Final Flight of Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event Set to Begin at 6 p.m.
Welcome back to Casino Barcelona for Day 1h of Event #1: €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event, which is the last of eight starting flights and is part of the Pokerstars Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT).
Last night, Avihai Smadga took the overall chip lead with 983,000 after topping a 1,467-player flight in Day 1e. The first six flights have attracted a total of 4,331 entrants and, at the time of this writing, an additional 1,760 have entered Day 1g, which began earlier today at 11 a.m.
Top Ten Chip Counts From Days 1a-1f
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avihai Smadga | Israel | 983,000 |
| 2 | Emmanuel Lopez | Argentina | 829,000 |
| 3 | James Akenhead | United Kingdom | 804,000 |
| 4 | Pavlos Xanthopoulos | Greece | 799,000 |
| 5 | Oleksii Natoptanyi | Ukraine | 781,000 |
| 6 | Theodoros Ampelikiotis | Greece | 772,000 |
| 7 | Marcos Diego | Spain | 767,000 |
| 8 | Nabil Benchaouch | France | 729,000 |
| 9 | Vasyl Laba | Ukraine | 671,000 |
| 10 | Jose Rodriguez Zurita | Mexico | 610,000 |
Some notables who have already secured a Day 2 berth include Jack Salter (410,000), Antoine Saout (219,000), Uri Reichenstein (213,000), and Team PokerStars Pros Arlie Shaban (206,000), Irene Albarran (146,000), and Benjamin Spragg (59,000).
Players will begin with 30,000 in chips with blinds starting at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. Day 1h features a turbo-like structure that includes accelerated 20-minute levels. Late registration will close at the start of Level 11, at which point the total amount of entrants will be finalized and the total prize pool will be calculated. Twenty-five-minute breaks will be held after every five levels and play will end for the day once 15 percent of the field remains.
All the remaining players across all eight starting flights will reconvene tomorrow at noon local time for Day 2. All players who make it to Day 2 will have made the money (the amount of a min-cash will be determined once the final prize pool is confirmed).
Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we continue to bring you all the action from this eighth and final starting flight of Event #1: €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event!