Bumper Crowd Expected as EPT Barcelona Gears Up for €550 Estrellas Cup
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.