EPT Champs Juanda, Brandstrom Among Those Returning for Day 2 in �10,300 EPT High Roller
Day 2 of the �10,300 EPT High Roller at the PokerStars and Barcelona?Casino European Poker Tour will get underway today at 12:30 local time after 221 players bagged an eventful Day 1 that drew a massive 500 players.
Among those who bagged are EPT champions John Juanda and Simon Brandstrom. The veteran Indonesian poker pro took down the 2015 EPT Barcelona Main Event, while the Swede won the previous edition of the tournament in 2019.
Also on the hunt for an EPT title as the series closes out are big names like Dan Smith, Nacho Barbero, Ben Heath, Niklas Astedt, PokerStars ambassadors Andre Akkari, Ramon Colillas and Alejandro Lococo and 2019 PCA champ Chino Rheem, who made a crazy soul read on Day 1 before bagging a starting stack of 50,000.
Israel's Jacob Amsellem bagged the chip lead with a stack of over 340 big blinds, while other big stacks include Ehsan Amiri (412,500), Andre Machado (397,500) and WSOP bracelet winner Yuliyan Kolev, who could break out his KFC bucket if he makes it deep.
Action will pick up on Level 12 with blinds of 1,000/2,000/2,000 and with levels lasting 50 minutes in duration after some changes to the schedule. The event is scheduled to play for three days and prize pool information should be made available later in the day.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site here at Casino Barcelona and ready to bring readers updates on the Day 2 action.