€5,300 EPT Main Event
Dia 1a Começado
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Dia 1a Começado
The European Poker Tour returns to Casino Barcelona for the 15th year running and the success story kicked off back in 2004 when Alexander Stevic became the inaugural EPT Main Event champion. Ever since the stop at the Spanish Riviera has cemented the status as the most popular stop of the year and a record field of 1,931 entries emerged in 2018.
Players from 10 different countries lifted the EPT Main Event trophy in Barcelona with Sweden and Germany providing three champions while two players from Poland came out on top twice.
The defending champion of the record-breaking event is Piotr Nurzynski, who took two years off to travel and played a €250 satellite on PokerStars while in South America to win his Main Event package, which he turned into a payday of €1,037,109.
The biggest and busiest stop of the calendar year has already set the bar of expectations very high with record fields in the Campeonato de España de Poker and the €1,100 EPT National, which attracted a field of 4,682 entries and concluded last night with the victory of Markku Koplimaa. All other side events are also up in numbers and that promises big things for the flagship tournament of the festival in the days to come.
EPT History in Barcelona at a glance
Year | Entres | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | First Prize (in EUR) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | 229 | € 229,000 | Alexander Stevic | Sweden | € 80,000 |
2005 | 327 | € 1,300,000 | Jan Boubli | France | € 416,000 |
2006 | 480 | € 2,304,000 | Bjørn-Erik Glenne | Norway | € 691,000 |
2007 | 543 | € 4,181,100 | Sander Lyloff | Denmark | € 1,170,700 |
2008 | 619 | € 4,952,000 | Sebastian Ruthenberg | Germany | € 1,361,000 |
2009 | 479 | € 3,832,000 | Carter Phillips | USA | € 850,000 |
2010 | 758 | € 3,790,000 | Kent Lundmark | Sweden | € 825,000 |
2011 | 811 | € 4,055,000 | Martin Schleich | Germany | € 850,000 |
2012 | 1082 | € 5,247,700 | Mikalai Pobal | Belarus | € 1,007,550 |
2013 | 1234 | € 5,984,900 | Tom Middleton | UK | € 942,000 |
2014 | 1496 | € 7,255,600 | Andre Lettau | Germany | € 794,058 |
2015 | 1694 | € 8,215,900 | John Juanda | Indonesia | € 1,022,593 |
2016 | 1785 | € 8,657,250 | Sebastian Malec | Poland | € 1,122,800 |
2017* | 1682 | € 8,157,700 | Sebastian Sorensson | Sweden | € 987,043 |
2018 | 1931 | € 9,365,350 | Piotr Nurzynski | Poland | € 1,037,109 |
*held as PokerStars Championship
All players in the 2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event receive 30,000 in chips and ten levels of 60 minutes each are scheduled on each Day 1. A single re-entry and two entries in total are available for all those that bust and the participants can re-enter the same day, the following starting day or before the start of Day 2.
There will be a break every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break takes place after the completion of level 8. Furthermore, the tournament also features the new popular big blind ante format and a 30-second shot clock will be implemented at the start of Day 3.
Day 1 Level Structure
Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
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1 | 60 min | 100 | 100 | |
2 | 60 min | 100 | 100 | 100 |
BREAK 20 min | ||||
3 | 60 min | 100 | 200 | 200 |
4 | 60 min | 100 | 300 | 300 |
BREAK 20 min | ||||
5 | 60 min | 200 | 400 | 400 |
6 | 60 min | 200 | 500 | 500 |
BREAK 20 min | ||||
7 | 60 min | 300 | 600 | 600 |
8 | 60 min | 400 | 800 | 800 |
DINNER BREAK 75 min | ||||
9 | 60 min | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
10 | 60 min | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
Stay tuned for all the action from the tables for what shapes up to be one of the biggest poker tournaments of the year. The PokerNews team will be on the floor to provide all the action from start-to-finish.
Nível: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
The tournament director has welcomed the players to Casino Barcelona and announced the official shuffle up and deal. The rules and structure for today have been explained to the players that are already seated at the tables. There are currently over 215 players registered for Day 1a.
The screens in the Salon Gaudi show 215 entries for the first level of the day and below are some assorted notables in the Day 1a field.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Firoz Mangroe | 30,000 | |
Pete Linton | 30,000 | |
Keith Johnson | 30,000 | |
Thomas Muehloecker | 30,000 | |
Ben Lai | 30,000 | |
Georges Hanna | 30,000 | |
Saar Wilf | 30,000 | |
Jerry Odeen | 30,000 | |
Muskan Sethi | 30,000 | |
Simon Mattsson
|
30,000 | |
Aram Zobian | 30,000 | |
Aki Pyysing | 30,000 | |
Balazs Biri | 30,000 | |
Jiachen Gong | 30,000 | |
Jon Gurrutxaga | 30,000 | |
Yudhishter Jaswal | 30,000 | |
Vincent Gabel | 30,000 |
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Samuel Gagnon | 30,000 | |
Aladin Reskallah | 30,000 | |
Barny Boatman
|
30,000 | |
Jeremy Palvini | 30,000 | |
Natalie Teh | 30,000 | |
Ema Zajmovic | 30,000 | |
Griffin Benger | 30,000 | |
Louis Nyberg | 30,000 | |
Saar Wilf | 30,000 | |
Sergei Popov | 30,000 |
The first player to bust on Day 1a was Marco Caza, who ran out of chips some eight minutes into play and it happened during a three-way pot that also involved Jovan Jojic and Oscar Hilario Quijada. The details for the hand were provided by floor staff and Jojic, as well as Andres Korn.
In a three-bet pot for 1,100, the flop came and the action checked to Jojic, who bet 1,700. Both Quijada and Caza called to see the turn, on which Quijada bet 3,500 and was called twice. Quijada then shoved the river and Caza eventually called, Jojic folded.
Quijada turned over for the nut flush and Caza hit the rail with .
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Oscar Hilario Quijada | 65,000 | 65,000 |
Jovan Jojic | 24,000 | 24,000 |
Marco Caza | Eliminado |
A big pot was brewing on the table of Luis Velador and Mario Adinolfi as the latter had defended out of the big blind on a short-handed table. More than 18,000 were in the middle and the completed board showed . Adinolfi had checked and Velador made it 8,000 to go. After some consideration, Adinolfi folded and Velador claimed the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Luis Velador | 39,000 | 39,000 |
Mario Adinolfi | 20,500 | 20,500 |
The flop showed in a raised pot when the player situated in the small blind check-raised to 1,300 a bet worth 600 from Anton Wigg on the button. The latter called and both checked on the turn.
The was dealt on the river and after some thinking, both players checked once more. The small blind tabled for two pair while Wigg turned over for a better two pair and took down the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Anton Wigg
|
38,000 |
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Jimmy Guerrero | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Philippe d'Auteuil | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Paul Testud | 30,000 | |
Victor Ilyukhin | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Fabrice Maltez | 30,000 | 30,000 |