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Italian Wins Estrellas Poker Tour Barcelona

Record Field Creates €1 million Plus Prize Pool And €200,000 Top Prize

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Picture courtesy of PokerStarsThe 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.