EPT Barcelona Day 1a: Veldhuis and Danchev Off to Great Starts
Season 9 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour is underway in Spain. Day 1a of the EPT Barcelona is in the books, and the 222 players that made it through the day include plenty of familiar faces on the tour.
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The PokerStars European Poker Tour is finally back! The EPT Barcelona Main Event began yesterday and marks the beginning of Season 9 of the EPT.
Attendance for Day 1a was impressive, with 403 players parting with €5,300 to take a seat. At the end of the day, 222 of them were still left with chips to bring to Day 2.
What happened on Day 1a?
The leader - The overall chip leader at the end of the day was Finnish Aku Joentausta. Joentausta has never made a deep run in a major event, but he did win a side event of the EPT San Remo for €74,500. He'll bring 236,200 chips with him to Day 2.
Who else still has chips? - Plenty of well-known pros are still alive, including both Lex Veldhuis (5th) and Dimitar Danchev (7th) in the top 10. Danchev will certainly be hungry for an EPT victory after his 2nd place finish at the EPT Sanremo last season. Two former EPT champions are still alive as well - Zimnan Ziyard (8th) and PokerStrategist Martin Schleich (37th). Check the table below for several more famous players that still have chips.
Who hit the rail? - Several of the most noteworthy players who lost their chips before the end of Day 1a include Arnaud Mattern, Liv Boeree, Sorel Mizzi, Andrey Pateychuk, Andrew Lichtenberger, David Vamplew, Benny 'psychobenny' Spindler, Martins Adeniya, and Scott Seiver.
Day 1b will begin today at 12:00 CET.
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EPT Barcelona
End of Day 1a Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Aku Joentausta | 236,200 | ||
| 2nd | Guy Thomas | 211,000 | ||
| 3rd | Emanoil Savin | 190,600 | ||
| 4th | Mauro Canavese | 155,400 | ||
| 5th | Lex Veldhuis | 148,800 | ||
| 6th | Antonin Duda | 140,600 | ||
| 7th | Dimitar Danchev | 138,100 | ||
| 8th | Zimnan Ziyard | 137,900 | ||
| 9th | Alexander Debus | 132,900 | ||
| 10th | Samuel Rodriguez | 123,200 | ||
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| 15th | Vojtech 'vojtar' Ruzicka | 109,400 | ||
| 25th | Sebastian 'miamivice' Ruthenberg | 95,700 | ||
| 34th | John Juanda | 84,200 | ||
| 37th | Martin Schleich | 81,800 | ||
| 43rd | Pius Heinz | 78,400 | ||
| 68th | Barny Boatman | 62,100 | ||
| 96th | Joao Barbosa | 51,500 | ||
| 130th | Daniel Stern | 41,000 | ||
| 175th | Matthias De Meulder | 29,900 | ||
| 181st | Leo Margets | 27,500 | ||
| 220th | Martin Jacobson | 9,200 | ||
| Blinds: 300/600/75 | Players: 222 (403) | Prize pool: TBD |
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by Matt Kaufman
