2016 EPT Barcelona Main Event Day 1b: Andrey Sharonov Leads Biggest Ever EPT

Sun, sea, sand, and lots of poker! Barcelona delivered once again, as the PokerStars European Poker Tour attendance record from last year’s stop was shattered. On Day 1b, 1,291 players put €5,300 on the line to take a shot at the biggest EPT Main Event in history. Combined with Day 1a’s total of 468 players, the field already is unofficially at 1,759 players. With late registration open until the start of Day 2, the new attendance record is expected to be pushed even higher.

The day saw eight levels of 75-minute play and at the end of it all, it was Andrey Sharonov from Russia finishing atop the leaderboard. Sharonov built his starting stack of 30,000 up to a whopping 278,600, claiming the overall chip lead for both Day 1a and 1b in the process.

Sharonov is followed by, Marco Caza (262,000), Mikhail Molchanov (210,300), Quentin Roussey (170,000), Alin Grasu (190,000) and Miroslav Forman (171,000) amongst others.

While most players were still trickling in at the start of the day, Vanessa Selbst was already on …

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