€2,200 Estrellas High Roller Day 1b | 2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Player	Chips	Progress
Rayane Mokhtar	780,000 205,000	205,000
Ermanno Di Nicola	692,000 692,000	692,000
Alexandros Kolonias	645,000 567,200	567,200
Marte Sandberg	627,000 207,000	207,000
Ryoji Kusumoto	583,000 7,000	7,000
Berthold Winz	524,000 74,000	74,000
Hugues Girard	481,000 389,000	389,000
Rania Nasreddine	466,000 163,000	163,000
Pascal Dabrion	436,000 436,000	436,000
Jordan Sparagana	422,000 422,000	422,000
Ahmed Karrim	414,000 414,000	414,000
Murilo Garcia	402,000 402,000	402,000
Anh Pham	401,000 401,000	401,000
Francesco La Scala	370,000 370,000	370,000
Lukasz Golczyk	321,000 55,000	55,000
Jeremie Zouari	313,000 313,000	313,000
Juan Vecino	311,000 311,000	311,000
Fernando Valverde	298,000 48,000	48,000
Robert Ashelm	292,000 292,000	292,000
Marcianno Yvel	292,000 292,000	292,000
Jerome Sgorrano	280,000 97,000	97,000
Juho Suutari	272,000 272,000	272,000
Daniel Beck	259,000 50,000	50,000
Hendrik Ricken	255,000 255,000	255,000
Mateusz Wozniak	254,000 254,000	254,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Rayane Mokhtar

780,000

205,000

Ermanno Di Nicola

692,000

Alexandros Kolonias

645,000

567,200

Marte Sandberg

627,000

207,000

Ryoji Kusumoto

583,000

7,000

Berthold Winz

524,000

74,000

Hugues Girard

481,000

389,000

Rania Nasreddine

466,000

163,000

436,000

422,000

414,000

402,000

401,000

370,000

321,000

55,000

Jeremie Zouari

313,000

Juan Vecino

311,000

Fernando Valverde

298,000

48,000

Robert Ashelm

292,000

Marcianno Yvel

292,000

Jerome Sgorrano

280,000

97,000

Juho Suutari

272,000

Daniel Beck

259,000

50,000

Hendrik Ricken

255,000

Mateusz Wozniak

254,000

A total of 654 Players entered into Day 1b of the €2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller of the PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) at Casino Barcelona, with only 98 qualifying for Day 2 from this second flight. The tournament saw 2,064 entries for both combined flights. A total of 309 players, out of these total entries, made in through to battle it out in Day 2. All players that bagged today made it into the money, and will share a total prize pool of €3,962,880.

Rayane Mokhtar took through an impressive stack after bagging 780,000 chips and becoming the chip lead at the end of play of Day 1b. Mokhtar has already had a successful year after being crowned the BPC Main Event Champion back in May and taking home a massive 200,000 EUR prize.

Marte Sandberg (627,000) kept the pressure on against her opponents and was sitting high in the chip counts throughout the day, helping her to finish fourth in the chip counts for Day 1b.

Rania Nasreddine also steadily built her stack throughout the day, which was helped when she took down the pot in a hand against Panagiotis Mavritsakis, late into the evening. She bagged 466,000 chips, putting her in a strong position going into Day 2.

Berthold Winz (524,000) took a late lead in chips after a pair of sixes were enough to chip him up and eliminate Conor Beresford. Although he didn't retain the lead, Winz remained high in the counts, finishing the day strong within the top ten.

Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Rayane Mokhtar	France	780000
2	Ermanno Di Nicola	Italy	692,000
3	Alexandros Kolonias	Greece	645000
4	Marte Sandberg	Norway	627000
5	Ryoji Kusumoto	Japan	583000
6	Berthold Winz	Germany	524000
7	Hugues Girard	France	481000
8	Rania Nasreddine	United States	466000
9	Pascal Dabrion	France	436000
10	Jordan Sparagana	United States	422000

Others tried their luck but weren't able to find a bag into Day 2, including William Kassouf, who went “Out with Nine High Like a Boss".

Shiina Okamoto, the 2024 WSOP Ladies Event Champion and the 2023 WSOP Ladies Event runner-up, also battled it out in Day 1b. After a few hours of play, she got knocked down and eventually knocked out of the tournament short after late registration had ended.

Despite a strong start to the day for Fintan Hand, after scoring a near double and knocking out an opponent early on, Hand was eliminated after around 4 hours of play.

Day 2 will start tomorrow, 1st of September at 12 p.m. local time. The 309 remaining players will discover the payout at the beginning of the day. But so far, everyone who has made it through is guaranteed to cash.

Don't go anywhere, as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site here on the coast of Spain and will continue providing updates on the ESPT and EPT Barcelona action.

Tags: Alexandros Kolonias Berthold Winz Conor Beresford Ermanno Di Nicola Fintan Hand Hugues Girard Jordan Sparagana Marte Sandberg Panagiotis Mavritsakis Pascal Dabrion Rania Nasreddine Rayane Mokhtar Ryoji Kusumoto Shiina Okamoto William Kassouf