270 Players Advance in Day 1g of Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
The PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) at Casino Barcelona continued today with another record-breaking Day 1 flight; 1,800 new entries amassed over the nine hours of play; up 333 entries from the former largest flight Day 1e yesterday. At the end of the night, 270 players bagged and tagged and will be returning for Day 2 tomorrow, after the completion of Day 1f later today.
As this chaotic flight died down, Benjamin Tessier bagged the overall chip lead taking through a total of 1,016,000 for the Day 2 restart. Tessier is nearly 400,000 in front of his two closer competitors Christian Sargues Hernandez and Dalibor Mijic who still managed to accumulate an impressive 647,000 and 605,000 chips respectively.
Day 1g Top 10 Chip Counts
| NAME | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Tessier | France |
| 2 | Christian Sargues Hernandez | Spain |
| 3 | Dalibor Mijic | Croatia |
| 4 | Gabriel Schroeder | Brazil |
| 5 | Damien Beziau | France |
| 6 | Alon Mor | Israel |
| 7 | Xavier Servais | Belgium |
| 8 | Eduard Barsegyan | Russia |
| 9 | Richard Dromzee | France |
| 10 | Erik Friberg | Sweden |
Day 1g welcomed some of the best players in Europe and beyond, including PokerStars Team Pro member Rafael Moraes from Brazil. However, it was not to be for Moraes as he was seen to depart the tournament floor during Level 14.
More familiar faces to not find a bag for Day 2 include Will Kassouf who had a roller coaster of a tournament before ultimately busting both his entries of flight 1g. Joining Kassouf, other notable names to hit the rail included Benny Glaser and Dara O'Kearney, all three of whom found their way into Day 1h for their last chance of progression in the ESPT Main Event.
Of those to cash this event and progress onto Day 2 include many accomplished players such as David Lappin (88,000), Gabriel Schroeder (595,000), Conor Beresford (78,000) and Antoine Vranken (129,000).
Day 2 will commence tomorrow, the 25th of August at 12 p.m. The official size of the field and prize pool will be confirmed upon the completion of Day 1h, which will be concluding later tonight.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews team will return tomorrow for continued coverage of the Estrellas Main Event action here on the Barcelona coast.