€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event Day 1a | 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Player	Chips	Progress
David Urban	833,000 418,000	418,000
Adrian Tkaczyk	615,000 465,000	465,000
Ori Elul	558,000 558,000	558,000
Motoyoshi Okamura	536,000 536,000	536,000
Javier Fernandez	518,000 518,000	518,000
Valentino Konakchiev	452,000 137,000	137,000
Gregory Petermans	433,000 108,000	108,000
Renat Bohdanov	433,000 133,000	133,000
Gheorghe Butuc	425,000 425,000	425,000
Salvino Belhoul	394,000 332,000	332,000
Vinicius Perri De Lima	391,000 391,000	391,000
Humberto Lopes Galindo	388,000 388,000	388,000
Danut Chisu	378,000 83,000	83,000
Alex Kulev	355,000 285,000	285,000
Jose Pimentel	352,000 352,000	352,000
Brandon Mifsud	335,000 335,000	335,000
Ramon Colillas	326,000 158,000	158,000

Paulo Brombim	322,000 322,000	322,000
Jon Vallinas	317,000 -73,000	-73,000
Alexandros Dranovitsas	310,000 310,000	310,000
Beka Iordanishvili	310,000 310,000	310,000
Chun Chang	307,000 307,000	307,000
Thomas Vieth	300,000 223,000	223,000
Loredan Hanganu	296,000 296,000	296,000
Inigo Naveiro	286,000 -9,000	-9,000

Player

Chips

Progress

David Urban

833,000

418,000

Adrian Tkaczyk

615,000

465,000

558,000

536,000

518,000

452,000

137,000

Gregory Petermans

433,000

108,000

Renat Bohdanov

433,000

133,000

Gheorghe Butuc

425,000

Salvino Belhoul

394,000

332,000

Vinicius Perri De Lima

391,000

Humberto Lopes Galindo

388,000

Danut Chisu

378,000

83,000

Alex Kulev

355,000

285,000

Jose Pimentel

352,000

Brandon Mifsud

335,000

Ramon Colillas

326,000

158,000

Paulo Brombim

322,000

Jon Vallinas

317,000

-73,000

Alexandros Dranovitsas

310,000

Beka Iordanishvili

310,000

Chun Chang

307,000

Thomas Vieth

300,000

223,000

Loredan Hanganu

296,000

Inigo Naveiro

286,000

-9,000

It took a little over 17 full levels of play for Day 1a of the €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event here at the 2022 PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour to reach its conclusion for the day. The first of six starting flights drew 812 entrants with play scheduled to go until the field reached 15 percent of its overall total, and that number of 121 was reached with 37:44 remaining in Level 18 (4,000/8,000/8,000).

Play was loaded with action all day long and well into the evening until the final hour of the night when the pace slowed down due to the pending money bubble. Several large stacks were visible throughout the room and it seemed as if there could be any one of a handful of players to emerge atop the counts when chips went into bags. However, it was David Urban who ultimately claimed that title after finishing the day with 833,000 in chips.

Hot on his heels were Adrian Tkaczyk (615,000), Ori Elul (558,000), Motoyoshi Okamura (536,000), and rounding out the top five is Javier Fernandez (518,000). These were the only other players to finish the day with more than a half-million in chips.

€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	David Urban	Slovakia	833,000
2	Adrian Tkaczyk	Poland	615,000
3	Ori Elul	Israel	558,000
4	Motoyoshi Okamura	Japan	536,000
5	Javier Fernandez	Spain	518,000
6	Valentino Konakchiev	Bulgaria	452,000
7	Gregory Petermans	Belgium	433,000
8	Renat Bohdanov	Ukraine	433,000
9	Gheorghe Butuc	Moldova	425,000
10	Salvino Belhoul	France	394,000

Other notables to advance included Renat Bohdanov (433,000), Jason Wheeler (190,000), and Leo Margets (57,000).

Many other players were not as fortunate on the day, and with the tournament only allowing two entries per flight, those players found themselves on the rail for the event for the rest of the night. Among those who found themselves dry on chips before the day’s end included 2020 WSOP Main Event winner Damian Salas, Yuliyan Kolev, Faraz Jaka, and Kacper Pyzara.

Five more flights remain, with Day 1c commencing at noon local time on Wednesday and Day 1d following at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening with a turbo format. All yet to advance may fire once into each remaining flight to try to earn their way into Day 2, where all returning players will find themselves in the money. However, those players still have a lot of work to do as the tournament is not scheduled to play down to a winner until Day 4.

Make sure to come back to PokerNews for continuing coverage of the EPT Barcelona Estrellas Poker Tour as well as the rest of the scheduled events.

Tags: Adrian Tkaczyk Damian Salas David Urban Faraz Jaka Jason Wheeler Javier Fernandez Kacper Pyzara Leo Margets Motoyoshi Okamura Ori Elul Renat Bohdanov Yuliyan Kolev