Olga Iermolcheva and Maria Lampropulos Amongst Players Returning for Day 2 of €550 No-Limit Hold’em Womens Event
The PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona at the Casino Barcelona continues today with Day 2 of the €550 No-Limit Hold’em Women Event, with the action resuming at noon. From a starting field of 84 entrants, only 11 players remain, all having secured minimum cash of €1,010. The total prize pool of €40,320 was secured and the final 11 all have their eye on the first place payout of €11,350.
Leading the pack is Anna Gulevich who returns today with a massive stack of 488,000 chips, followed by Joy Waldau (365,000) and Olga Iermolcheva (307,000).
Prize Pool Breakdown
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | €11,350 |
| 2 | €7,330 |
| 3 | €5,230 |
| 4 | €4,030 |
| 5 | €3,100 |
| 6 | €2,460 |
| 7 | €1,970 |
| 8 | €1,570 |
| 9 | €1,260 |
| 10-11 | €1,010 |
Notables such as Alexandra Loveless, Huifang Zhang, Jen Shahade, Marle Spragg and Shiina Okamoto all put up a good fight, although fell short of a bag into Day 2. Also among the familiar faces were Iermolcheva and Maria Lampropulos, who both secured at least a minimum-cash and a seat at the final two tables in Day 2 today.
Iermolcheva has a recorded total of $774,643 in tournament winnings. Her biggest score this year so far came from winning one of the PokerNews Daily Deepstack Tournaments during the 2024 WSOP in Las Vegas, taking home $17,151. Iermolcheva is returning with over 30 big blinds to start the day, so has a comfortable start to Day 2 after calling a bluff and doubling her stack late in Day 1.
Maria Lampropulos also made it through to Day 2 but bagged the shortest stack of the remaining players (123,000), coming back today with just over 12 big blinds. She will be looking to build her stack early in the day to remain in the tournament after losing some chips in the last hand of the day. The same hand also knocked out Amy Leonard on the bubble, with Weng Chien-Chih collecting the chips.
The play will commence today, Saturday, September 7th at noon local time. Play will resume on Level 19 with 24 minutes remaining in the Level. The blinds resume at 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante and play will continue until a winner is crowned.
PokerNews will following all the action as the event plays down to a winner, so be sure to stick with the live updates to keep up with all the action.