Another exciting day begins at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona, held at Casino Barcelona, as we kick off Day 1b, for the final flight of the €5,300 Main Event.
Yesterday’s opening flight drew 697 players, with 223 of them making it through to Day 2. Joost Hollak from the Netherlands ended the day on top, amassing a huge 364,500 chips. Ram Sanati and Yevhenii Kuzmin were the only other players to finish with stacks exceeding 300,000.
Top Ten Chip Counts from Day 1a
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joost Hollak | Netherlands | 364,500 | 243 |
| 2 | Ram Sanati | Australia | 303,000 | 202 |
| 3 | Yevhenii Kuzmin | Russia | 300,500 | 200 |
| 4 | Andrea Salamone | Italy | 275,000 | 183 |
| 5 | Sean Jazayeri | United States | 237,500 | 158 |
| 6 | Pablo Ubierna | Spain | 222,000 | 148 |
| 7 | Preben Stokkan | Norway | 207,500 | 138 |
| 8 | Ian Hunter | United Kingdom | 203,000 | 135 |
| 9 | Toni Kaukua | Finland | 203,000 | 135 |
| 10 | Claudio Gordon | Brazil | 199,500 | 133 |
Cards will be in the air at noon local time with 60-minute levels starting at 100/100 and a 100 big blind ante. Players will begin with a starting stack of 30,000 chips and aim to build it over ten levels played today. A 20-minute break is scheduled after every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break at the end of level 6.
Players have a total of two entries which they can use across either of the opening flights or buy in until the start of Day 2 on September 3.
Stay tuned as PokerNews brings you all the action from the final starting flight at the EPT’s 20th-anniversary celebration in Barcelona.
