Warm Up for EPT Barcelona With the Campeonato Espana de Poker

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Campeonato Espana de Poker

The luxurious Casino Barcelona will be packed to the rafters from August 26 until September 8 thanks to the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona festival taking place. But did you know that the casino will also be full of poker players in the couple of weeks prior to EPT Barcelona? Why is this the case? Because theCampeonato Espana de Poker is in town.

Barcelona is a hotbed for Spanish poker and the Campeonato Espana de Poker (CEP) is one of the country's most popular series. Players from far and wide flock to Casino Barcelona whenever CEP rolls in, with 308 players buying into last year's €1,100 High Roller event. Sergio Contreras emerged victoriously from that event, and scooped €42,150 after a four-handed deal.

The €500 CEP Barcelona Main Event attracts a bumper crowd, with 1,960 entrants competing in 2023. Last year's CEP Main Event saw Romania's Sergiu Covrig come out on top and get his hands on €128,000. The Romanian's payout would have been larger had it not been for a six-way deal that locked in at least €32,700.

2023 CEP Main Event Final Table Results

RankPlayerCountryPrize
1Sergiu CovrigRomania€128,000
2Dani RuedaSpain€44,000
3Aladin MrkaljevicBosnia & Herzegovina€61,300
4Malik NouriFrance€80,000
5Aleix VidalSpain€49,000
6Anonymous €32,700
7Aleix OrtegaSpain€11,000
8Jordi BaixasSpain€8,800
9Aitor CanoSpain€7,300

*reflects a six-handed deal

Campeonato Espana de Poker Schedule

CEP Barcelona

The CEP Barcelona schedule is in the public domain, and every tournament should be well-attended. Everything starts on August 14 with the first of five flights in the €330 Opening Event. Look at the expandable table below. Most of the major tournaments do not shuffle up and deal until 3:00 p.m. or later, meaning you can enjoy sunny Barcelona before hitting the tables or have a well-deserved lie-in if you overdo it the night before!

The €225 DeepStack follows the Opening event, which is followed by the €250 Mini CEP Main Event, the €500 Main Event, a €1,100 High Roller, and an €880 Super Mystery Bounty; the latter rounds off the CEP Barcelona stop.

DateTimeEventBuy-in
Wed 14 Aug3:00 p.m.NLHE Opening Day 1A€330
 8:00 p.m.NLHE Satellite for Opening Event€60
Thu 15 Aug3:00 p.m.NLHE Opening Day 1B€330
 6:00 p.m.NLHE Satellite to Main Event€115
 8:00 p.m.NLHE Satellite to Opening Event€60
Fri 16 Aug3:00 p.m.NLHE Opening Day 1C€330
 7:00 p.m. NLHE 6-Max€240 
 9:00 p.m.NLHE Satellite to Opening€60
Sat 17 Aug3:00 p.m.NLHE Opening Day 1D€330
 6:00 p.m.NLHE Mystery Bounty€220
 8:00 p.mNLHE Satellite to Main Event€115
Sun 18 Aug4:00 p.m.NLHE Opening Day 2 
 7:00 p.m.NLHE DeepStack Day 1€225
 8:00 p.m.NLHE Satellite to Main Event€115
Mon 19 Aug4:00 p.m.NLHE Mini NLHE Day 1€250
 5:00 p.m.NLHE DeepStack Day 2 
 8:00 p.m.NLHE Satellite to Main Event€115
Tue 20 Aug3:30 p.m.NLHE Main Event Day 1A€500
 5:00 p.m.NLHE Mini Day 2 
 8:00 p.m.NLHE Satellite to Main Event€115
Wed 21 Aug3:30 p.m.NLHE Main Event Day 1B€500
 7:00 p.m.NLHE Hyper Turbo€220
 10:00 p.m.NLHE Satellite to Main Event€115
Thu 22 Aug3:30 p.m.NLHE Main Event Day 1C€500
 7:00 p.m.PLO€190
 10:00 p.m.NLHE Satellite to Main Event€115
Fri 23 Aug3:30 p.m.NLHE Main Event Day 1D€500
 8:00 p.m.NLHE Satellite to High Roller€220
Sat 24 Aug11:00 a.m.NLHE Main Event Day 1E Turbo€500
 4:30 p.m.NLHE Main Event Day 2 
 7:00 p.m.NLHE High Roller Day 1€1,100
 8:00 p.m.NLHE Satellite to Super Mystery Bounty€165
Sun 25 Aug4:30 p.m.NLHE Main Event Day 3 
 5:00 p.m.NLHE High Roller Day 2 
 6:00 p.m.NLHE Super Mystery Bounty Day 1€880
 9:00 p.m.NLHE Turbo Closer€330
Mon 26 Aug2:00 p.m.NLHE Main Event Final Day 
 4:00 p.m.NLHE Super Mystery Bounty Day 2 

The Main Event wraps up on August 25, and the Super Mystery Bounty on August 26, just in time for the EPT Barcelona festival. Why not combine both series and enjoy three weeks of poker in beautiful Barcelona?

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