Mustapha Kanit Bags Top-Ten Day 1d Chip Stack as 108 Advance
With 21:53 left to go in Level 18, Day 1d play came to an end in the €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event, which is a part of the PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour.
The fourth flight of the tournament received 723 entries which, in addition to 812 from Day 1a, 358 in Day 1b, and 1,596 in Day 1c created a total of 3,489 entries. This year's version of the ESPT Main Event is threatening to surpass 2019's EPT Barcelona National's number of 4,682 entries with two flights left to play on Thursday.
In each flight, the field has been played down to the final 15% of all entries. The 108 remaining players tonight have created a new total of 523 runners who have qualified for Day 2 thus far.
Despite going deep into the night, there was plenty of high-flying action and big names in the field but only one could take home the chip lead: Tomasz Wrobel. Wrobel will sit down on Friday with a lovely advantage after bagging an impressive 686,000.
Joining Wrobel in the top-five are Ahmad Rehaime (638,000), Jose Valls Rebollar (468,000), Alessio Ianniciello (467,000), and Mohamed El Berrak (450,000).
€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event Day 1d Top Ten Chip Counts
| RANK | player | COUNTRY | CHIP count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomasz Wrobel | Poland | 686,000 |
| 2 | Ahmad Rehaime | Canada | 638,000 |
| 3 | Jose Valls Rebollar | Spain | 468,000 |
| 4 | Alessio Ianniciello | Italy | 467,000 |
| 5 | Mohamed El Berrak | Morocco | 450,000 |
| 6 | Bharath Janardhan | India | 444,000 |
| 7 | Mustapha Kanit | Italy | 442,000 |
| 8 | Andrey Novak | Ukraine | 432,000 |
| 9 | Jorge Diego Garcia | Spain | 422,000 |
| 10 | Jakub Michalak | Poland | 419,000 |
Some notables who will be moving on to Day 2 with a comfortable stack include: Robin Ylitalo (408,000), Tamon Nakamura (327,000), Paul Tedeschi (312,000), Miltiadis Kyriakides (233,000), and Robert Mizrachi (220,000).
Felipe Ramos, Alejandro Lococo, Robert Schiffbauer, Manig Loeser, Kenny Hallaert, and Benny Glaser were all there for the action but failed to qualify for Day 2.
Players who have yet to qualify have two more flights to do so on Thursday, with Day 1e scheduled for noon local time with 30-minute turbo levels and Day 1f following at 6 p.m. in the evening, which will play with a 20-minute hyper-turbo format. One reentry is allowed per flight as players look to book their place in Friday's Day 2, where all qualified players are guaranteed to be in the money. Players will then have to battle through Day 2 and Saturday's Day 3 in order to take a shot at a six-figure cash and the ESPT Main Event title on Sunday.
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