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2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

€5,300 EPT Main Event
Jours 1b
Event Info

2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Résultats
Gagnant
Main Gagnante
66
Prix
€1,290,166
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€9,641,800
Entrants
1,988
Info Niveau
Niveau
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Info Joueurs - Jour 1b
Entrants
1,234
Joueurs Survivants
508

Record-Breaking EPT Barcelona Main Event Has Margolin Chip Leading Day 1B; PSPC 2020 in Barcelona Announced

Niveau 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Timur Margolin
Timur Margolin

Day 1b of the biggest-ever €5,300 EPT Main Event in the sixteen-year history of the PokerStars European Poker Barcelona has come to an end after ten one-hour levels. The busy starting day attracted 1,234 entries (including 144 reentries) to bring the total number of entries for the 2019 edition to 1,960 with the 726 from Day 1a. Out of those, 508 have made it through to Day 2 and Timur Margolin has claimed the Day 1b chip lead by bagging 261,800 in chips.

Margolin has almost $2 million in lifetime earnings according to The Hendon Mob, he has won two PokerStars events before, the most recent one being the $2,200 NLHE event at the PCA in January for $73,960. But the double bracelet winner is no stranger to the circuit as his earnings show. The Israeli player slowly built up his stack throughout the day and will be starting Day 2 with more than 160 big blinds.

Also bagging big on Day 1b were Alen Alencar with 248,800, Kacper Pyzara with 228,600, Kully Sidhu (221,500), and Gianfranco Iaculli with 219,600. Alencar has been doing well here in Barcelona, collecting three cashes which are also his first cashes outside of Latin America with his best run in the €2,200 EPT National High Roller where he finished in 17th place for €20,500. Pyzara had a bad start to the day but managed to do much better on his second bullet. With almost a million in cashes, he will be looking to cross that mark by running deep right here in this record-breaking event.

Alen Tenorio Alencar
Alen Tenorio Alencar

Other notable players making it through to Day 2 include Pim Gieles, Arsenii Karmatckii, Samuel Gagnon, Martin Jacobson, Mustapha Kanit, Shannon Shorr, Sergio Aido, Patrik Antonius, Leo Margets, Steven van Zadelhoff, Uri Gilboa, Aymon Hata, Alex Foxen, and many many more.

PokerStars Ambassador Andre Akkari lost his last 15 big blinds on his first bullet to Thomas Eychenne when his nines couldn’t beat the ace-king of Eychenne but did better on his second bullet as he made it through with 49,900. PokerStars Twitch Streamer Steve Enriquez took 61,400 with him to Day 2. Fellow PokerStars colleagues Ramon Colillas and Muskan Sethi all tried to make it through the Day 1b field but couldn’t make things work. If they haven’t used their second bullet yet, they can still enter before the start of Day 2.

André Akkari
André Akkari

They weren’t the only ones to fall at one of the many hurdles today, players like Maria Lampropulos, Bruno Politano, Michael Soyza, Andras Nemeth, Jon Turner, Anson Tsang, Demosthenes Kiriopoulos, Adam Hendrix, Parker Talbot, Alexandre Reard, Ryan Riess, Sonny Franco, Mihai Niste, Benny Glaser, Joris Ruijs, Nick Marchington, Jake Schwartz, Chris Sly, Marc MacDonnell, Michael Tureniec, Teun Mulder, Ali Reza Fatehi, and Jasper Meijer van Putten for example all got eliminated before the end of the day.

But it wasn’t all about the Main Event today, the “Chase your Dream”-promotion also came to a conclusion with a special announcement in between. The PokerStars Players Championship was announced for 2020 to take place in Barcelona from August 20 to 24. And the winner of the promotion would walk away with the first Platinum Pass. But when Clement Eloy was crowned as the winner, Adrian Garcia, Danielle Summer, Christoph Walkenhorst, and Daryl Inglis were called upon the stage too, they were surprised with a Platinum Pass of their own.

Daryl Inglis - Clement Eloy - Adrian Garcia - Danielle Summer - Christoph Walken
Daryl Inglis - Clement Eloy - Adrian Garcia - Danielle Summer - Christoph Walken

Back to the Main Event; together with the 247 Day 1a survivors, this means that at least 755 players will return to battle it out together with the late entries as late registration is possible until the start of Day 2. Level duration will be increased to 90 minutes from Day 2 onwards with a break after every level. When the players return for Level 16, it will feature a small blind of 800, big blind of 1,600, and a big blind ante of 1,600.

As usual, the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the updates from Casino Barcelona throughout the Main Event and the many side events so keep coming back.

Tags: Adam HendrixAdrian GarciaAlex FoxenAlexandre ReardAli Reza FatehiAndras NemethAndre AkkariAnson TsangArsenii KarmatckiiAymon HataBenny GlaserBruno PolitanoChris SlyClement EloyDanielle SummerDaryl InglisDemosthenes KiriopoulosGianfranco IaculliJake SchwartzJan Eric SchwippertJasper Meijer van PuttenJon TurnerJoris RuijsKacper PyzaraKully SidhuLeo MargetsMarc MacDonnellMaria LampropulosMartin JacobsonMichael SoyzaMichael TureniecMihai NisteMuskan SethiMustapha KanitNick MarchingtonParker TalbotPatrik AntoniusPim GielesRamon ColillasRyan RiessSamuel GagnonSergio AidoShannon ShorrSonny FrancoSteve EnriquezSteven van ZadelhoffTeun MulderThomas EychenneTimur MargolinUri Gilboa

Lampropulos Eliminated by Panka

Niveau 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Maria Lampropoulos
Maria Lampropoulos

The cards were already face up with Maria Lampropulos holding {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} on the button and Dominik Panka {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} in the blinds.

The board came down {2-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{5-Spades}{7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}, bringing no help to Lampropulos who made her way to the exit in the twilight stages of the day.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
EPT 1X Winner
64,000 44,000
Maria Lampropulos ar
Maria Lampropulos
Eliminé

Tags: Dominik PankaMaria Lampropulos

Record-Breaking Field

Niveau 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Tournament Room
Tournament Room

The 2018 EPT Barcelona Main Event was the biggest ever with 1,931 players. Day 1a of the 2019 Main Event had 726 entries and the number of today already stands at 1,229. That makes up for a total of 1,955 and with that it is already the biggest European Poker Tour Main Event held in Barcelona.

Registration is still open until the start of Day 2 tomorrow and there is still a chance that the tournament could break the 2,000 entries.

Grimaldi Eliminates Reigning PSPC Champion Colillas

Niveau 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Ramon Colillas
Ramon Colillas

Reigning PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship champion Ramon Colillas was all in and at risk for his tournament life from the small blind when he pushed his last 17,900 to the middle with {k-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}. He was called by Pasquale Grimaldi from the big blind with {a-Clubs}{2-Clubs}.

The board ran out {j-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{j-Diamonds} and Colillas was eliminated from the tournament. He was already on his second bullet so this is officially the end of Colillas his run in the 2019 EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Pasquale Grimaldi it
Pasquale Grimaldi
51,000 51,000
Ramon Colillas es
Ramon Colillas
PokerStars
Eliminé

Tags: Pasquale GrimaldiRamon Colillas

Akkari Falls to Eychenne

Niveau 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Andre Akkari
Andre Akkari

Andre Akkari raised from the cutoff and put in a 5,000-value chip, Thomas Eychenne took some time and then decided to three-bet to 9,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded and Akkari shoved for 17,100 in total for Eychenne to snap-call.

Andre Akkari: {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}
Thomas Eychenne: {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {q-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{7-Clubs} for Eychenne to hit the turn for two pair to send the PokerStars Ambassador to the rail.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Thomas Eychenne fr
Thomas Eychenne
141,500 43,000
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
PokerStars
Eliminé

Tags: Andre AkkariThomas Eychenne

First Five Platinum Pass Winners Confirmed

Niveau 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Daryl Inglis - Clement Eloy - Adrian Garcia - Danielle Summer - Christoph Walkenhorst
Daryl Inglis - Clement Eloy - Adrian Garcia - Danielle Summer - Christoph Walkenhorst

As mentioned before, the winner of the "Chase your Dream" promotion would be taking home €10,000 and the first Platinum Pass for the 2020 PSPC in Barcelona. After Adrian Garcia and Clement Eloy played their heads-up, Eloy came out victorious.

But to the surprise of them all, the other three finalists, Danielle Summer, Christoph Walkenhorst, and Daryl Inglis were called upon the stage too and together with Garcia were presented with a Platinum Pass of their own.

So these are the first five players to receive their entry to the PSPC in Barcelona which will take place in Barcelona in August 2020.

Tags: Adrian GarciaChristoph WalkenhorstClement EloyDanielle SummerDaryl Inglis

Malec Hits Two-Outer To Stay Alive

Niveau 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Sebastian Malec
Sebastian Malec

Qingwen Guan opened to 1,800 and it was called by Roope Tarmi in the cutoff as well as the player in the small blind. Sebastian Malec, in the big blind, shoved for his last 19,000 and Guan let it go. Tarmi reshoved all in and the players tabled their cards after the small blind folded.

Sebastian Malec: {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}
Roope Tarmi: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}

Malec was in desperate shape for a double-up but gained the lead on a {4-Hearts}{7-Spades}{10-Hearts} flop, giving him a needed set of sevens. Tarmi didn't hit on the {9-Diamonds} turn and {q-Spades} river and Malec took down the pot.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Qingwen Guan cn
Qingwen Guan
72,000 72,000
Sebastian Malec pl
Sebastian Malec
EPT 1X Winner
41,000 12,200
Roope Tarmi fi
Roope Tarmi
11,000 -19,000

Tags: Roope TarmiSebastian Malec

PSPC Returns and Will Take Place in Barcelona in 2020

Niveau 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

The tournament was briefly paused for a big PokerStars announcement and here it is:

James Hartigan was joined by PokerStars Ambassador Ramon Colillas, Adrian Garcia, and Clement Eloy on the stage for the announcement that the biggest $25,000 tournament ever, the PokerStars Players Championship, will return after changing Colillas' life a mere 7 months ago. But instead of taking place in the Bahamas, it will return in August 2020 to another sunny location, right here in Barcelona!

As with the previous edition, Platinum Passes can be earned over the next twelve months with the first to be given out today.

Garcia and Eloy came out to Barcelona for the "Chase your Dream" promotion to play 25 hands against celebrities and PokerStars ambassadors together with three other players but came out on top to now play each other heads-up for €10,000. But to their surprise, they are now also playing for the first Platinum Pass that can be earned for next years huge event. Follow along on Twitch to see who will take it down!

More details in regards to the PSPC in 2020 are to follow in a separate article on our front page.

The MuchBetter Qualifiers Are Battling

Niveau 6 : 200/500, 500 ante
Felix Van Beuningen
Felix Van Beuningen

Four players in the €5,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event found their way to the event by spending less than €1. Felix Van Beuningen, Tobias Suessmeir, Thomas Dooley, and Colin McKay all qualified for this Main Event by winning their seats in the MuchBetter Summer Series promotion.

Players had to deposit $10 on PokerStars by using MuchBetter and if they used a deposit code they would receive four tickets for home games held by their favorite streamers. Every streamer/community had four $0,55 home games running on PokerStars. The streamers that participated in the promotion were Lex ''RaSZi'' Veldhuis, Benjamin ''Spraggy'' Spragg, Finatan ''EasyWithAces'' Hand, Felix ''xflixx'' Schneiders, and Eva ''EVAisOP'' Reberc from OP-Poker.

The finalists from the home games would play one final tournament where they could win one of eight prizes. The top prize was a full package for EPT Barcelona, including a €5,300 Main Event seat. Places 2nd-4th would also win a seat to the Main Event in the Catalan capital. Others would win a package for Lex Live 2 in London and the eighth-place finisher would take home Sunday Million ticket and some cash.

Van Beuningen was the lucky one to dominate the final table on PokerStars, holding the chip lead for the entire final table. He took home the first-place prize and won the package while the others won a seat. Van Beuningen said before the tournament started that he was slightly nervous as he never played a tournament with a buy-in this big. He and Suessmeir sat down at the start of level three and Van Beuningen immediately won a nice pot against Denise Pratt.

Van Beuningen, Suessmeir, Dooley, and McKay all have yet to record their first live-tournament cash on The Hendonmob. PokerNews will keep track of their progress throughout the tournament.

Tobias Suessmeir
Tobias Suessmeir
Joueur Jetons Progression
Thomas Dooley ca
Thomas Dooley
73,000 73,000
Tobias Suessmeir de
Tobias Suessmeir
44,000
Felix Van Beuningen de
Felix Van Beuningen
32,000
Colin McKay ca
Colin McKay
16,200 16,200

Tags: Colin McKayDenise PrattFelix Van BeuningenThomas DooleyTobias Suessmeir