PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona: Team PokerStrategy.com poised and ready
After the WSOP, Team PokerStrategy.com now joins the action in Barcelona for the European Poker Tour. With the potential of the first prize going well-above €1 million, Nazgul and others couldn't hide their excitement.
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour in Barcelona will take place from 4th to 9th of September. Team PokerStrategy.com, after passing the action in EPT Moscow (now Kiev), will also attend.
You can expect Allanon, Nazgul, Pokernoob and Trader to play the Main Event on the 5th of September.
A potentially huge prize pool
For this second event of what's already the sixth season of the EPT, the buy-in for the Main Event will be €8,000+300. The field in the Gran Casino is capped at 800 players, so when full, this tournament has a total prize pool of €6,400,000 an equivalent of $9,200,000. This makes it one of the biggest tournaments of the year - reason enough for Team PokerStrategy.com's players to be excited.
Nazgul says: "If the tournament fills up, the first place will pay out way over a million Euros. Such massive pay-outs don't occur every week, especially not in Europe. The big pay-out combined with the nice venue, Barcelona, is a reason enough for me to look forward to this event. I hope I can continue my good run from the main event and that I can meet the guys from PokerStrategy.com again in Barcelona."
Nearly €1.4 million for last year's champion
Last year's PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona was won by German player Sebastian 'miamivice' Ruthenberg (pictured right). He bested a field of 619 players and was awarded €1,361,000 for that achievement.
Jason Mercier also made a great performance in that tournament, finishing 6th for €227,000 and this year he has already had a highly successful run in the WSOP.
Another notable achievement was by PokerStrategist Malte "bagger0405" Strothmann who finished in 21st place in last year's EPT Barcelona and also had a fairly successful WSOP this year.
If you plan on attending the PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona, then be sure to leave your name in our thread and let other PokerStrategy.com members follow you in the Main Event.
