At the beginning there were a massive 2,120 entries, today only the best 79 players will return to the tables. Yes, the Main Event EPT Barcelona is trimming its field day by day, but after yesterday's nine hours of play, out of 303 ITM participants, the best 79 managed to pack the stack.
At the head of the peloton is Santiago Plante, a player who has yet to cash out from an EPT. After the incredible run, Plante bagged a stack of 3,025,000, which is 50bb more than the current second Carl Shaw (2,200,000).
PS ambassador Andre Akkari (741,000) continues to play, joined by three EPT champions - Robin Ylitalo (1,150,000), Patrik Antonius (680,000) and Dominik Panka (505,000). It was Patrik Antonius who took care of the TV moment of the day when he tripled-up with AT against AQ and AK on the streamed table.
Each of the participants of the fourth day already has a reward of €20,550 in their pocket, but no one will be satisfied with it at this point. The game will continue at noon at 8k/16k blinds, but you can look forward to the live stream again from 12:30, which you can find on our websites!
Yesterday, the final of the mentioned €50k Super High Roller took place, in which the 5 best players presented themselves. Those were led by Top Orpaz, who took full advantage and thus proved his super form. In Barcelona, he first finished third in the €10,200 Mystery Bounty, then he won the €25k High Roller, and now he took home the trophy from this tournament as well, along with a prize of €442,440.
"I reached my goal, I wanted to earn more than a million dollars and win at least one trophy. I've already passed the million mark, I even have two trophies, but we're not done yet!" For Orpaz, who is a businessman and only takes poker as a hobby, this is certainly a beautiful result. "It's always a challenge to play with the best in the world. I enjoy it, it's fun for me, and sometimes I earn some money as well.''
Final results of the €50k Super High Roller:
- Top Orpaz – 442,440€
- Tsugunari Toma – 285,200€
- Biao Ding – 157,200€
- Erik Seidel – 113,800€
- Justin Saliba – 100,600€
- Gerard Pique – 65,000€
Source: PokerNews, PSlive, YouTube, Flickr