It’s all change for EPT Barcelona in Season 7. The traditional EPT season “opener” has been rescheduled for a few months later – from November 22 -27, 2010 - and the buy-in is now €5,300. The EPT is also thrilled to announce that the whole event will now be taking place in an annexe of the Gran Casino at the Arts Hotel giving the event more room than ever before.
Last season’s event was a spectacular success with 478 players creating a total prize pool of €3,382,000. American Carter Phillips, who actually qualified for the event twice on PokerStars, scooped the massive €850,000 first prize after beating British veteran Marc Goodwin.
Both players were a dominant force throughout the event and, for spectators, the tense three-hour heads-up appeared to be a clear-cut battle between the online and live worlds. However, although Phillips had only had a few major cashes before Barcelona, he went on to cash twice more in Season 6 including 12th place in the PCA High Roller while Goodwin was already known as a highly successful online cash game player.
Updates at http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ept/season-7/barcelona-2/
Schedule
November 22 - Monday
12:00 5 Main Event Day 1A €5,000 + €300
12:00 1 NL - Heads Up - 64 Player Cap - Final Day €3,000 + €200
18:00 6 NL - One Rebuy Super Satellite to Main Event Day 1B €500 + €50
21:00 7 NL - Turbo Bounty €300 + €100 + €30
November 23 - Tuesday
12:00 5 Main Event Day 1B €5,000 + €300
19:00 8 NL - Turbo - Random Bounty €800 + €200 + €100
November 24 - Wednesday
12:00 5 Main Event Day 2 - TV €5,000 + €300
16:00 9 NL - Holdem - Day 1 €2,000 + €150
20:00 10 NLH / PLO - Day 1 €1,000 + €100
November 25 - Thursday
12:00 5 Main Event Day 3 - TV - play down to 24 players €5,000 + €300
12:00 11 NL - Heads Up - 64 Player Cap - Day 1 €1,000 + €100
13:00 9 NL - Holdem - Final Day €2,000 + €150
13:00 10 NLH / PLO - Final Day €1,000 + €100
16:00 12 NL - Holdem - Day 1 €1,000 + €100
21:00 13 NL - Turbo €300 + €30
November 26 - Friday
12:00 5 Main Event Day 4 - TV -play down to 8 players €5,000 + €300
12:00 11 NL - Heads Up - 64 Player Cap - Final Day €1,000 + €100
12:00 14 NL - Holdem - Day 1 €10,000 + €300
12:00 15 NL - Holdem - Day 1 €1,000 + €100
13:00 12 NL - Holdem - Final Day €1,000 + €100
16:00 16 NL - Holdem - Ladies Only €300 + €30
18:00 17 PLO - Day 1 €1,000 + €100
21:00 18 NL - Turbo Bounty €300 + €100 + €30
November 27 - Saturday
12:00 5 Main Event Day 5 - Final Table - TV €5,000 + €300
12:00 14 NL - Holdem - Final Day €10,000 + €300
12:00 15 NL - Holdem - Final Day €1,000 + €100
12:00 17 PLO - Final Day €1,000 + €100
13:00 19 NL - Holdem - Estrellas Poker Tour - €50K Prize Pool GTD! "DeepStack" Turbo EPT Main Event Structure - 15 Minute Levels €300 + €30
14:00 20 NL - Turbo - Random Bounty €800 + €200 + €100