Pratyush Buddiga Wins the EPT Barcelona €25,500 Single-Day High Roller for €690,275, David Yan 2nd for €704,755

Another event at the 2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season Barcelona, another record broken with Pratyush Buddiga and David Yan finished first and second respectively to earn €690,275 and €704,755 after a deal was made.

Last year’s tournament, which saw a field of 152 wasn’t able to finish in the intended one day, so this year’s version started at 10:30 a.m. local time and saw a flock of players hit the poker room for the €25,500 Single-Day High Roller.

Players started with 100,000 in chips and levels were 30 minutes long throughout. Despite the early starting time, the designated tables filled up quickly. There was a steady flow of new players and players re-entering right until registration closed after the extended lunch break. In total the event saw 165 total entries, consisting of 131 unique players and 34 of them using their single reentry option. That created a prize pool of well over €4 million with just shy of a million for first.

After a long day of high-stakes poker action, Buddiga from the United States eventually walked away a champion after a three-way deal saw the New Zealander, Yan take home the biggest payout:

As was expected, players busted out left and right the entire day due to the fast-paced structure. With a €25,000 prize tag to enter, just about all of the players could be described as well-known. The best of the best came out for this event, and some wealthy amateurs joined them to battle it out for glory, a sweet trophy and a whole lot of cash.

Gerard Pique, after having already played the €50,000 Super High Roller earlier this festival, made another appearance. He gathered a big stack early on, but eventually fell a couple places short of the money in a hand against eventual final tablist Talbot Parker.

With so many entering, a lot left empty handed and, presumably, disappointed. Like Pique, big names like Anthony Zinno, Timothy Adams, Adrian Mateos, Jason Mercier, Shaun Deeb and last year’s winner Martin Finger all fell well before the money.

Dutch high roller Robert Soogea would become the bubble boy in this single-day affair. His elimination started first when he lost a big hand with a flush draw that didn’t materialize. …

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