Bart Lybaert Tops Day 1a of PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller
Day 1a of the €2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller, running at Casino Barcelona, has now concluded.
1,562 players entries were made to the flight. Of those, 234 players made it through to Day 2. Along with flight 1b, a total of 2,214 entered the event, making for a prize pool of €4,250,880.
Bart Lybaert of Belgium finished Day 1a in first place with 908,000 chips. Giovanny Reyes ended the flight in second place with 888,000. Orestis Kanakopoulos was close behind in third place and bagged up 840,000 chips.
End of Day 1h Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
| 1 | Bart Lybaert | Belgium | 908,000 |
| 2 | Giovanny Reyes | Colombia | 888,000 |
| 3 | Orestis Kanakopoulos | Greece | 840,000 |
| 4 | Fabio Peluso | Italy | 781,000 |
| 5 | Sebastian Morillo | Spain | 764,000 |
| 6 | Marcos Skerl | Brazil | 743,000 |
| 7 | Omar Del Pino | Spain | 739,000 |
| 8 | Gino Fedele | Argentina | 721,000 |
| 9 | Petar Kalev | Bulgaria | 676,000 |
| 10 | Antoine Labat | France | 623,000 |
The bubble lasted just one round. The first hand ended in a double-up, and the second saw Giuseppe Liotta get his ace-king busted when Michal Schuh hit a straight with his king-jack.
Many more notable players made it through to Day 2, including Francisco Benitez (505,000), who final tabled four EPT Barcelona events last year, Argentinian regular Andres Korn (494,000), as well as PokerStars ambassadors Benjamin Spragg (444,000), Fintan Hand (129,000) and Arlie Shaban (65,000).
Day 2 will commence tomorrow, 27th of August at 12 p.m. local time. Payouts will be announced at the start of the day. Everyone who has made it through is guaranteed at least a min-cash.
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