Schillhabel Among Those Chasing Amiri on Final Day of €10,300 EPT High Roller
One of the final massive tournaments from the PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour wraps up Sunday, with 16 remaining hopefuls looking to claim €962,880, a PokerStars Spadie trophy, and the title of 2022 EPT Barcelona €10,300 EPT High Roller champion.
It will be Australian Ehsan Amiri in pole position with 4,115,000 chips after a dominant Day 2 that saw him build his stack throughout the day, including the elimination of PokerStars Ambassador Andre Akkari on the final hand to send him over the 100 big blind mark to start Sunday’s play.
Plenty of notables remain in the hunt for the title, however, including German crusher Stefan Schillhabel (2,710,000), who won an EPT Prague €10,300 High Roller in 2016, PokerStars Ambassador and Inaugural PSPC champion Ramon Colillas (1,800,000) former SCOOP champion Laszlo Molnar (1,710,000), and Damian Salas (1,160,000), who’s won both EPT Online and SCOOP championships.
Top Ten Start of Day 3 Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ehsan Amiri | Australia | 4,115,000 | 102 |
| 2 | Andrew Wilson | United Kingdom | 2,790,000 | 69 |
| 3 | Stefan Schillhabel | Germany | 2,710,000 | 67 |
| 4 | Rui Bouquet | Portugal | 2,550,000 | 63 |
| 5 | Kyriakos Papadopoulos | Greece | 2,280,000 | 57 |
| 6 | Ramon Colillas | Spain | 1,800,000 | 45 |
| 7 | Laszlo Molnar | Hungary | 1,710,000 | 42 |
| 8 | Eric Rabl | Hungary | 1,570,000 | 39 |
| 9 | Lander Lijo | Spain | 1,480,000 | 37 |
| 10 | Johannes Straver | Netherlands | 1,230,000 | 30 |
Play will resume at 12:30 p.m. local time at Level 25 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. Fifteen-minute breaks are scheduled after every two levels with a dinner break scheduled after Level 32.
The 30-second shot clock remains in play, and once the final table is reached a couple of adjustments to the structure will be made. Once four players remain, level time will be reduced from 50 minutes to 45, and with three remaining, the level time will shrink to 30 minutes.
Stay close to PokerNews for updates throughout the day’s action as they wrap up what’s been an incredible two weeks of action at EPT Barcelona.
bringing no help to Stausholm as his four big blind stack went to Molnar.
to go out in 15th place for €58,350.
, giving Ferreira top two pair, but adding a potential gutshot to Bouquet's outs.
on the turn and 
on the river couldn't help Bouquet as he sent over a third of his stack to his namesake.
and Amiri checked for a third time. Rabl took a moment before pushing out his stack of 845,000 for an all-in bet. Amiri went into the tank and stared down his opponent behind a pair of blue-tinted sunglasses. After using two time banks, Amiri called. 
for nine-high and Amiri let out a gasp that was equal parts in relief and in shock before he tabled 
for trips, more than enough to win the pot. Rabl hit the rail in 14th place as those at the table tried to wrap their heads around the meltdown they had witnessed. 
on the river sealed his fate in 13th place.
flop brought Song some help, pairing his queen, and the turn brought even more with the 
on the river filled Song up and brought the field down to 11 players.
river, the Australian had secured another knockout as his stack hit the nine million chip mark.
and Molar checked. Wilson bet 275,000 and Molnar called. Molnar checked again on the 
and Molnar again checked. Wilson used a time bank before fired a third barrel of 645,000, which Molnar met with a snap-call.
held up against the 
of the German.
