Cherish Andrews in Top Ten as Berthold Winz Eyes Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) High Roller Title
Only 26 players are set to return for the third and final day of the €2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) High Roller at the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona, all of whom will have their eyes on the €600,000 first place prize.
Berthold Winz leads the way after storming to the top of the standings yesterday with a 93 big blind stack, and he holds a substantial lead over his two closest challengers, American Rania Nasreddine and Bulgarian Anton Kraous.
Winz is looking for his second EPT title, after triumphing in Event 59, €1,000 Hyper Turbo Freezeout in 2023. Nasreddine's career-best score is the €442,900 she received for her third place finish in the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event this year, and she'll be hoping to top that today. Kraous is also no stranger to EPT events, and he will be aiming to better his second place in the €3,000 Mystery Bounty in Monte Carlo last year.
American Cherish Andrews also found a top ten stack, and will be a dangerous presence in the final day. She boasts over $2,000,000 in career earnings and will be aiming to make her first live tournament cash in Europe a big one.
Final Day Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berthold Winz | Germany | 7,455,000 | 93 |
| 2 | Rania Nasreddine | United States | 4,900,000 | 61 |
| 3 | Anton Kraous | Bulgaria | 4,600,000 | 58 |
| 4 | Alex Sampirisi | Italy | 3,710,000 | 46 |
| 5 | Cedric Schwaederle | France | 3,700,000 | 46 |
| 6 | Grzegorz Kozieja | Poland | 3,105,000 | 39 |
| 7 | Maciej Komorowski | Poland | 2,960,000 | 37 |
| 8 | Weiran Pu | China | 2,815,000 | 35 |
| 9 | Cherish Andrews | United States | 2,700,000 | 34 |
| 10 | Bernat Carreras | Spain | 2,585,000 | 32 |
Day 3 is scheduled for today, September 2, at noon local time, with all the remaining players having locked up €15,000. The 60-minute blind levels will start at Level 28, 40,000/80,000 with a big blind ante of 80,000, and we will play down until a champion is crowned.
PokerNews will be on the floor live covering all the action, so stay with us to see who takes the ESPT High Roller title.