€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day 4 Started
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€9,578,750
Entries
1,975
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
113
Players Left
40
Players Left 1 / 1975
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Out of the 1,975 entries that were made in the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona €5,300 Main Event, only 113 will return to Casino Barcelona today at noon local time. Among those returning for Day 4 of the Main Event are Simon Wiciak and Derk van Luijk, who are aiming to achieve a unique feat.
PokerStars Ambassador Wiciak was crowned the champion at EPT Barcelona last year and is having a deep run yet again. He bagged 840,000 chips on Day 3, seeing him return with an above-average stack of 84 big blinds today. Were he to defend his title, he would be the first-ever player to do so in an EPT Main Event.
Meanwhile, Van Luijk is the most recent EPT champion, having won the Main Event at EPT Monte Carlo last May. With his stack of 200,000, he is in a significantly worse position than Wiciak but will be looking to spin up his stack in an attempt to be the first person to win two EPT Main Events in a row.
For either player to capture their second title, they will have to navigate through a field full of accomplished poker players. Timothy Chung has racked up lifetime earnings of seven figures throughout his career and already had a deep run in the Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event earlier at EPT Barcelona, ultimately finishing in 20th. He will return with a stack of 1,571,000, leading the field.
Also among the top stacks are 2022 GPI Player of the Year Stephen Song (1,382,000) and Van Luijk's fellow EPT Monte Carlo final tablist Rania Nasreddine (1,330,000).
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timothy Chung | Hong Kong | 1,571,000 | 157 |
| 2 | Firoz Mangroe | Netherlands | 1,476,000 | 148 |
| 3 | Pablo Beltran | Spain | 1,470,000 | 147 |
| 4 | Stephen Song | USA | 1,382,000 | 138 |
| 5 | Rania Nasreddine | USA | 1,330,000 | 133 |
| 6 | Jack Kiriakus | Sweden | 1,293,000 | 129 |
| 7 | Darius Neagoe | Romania | 1,266,000 | 127 |
| 8 | Bo Jin | China | 1,249,000 | 125 |
| 9 | Sriharsha Doddapaneni | India | 1,192,000 | 119 |
| 10 | Jianwei Lin | China | 1,155,000 | 116 |
Also returning for Day 4 are the likes of EPT Champion Mark Teltscher (542,000), American regulars David Coleman (615,000), Asher Conniff (515,000) Nick Palma (298,000), and Michael Wang (217,000), as well as Wiciak's fellow PokerStars Team Pro Ramon Colillas (127,000).
The majority of the €9,578,750 prize pool has not been divided yet, although all returning players have locked up a share of at least €15,350. However, the top prize of €1,512,000 will be in the minds of all of them as they navigate through the fourth day of the seven-day event.
When Day 4 kicks off at noon local time, the blinds will be at 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante. All levels will be 90 minutes long and a break will be had after every level. Six levels are scheduled for the day with no dinner break, subject to change.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as the live reporting team will provides updates directly from the tournament floor from the start of Day 4 until the very last hand.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The remaining 113 players are in their seats and Day 4 is now underway.
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Bekim Murtezi raised to 20,000 under the gun before the short-stacked Adam Martinsson went all in for 48,000 in the seat next to him.
The action folded back to Murtezi, who made a quick call.
Adam Martinsson: J♦10♦ 
Bekim Murtezi: A♠Q♥
Martinsson stood up as the A♣6♠7♠ flop gave Murtezi top pair, and he walked away as soon as the 7♣ turn left him drawing dead.
The 4♠ river was rendered meaningless, and Martinsson headed out as one of the first eliminations of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
676,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Heads-up on a flop of 6♣8♣6♥, Venelin Pashev bet 15,000 from the cutoff and Enrico Camosci called in the big blind.
Both players checked the 7♥ turn and the J♥ fell on the river. Camosci then led out for 60,000 and Pashev called.
Camosci turned over 10♥9♣ for a straight and Pashev tossed 9♦8♦ into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
610,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
320,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
There were around 50,000 chips in the pot on a flop of 4♣8♣Q♦ when Ahmed Karrim bet 18,000, and Martin Paap shoved his last 75,000. Karrim wasted no time in making the call.
Martin Paap: 9♥8♦
Ahmed Karrim: 10♥8♥
Both players had flopped middle pair but it was the kicker of Karrim that had Paap on the ropes. A 2♠ on the turn was no help to Paap, and neither was the 5♥ river, which meant he was eliminated early on Day 4.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
825,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Francis Beauregard moved all in for approximately 200,000 from late position and was called by Vladimir Erceg to his immediate left.
Francis Beauregard: K♦Q♠
Vladimir Erceg: A♠K♥
The board came A♦Q♦7♠2♦8♣, pairing both on the flop, but bringing no further help to Beauregard whose day ended early.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
|
Busted |
