2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

�1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k8
Prize
€676,230
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€7,102,080
Entries
7,398
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
1,109
Players Left
153

Tessier Leads Remaining 1,109 players into Day 2

Benjamin Tessier
Benjamin Tessier

The PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) at Casino Barcelona continues today with Day 2 of the �1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event. After eight starting flights generated a record-breaking field of 7,398 entrants (up from last year's record-breaking field of 6,313) for a total prize pool of �7,102,080, only 1,109 players remain, all of whom have already made the money.

Benjamin Tessier of France leads the field at 1,016,000, the only player to bag over one million chips. Hot on his heels are Day 1e chip leader Avihai Smadga (983,000), Emmanuel Lopez (829,000) and James Akenhead (804,000).

Top Ten Day 2 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Benjamin TessierFrance1,016,000
2Avihai SmadgaIsrael983,000
3Emmanuel LopezArgentina829,000
4James AkenheadUnited Kingdom804,000
5Pavlos XanthopoulosGreece799,000
6Oleksii NatoptanyiUkraine781,000
7Theodoros AmpelikiotisGreece772,000
8Marcos DiegoSpain767,000
9Nabil BenchaouchFrance729,000
10Vasyl LabaUkraine671,000

Other notable players to make Day 2 include Parker Talbot (539,000), Irene Albarran (146,000) Fintan Hand (126,000), Adam Hendrix (121,000), Ramon Colillas (59,000) and Benjamin Spragg (59,000).

Day 2 will play 60-minute levels starting with the remaining seven minutes of Level 16 with the blinds at 2,000/5,000 and a 5,000 big blind ante. The PokerNews team will be on-site to provide you with live updates throughout Day 2 in what is sure to be an action-packed day in Barcelona.

Tags: Adam HendrixAvihai SmadgaBenjamin SpraggBenjamin TessierEmmanuel LopezFintan HandIrene AlbarranJames AkenheadMarcos DiegoNabil BenchaouchOleksii NatoptanyiParker TalbotPavlos XanthopoulosRamon ColillasTheodoros AmpelikiotisVasyl Laba