The PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) at Casino Barcelona continues today with Day 2 of the �1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event. After eight starting flights generated a record-breaking field of 7,398 entrants (up from last year's record-breaking field of 6,313) for a total prize pool of �7,102,080, only 1,109 players remain, all of whom have already made the money.
Benjamin Tessier of France leads the field at 1,016,000, the only player to bag over one million chips. Hot on his heels are Day 1e chip leader Avihai Smadga (983,000), Emmanuel Lopez (829,000) and James Akenhead (804,000).
Top Ten Day 2 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Benjamin Tessier | France | 1,016,000 |
| 2 | Avihai Smadga | Israel | 983,000 |
| 3 | Emmanuel Lopez | Argentina | 829,000 |
| 4 | James Akenhead | United Kingdom | 804,000 |
| 5 | Pavlos Xanthopoulos | Greece | 799,000 |
| 6 | Oleksii Natoptanyi | Ukraine | 781,000 |
| 7 | Theodoros Ampelikiotis | Greece | 772,000 |
| 8 | Marcos Diego | Spain | 767,000 |
| 9 | Nabil Benchaouch | France | 729,000 |
| 10 | Vasyl Laba | Ukraine | 671,000 |
Other notable players to make Day 2 include Parker Talbot (539,000), Irene Albarran (146,000) Fintan Hand (126,000), Adam Hendrix (121,000), Ramon Colillas (59,000) and Benjamin Spragg (59,000).
Day 2 will play 60-minute levels starting with the remaining seven minutes of Level 16 with the blinds at 2,000/5,000 and a 5,000 big blind ante. The PokerNews team will be on-site to provide you with live updates throughout Day 2 in what is sure to be an action-packed day in Barcelona.
