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Going to go here on the 9th, who else is in?

Oxford Hrv is going to meet you to make sure u r real!!

 ;applause; :D

The ESPT and UKIPT join forces once again for another massive tournament festival at the Casino Marbella from June 11-15, 2014 with a €1,000 + €100 Main Event with €500,000 GTD.

The UK and Ireland Poker Tour is going on holiday for the first time this year and will be visiting the glamorous city of Marbella! Known throughout the world over as one of the classiest and most beautiful holiday destinations in Southern Europe, Marbella is extremely popular with British and Irish ex-pats and sun seekers alike. The fabulous Casino Marbella, which offers the best entertainment in the region, will be the venue for the 9th Main Event of UKIPT Season 4.

 

What’s more, the record breaking UKIPT has teamed up with its Spanish counterpart, the hugely successful Estrellas Poker Tour to stage the PokerStars Marbella Festival. Both tours are the leading lights in their own countries, both have staged record-breaking tournaments, and with the Main Event guaranteed at €500,000 the festival is not to be missed.

 

The joint UKIPT and ESPT Main Event will be held at the Casino Marbella from June 11-15, 2014, and will feature a €1,000 + €100 buy-in. There will also be an extensive schedule of side events featuring a High Roller, nightly Turbos and live satellites to the higher buy-in tournaments.

 

This event will be a fantastic festival of poker and will attract the top players from both regions, plus hundreds of PokerStars players from countries across Europe. Add to this the exclusive destination, Mediterranean climate, party atmosphere and you’ve got an unmissable event. Make sure you are part of it.

anyone going?

this thread for news, reports and updates from you please

As long as my flight is on time I'll be playing the win the button tournament the night before the main event starts but after that will be there in a working capacity.

If you're going to bust a UKIPT in level one then this is the one to do it at as, aside from the location, there's loads of off felt activities being put on. There's a free bar/food for the Spain vs Netherlands game, ditto England vs Italy an Estrellas vs UKIPT multi-activity tournament and some Flipout Freerolls.

And Pleno, Nick Wealthall says that there's a restaurant about 50 yards from the casino that does the best steak he's ever had so you'll be alright for food  :)up

There's also a live stream of the final table (possibly last two days like in Nottingham) but the commentary will be in Spanish.

If I get a nice bink in this deepstack coming up I'll be going, just need to get the bink first! ;)

I'll book a last minute flight and a rubbish hotel why not!!

Confirmed going.  Didn't realise Marbella was actually a nice place till someone told me recently.

Birmingham is 'nice' to some......

I'm going, Fred wise, alex spencer, tom ambler also.

*AHEM*

Oh yeh forget about Tom what'shisname

Hi my name is patrick and I don't loae at poker.

I'm nipping you for euros next week son don't worry

That works well  BBecauseNo joke I need $2k on stars asap.

In exchange I can do bank/euros cash/sterling cash. Willl refund the $2k by mid afternoon

Arriving in Malaga at 23:05 tomorrow (Wednesday 11th) anyone about to share a cab?

There is a posse from TKP going over. Mainly Sky Poker players, but a couple of names some blondes will recognise.

Led by Irene (TRIP5), the group includes Willie Elliot and Neil Strike. God help them !!

I will keep this thread updated with bar bans and extradition orders as they happen......

It's level 2 here on day 1a and already 260 in so far! This should be huge.

Day 1 drama, trip report to follow!!!

Lennaard Leads as UKIPT Marbella Day 1a Concludes

Marbella, Spain - 11 June

Day 1a of the €1,000 + €100 UKIPT Marbella Main Event is done and dusted, unlike Ken Lennaard who is going strong and leads the surviving Day 1a field with 149,900 in chips. Live pro Lennaard, who has over $1.5 million in live poker earnings and is third in the Swedish rankings for all-time number of tournament cashes, had what he described as a "roller coaster day". He was chip leader earlier on before first dropping back, and then finally picking up much of his current stack in a massive hand against Julien Stuer right at the end of play to propel him back up to the chip lead. Other notable names still in the running include retired professional footballer Patxi Salinas (85,700), UK poker legend Paul "Pab" Foltyn (61,600) and reigning UKIPT Marbella champion Ludovic Geilich (19,500).

Today's first flight brought 293 players to the Casino Marbella in Spain's holiday paradise, the Costa del Sol. Among those who tried their luck but are now faced with a week of nothing but sun, sand and side events were EPT10 Barcelona champion Tom Middleton, UKIPT4 Edinburgh winner Dean Hutchison and renowned bullfighter Miguel Abellán. A total of 119 players survived Day 1a and will be back to join us for Day 2 on Friday.

Click for full chip counts for the Day 1a survivors. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxrimFRPN3ZPNl9zNlA5THc5bG8/edit

Follow the action throughout Day 1b on the PokerStars Blog starting from the first “shuffle up and deal” at noon CET tomorrow.

Side events began last night with the €150 + €15 NLH - Win the Button! event, which was won by Derek Nicholas for €4,298. Please click here to see the full schedule of side events, as well as details of how to qualify for our Football Flipout Freeroll.

Tomorrow at noon it all begins again, as Day 1b players including Team PokerStars Pros Jake Cody and Leo Margets, Full Tilt Poker Ambassador Sin Melin and Team PokerStars Online's Dale Philip and Vicente Delgado all take to the felt. The PokerStars Blog will spring back into action as soon as the cards are in the air; interact throughout the day using #UKIPTMarbella and on Facebook.

The UKIPT Marbella Main Event runs 11-15 June with live blog coverage throughout; live streaming (Spanish language only) begins on 14 June.

Cody in the Top 3 Going into Day 2 at UKIPT Marbella

Marbella, Spain - 12 June

A mammoth field of 457 players prised themselves away from the pool and into the poker room today as the second and final starting flight took to the felt at the luxurious Casino Marbella. Today's runners brought the total field at UKIPT Marbella to 750, generating a prize pool of €720,000 and smashing the €500,000 guarantee. The tournament will pay 111 places with €136,000 for first place.

Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody finished Day 1b in third place on 131,300, just a shade behind today's chip leader, Denis Ursu from Moldova, on 146,300. Cody endured an epic 21-hour journey from Las Vegas involving three separate flights to get to Marbella for the UKIPT, making his spot near the top of the chip counts particularly sweet. Also still in the running, albeit on more modest stacks, are Cody's fellow Team PokerStars Pro Leo Margets (34,700) and PokerStars Team Online's Dale Philip (21,900).

The 217 Day 1b survivors join the 119 who made it through Day 1a, bringing our Day 2 field to 336. Day 1a chip leader Ken Lennaard remains in pole position as we head towards the business end of the tournament on 149,900.

For a full list of Day 1b entrants, please click here. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxrimFRPN3ZPRlR1Z3BfRVh3dDQ/edit

Please click here for full chip counts from Day 1b. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxrimFRPN3ZPcG5TRHR4VmlKU00/edit

Please click here for the full list of Day 2 players with seat draw. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxrimFRPN3ZPUnQtRXZ2aHBCT3M/edit

Please click here for full prize pool and payout information. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxrimFRPN3ZPdkxTdE9lUDRGWnM/edit

Follow the action throughout Day 1b on the PokerStars Blog starting from the first “shuffle up and deal” at noon CET tomorrow. Interact throughout the day using #UKIPTMarbella and on Facebook.

Side events continue around the Main Event, including the €2,000 + €200 High Roller "8 Handed" event starting tomorrow. Please click here to see the full schedule of side events, as well as details of how to qualify for our Football Flipout Freeroll.

A total of 750 players from 36 countries entered the €1,000 + €100 UKIPT Marbella Main Event, which takes place 11-15 June at the Casino Marbella. Live blog coverage runs throughout the event; live streaming (Spanish language only) begins on 14 June.

chip counts have just been sent through for the end of level 12

NAME   Start of Day 2   COUNTRY   STATUS   TABLE   SEAT   Level 12
Marcos López Armesto   88,900   Spain      38   7   500,000
Marcin Barwinski   113,000   Poland    PokerStars Player   38   1   460,000
Emilio Jose Navarro Montalban   64,700   Spain      6   8   310,000
Vicente Delgado   97,500   Spain    PokerStars Team Online   3   9   267,000
Daniel Thaller   91,500   UK      9   2   263,000
Anthony Fox   124,800   United Kingdom    PokerStars Qualifier   12   2   230,000
Ken Lennaard   149,900   Sweden      7   6   220,000
Nicki Dalgaard   23,200   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   30   7   220,000
Eugenio Santamaria Tessier   51,000   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   28   7   210,000
Mohamed Dris Addelnebi   103,200   Spain      4   3   200,000
Ursu Denis   146,300   Moldavia      5   2   200,000
Jake Cody   131,700   United Kingdom   Team PokerStars Pro   15   9   200,000
Anonymous (no ID card)                  200,000
Mohammad Razavi   79,600   United Kingdom    PokerStars Qualifier   18   6   193,000
Neil Raine   101,700   United Kingdom    PokerStars Qualifier   7   3   190,000
Rodrigo Espinosa Gonzalez   49,500   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   16   9   190,000
Paul Foltyn   61,600   United Kingdom    PokerStars Qualifier   23   6   180,000
Paul Kristoffersson   98,600   Sweden    PokerStars Qualifier   4   9   175,000
Thomas William Bingham   72,100   UK      36   8   175,000
Jorn Gunther   31,700   Norway       21   4   170,000
Carl Öhlund   28,400   Sweden    PokerStars Qualifier   25   5   170,000
Darren Millar   49,100   United Kingdom    PokerStars Qualifier   26   8   170,000
Yván Dubra Regueiro   82,600   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   37   6   170,000
Olvedo Vicent Heinze   73,800   Netherlands       1   1   165,000
José Gómez Martín   46,500   Spain      2   4   160,000
Eric Velasco Paz   74,300   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   30   4   160,000
Robert Tinnion   69,900   United Kingdom    PokerStars Player   16   2   155,000
Paul Mctaggart   84,200   United Kingdom    PokerStars Player   22   4   154,000
Alexander Lee   62,600   United Kingdom    PokerStars Qualifier   23   7   151,000
Graham Phipps   95,300   United Kingdom    PokerStars Qualifier   22   6   150,900
Ashley Locker   35,200   United Kingdom    PokerStars Player   12   6   150,000
Elias Fernandez Miguel   43,800   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   14   3   150,000
Manuel Saavedra Nuñez   84,600   Spain      21   2   150,000
Bernando Baptista Das Neves   47,900   Portugal      35   6   145,000
Vladimir Olegovich Ovshinov   34,700   Russian Federation    PokerStars Qualifier   31   5   143,000
Pablo Gordillo Caballero   50,600   Spain      10   7   140,000
Paul Febers   63,400   United Kingdom    PokerStars Qualifier   35   8   140,000
Emilio Jimenez Bueno   71,500   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   4   2   139,000
Didier Cicurel   56,400   Switzerland      37   5   139,000
Christopher Howden   65,100   United Kingdom      8   9   135,000
Nick Cornelis   30,400   Belgium    PokerStars Player   11   1   135,000
Gergo Kovacs   59,700   Hungary      3   8   132,000
Jaroslaw Lipien   50,100   Poland      6   1   130,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich   94,900   Poland    PokerStars Qualifier   24   6   130,000
Cormac Moylan   55,300   Ireland    PokerStars Qualifier   22   5   125,000
Stefan Fetscher   33,400   Germany    PokerStars Qualifier   29   7   120,000
Samuel Goodman   114,100   United Kingdom      34   6   120,000
Patrick Renkers   21,400   Netherlands    PokerStars Player   4   5   110,000
Sam Grafton   53,000   United Kingdom    PokerStars Qualifier   19   7   110,000
Christian Bauer   125,400   Germany       19   9   110,000
Abutovic Aleksandar   65,300   Germany      9   5   105,000
Pavel Gonchakov   68,500   Russian Federation       35   2   105,000
Peter Jaksland   114,600   Denmark    PokerStars Player   5   8   102,000
Gareth Hamilton   47,400   Ireland       12   5   100,000
Damaso Garcia Mora   26,600   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   20   2   100,000
Yakup Gulkaya   41,100   Slovakia (Slovak Republic)       21   8   100,000
Joaquin Delgado Navarro   31,900   Spain      23   4   100,000
Jose Manuel Nuñez Fernandez   62,800   Spain      24   1   100,000
Antonio Manuel Moreno De Guzman   62,500   Spain      30   3   100,000
Kaan Sardogan   83,800   Turkey      24   3   95,000
Sergi Torrent Crosa   26,700   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   34   4   95,000
David Gutierrez Martin   65,400   Spain      31   9   94,000
Patxi Salinas   85,700   Spain   PokerStars Player   18   5   91,100
Christian Ruiz Hatero   67,700   Spain      26   6   90,000
Cayetano García Ayala   39,000   Spain      7   5   85,000
Ranno Sootla   24,600   Italy      31   4   85,000
Abigail Elizabeth Loutan   29,000   United Kingdom       12   4   83,000
Jorge Antonio Juste Menchaca   20,800   Spain      21   7   82,000
Antonio Dieguez Rodriguez   37,300   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   3   5   80,000
Diego Sarmiento González   52,800   Spain      6   5   80,000
Benjamin Lamprecht   28,900   Austria    PokerStars Qualifier   6   6   80,000
Adrian Nuñez Paradelo   16,200   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   7   4   80,000
Jay Darbar   41,700   Gibraltar    PokerStars Qualifier   9   1   80,000
Claus Grether   66,800   Spain      11   3   80,000
Bernard Magee   59,200   United Kingdom    PokerStars Qualifier   15   4   80,000
Sergio Arjona Pozo   32,700   Spain      13   4   77,000
Rafael Dominguez Lupiañez   69,500   Spain      29   8   76,000
Jose Francisco Gonzalez Cores   34,200   Spain      26   7   75,000
Pawel Kapczynski   66,800   Poland       27   5   75,000
Ladislao Dalfo Batlle   37,200   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   10   5   74,000
Urtzi Arregui Blanco   28,000   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   5   1   73,000
Peter Kvisthammar   47,800   Sweden    PokerStars Qualifier   2   1   70,000
Marcin Retkowski   39,100   Poland      11   4   68,800
Mark James   45,400   United Kingdom    PokerStars Qualifier   20   3   68,000
Javier Elorza Pardo   50,400   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   18   2   67,000
Paul Martin Larrañaga   19,100   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   35   7   66,600
Miguel Pellicer Hernandez   59,500   Spain      14   8   66,000
Marciano Rodriguez Cortes   33,000   Spain      2   6   65,000
Jorge Cuello Borau   89,100   United Kingdom    PokerStars Player   5   6   65,000
Mario Karman   25,300   Hungary    PokerStars Qualifier   29   5   65,000
Claude Richard   84,400   Switzerland    PokerStars Player   29   6   63,300
Katja Sophie Spillum Svendsen   41,400   Norway    PokerStars Qualifier   9   6   62,200
Leo Margets   34,700   Spain    Team PokerStars Pro   31   6   61,600
Javier Fernandez Pallares   37,700   Spain      20   4   61,000
Thomas Somerville   87,600   United Kingdom    PokerStars Player   10   6   60,000
Israel Julian Pelaz   52,300   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   15   6   60,000
Steven Bartley   79,200   UK      38   5   60,000
Niclas Cammann   63,300   Germany    PokerStars Qualifier   1   4   58,000
Jose María Felices   43,900   Spain      22   1   58,000
Jelle Verbruggen   19,800   Belgium    PokerStars Qualifier   25   1   55,700
Karl Henbury   48,400   United Kingdom    PokerStars Qualifier   33   2   55,000
Noel Rodriguez Rejon   86,100   Spain      10   1   54,400
Hamish Morjaria   45,500   United Kingdom    PokerStars Qualifier   1   5   54,000
Liam Duffy   56,300   United Kingdom    PokerStars Qualifier   28   6   51,600
Álvaro Vergara Casas   29,200   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   21   6   50,200
Terry Carter   107,300   United Kingdom    PokerStars Qualifier   1   6   50,000
Jose Mestre Lleida   38,400   Spain    PokerStars Player   20   7   50,000
Andelfo Martínez Serrano   82,000   Spain      28   3   50,000
Garrett Boyle   45,700   Ireland      32   3   50,000
Nicolas Eduardo Fernandez Martin   65,100   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   23   1   49,500
Manuel Leal Borges   37,200   Spain      8   1   48,000
Carl Falk   20,500   Sweden    PokerStars Qualifier   27   8   48,000
Richie Lawlor   37,100   Ireland    PokerStars Qualifier   33   6   48,000
Kevin Monroe   93,400   Ireland    PokerStars Qualifier   26   5   47,000
Kjell Inge Lindqvist   25,800   Sweden    PokerStars Player   18   3   46,000
Omer Cubukcu   34,900   Turquey      13   5   45,000
Jose David Amilleta Borao   78,000   Spain      14   7   45,000
Andrea Green   36,300   Estonia      15   2   45,000
Abraham Serrano Gil   63,400   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   10   3   44,300
Ole Secher   52,900   Denmark    PokerStars Qualifier   23   8   43,500
Esteban Iparraguirre Erburu   45,200   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   20   9   43,000
Borja Gross Fernandez   51,300   Spain      1   2   42,000
Pavel Chalupka   24,600   Slovakia (Slovak Republic)    PokerStars Qualifier   7   9   42,000
Gintaras Simaitis   54,000   Lithuania       32   9   40,500
Rozanna Jeffry Ketting Olivier   27,000   Spain      13   1   40,000
Denis Simionel   32,000   Moldavia      14   1   40,000
Jesse O´Shea   58,800   Ireland    PokerStars Qualifier   29   2   40,000
David Cruas Romero   58,700   Spain      12   7   38,000
Luis Miguel Muñoz Morgado   61,300   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   19   8   37,000
Ezequiel Macho Morcillo   33,300   Spain      25   2   37,000
Adrian Ramos Fernandez   43,800   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   11   5   36,700
Andrew Mytton   83,100   United Kingdom       37   4   36,000
Andrey Chizhman   18,100   Russian Federation       17   7   35,000
Samuel Nova   65,200   Switzerland    PokerStars Player   29   9   35,000
Daniel Rodriguez Rivero   46,400   Spain    PokerStars Player   28   8   34,100
Christian Fontana Rivadeneira   44,300   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   32   2   33,800
Miguel Angel Casado Cidoncha   17,400   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   10   4   33,000
Eulogio Aparicio Buendia   34,700   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   12   3   33,000
Leith Abdelamir Rashid   29,900   Sweden      10   9   32,800
Mark Lane   49,100   United Kingdom      2   5   30,000
Niels Van Leeuwen   23,700   Norway      33   8   30,000
Pedro Luis Prada Rodriguez   24,300   Spain    PokerStars Qualifier   33   7   28,000
David Dean   91,200   United Kingdom    PokerStars Qualifier   12   8   27,800
Francisco Jose Torres Hermoso   44,000   Spain      19   5   27,000
Krzysztof Jacyk   15,400   Poland      2   2   26,000
Leo McClean   58,700   United Kingdom      22   3   25,400
Simon Fuhs   26,400   Germany    PokerStars Player   26   1   24,900
Adrián Mateos Díaz   69,200   Spain    PokerStars Player   36   1   23,300
Matias Tejada Dominguez   63,200   Spain   PokerStars Qualifier   27   9   22,500
Gaelle Garcia Diaz   35,900   Belgium    PokerStars Player   28   1   22,200
David Lawson Wilkes   29,600   Spain      8   2   20,000

Marcin Barwinski in the Lead & Delgado in Second as the PokerStars Marbella Festival Main Event Heads into Day 3

Marbella, Spain - 13 June

As the dust settles on the frenetic rush of eliminations that was Day 2 of the PokerStars Marbella Festival Main Event, Polish Marcin Barwinski has emerged as our chip leader on 825,000. PokerStars Team Online's Vicente Delgado is in second place on 585,000. Also still in contention for the title are Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody 354,000 and Gaelle Garcia Diaz on 45,000.

Click here for the list of all 71 remaining players by chip count. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxrimFRPN3ZPZW5jRW5Ed2ozQkk/edit

Click here for the list of all 71 remaining players by seat. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxrimFRPN3ZPNmhleFpwcTJ3WVU/edit

The winner of the €1,000 + €100 Main Event will take home €136,000 of the €720,000 prize pool after the 750 entrants smashed the €500,000 guarantee.

Play began on Day 2 with 336 players hoping to make it into the money and beyond. Those who were destined for disappointment included Team PokerStars Pro Leo Margets, reigning champion Ludovich Geilich and PokerStars Team Online's Dale Philip. Finally Paul Febers claimed the unlucky bubble spot, running nines into Gonzaga Oliveira's pocket kings and leaving the remaining 111 players guaranteed to take home at least €1,800 each.

Those who made it into the money but did not progress to Day 3 included Paul "Pab" Foltyn (72nd place) and Estrellas champion Antonio Dieguez Rodriguez (92nd).

Click here to view prize pool information and the payouts so far. http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt4-marbella2-prize-pool-and-payouts.shtml

Starting tomorrow, coverage of the Main Event will comprise not only live updates on the PokerStars Blog but also live streaming on the Estrellas Poker Tour Facebook page, the Pokerstars.es Facebook page, on PokerStars.es and on Pokerstars.tv. Coverage begins with the first "shuffle up and deal" at noon CET. Interact throughout the day using #UKIPTMarbella and on Facebook.

Side events continue around the Main Event, including the final day of the €2,000 + €200 High Roller "8 Handed" event and the Marbella Cup. Please click here to see the full schedule of side events, as well as details of our Football Flipout Freeroll.

A total of 750 players from 36 countries entered the €1,000 + €100 UKIPT Marbella Main Event, which takes place 11-15 June at the Casino Marbella. Live blog coverage runs throughout the event; live streaming (Spanish language only) takes place on 14 & 15 June.

PokerStars Blog: www.pokerstarsblog.com

Actually feel  ;envious; each time I see this thread on the forum. Enjoy.

9 left in Marbella.

Katja Svendsen, Norway, PokerStars Qualifier, 2,344,000
Gareth Hamilton, Ireland, 743,000
Marcin Barwinski, Poland, PokerStars Player, 2,206,000
Rodrigo Espinosa, Spain, PokerStars Qualifier, 2,002,000
Jake Cody, United Kingdom, Team PokerStars Pro, 1,667,000
Daniel Rodriguez, Spain, PokerStars Player, 611,000
Sam Grafton, United Kingdom, PokerStars Qualifier, 1,712,000
Christian Bauer, Germany, 2,400,000
Javier Elorza, Spain, PokerStars Qualifier, 1,200,000

Katja Spillum Svendsen Leads the Final Table with Jake Cody Still in Contention at the PokerStars Marbella Festival Main Event

Marbella, Spain - 14 June

The final table is set in the €1,000 + €100 PokerStars Marbella Festival Main Event and we could be witnessing history in the making at the Casino Marbella as chip leader Katja Spillum Svendsen (3,910,000) takes a shot at becoming the first female winner of either a UKIPT or Estrellas Main Event. It's not in the bag yet though - Svendsen is only a shade ahead of Spanish player Rodrigo Espinosa (3,705,000). She will also face some very tough competition from Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody who goes into the final fourth in chips with 1,600,000.

All eight finalists battled through a 71-strong Day 3 field that included Gaelle Garcia Diaz (40th place, €2,590) and PokerStars Team Online's Vicente Delgado (20th place, €5,320). The unfortunate final table bubble spot was picked up by garrulous UKIPT fixture Sam Grafton who had occupied the chip lead at one point during the day but was finally finished off in ninth place (€10,300) with jacks against Svendsen's aces. It was this hand that propelled Svendsen into the chip lead.

The final will be a hard-fought battle for whoever ends up hoisting the trophy - online pro Christian "iPUNI$H" Bauer is in third place on 2,425,000 and Spanish online cash pro Daniel Rodriguez (720,000) is also still in the running.

The winner of the €1,000 + €100 PokerStars Marbella Festival Main Event will take home €136,000 of the €720,000 prize pool after the 750 entrants from 36 countries collectively smashed the €500,000 guarantee.

Final table line up:

Katja Svendsen, Norway, PokerStars Qualifier, 3,910,000
Gareth Hamilton, Ireland, 590,000
Marcin Barwinski, Poland, PokerStars Player, 1,055,000
Rodrigo Espinosa, Spain, PokerStars Qualifier, 3,705,000
Jake Cody, United Kingdom, Team PokerStars Pro, 1,600,000
Daniel Rodriguez, Spain, PokerStars Player, 720,000
Christian Bauer, Germany, 2,425,000
Javier Elorza, Spain, PokerStars Qualifier, 880,000

final table profiles https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxrimFRPN3ZPckdkOUdiV3dkbkk/edit

prize pool and payouts http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt4-marbella2-prize-pool-and-payouts.shtml

Quick shout out to two lads from Next Door who done well in Marbella.

In the Main Event, Graham Phipps (Eyeman) finished a very creditable 16th, for €6,050.

And in the High Roller, Neil Strike, (Joesman1 Next Door, "Strike-Force" on blonde) was one of 4 players who chopped it up (bar €4,000 & the Trophy) & he took home €31,754. 

Both players satellited in to their respective events.

Rodrigo Espinosa Wins PokerStars Marbella Festival Main Event & €136,000 on Home Soil

Marbella, Spain - 15 June

Spanish PokerStars Qualifier Rodrigo Espinosa has won the €1,000 + €100 PokerStars Marbella Festival Main Event in a high-speed final table that took just four and a half hours to play out. He beat a tough table that included Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody and online pro Christian "iPUNI$H" Bauer, turning a start-of-day big stack into a €136,000 first prize and the coveted trophy.

Viewers watching the live stream were treated to an action-packed final with nary a dull moment, as the lion's share of the €720,000 total prize pool generated by the 750 entrants was awarded.

All eyes were on Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody going into the final, but despite being by far the most experienced player on the table and in possession of an average stack, the British triple crown winner was the first to exit in eighth place (€13,030). He smacked his pocket nines into Espinosa's pocket aces, and it was back to Vegas for Cody while Espinosa was now in the lead.

Polish heads up pro Marcin Barwinski was the next to fall in seventh place (€19,050); fellow online pro Daniel Rodriguez claimed sixth place (€26,550) and will most likely join Cody in Las Vegas where he plans to play the WSOP Main Event. Northern Ireland's Gareth Hamilton took fifth place (€35,150) when he became Espinosa's second victim - which hand put Espinosa in possession of more than half the chips in play.

Javier Elorza was soon eliminated in fourth place (€44,450) by Christian Bauer, before the pace slowed somewhat. It took more than an hour for the next elimination to come; when it did, it was start-of-day chip leader Katja Spillum Svendsen who took third place (€58,700), shattering her dreams of becoming the first female winner of a UKIPT or Estrellas Main Event. It was Espinosa who knocked her out, and he went into the heads up with an almost 3:1 chip lead over Christian Bauer.

Just five hands later, Bauer went all in with K-3 on a king-high flop and Espinosa made the call with 9-7 for second pair. A seven on the turn gave Espinosa two pair and the title, while Bauer had to make do with second place and €82,900.

Final table payouts:

1st. Rodrigo Espinosa, Spain, PokerStars Qualifier - €136,000
2nd. Christian Bauer, Germany - €82,900
3rd. Katja Spillum Svendsen, Norway, PokerStars Qualifier - €58,750
4th. Javier Elorza, Spain, PokerStars Qualifier - €44,350
5th. Gareth Hamilton, Ireland, €35,150
6th. Daniel Rodriguez, Spain, PokerStars Player - €26,550
7th. Marcin Barwinski, Poland, PokerStars Player - €19,050
8th. Jake Cody, United Kingdom, Team PokerStars Pro, €13,030

http://www.daleroxxu.co.uk/2014/06/dropped-from-pokerstars.html

thoughts?

Seems like a huge overreaction from stars.

This 100% doesn't happen if he's Dutch though because then it can't possibly look like he's just a troll.

obv the spanish market is just joke fishy and important lol

they could also just have been looking for any excuse, who knows.

i wasnt there, all i know is that when the game finished and the hr restared everybody was speaking about it like a huge incident and the spanish were tilted and kept 3betting and looking angry at me because i was british :D

likely thing thats happened is a couple of the spanish players will have talked about a boycott if dale was still a sponsored player
so much easier to let dale go than to have a few players start a boycott which could lead to a number of players leaving
remember the pros are there to build and get players playing not having some leave or boycott

Think it's justified personally. If I was watching the Italy game in Italy in an Italian pub with a bunch of Italians I would not over celebrate the Sturridge goal esp if I was representing my company abroad

he is hardly a 'sponsored pro' is he?  He gets given £3500 in buy ins and £1200 to cover exs.  By the sounds of it he is doing in close to the £3500 he gets in free buy ins in exs over the £250 given to stay for a week.  What's the point of being 'sponsored' in this manner apart from the ego of wearing a stars pro's badge?  Sounds like he has had a lucky escape from an awful 'sponsorship' deal for him.

He would be better off staying at home playing online without having to conform to the corporate 'bollocks' that goes along with being a face of a company for such poor financial reward.

+1

think he gets a huge rakeback deal for his online play

even more reason to not bother with this 'sponsored pro' bullshit then and just get on with the day job. 

believe thats PART of his deal

Considering the amount of applications they get for team online you can be certain it's better then they above.

I've heard 100% rb for Team Online plus other benefits, deals for actual Stars pros are huge. I'd be pretty happy playing 5 UKIPTS a year, paid for, for 100% rb.

that was the RB figure i heard but didnt want to say it and look like a fool when told it was only just better than supernova elite

absolutely this.

you also have to be a winner online over each sample, he was playing plo50 i think

I don't know how he can expect the Spanish to understand that wasn't an offensive gesture.  It certainly looks like one.  It just seems a really stupid thing to do whilst representing your quasi employer.  I don't think it makes any difference how the Stars' customers behaved afterwards. 

If I was filmed by my employer doing something like this, I'd just hold my hands up and say fair cop and learn from it.

Well if he has knocked out a 100% rakeback deal for this he is an idiot.  Those statements were not made in his original data on his blog regarding what his deal was.  The most comical thing is he is Scottish and lost this deal 'supporting' Holland!!!!!

Monthly wage, 100% RB, HAD to attend 6 UKIPTs per year for which he was given buyin and some expenses

He took up PLO after becoming a team online pro, he made his name as a SNG grinder.

Doubt stars had been trying to get rid of him, they only recently renewed his contract and paid for a camera crew to go film his team online documentary thing

Rangers fan in supporting holland shocker.

this - don't think it an overreaction at all, they're £4bn company with a brand presence i Spain.  I am sure Dale mate nothing by it and he was just foolish, but completely get decision

Let's pretend we have a wild imagination, and Scotland equalised, and dale done the same thing. Would he have got dropped by stars still?

I personally would. He's at work representing his company to their customers. U can make all the excuses in the world but you shouldn't jeapordise your position over something so meaningless

He was full of drink, anyone who drinks will have done worse. He was too relaxed and forgot he was at work representing the brand that pay him to do just that.

Fuck his life that it cost him that much.

Scotland scoring cannot be described as meaningless. Each goal they score is relatively more important than for most countries.

From his blog in the past I think dale has gone tea total, he appears to be drinking water in the vid.

He has basically got screwed by a vindictive over reaction from the locals and put stars in a position where there hand is forced. Unfortunately for him I would imagine the negative reaction to this one incident is far worse from a marketing point of view than anything positive he can bring through his blog/ twitter. Daniel negreanu does this and at best he gets a little word in his ear behind the scenes.

Well that's just a bad comparison.

Daniel Negreanu vs Dale?! I don't think even Dale himself would expect nearly the same treatment by Stars as Daniel would get in similar circumstances. Daniel is of significantly more value to the brand.

I can't imagine Daniel doing something like that either. Would enjoy watching that!

Thought he mentioned drinking, defo mentioned a free bar.

Think it is a car crash throughout.  Somebody who knows him needs to tell him that he needs to get rid of a lot of that stuff on twitter.  If a future potential employer finds that, they aren't ever going to look positively on it.  They are more likely to look leniently on the video than the retweets.  

Would you employ somebody that could possibly do that to you when you terminate their contract?

That is my point Costa. Dale is worth not enough to stars, for them to overlook this . They are better appeasing 20/30 .es players than keeping him on.

sorry mate I should learn to read. Damn world cup distracting me from my forum commitments.

I remember when Cos was good at policing the Internet.

I know Dale better than most having been on two 6 wk trips with him around Europe and Asia. I feel like the decision is somewhat harsh but I can  kind of understand it. Also, Dale probably gets drunk once a year, if that, so I doubt he was pissed.

Also, I am pretty sure he had a fantastic deal with Stars, much better than many of you would believe. He's had the life of riley with Stars. He has done a fair amount to warrant his deal though. He's very popular with the fanboys and does a lot to promote Stars. He has done a lot more than most stars pro's past or present.

Think he's fked now tbh because I am pretty sure he is no longer a profitable player and has lived off his deal for a long time.

GG

While it seems harsh to lose his contract, he does look an utter bell end in the video.

Obv easy to say with hindsight but if the deal was that good, should have tempered his celebrating/behaviour, especially at an event put on by your employers

G2L in voice of reason mode, as per usual.

If you happen to be in the Stretford End when your team scores a winner against United and you start celebrating, you can expect to get a load of abuse prawn sandwiches abuse thrown at you.

TBH, I've never heard of this guy before. If you're wearing a badge, you're representing that badge when you do anything in public. That's the bottom line. Shame for him, but it sounds like he's a good enough player to come back from it.

used to be a blonde I am sure he did a challenge with the tank back in the dsy

Think for context I would like to see what happened when Spain scored. If Dale and assorted "orange men" had berm identified as supporting holland and the Spanish rushed them when they scored first, this seems pretty harsh! If dale went cold for the old get it right up ye, with no provocation, then massive face palm.  I guess pokerstars contracts must be pretty lax, if the company is picking up the bar tab you normally literally have to shoot someone to get sacked! Hence why the free bar culture is dying in the HR obsessed world. It doesn't really matter if he was drinking as the drink creates the atmosphere!

Could this be a case of "internet poker player doesnt know how to act when in public"?????

just a thought

PS, i'm not just blaming poker players, my own teenage kids 18 and 16 non poker players are incredibly lacking in "social skills" due to their dependence on ipods, xboxs, youtube etc etc

when i was a lad................

Slammed.

I missed the 1st half so didnt see the celebration for the video or the Spanish celebration for their goal but saw everything else, also Im friends with Dale so spoke to him a lot directly after it.

Im not sure if Dale had been drinking at all but even if he was, he wasnt drunk.  There was free beer being passed around but not so much to get everyone smashed by that point (couple of jugs being shared out between 100+ every 10 mins or whatever)

I thought he went pretty over the top with his celebrations, he celebrated more than the actual dutch guys he was sitting with.  I dunno if it was in retaliation to the way the Spanish celebrated but it seemed a bit much for me, he is a Rangers fan and Im certain he wouldnt celebrate a Rangers goal like this if it was a Rangers V Celtic game and its a mixed crowd.  When you factor in he is wearing a stars patch at a stars event and repping the company then he def has to be smarter than that.

However I really dont think Dale thought the Spanish would react the way they did and thought they would see it as friendly banter.  The shouted abuse at him and shouted threats at him, they tweeted threats to him during the game that they were gonna attack him on his way to his room.  When Spain scored (before they realized it was disallowed), maybe 20+ Spanish guys who had been threatening him all ran towards him shouting in his face and pushing him and grabbing him.  Security had to back them off. 

Im told they all complained in person to stars reps there and on twitter to some higher-ups.  So from stars POV Id imagine they just see all these complaints from Spanish people and their side of it + the video of the celebration and probably didnt look much more into it.  What they wouldnt have seen is that when Dale realized how mad everyone was over it he went over and tried to apologize to them before the game ended and was quiet for the rest of the game however for the rest of the week he still continually got threats on twitter and in person from random Spanish people still angry over the incident.

Although I think Dale went overboard and was in the wrong, I think stars have massively overreacted by dropping him.  If they looked into it more they wouldve found out he didnt expect the reaction he got and he did apologize very quickly to them but still had to spend the rest of the week taking their abuse (which is probably behind the "cant wait to get out of Spain" tweet).

Personally I think the Spanish players involved acted worse than Dale in the whole incident and, imo, the Spanish players/staff were pretty rude in general and it shouldve been taken into account when stars decided what to do with Dale.

Interesting blog by Daniel the other day.

http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poker-journal.php?subaction=showfull&id=1402646043&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&

I quote Poker is supposed to be fun guys, it's not war. There is no need for a Nazi like enforcement of rules

It absolutely makes me cringe somebody using the word Nazi to describe a minor event such as this.  I'd put it pretty much put this on a par with what Dale did. 

Backstory to the Matusow incident here

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-blogs/89-allyn-shulman/entries/561819-wsop-the

FWIW I have been on the receieving end of an obnoxious celebration when I was knocked out of a big tournament and would happily give anyone who did that a 1 round penalty even without the backstory.  As Daniel says, poker is meant to be fun... 

in isolation i think its a little harsh. a slap on the wrists/final warning/making him write an apology on his blog or something like that would have sufficed. if there is more we dont know about or this was the final straw for stars then fair enough IMO, its enough

Dont think they were looking to drop him early.  2-3 months ago they sent a camera crew out to him for a few days to record one of those team pro documentarys.

terrible hotel imo