Der erste der beiden Starttage beim € 5.300 Main Event der PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona ist gespielt. 598 Entries konnten dabei verzeichnet werden, 202 schafften den Sprung in Tag 2. Chipleader ist Ben Wilinofsky, Sieger der EPT Berlin 2011.
Erstmals ist ein Re-Entry pro Spieler bei einem EPT Main Event erlaubt. Tatsächlich machten dann auch gestern ein paar Spieler davon Gebrauch. 554 Spieler nahmen an den Tischen Platz, 44 Mal wurde nachgelegt. Auch ohne die Re-Entries liegt man deutlich über den Zahlen vom Vorjahr und erneut ist man damit auf Rekordkurs.
Die deutschsprachige Beteiligung war gut, unter anderem versuchten Dietrich Fast, Thomas Mühlöcker, Sebastian Pauli, Stefan Jedlicka, Sirzat Hissou, Stefan Vogt, Jan-Eric Schwippert, Franz Ditz, Dinesh Alt, Bernhard Haider, Robert Heidorn oder auch Tom Holke ihr Glück. Unter ihren Gegnern waren Randy Lew, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Ryan Riess, Paul Newey, Gaelle Baumann oder auch Max Silver, der aber schon wieder früh Feierabend hatte, als er mit Queens gegen die Asse von Ben Wilinofsky lief.
Auch Daniel Dvoress, Gaelle Baumann, Anton Wigg, Adrian Mateos, David Peters, Antoine Saout und Randy Lew waren unter den Bustouts des Tages. Kräftig ausgesiebt wurde aber auch bei den deutschsprachigen, denn mit Robert Heidorn und Sirzat Hissou blieben gerade Mal zwei Deutsche übrig, Thomas Scholze ist der einzige Österreicher. Francois Evard und Antoine Lebel sind die verbliebenen Schweizer im Feld.
In den zehn zu spielenden Levels wurde das Feld fast gedrittelt, nur 202 Spieler konnten noch Chips eintüten. Ben Wilinofsky sicherte sich dabei sehr souverän die Führung mit 330.000 Chips. Ebenfalls unter den Big Stacks sind Benjamin Pollak, Upeshka Desilva oder auch Timothy Adams.
Heute um 12 Uhr folgt Tag 1B zu denselben Konditionen, ein Re-Entry pro Spieler ist erlaubt und damit werden es doch noch einige ein zweites Mal auch versuchen. Die High Roller bekommen heute mit dem € 50.000 Single Day NLH Abwechslung auf den Menüplan. Die Coverages gibt es unter pokernews.com, alle Infos unter pokerstarslive.com.
| Name | Country | Status | Entry info | Chips |
| Ben Wilinofsky | Canada | PokerStars qualifier | 330.000 | |
| Haoxiang Wang | China | 239.300 | ||
| Miguel Use | Belgium | PokerStars qualifier | 228.900 | |
| Lawrence Bayley | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 224.200 | |
| Kalidou Sow | France | 220.000 | ||
| Benjamin Pollak | France | 219.800 | ||
| Upeshka Desilva | USA | PokerStars player | 218.100 | |
| Antoine Labat | France | 210.800 | ||
| Adrian State | Romania | 186.200 | ||
| Luis Rodriguez Cruz | Spain | PokerStars player | 182.400 | |
| Emmanuel Lopez Lasuen | Argentina | PokerStars player | 175.000 | |
| Philippe Le Touche | France | 173.600 | ||
| Timothy Adams | Canada | PokerStars player | 173.000 | |
| Jason Lavallee | Canada | PokerStars qualifier | 170.400 | |
| Felipe Costa | Brazil | PokerStars player | 170.000 | |
| Emin Babayev | Azerbaijan | 169.800 | ||
| Manuel Ruivo | Portugal | PokerStars player | 169.800 | |
| Nan Hong | China | PokerStars player | 169.000 | |
| Marti Roca De Torres | Spain | 164.000 | ||
| Harpreet Gill | Canada | 163.200 | ||
| Guntis Aleskins | Latvia | PokerStars qualifier | 161.500 | |
| Enrico Camosci | Italy | PokerStars player | 160.000 | |
| Joel Isla Gonzalo | Spain | PokerStars qualifier | 160.000 | |
| Shaun Deeb | USA | PokerStars qualifier | 159.500 | |
| Elvis Petcu | Romania | 158.500 | ||
| Matas Cimbolas | Lithuania | PokerStars player | 156.200 | |
| Georges Hanna | Lebanon | Re-Entered | 156.000 | |
| Mark Radoja | Canada | PokerStars qualifier | 155.000 | |
| Pasi Sormunen | Finland | 153.800 | ||
| Jack Sinclair | UK | PokerStars player | 141.900 | |
| Ali Tariq | UK | 141.700 | ||
| Gilbert Diaz | France | 141.300 | ||
| Thiago Signorelli Viana | Italy | 139.500 | ||
| Jaromir Hanel | Czech Republic | 138.900 | ||
| Julien Pieffet | Angola | 137.300 | ||
| Manuel Bardon Oshea | Spain | 137.000 | ||
| Guillermo Pena | Spain | 136.600 | ||
| Martin Alfonsin | Argentina | PokerStars qualifier | 136.500 | |
| Kristo Klaassen | Estonia | PokerStars qualifier | 136.300 | |
| Artur Martirosian | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 133.500 | |
| Dmitrii Grinenko | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 133.200 | |
| Orhan Ates | Turkey | 130.900 | ||
| Simon Mattsson | Sweden | PokerStars qualifier | 130.700 | |
| Helio Neves | Brazil | PokerStars player | 129.700 | |
| Johan Rimestad | Denmark | PokerStars qualifier | 129.700 | |
| Tony Broekhof | Netherlands | PokerStars player | 127.800 | |
| Piotr Nurzynski | Poland | PokerStars qualifier | 127.700 | |
| Adrien Burgniard | France | 126.900 | ||
| Elias Talvitie | Finland | 124.100 | ||
| Timur Margolin | Israel | 123.300 | ||
| Luigi Shehadeh | Italy | 123.000 | ||
| Achille Voltolina | Italy | 122.000 | ||
| Jonathan Proudfoot | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 119.500 | |
| Mehdi Keack | France | 119.300 | ||
| Taylor Black | USA | Re-Entered | 118.500 | |
| Francois Evard | Switzerland | 117.900 | ||
| Hanyang Peng | China | PokerStars qualifier | Re-Entered | 116.600 |
| Vladyslav Shalimov | Ukraine | 115.700 | ||
| Noah Boeken | Netherlands | PokerStars player | 114.600 | |
| Ming Xi | China | 113.400 | ||
| Richard Kirsch | USA | 110.000 | ||
| Enio Bozzano | Brazil | PokerStars player | 108.200 | |
| Stefan Dimitrov | Bulgaria | PokerStars qualifier | 106.400 | |
| Luke Haward | UK | 105.700 | ||
| Tomas Macnamara | UK | 104.800 | ||
| Miguel Gurrea Monton | Spain | 102.500 | ||
| Ben Heath | UK | 102.500 | ||
| Shannon Shorr | USA | PokerStars player | 102.000 | |
| Seth Davies | Canada | PokerStars player | 102.000 | |
| Edward Ochana | USA | 99.500 | ||
| Jonathan Concepcion Tacoronte | Spain | 98.900 | ||
| David Tovar Lasierra | Spain | 98.800 | ||
| Oleg Eltsov | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 98.200 | |
| Johan Schumacher | Belgium | 97.200 | ||
| Robert Heidorn | Germany | 95.000 | ||
| Rene Kuehlman | Netherlands | PokerStars player | 93.400 | |
| Victor Choupeaux | France | 93.300 | ||
| Luis Faria | Portugal | 92.900 | ||
| Dmytro Shuvanov | Ukraine | PokerStars qualifier | 92.200 | |
| Paolo Pellegrini | Italy | 92.200 | ||
| Rocco Palumbo | Italy | PokerStars player | 91.900 | |
| James Rann | UK | 91.200 | ||
| Anton Dmitriev | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 90.600 | |
| Josep Manel Torta | Spain | PokerStars player | 90.400 | |
| Andras Nemeth | Hungary | PokerStars player | Re-Entered | 88.500 |
| Chen An Lin | Taiwan | PokerStars qualifier | 88.300 | |
| Uri Goldberg | USA | 88.000 | ||
| Jimmy Guerrero | France | 88.000 | ||
| Daniel Wilson | Ireland | PokerStars qualifier | 87.300 | |
| Sean Prendiville | Ireland | PokerStars qualifier | 87.000 | |
| Aymon Hata | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 86.800 | |
| Giovani Torre | Portugal | 85.000 | ||
| Andrey Novak | Ukraine | PokerStars qualifier | 83.700 | |
| Erik Friberg | Sweden | PokerStars player | 83.500 | |
| Tigran Harutyunyan | Armenia | 83.200 | ||
| Osvaldo Naves | Brazil | 83.000 | ||
| Luc Greenwood | Canada | PokerStars qualifier | Re-Entered | 81.700 |
| Matthew Moss | UK | Re-Entered | 81.200 | |
| Jakub Michalak | Poland | PokerStars qualifier | 78.800 | |
| Petro Vyshynskyy | Poland | 78.500 | ||
| Zorlu Er | Turkey | 76.900 | ||
| Alfie Adam | UK | 76.700 | ||
| Halim Tutku Kara | Denmark | 76.200 | ||
| Nauvneel Shivm Kashyap | Australia | 75.900 | ||
| Xixiang Luo | China | PokerStars player | Re-Entered | 75.300 |
| Murad Akhundov | Azerbaijan | Re-Entered | 74.900 | |
| Javier Gomez Zapatero | Spain | PokerStars qualifier | 74.100 | |
| Pauli Ayras | Finland | PokerStars player | Re-Entered | 73.200 |
| Guilherme Cheveau Paes Campos | Brazil | PokerStars player | 73.100 | |
| Vladimir Shabalin | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 72.600 | |
| Alain Stia | Italy | 72.300 | ||
| Diego Dos Santos | Argentina | PokerStars qualifier | 71.300 | |
| Martins Goba | Latvia | PokerStars qualifier | 71.000 | |
| Francesco Delfoco | Italy | 70.000 | ||
| Georgios Kitsios | Greece | PokerStars player | 69.500 | |
| Hon Cheong Lee | Hong Kong | 69.500 | ||
| Paul Leckey | UK | 69.400 | ||
| Andreas Christoforou | Cyprus | PokerStars qualifier | 67.900 | |
| Marco Regonaschi | Italy | 67.600 | ||
| Fabrice Maltez | France | 67.000 | ||
| Romain Lefebvre De Rieux | France | 65.400 | ||
| Fatima Moreira De Melo | Netherlands | Team PokerStars Pro | 64.500 | |
| Marcin Kreft | Poland | 64.300 | ||
| Tsugunari Toma | Japan | 64.100 | ||
| Koichi Sano | Japan | 64.000 | ||
| David Yan | New Zealand | PokerStars player | 62.900 | |
| Gianluca Speranza | Italy | PokerStars qualifier | 62.300 | |
| Samir Akhoullou | Belgium | 61.800 | ||
| Rui Da Silva E Sousa | Portugal | PokerStars player | 61.300 | |
| Chin Wei Lim | Malaysia | 60.900 | ||
| Mustapha Kanit | Italy | PokerStars player | 60.500 | |
| Andrew Chen | Canada | PokerStars player | 60.400 | |
| Javier Fernandez Alonso | Spain | 60.200 | ||
| Roberto Masullo | Italy | 59.200 | ||
| Ivan Luca | Argentina | PokerStars player | 59.200 | |
| Carlos Branco | Portugal | PokerStars player | 59.000 | |
| Sirzat Hissou | Germany | 58.600 | ||
| Adrien Delmas | France | 58.400 | ||
| Tom Alner | UK | 58.200 | ||
| Rabah Ait-Abdelmalek | France | 57.000 | ||
| Wiktor Libera | Poland | PokerStars qualifier | 55.700 | |
| Damjan Radanov | Serbia | 54.500 | ||
| Ilya Etko | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 52.500 | |
| Robert Hoogeveen | Netherlands | PokerStars qualifier | 52.100 | |
| Alex Komaromi | Uruguay | PokerStars qualifier | 51.400 | |
| Mikhail Sokolovskiy | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 51.300 | |
| Jonathan Schuman | UK | 50.300 | ||
| Niek Minten | Netherlands | PokerStars player | 49.200 | |
| Joao Lopes De Oliveira | Portugal | PokerStars player | 47.800 | |
| Nicolas Cardyn | France | 47.200 | ||
| Anatoly Filatov | Russia | PokerStars player | 46.700 | |
| Niklas Viljamaa | Finland | PokerStars qualifier | 46.400 | |
| Andrey Sharonov | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 46.300 | |
| Saar Wilf | Israel | 46.200 | ||
| Victor Ilyukhin | UK | 45.200 | ||
| Henri Kasper | Estonia | PokerStars qualifier | 45.100 | |
| Silver Simulask | Estonia | 44.800 | ||
| Jeremy Nock | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 44.600 | |
| Luis De Lima Do Nascimiento | Portugal | 44.500 | ||
| Michal Wywrot | Canada | 43.600 | ||
| Levan Karamanishvili | Georgia | 43.500 | ||
| Thomas Scholze | Austria | PokerStars player | 42.900 | |
| Rifat Palevic | Sweden | 42.000 | ||
| Sigurd Djurhuus Carlsson | Denmark | PokerStars qualifier | 41.800 | |
| Ali Reza Fatehi | Iran | Re-Entered | 41.800 | |
| Jesper Hansen | Denmark | Re-Entered | 41.700 | |
| Michael Goossens | Belgium | Re-Entered | 40.600 | |
| Manuel Alonso | Spain | 40.000 | ||
| Ramon Colillas | Spain | 40.000 | ||
| Michel Dattani | Portugal | PokerStars player | 39.600 | |
| Joao Vieira | Portugal | 39.000 | ||
| Tom Middleton | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 38.400 | |
| Mark Walsh | Ireland | 37.900 | ||
| Aaron Been | USA | PokerStars player | Re-Entered | 37.800 |
| Daniel Erlandsson | Sweden | PokerStars player | 35.900 | |
| Andrii Filon | Ukraine | 35.600 | ||
| Pasquale Braco | Italy | 35.000 | ||
| Matas Cikinas | Lithuania | PokerStars player | 34.600 | |
| Lingfan Chen | China | PokerStars qualifier | 34.600 | |
| Andrei Konopelko | Belarus | 34.400 | ||
| Juan Pardo | Spain | 33.500 | ||
| Henrik Hecklen | Denmark | Re-Entered | 31.300 | |
| Ramon Miquel Munoz | Spain | PokerStars qualifier | Re-Entered | 30.000 |
| Jens Kyllonen | Finland | 29.800 | ||
| Bryan Van Rijsbergen | Netherlands | Re-Entered | 28.000 | |
| Tomasz Pająk | Poland | 26.400 | ||
| Byron Kaverman | USA | Re-Entered | 26.000 | |
| Boris Kuzmanovic | Croatia | PokerStars player | 25.100 | |
| Viktor Kovachev | Bulgaria | 25.100 | ||
| Tomas Soderstrom | Sweden | PokerStars player | 24.700 | |
| Gabriele Lepore | Italy | 24.000 | ||
| Dan Smith | USA | PokerStars player | 24.000 | |
| Stanislav Miroshkin | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 23.400 | |
| Hamish Morjaria | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 23.300 | |
| Siow Choon Tong | Malaysia | Re-Entered | 23.000 | |
| Olvedo Heinze | Netherlands | 22.700 | ||
| Ryan Riess | USA | PokerStars player | Re-Entered | 21.800 |
| Ollie Price | UK | 21.500 | ||
| Mark Teltscher | UK | 19.700 | ||
| Miguel Capriles | Venezuela | 16.800 | ||
| Michiel Broskij | Netherlands | PokerStars player | 16.800 | |
| Antoine Lebel | Switzerland | 16.200 | ||