EPT Barcelona Breaks Poker Record

Casino Barcelona saw a total of 811 players turn out for the €5,300 buy-in European Poker Tour Barcelona main event, making it the biggest poker tournament ever held in Spain.

Kent Lundmark beat 757 players last season to take home the €825,000 top prize in this popular event, and this year’s champion will take home €850,000 from a total prize pool of €4,055,000.

Last season’s Grand Final held in Madrid had a bigger prize pool with 686 players tallying up the €10,600 buy-in but more players than ever before turned up at this year’s EPT Barcelona setting a whole new record for largest poker event attendance in Spain.

Guillaume Darcourt is currently leading the 407 survivors heading into day 2 with 195,300 in chips. The French pro finished 25th at the World Series of Poker main event this year for a nice payday of $242,636 and is looking to add to his winnings in the stunning city of Barcelona.

Here is the leader board at the start of day 2:

Guillaume Darcourt (France) 195,300
Martin Schleich (Germany) 182100
Vytautas Milvydas (Lithuania) 172,400
Gerardo Rodriguez Forteza (Spain) 170,800
Benjamin Juhasz (Hungary) 165,800
Mario Adinolfi (Italy) 169,000
Sam El Sayed (Switzerland) 163,200
Marcello Marigliano (Italy) 160,800
Eugene Katchalov (United States) 153,100
Dmitry Gromov (Russia) 152,200

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