New Champion to be Crowned in Final Day of �888 Main Event

Ryan Lashmar

Only 11 players remain from a field of 476 entrants going into the final day of the 888poker LIVE Barcelona �888 Main Event here at Casino Barcelona. All remaining players have locked up at least �4,500 and have the shared goal of claiming the trophy and top prize of �75,000.

Josep Valls leads the field with 4,590,000 after picking up queens to score a pivotal double knockout in the later levels of Day 2. Not far behind him is Gonzalo Mencia with 4,525,000 while Jose Criado rounds out the top three with 3,760,000. Those three are far ahead of the rest of the field with all other competitors having less than 2,000,000 in chips.

Full Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Josep Valls	Spain	4,590,000	77
2	Gonzalo Mencia	Spain	4,525,000	75
3	Jose Criado	Spain	3,760,000	63
4	Scott Fritz	United States	1,830,000	31
5	Daguang Lin	Spain	1,665,000	28
6	Leo Jubien	France	1,630,000	27
7	Mindaugas Pagareckas	Lithuania	1,490,000	25
8	Jose Massa	Spain	1,210,000	20
9	Florens Feenstra	Netherlands	1,170,000	20
10	Fernando Marco	-	1,145,000	19
11	Guillem Morgo	Spain	745,000	12

Also still in contention with 20 big blinds is 2018 WPT Amsterdam champion Florens Feenstra. With just under $1,300,000 in career tournament cashes to his name Feenstra will be a force to be reckoned with should he manage to double up his short stack today.

Play will resume today at 4:00 p.m. local time with the blinds at 30,000/60,000 and a 60,000 big blind ante. The action will be streamed on the 888poker Twitch and YouTube channels.