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Welcome to the final day of the €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event at the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour. Cards go in the air at 12:30 p.m. at Casino Barcelona for the final 19 players in this four-day event.
Mexico's Santiago Nadal begins the day with an impressive chip lead, holding 36,000,000. Canadian PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot follows with a healthy 17,700,000, and hot on his heels is Claudio Di Giacomo of Italy, with 17,125,000, rounding out the top three.
Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Name
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Santiago Nadal
Mexico
36,000,000
90
2
Parker Talbot
Canada
17,700,000
44
3
Claudio Di Giacomo
Italy
17,125,000
43
4
Kevin Madar
France
15,725,000
39
5
Jean-Pierre Benvenga
Switzerland
15,175,000
38
6
Alexandre Reard
France
12,300,000
31
7
Martin Zamani
United States
12,000,000
30
8
Ren Lin
China
11,000,000
28
9
Stanislovas Vinicenka
Lithuania
10,575,000
26
10
Wissam Ouertani
Italy
9,950,000
25
Tony Ren Lin
Also returning for the final day is Ren Lin, who started Day 3 in fifth place. Despite fluctuating throughout the day, Lin finished strong in the top 10, securing the eighth-largest chip stack.
Players will return in Level 35 with blinds at 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 big blind ante. Levels will continue to last 60 minutes and the plan is to play until a champion has been crowned. Action will be streamed today on the PokerStars YouTube channel.
The remaining 19 players have secured a payout of €26,540, but all eyes are on the top prize of €625,000.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
€ 625,000
8
€ 79,400
2
€ 430,000
9
€ 61,680
3
€ 302,000
10-11
€ 50,590
4
€ 227,000
12-13
€ 42,130
5
€ 173,000
14-15
€ 35,120
6
€ 136,400
16-17
€ 30,530
7
€ 104,500
18-19
€ 26,540
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team all day long for live updates from the floor of the €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event at EPT Barcelona.
