2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

�5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
€1,290,386
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€9,578,750
Entries
1,975
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
1,194
Players Left
405

Get Ready For Day 1b of the �5,300 Main Event

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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

PlacePlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Joost HollakNetherlands364,500243
2Ram SanatiAustralia303,000202
3Yevhenii KuzminRussia300,500200
4Andrea SalamoneItaly275,000183
5Sean JazayeriUnited States237,500158
6Pablo UbiernaSpain222,000148
7Preben StokkanNorway207,500138
8Ian HunterUnited Kingdom203,000135
9Toni KaukuaFinland203,000135
10Claudio GordonBrazil199,500133

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.

Tags: Andrea SalamoneClaudio GordonIan HunterJoost HollakPablo UbiernaPreben StokkanRam SanatiSean JazayeriToni KaukuaYevhenii Kuzmin