The Barcelona stop of the EPT is slowly coming to a close, but before it does, a few new champions have to be crowned, and one of them will be the winner of the €5,300 buy-in Main Event.

40 players continue to Day 5 of the EPT Barcelona Main Event

The Main Event brought in 1,975 entries, making it the fourth biggest Main Event in EPT history. The prizepool is worth €9,578,750 and a reward of €1,512,000 awaits the winner.

There are 16 players left

Yesterday, 40 players entered the fifth day of play and at the end of the day, only the top 16 players were left in the game. They are led by American player Rania Nasreddine with a stack of 7,200,000. Right behind her in second place is Stephen Song with a stack of 6,725,000. Other well-known names still in the field are Harry Lodge (4,165,000), David Coleman (3,570,000) and Andrew Hulme (1,670,000), all of whom already have at least €62,150 in the bag.

The sixth day of the EPT Barcelona Main Event is scheduled to start at 12:00, when the blinds will start at 40,000/80,000/80,000 and will run again in 90-minute levels. There will also be a livestream from 12:30pm, which you can find on our website.

Mystery Bounty trophy goes to Brazil

The €3,000 buy-in EPT Mystery Bounty tournament had its final day on the schedule yesterday, bringing in 1,113 entries and a prizepool of €1,909,908. A €321,658 bounty awaited the winner here, and it went to Brazilian player Murilo Milhomem. He also bagged bounty prizes worth €11,000.

Source - EPT, PSLive, Flickr, Pokernews