Day 1b of the €5,300 Main Event Starts at Noon
The second flight of the €5,300 Main Event of the PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour is about to kick off at noon local time.
A total of with 749 entry slips were sold for the initial flight with 227 players finding a bag for Day 2. Anthony Cierco ended the day at the top of the counts with 322,000, the only stack above the 300,000 mark.
Many other stars have also guaranteed their spots for Day 2 including PokerStars Ambassadors Alejandro Lococo (165,000), and Ramon Colillas (93,500).
EPT Barcelona Main Event Champions since 2012 (1,000+ entry fields)
| YEAR | ENTRIES | PRIZE POOL | CHAMPION | COUNTRY | 1ST PRIZE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,082 | €5,247,700 | Mikalai Pobal | Belarus | €1,007,550 |
| 2013 | 1,234 | €5,984,900 | Tom Middleton | United Kingdom | €942,000 |
| 2014 | 1,496 | €7,255,600 | Andre Lettau | Germany | €794,058 |
| 2015 | 1,694 | €8,215,900 | John Juanda | Indonesia | €1,022,593 |
| 2016 | 1,785 | €8,657,250 | Sebastian Malec | Poland | €1,122,800 |
| 2017 | 1,682 | €8,157,700 | Sebastian Sorensson | Sweden | €987,043 |
| 2018 | 1,931 | €9,365,350 | Piotr Nurzynski | Poland | €1,037,109 |
| 2019 | 1,988 | €9,641,800 | Simon Brandstrom | Sweden | €1,290,166 |
Just like Day 1a structure, players will get a 30,000 starting stack and will play ten 60-minute levels on Day 1. The players are allowed to make one reentry to make up for two entries in total in the Main Event. There is also the possibility to register at the start of Day 2 but only if you haven't fired two bullets in the tournament yet.
There will be a 25-minute break after every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break at the completion of level eight. They will play two more levels after the dinner break to end the day and bag up for Day 2.
The two starting flights' survivors will combine on Wednesday August 17 for Day 2 of the six-day event.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team brings you all the updates throughout the Main Event and the many side events.
board, Niall Farrell put out a bet of 1,000 from middle position. Klas Krueger, in the small blind, snap-raised to 2,500. Farrell called after about 20 seconds.
and Krueger checked over to Farrell, who took his time before putting out a pot-sized bet of 6,000. It only took Krueger about 10 seconds to call.
for two pair and the win.
board and Hugues Mazerolle, from the cutoff, put out a bet of 2,500. Jessica Teusl, in the big blind, wouldn't need long before making the call.
while Teusl showed 
for third pair, good enough to take down a nice pot.
, and faced with a bet of 2,200 from cutoff Christian Jeppsson, hijack Timothy Chung put in a check-raise to 6,500.
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flop, Martin Jacobson check-called a bet of 1,000 from Renan Alves. 
turn before the 
fell on the river.
. Jacobson then turned over 
for the winner to boost his stack in one of his first hands of his day.
river, Liu put out another large bet, this time for 12,000. Vallinas would go into the tank for nearly two minutes before finding a call.
flop.
on the turn gave him a set of queens.
river, which put four hearts on the board, both players were content with checking.
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