€1,100 EPT National
Jour 1a a débuté
€1,100 EPT National
Jour 1a a débuté
One of the biggest and most-prestigious poker festivals of the year is taking place at Casino Barcelona, as the cornerstone of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) has been a returning stop in all previous 14 years since it's inaugural edition back in 2004. The attendance numbers for the PokerStars EPT Barcelona have been growing year-after-year and new records were set not only in the €5,300 Main Event but also in the €1,100 National.
One year ago, Jean-René Fontaine defeated Julien Martini in heads-up to come out on top of a field of 4,348 runners and claim the top prize of €547,000. Fontaine, who hails from the French overseas territory of Réunion, also made headlines at the 2019 World Series of Poker when he came second in the $1,000 Seniors Event for a payday of $409,249.
For Martini, it was one of several outstanding results in 12 months of poker that has seen his rise into the top ten of the French all-time money list. Martini won his first bracelet at the 2018 WSOP, racked up another WSOP final table appearance in Las Vegas before his trip to Catalunya was crowned with a payday of €323,000. And in January 2019, Martini then finished runner-up to Ramon Colillas in the $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em PokerStars Players Championship on the Bahamas for a life-changing $2,974,000.
The action at one of Europe's hotbeds of poker has already kicked off a few days ago. For the first time ever, the Campeonato España de Poker was held right before the EPT and has seen record numbers for the €500 Main Event and the €1,100 High Roller. The former tournament has already played down to a winner two days ago while the High Roller determined a champion in the previous night with the full results to follow.
Out of 1,733 entries in the €500 CEP Main Event, two Frenchman and a Lithuanian claimed the podium spots as Fabien Lecardonnel took home €110,000 for his victory, fellow countryman David Dubuisson earned a payday of €85,000 and Liutauras Armanavicius received €50,000 for his third place.
Casino Barcelona staff expects another record-breaking field in the €1,100 EPT National, which features a total of four starting days on August 21st and 22nd. Day 1a will commence at noon local time and Day 1b follows the same day at 7 p.m. local time. Players can re-enter into the following flight should they run out of chips. As such, a maximum of four entries are allowed and the registration for each Day 1 closes after level eight.
Each participant receives 30,000 in chips and the levels on Day 1a and Day 1c last 40 minutes each, for Day 1b the level duration is 30 minutes and the final flight includes levels of 20 minutes. Each of the four flights plays down to 15% of the field and the poker enthusiasts from near and far have to bag and tag for Day 2 in order to be in the money.
Once all survivors combine to a single field for the first time, the level duration on Day 2 and for the remainder of the event increases to 60 minutes each. The event is scheduled to play down to a champion on Sunday, August 25th, 2019.
Who will follow into the footsteps of Fontaine and Martini in one of Europe's biggest mid-stakes tournaments of the year? Stay tuned for all the action from Barcelona, as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor from start-to-finish to provide all the action.
Niveau: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
The tournament director has announced the ceremonial "Shuffle Up and Deal" and cards are in the air.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Maya Geller | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Maria Konnikova
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Julien Martini | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Kitty Kuo | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Walter Treccarichi | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Felix Schneiders
|
30,000 |
Pedro Cairat has won this very event two years ago for €432,178 after he came out on top of a field of 4,557 entries and he is aiming for a repeat victory. The start into day was not as pleasant for the Argentinian as he lost a bigger pot to Walter Treccarichi. More than 14,000 were in the middle and both ended up checking down the turn and the river.
Treccarichi tabled the and won the pot.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Walter Treccarichi | 37,000 | 7,000 |
Pedro Cairat | 24,000 | 24,000 |
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Russell Thomas | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Uri Gilboa
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Usman Siddique | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Andrea Dato | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Peter Kamaras | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Ali Reza Fatehi | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Viliyan Petleshkov | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Vitaliy Li | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Stefano Schiano | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Stefan Fabian | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Salvatore Camarda | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Cathal Shine | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Ken Okada | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Antoine Labat | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Michal Lubas fired two barrels on a board in a heads-up pot against Antal Roth and the latter check-folded the turn when facing a bet of 1,000.
Aurelie Reard has also scooped an early pot as well. Her table started three-handed and she limp-called the button when her sole opponent in the small blind raised to 400. The flop brought and the small blind check-folded to a bet worth 700.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Michal Lubas | 31,000 | 31,000 |
Aurelie Reard | 31,000 | 31,000 |
Antal Roth | 29,000 | 29,000 |
Maxim Colom limped on the cutoff and Vincent Thys limped as well from the button. Giovanni Salvatore checked from the big blind.
A flop reading was dealt and action checked to Thys who bet 600. Salvatore called but Colom folded.
The turn brought the and Salvatore checked. Thys fired 800 and Salavatore check-called.
The completed the board and Salvatore checked once more. Thys threw in a bet of 2,500 and Salvatore snap-called. Thys turned over for a flush and Salvatore sent his hand to the muck.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Vincent Thys | 35,000 | |
Giovanni Salvatore | 27,000 | 27,000 |
Niveau: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100