€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Day 1d Completed
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Day: 1d
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1d
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€6,060,480
Entries
6,313
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 1,500,000
Ante
1,500,000
Entries
723
Players Left
108
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
With 21:53 left to go in Level 18, Day 1d play came to an end in the €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event, which is a part of the PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour.
The fourth flight of the tournament received 723 entries which, in addition to 812 from Day 1a, 358 in Day 1b, and 1,596 in Day 1c created a total of 3,489 entries. This year's version of the ESPT Main Event is threatening to surpass 2019's EPT Barcelona National's number of 4,682 entries with two flights left to play on Thursday.
In each flight, the field has been played down to the final 15% of all entries. The 108 remaining players tonight have created a new total of 523 runners who have qualified for Day 2 thus far.
Despite going deep into the night, there was plenty of high-flying action and big names in the field but only one could take home the chip lead: Tomasz Wrobel. Wrobel will sit down on Friday with a lovely advantage after bagging an impressive 686,000.
Joining Wrobel in the top-five are Ahmad Rehaime (638,000), Jose Valls Rebollar (468,000), Alessio Ianniciello (467,000), and Mohamed El Berrak (450,000).
€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event Day 1d Top Ten Chip Counts
| RANK | player | COUNTRY | CHIP count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomasz Wrobel | Poland | 686,000 |
| 2 | Ahmad Rehaime | Canada | 638,000 |
| 3 | Jose Valls Rebollar | Spain | 468,000 |
| 4 | Alessio Ianniciello | Italy | 467,000 |
| 5 | Mohamed El Berrak | Morocco | 450,000 |
| 6 | Bharath Janardhan | India | 444,000 |
| 7 | Mustapha Kanit | Italy | 442,000 |
| 8 | Andrey Novak | Ukraine | 432,000 |
| 9 | Jorge Diego Garcia | Spain | 422,000 |
| 10 | Jakub Michalak | Poland | 419,000 |
Some notables who will be moving on to Day 2 with a comfortable stack include: Robin Ylitalo (408,000), Tamon Nakamura (327,000), Paul Tedeschi (312,000), Miltiadis Kyriakides (233,000), and Robert Mizrachi (220,000).
Felipe Ramos, Alejandro Lococo, Robert Schiffbauer, Manig Loeser, Kenny Hallaert, and Benny Glaser were all there for the action but failed to qualify for Day 2.
Players who have yet to qualify have two more flights to do so on Thursday, with Day 1e scheduled for noon local time with 30-minute turbo levels and Day 1f following at 6 p.m. in the evening, which will play with a 20-minute hyper-turbo format. One reentry is allowed per flight as players look to book their place in Friday's Day 2, where all qualified players are guaranteed to be in the money. Players will then have to battle through Day 2 and Saturday's Day 3 in order to take a shot at a six-figure cash and the ESPT Main Event title on Sunday.
Follow all the updates right here on PokerNews to find out who wins this event on August 14th and to check out all of the coverage here at EPT Barcelona.
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
686,000
634,000
|
634,000 |
|
||
|
638,000
428,000
|
428,000 |
|
468,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
467,000
308,000
|
308,000 |
|
450,000
328,000
|
328,000 |
|
444,000
444,000
|
444,000 |
|
442,000
411,900
|
411,900 |
|
432,000
208,000
|
208,000 |
|
422,000
422,000
|
422,000 |
|
419,000
204,000
|
204,000 |
|
410,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
|
408,000
408,000
|
408,000 |
|
||
|
405,000
405,000
|
405,000 |
|
|
390,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
368,000
368,000
|
368,000 |
|
368,000
368,000
|
368,000 |
|
353,000
353,000
|
353,000 |
|
353,000
353,000
|
353,000 |
|
343,000
343,000
|
343,000 |
|
|
343,000
343,000
|
343,000 |
|
327,000
189,000
|
189,000 |
|
326,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
316,000
199,000
|
199,000 |
|
|
312,000
312,000
|
312,000 |
|
294,000
294,000
|
294,000 |
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Bharat Janardhan opened for 16,000 from the button and Florian Lebaigue three-bet to 48,000 from the small blind. Mats Gramsborg Ullereng, in the big blind with 8,000 committed and 37,000 total, went into the tank, taking as long as he could before action virtually stopped elsewhere before making the call. Janardhan folded.
Mats Gramsborg Ullereng: 
Florian Lebaigue: 
Ullereng's pocket queens were against the ace-queen suited of Lebaigue.
The board would run out a very safe 
and the Norweigan would fist bump as he would survive. The news became even better as it was announced that Kamel Boukhalfa was eliminated elsewhere in the room in 109th place, meaning the remaining players in the room all cashed and qualified for Friday's Day 2.
Janardhan had a chuckle to himself as he claimed he would have won and eliminated Ullereng.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000 | |
|
|
324,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
|
98,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Florian Lebaigue and Chihao Tsang found themselves in an all-in battle with Tsang at risk.
Chihao Tsang: 
Florian Lebaigue: 
Lebaigue would strike gold on the 
flop, though Tsang still had backdoor straight and flush outs to go along with two possible kings.
The turn gave Tsang much more hope as he was on the flush draw.
However, the 
river ended his dream just six places from qualifying for Day 2.
Lebaigue rejoiced with his newly-found chips after Tsang departed, claiming he has run bad all summer and that he's finally running good tonight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
370,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Level 16
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Three-time EPT champion Jakub Michalak opened from the button and Alejandro Lococo shoved his last 57,000 from the big blind. Michalak called.
Alejandro Lococo: 
Jakub Michalak: 
Lococo and Michalak were in another all-in battle together and the flop came 
, which actually made Lococo a 52% favorite with an overcard, a flush draw, and a straight draw against Michalak's pair of kings.
The 
turn put Michalak in front with a 68% chance to eliminate Lococo.
Indeed the odds would be in the Pole's favor as the 
improved Michalak to a full house and eliminated Lococo.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
215,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Players are now on a 15-minute break. There are 142 players remaining in the flight, with 108 players from 723 total entries qualifying for Day 2 and making the money.