EPT Barcelona thread

[TightEnd]

Barcelona gets the new season of the EPT underway next week

This thread for daily news and hopefully posts from people playing. We have a few


The €5,000 + €300 Main Event will take place August 19-25

Schedule etc at http://www.europeanpokertour.com/tournaments/barcelona/

[NigDawG]

looking forward to this!

[pleno1]

really looking forward to going, should be a great 10 days.

[pvas2]

Should be fun! Not going to be greedy, so will just shotgun the Estrellas main event.

[neverbluff67]

my favourite stop and arguably my favourite city in the world, can't wait

[Da Bookie]

In que for estellas main event sat

[action man]

so jelly about this,

3 says 8th with 5 seats
         5th with 3 seats
         5th with 2 seats

wasnt meant to be. ENJOY

[TightEnd]

The European Poker Tour is back with Season 9 of the tour.

€50,000 Super High Roller  begins today.

Nearly 50 players are already confirmed to be registered and it's truly going to be a stacked field of participants.

According to the EPT, those set to play include Team PokerStars Pros Daniel Negreanu, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Jonathan Duhamel, Eugene Katchalov, Leo Fernandez and Jason Mercier. Others joining them on the felt will be Sam Chartier, Tobias Reinkemeier, Scott Seiver, Erik Seidel, Mike McDonald, Kyle Julius, Dan Shak, Steve O’Dwyer, Peter Jetten, Alec Torelli and Philipp Gruissem.

There's also rumor that the one and only Phil Ivey will be in the mix for this event, which is something no one will want to miss.

This elite, three-day event kicks off today at noon and all players will begin 250,000 in chips. The blinds kick off at 500/1,000/100 with all levels lasting an hour in length


http://uk.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-pokerstars-com-ept-barcelona/50-000-super-high-roller/

[ripple11]

From jackinbeat on his online staking thread:

Oh and if anyone's in Barcelona, I'm hosting the Ministry Of Sound party this Friday at La Terrazza,  I'm sure I can work some free tickets, or more for high rollers. Message me on here or my facebook.

Matt  
 

[TightEnd]

Boosted by a ton of EPT regulars, the Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event attracted its biggest ever field this week with a total of 1,036 players, creating a massive prize pool of €1,004,920. A total of 128 players will make the money with the winner snagging an astonishing €200,000.

A total of 372 players are through to Day 2 with German player Thomas Butzhammer leading the field with 184,000. Team PokerStars Pro Jude Ainsworth is lying third with 164,400. Four EPT champions are still in the field including EPT Warsaw winner and EPT Champion of Champions Christophe Benzimra from France (58,700), Team PokerStars Pro EPT Dortmund winner Sandra Naujoks (14,200) and EPT Berlin winner Kevin MacPhee (53,100).

Xuan Liu was one of three members of the brand-new European Players Council competing and is through to Day 2 with 41,300. The other Team PokerStars Pros who are still in are Marcin Horecki, Juan Manuel Pastor and Ana Marquez while Friend of PokerStars Charlotte Van Brabander is sitting on 98,000 – more than double the average.

[George2Loose]

GL to the Brits

[pleno1]

So much pickpocketing.
We just went out with some German friends, 2 guys approached then dresse in full policeman attire, say they're doing a drugs search. Snap got 1.5k. Later, stone cold sober walking down a strip friend has hands in pockets and still gets his phone somehow pinched.

[Ant040689]

I believe its the worst city in the world for it. Poker players are ripe.

[istrabraq]

Just a idea put money I'n shoe

[millidonk]

Just a idea put money I'n shoe

Need to be wearing clown shoes with the money some ppl will have on them. Plus im imagining ppl will either have pumps or flipflops on.

Bum bags ftw.. When I was there I took out how much I thought I would need for the day and I kept everything in the knee pocket on my cargo/Bermuda shorts. Pickpockets hate them.