Mohamed Samri Wins Estrellas Barcelona Main Event after Heads-Up Deal; Chris Moorman 3rd

The Estrellas Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event reached a conclusion Monday night with Mohamed Samri of France besting a record-breaking 3,447-player field and tough final table to win the €1,100 buy-in event and a €353,200 prize following a heads-up deal.

Samri only led briefly during three-handed play on the way to his victory, having started heads-up at a deficit to the Dutchman Teunis Kooij who took away a larger share of the prize pool — €372,060 — thanks to the chop. Those two had to outlast a formidable foe as well in the United Kingdom’s Chris Moorman. The online legend began the final day with the chip lead and also led during three-handed play, but Kooij and then Samri were each able to outlast him as he finished third.

Barcelona is the final stop of Season 7 of the ESPT, coinciding with the PokerStars.es European Poker Tour Barcelona festival with numerous cross-listed events. The 3,447 players who took part in the ESPT Barcelona Main Event — all uniques, as the tournament was a freezeout with no reentries — broke last year’s record of 3,292 and created an overall prize pool of €3,343,590 split between the top 695 finishers.

From three three Day 1 flights, 862 made it through to Day 2 on which the cash bubble burst early. Several notables would make the money over the next two days leading up to the final. Looking just inside the top 100, cashers included Louis Salter (24th – €10,930), Daniel Strelitz (25th – €10,930), …

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