€5,300 Main Event
Jour 1a a débuté
€5,300 Main Event
Jour 1a a débuté
The 2016 European Poker Tour Barcelona festival continues today with the €5,300 Main Event at 12 p.m. local time.
The sunny festival in Spain is always a very popular stop with the players, and 2016 is no different. Attendance records have been shattered over the weekend, with last year's record-breaking field of 1,694 players looking to be topped as well. Poker legend John Juanda is the defending champion, who topped last year's field to bank the massive first-place prize of €1,022,593. Juanda is already off to a good start to the weekend, finishing 11th in the Super High Roller (€105,300).
Plenty of big names are expected to be in the field today, including Leo Fernandez, Steve O'Dwyer, Stephen Chidwick, Pratyush Buddiga, Mateusz Moolhuizen, Faraz Jaka, Dario Sammartino, Simon Deadman, and Barny Boatman.
Day 1A will see eight 75-minute levels on the schedule, with players beginning with 30,000 in tournament chips and the blinds kicking off at 50/100. There will be a 75-minute dinner break at the end of Level 6, and play should wrap up around 11:55 p.m. tonight.
The cards will be in the air shortly, so be sure to keep it locked right here to PokerNews.com all day long.
PokerStars EPT Barcelona Main Event Champions
# | Month | Year | Players | Buy-in | Winner | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | September | 2004 | 229 | €1,000 | Alexander Stevic | Sweden | €80,000 |
2 | September | 2005 | 327 | €4,000 | Jan Boubli | France | €416,000 |
3 | September | 2006 | 480 | €5,000 | Bjørn-Erik Glenne | Norway | €691,000 |
4 | August | 2007 | 543 | €8,000 | Sander Lyloff | Denmark | €1,170,700 |
5 | September | 2008 | 619 | €8,000 | Sebastian Ruthenberg | Germany | €1,361,000 |
6 | September | 2009 | 478 | €8,000 | Carter Phillips | United States | €850,000 |
7 | November | 2010 | 757 | €5,000 | Kent Lundmark | Sweden | €825,000 |
8 | August | 2011 | 811 | €5,000 | Martin Schleich | Germany | €850,000 |
9 | August | 2012 | 1,082 | €5,000 | Mikalai Pobal | Belarus | €1,007,550 |
10 | September | 2013 | 1,234 | €5,000 | Tom Middleton | United Kingdom | €942,000 |
11 | August | 2014 | 1,496 | €5,000 | Andre Lettau | Germany | €794,058 |
12 | August | 2015 | 1,694 | €5,000 | John Juanda | Indonesia | €1,022,593 |
Niveau: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Senh Ung |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Barny Boatman |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Ronald Keijzer |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Juha Helppi |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Stephen Chidwick |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Adrian Mateos |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Steve O'Dwyer |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Robert Soogea |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Andreas Hoivold |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Paul Newey |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Vitaly Lunkin |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Bart Fergiatakis |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Charlie Carrel |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Shander de Vries |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Simon Deadman |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Shola Akindele
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Joseph Cheong |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Paul Berende |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Bart Kuiper |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Daniel Strelitz |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
EPT 11 Grand Final Champion Adrian Mateos has made a strong start to his campaign to become the first man to win a second EPT title. He was already up above his starting stack before this hand as he raised from the small blind against compatriot Vicente Delgado.
The two were happily chatting away, but that ceased when Mateos slid out 300 from the small blind and Delgado called.
The flop was and Mateos checked to Delgado who bet 450. Mateos called.
Both players checked the on the turn and the river was the . Mateos checked again and Delgado bet 1,100. Mateos thought for a moment before check-raising to 4,100, eliciting a quick fold from Delgado.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Adrian Mateos |
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Kestutis Gecevicius |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Ben Heath |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Andrey Konopelko
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Max Silver |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Chance Kornuth |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Kimmo Kurko |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Pratyush Buddiga |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Jason Lavallee |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Joao Vieira |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Sam Chartier |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Mateusz Moolhuizen |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Michael Telker |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Per Linde |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Brian Yoon |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Daniel Reijmer |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Steve Watts |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Alexandru Papazian |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Oliver Price |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Georgios Zisimopoulos |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Vladimir Troyanovskiy |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Leo Yan Ho Cheng |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Three players saw a flop of . It checked to Christian Christner who bet 500. Vitaly Lunkin called, and the third player in the hand folded. the turn was the and both players checked.
On the river, Vitaly Lunkin lead for 750, and Christian Christner thought for a while before raising to 2700. Lunkin thought long and hard about his decision before turning over the as he mucks his cards.
Both players are slightly down on starting stack, but with still a lot of time to go.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Vitaly Lunkin |
29,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Christian Christner |
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Leo Fernandez |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Jack Salter |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Thor Hansen |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Sergey Lebedev |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Vincent van der Fluit |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Rene van Krevelen |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Britain's Steve Watts is in the field today, looking to improve on his 61st place (€18,320) last year. Watts opened on the button to 250, faced a three-bet from the small blind to 650, and called. Watts also called a 500 bet on the flop.
On the turn, Watts' opponent checked, Watts bet 675, only to be met by a check-raise to 2,200. Watts folded and dodged a bullet, as he got shown for quads.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Steve Watts |
28,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
Niveau: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0