2016 EPT Barcelona Main Event Day 1b: Nicolas Chouity Bags Day 2 Lead

Day 2 of the record-breaking 2016 PokerStars.es European Poker Tour Season 13 Barcelona €5,300 Main Event saw more than 900 players return to the Casino Barcelona and another 28 hopefuls opted to buy in with a fresh stack of 30 big blinds.

This boosted the overall attendance to 1,785 entries, and the prize pool of €8,657,250 was to be shared among the top 359 spots. The minimum cash is worth €5,630, while the winner walks home with a life-changing payday of €1,122,800.

Fewer than 295 hopefuls advanced to Day 2 after six 75-minute levels and EPT6 Grand Final champion Nicolas Chouity claimed the lead with impressive 559,000. He is closely followed by Austria’s Adem Marjanovic (542,500) and Uri Reichenstein (518,000) also put more than half a million into his bag. Other big stacks and notables for Day 3 include Georgios Zisimopoulos (462,000), Martin Kabrhel (458,500), aforementioned Alin Grasu (437,000); Gleb Tremzin (428,000), and Diego Zeiter (383,500).

Before the cards went back underway, the EPT’s Neil Johnson announced news about the expansion of the PokerStars brand on the live circuit with the PokerStars Championship and PokerStars Festival series at various old and new destinations such as Macau, Atlantic City and Barcelona — promising more games, more days and more events.

Once play resumed, the call of seat open came in steady and at a …

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