€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day 5 Started
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 5
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€9,578,750
Entries
1,975
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
40
Players Left
16
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On Friday, the final 40 players in the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona return to the Casino Barcelona ballroom to begin playing for the meat of the €9,578,750 prize pool with someone taking home €1,512,000 on Sunday, along with the most prestigious trophy in European poker.
After a shortened Day 4, play will resume with 48:27 minutes left in Level 23 with blinds of 10,000/25,000, and Stephen Song leading the pack with 4,130,000 chips, good for 165 big blinds.
Not far behind him is fellow American David Coleman with 3,900,000, and lurking at the base of the top ten is EPT Monte Carlo third-place finisher Rania Nasreddine, who finished with 2,005,000 after battling back from being on the wrong end of a massive queens versus aces cooler early in the day.
Top 10 Start of Day 5 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Song | United States | 4,130,000 | 165 |
| 2 | David Coleman | United States | 3,900,000 | 156 |
| 3 | Harry Lodge | United Kingdom | 3,450,000 | 138 |
| 4 | Jianwei Lin | China | 2,835,000 | 113 |
| 5 | Sriharsha Doddapaneni | India | 2,730,000 | 109 |
| 6 | Pablo Beltran | Spain | 2,640,000 | 106 |
| 7 | Yurii Zabrodotsky | Ukraine | 2,635,000 | 105 |
| 8 | Timothy Chung | Hong Kong | 2,525,000 | 101 |
| 9 | Jack Kiriakus | Sweden | 2,005,000 | 80 |
| 10 | Rania Nasreddine | United States | 2,005,000 | 80 |
Not to mention, defending EPT Barcelona champion Simon Wiciak is still in the hunt, returning with 1,300,000 chips and positioned in the top half of the leaderboard.
As noted earlier, the payouts will significantly increase on Friday, with all returning players guaranteed at least €23,350. There's also an immediate pay jump to €26,900 at 39th place.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €1,512,000 | 10-11 | €107,450 | 40 | €23,350 |
| 2 | €944,000 | 12-13 | €89,550 | ||
| 3 | €674,150 | 14-15 | €74,600 | ||
| 4 | €518,600 | 16-17 | €62,150 | ||
| 5 | €398,950 | 18-20 | €51,800 | ||
| 6 | €306,900 | 21-23 | €43,200 | ||
| 7 | €236,100 | 24-27 | €36,000 | ||
| 8 | €181,600 | 28-31 | €30,950 | ||
| 9 | €139,750 | 32-39 | €26,900 |
Play resumes at noon local time with streamed coverage on the PokerStars YouTube and Twitch channels available on a delay of 30 minutes. While a firm plan for the day has yet to be announced, the 2023 edition of the EPT Barcelona Main Event, which was the first to play seven days before crowning a champion, saw its Day 5 play down to 16 players.
Be sure to keep your browsers here on PokerNews for continuing coverage as our team of live reporters will bring you all the action from the tournament floor as the 20th anniversary season of the European Poker Tour continues from Casino Barcelona.
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
The final 40 players have taken their seats with Level 23 resuming with 48:27 remaining.
The plan is to play until the final 16 players who will move on to Day 6 on Saturday.
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Harry Lodge opened A♥K♦ from under the gun to 50,000 and Alexandre Fournier three-bet with A♣J♥ to 150,000 in the cutoff. When the action got back to Lodge, he four-bet to 475,000. Fournier laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,660,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
935,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Jose Barbosa opened from early position tp 50,000 and Harry Lodge called from the big blind.
Both checked the 4♦2♦J♦ flop to see the A♦ fall on the turn. Lodge checked, Barbosa bet 35,000, and Lodge called.
On the 7♥ river, Lodge checked, Barbosa bet 125,000, and Lodge called.
Barbosa showed A♠9♠ for a pair of aces, but Lodge showed 9♥8♦ for a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,880,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
710,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Gabriel Cunha raised from middle position, receiving calls from Vladimir Erceg and Aliaksandr Shylko on the button and in the big blind respectively.
The 6♠8♣8♦ flop saw the action check to Erceg, who bet out 80,000. Only Cunha called.
The 9♠ turn saw a repeat of the action, this time Erceg sized up to 250,000.
The 6♣ river prompted one last check from Cunha. Erceg moved all in for Cunha's effective stack of 380,000 and Cunha elected to make the call.
Gabriel Cunha: A♥J♠ 
Vladimir Erceg: A♠8♠
Cunha's ace-high hero call ran into the full house of Erceg, sending Cunha to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,380,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Sriharsha Doddapaneni opened to 50,000 from the hijack and David Coleman three-bet to 225,000 out of the small blind. Marc Foggin was in the big blind and made it 550,000, which left him with just 25,000 behind. Doddapaneni folded, and Coleman shoved. Foggin still had chips behind but Coleman revealed his hand not realizing that fact, then eventually Foggin made the call.
Marc Foggin: J♣J♥
David Coleman: A♥K♠
It was a classic poker coinflip to kick off Day 5 of the Main Event and after the flop it was Coleman's to lose as he paired his king when the dealer fanned K♣10♣6♦. Foggin found a great card on the A♣ turn as he picked up both flush and straight draws, but the 9♥ river didn't deliver what he needed to survive, which meant he was the first player of the day to be eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,600,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
2,650,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Gal Bar opened to 50,000 from under the gun and Tomasz Krzesinski three-bet to 175,000 from the next seat. Jack Kiriakus then cold-called in the big blind and Bar got out of the way.
The flop landed 7♦8♠6♣ and Kiriakus led out for 275,000. Krzesinski folded and Kiriakus revealed he had pocket queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,200,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
1,200,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
1,000,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
