Welcome to Day 4 of the €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Welcome to Day 4 of the €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event at the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona. Cards go in the air at 12:30 p.m. at Casino Barcelona for the final 26 players in this five-day event.
Belgian Ferdinando D'Alessio is the only player over 20 million chips after a big run in the later stages of Day 3. He is followed by Israel's Avihai Smadga in second and Canadian Joshua James in third. Ankit Ahuja of India and Eduard Barsegyan of Russia round out the top five on the leaderboard.
Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Day 4 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferdinando D'Alessio | Belgium | 22,225,000 | 89 |
| 2 | Avihai Smadga | Israel | 19,875,000 | 80 |
| 3 | Joshua James | Canada | 15,525,000 | 62 |
| 4 | Ankit Ahuja | India | 15,325,000 | 61 |
| 5 | Eduard Barsegyan | Russia | 14,175,000 | 57 |
| 6 | Diogo Ferreira | Brazil | 12,350,000 | 49 |
| 7 | Petros Karadimos | Greece | 10,300,000 | 41 |
| 8 | Marcos Diego | Spain | 9,900,000 | 40 |
| 9 | Lucas Silva Rocha | Brazil | 8,925,000 | 36 |
| 10 | Louis Nyberg | Sweden | 8,725,000 | 35 |
Also returning is PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot, who went into Day 3 in the third spot on the leaderboard. His run continued and he will sit down for Day 4 in the middle of the pack. Day 3 chip leader Igor Kaufman also returns just outside the top ten, as well as Day 1g chip leader Benjamin Tessier.
Players will return in Level 33 with blinds at 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante. Levels will continue to last 60 minutes and the plan is to play to a final table. Action will be streamed today on the PokerStars YouTube channel on a 30-minute delay.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €676,230 | 9 | €62,470 |
| 2 | €415,320 | 10-11 | €52,080 |
| 3 | €294,620 | 12-13 | €43,380 |
| 4 | €232,090 | 14-15 | €36,160 |
| 5 | €177,810 | 16-17 | €31,440 |
| 6 | €136,850 | 18-20 | €27,320 |
| 7 | €105,590 | 21-23 | €23,740 |
| 8 | €81,230 | 24-26 | €20,640 |
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team all day long for live updates from the floor of the €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event at EPT Barcelona.