€550 Estrellas Cup
Day 1 Started
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€550 Estrellas Cup
Day: 1
Event Info
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€1,044,000
Entries
2,175
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
2,175
Players Left
326
Players Left 1 / 2,175
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The ever-popular Cup tournaments have been a staple at PokerStars Live events for many years, being known under different names, and with different buy-ins and structures throughout its history.
At the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona, like last year, the €550 Estrellas Cup will be a two-day tournament, with a singular Day 1 flight, and is the lowest buy-in tournament of the series.
In 2023 it was Spain's very own Jesus Lorca who hoisted the trophy in Casino Barcelona, besting a field of 1,093 and taking home the huge sum of €87,450. However, the Barcelona cup has known an assortment of international winners ever since it received the €550 price tag in 2018, with champions hailing from Italy, Estonia, and Poland back when the cup had multiple starting flights.
EPT Barcelona €550 Estrellas Cup History
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,093 | Jesus Lorca | Spain | €87,450 |
| 2022 | 3,310 | Anonymous player | Italy | €142,691 |
| 2019 | 3,260 | Ottomar Ladva | Estonia | €223,870 |
| 2018 | 3,287 | Dariusz Paszkiewicz | Poland | €157,500 |
* Event not held in 2021 and 2020.
This year's Estrellas Cup will kick off today at 1:30 p.m. local time, with a starting stack of 30,000 chips. Blinds will commence at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante, and all levels will be 30 minutes long. There will be ten levels of late registration available, during which unlimited reentries can be made.
A 75-minute dinner break is scheduled after Level 10, roughly 7:15 p.m. local time. Those who decide to hop in at the last possible moment will start with 20 big blinds at their disposal. Day 1 will play on until 15 percent of the field remains, at which point all players left will be in the money as they bag and tag for Day 2, which will take place on Saturday, August 31.
Stay tuned as PokerNews will be on the floor from start to finish to provide all of the updates from the low-stakes spectacle, and check out the EPT Barcelona hub for live reporting of other events.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
With the clock reading 712 entries, the dealers of the €550 Estrellas Cup have been instructed to get the cards in the air.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Hans Erlandsson had raised under the gun when Daragh Davey made it 1,500 to go in the cutoff. Erlandsson made the call as the players saw a flop of 9♥4♠10♠.
Erlandsson checked to Davey, who bet 2,000. Erlandsson then raised to 4,600, and Davey called. Erlandsson put in another 5,300 on the 6♣ turn, which Davey called as well.
The river fell the K♠ and saw Erlandsson bet 7,700. Davey gave it some thought but ultimately let his hand go to preserve his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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41,700 | |
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18,600 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Last year at in Barcelona, France's Simon Wiciak defeated João Sydenstricker heads-up to win the EPT Main Event for €1,134,375.
Wiciak bested the field of 2,120 runners for the golden trophy, his first major live poker title, and the career-best seven-figure score.
The Frenchman struck a three-handed deal with Sydenstricker and Britain's Carl Shaw that flattened the payouts, and the trio played on for the trophy and an additional €108,975 in prize money.
2023 EPT Barcelona Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Wiciak | France | €1,134,375* |
| 2 | João Sydenstricker | Brazil | €1,048,550* |
| 3 | Carl Shaw | United Kingdom | €901,070* |
| 4 | Santiago Plante | Canada | €511,300 |
| 5 | Andre Akkari | Brazil | €393,300 |
| 6 | Ezequiel Waigel | Argentina | €302,500 |
| 7 | Curtis Knight | Canada | €232,700 |
| 8 | Robin Ylitalo | Sweden | €179,000 |
*Denotes three-way deal
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Carmelo Panarello under the gun, Kamel El Bouzidi in the hijack, and Samuel Gonzalez on the button each put in 4,000 chips on a flop of 10♣Q♦7♣ before they checked the 5♠ turn.
With the pot amounting to 18,500, Panarello checked again on the Q♥ river, after which El Bouzidi made a bet of 8,000.
Both of his opponents folded, awarding the pot of nearly 100 big blinds to El Bouzidi.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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42,500 | |
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24,000 | |
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24,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Serge Chechin raised to 600 from middle position before Walter Van Camberg three-bet to 2,400 in the cutoff. Valerio Sorrentino came along from the button and Chechin put in the extra chips as well.
Camberg continued for 4,200 on the A♦4♠2♥ flop, which folded out Sorrentino. Chechin, however, check-called and did so too when Van Camberg made it 12,000 to go on the 7♥ turn.
The 6♠ river saw Chechin check for a third time, after which Van Camberg quickly moved all in for 11,000. Chechin folded his 9♥4♥ face-up, prompting Van Camberg to table A♥K♥ as he raked in the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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51,500 | |
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27,600 | |
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11,400 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
