2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
€1,491,133
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€11,125,900
Entries
2,294
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
780
Players Left
210

Antonius, Chidwick Among Big Names Heading to Day 2 in EPT €5,300 Main Event

Patrik Antonius
Patrik Antonius

Day 2 of the €5,300 Main Event here at the PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour in Spain will kick off at noon local time with 720 remaining.

Leading the way Ireland's Stephen Kehoe with a stack of 331,500, who bagged the overall chip lead on Day 1b after Andre Moreira Marques finished Day 1a at the top of the counts.

Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

 RANKPLAYERCOUNTRYCHIPS
 1Stephen KehoeIreland331,500
 2Anthony CiercoFrance322,000
 3Andre Moreira MarquesPortugal315,000
 4Youness Ait HssainFrance297,000
 5Dimitrios AngelakosGreece296,000
 6Paulo RodriguesPortugal283,000
 7Felipe FontouraBrazil282,500
 8Jack SalterUnited Kingdom282,500
 9Tien Dung PhamVietnam281000
 10Enrico MoscaItaly278,000

There were no shortage of big poker names in the record-breaking field of 2,234 runners and many of them survived the two starting flights to see Day 2, including high stakes crusher Stephen Chidwick, longtime veteran Patrik Antonius and PokerStars ambassadors Benjamin Spragg, Sam Grafton, Alejandro Lococo and Andre Akkari, who is fresh off of a ninth-place finish in the €2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller.

Others who will be in the Day 2 field include Gaelle Baumann, Chino Rheem, Adrian Mateos and defending champion Simon Brandstrom.

Simon Brandstrom
Simon Brandstrom

Day 2 will kick off on Level 11 with blinds of 1,000/1,500/1,500 and will last for six 90-minute levels with 20-minute breaks at the end of each level. There will also be a dinner break at the discretion of the tournament directors.

The trophy and the lion's share of the €10,834,900 prize pool still await the eventual champion in the €5,300 Main Event. Stay tuned as PokerNews is on-site and ready to bring you Day 2 updates.

Tags: Adrian MateosAlejandro LococoAndre AkkariAndre Moreira MarquesBenjamin SpraggSam GraftonSimon BrandstromStephen ChidwickStephen Kehoe