Italian Wins Estrellas Poker Tour BarcelonaRecord Field Creates €1 million Plus Prize Pool And €200,000 Top Prize |
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The PokerStars.com Estrellas Poker Tour Barcelona main event has become Spain’s largest ever poker tournament after it attracted 1,036 players to Gran Casino, Barcelona.
The prize pool grew to €1,004,940 and €200,000 was awarded to eventual winner Lorenzo Sabato from Italy who knocked out the final two players to take his victory.
He said, “I’m really happy to have won. I would to thank my family and friends who have been supporting me since I became a professional poker player”.
The final table payouts were:
1: Lorenzo Sabato (Italy) — €200,000
2: Andrey Demidov (Russian Federation) — €122,500
3: Niclas Svensson (Sweden) — €76,500
4: Miguel Mora (Spain) — €59,200
5: Samuel Bernabeu Guilabert (Spain) — €44,200
6: Pere Estatuet (Spain) — €30,100
7: Artur Alabart Urgelles (Spain) — €22,000
8: Jonas Garstick (Switzerland) — €16,000
Elsewhere Russian Liya Gerasimova won the Women Live tournament at the EPT festival taking down €10,700. The event attracted 63 players.