2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
€1,037,109
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€9,365,350
Entries
1,931
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
2,500,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000

737 Left on Day 2 of PokerStars EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event

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A record-breaking 1,903 entries have been whittled down to a final 737 ahead of Day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona €5,300 Main Event.

The record was set in Barcelona two years ago, but this time around the 1,305 from Day 1b, as well as 598 from Day 1a, broke the record by over 100 players.

Today the two starting flights combine for fiev levels of 90-minutes, starting at 12pm. Here are the big stacks from both flights:

FlightPlayerCountryChip Count
1aBen WilinofskyCanada330,000
 Haoxiang WangChina239,300
 Miguel UseBelgium228,900
1bAnthony ChimkovitchBelgium390,000
 Patrick ClarkeIreland321,500
 Fabien MotteFrance233,000

Other big stacks include Kalidou Sow, Dominik Panka, Niall Farrell, Timothy Adams, Ognyan Dimov, Marti Roca de Torres, Fernando Pons, Sonny Franco and Shaun Deeb.

Day 2 also includes PokerStars Team Online member Jaime Staples and Randy Lew as well as Team Pros Andre Akkari, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Maria Konnikova, Leo Fernandez, Jeff Gross and Daniel Negreanu.

Stay tuned to PokerNews as the field begins to shrink as we get closer and closer to crowning the latest EPT champion.

Tags: Andre AkkariDaniel NegreanuDominik PankaFatima Moreira De MeloFernando PonsJaime StaplesJeff GrossKalidou SowLeo FernandezMarti Roca de TorresNiall FarrellOgnyan DimovRandy LewSonny FrancoTimothy Adams