Die Estrella Poker Tour in Barcelona sprengt alle Rekorde. Es ist das größte Live Event in der Pokerstars Geschichte. Gestern ging Tag 1B der regionalen spanischen Pokerstars Tour über die Bühne und sensationelle 1.123 Spieler fanden sich an den Tischen ein. Zusammen mit den 675 Startern von Tag 1A bringt es das Main Event der Estrellas Poker Tour also auf stolze 1.798 Teilnehmer.
Damit wurde nicht nur die Garantiesummer verdoppelt sondern auch ein neuer Teilnehmerrekord aufgestellt. Bisher war nämlich das 1.626 Teilnehmer starke Feld bei der UKIPT Nottingham das größte Live Event von Pokerstars. Doch Barcelona übertraf alle Erwartungen und die harte Arbeit von EPT Präsident Edgar Stuchly und seinem Team scheint sich auszuzahlen.
Die Chipcounts nach Tag 1B liegen noch nicht vor, doch am Ende haben wir für euch die Counts von Tag 1A. Bester Deutscher nach dem ersten Starttag ist Adrian Vincent Daniel Schuh, der sich mit 119.600 derzeit auf Rang 24 im Chipcount befindet. Auch der Schweizer Rino Mathis ist noch im Rennen, gehört sich allerdings mit 30.100 in Chips zu den Smallstacks.
Hier die Chipcounts von Tag 1A:
| Name | Country | Status | Chips |
| Julien Gaston | France | PokerStars Qualifier | 282.800 |
| Anton Emanuel Suarez Johansson | Sweden | 281.700 | |
| Ruben Osvaldo Hurinich | Argentina | 230.600 | |
| Mustapha Kanit | Italy | PokerStars Qualifier | 218.400 |
| Ceferino Moreno | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 199.900 |
| Panagiotis Pilafas | Greece | PokerStars Player | 193.700 |
| Gianluca Mattia | Italy | 192.700 | |
| Alan Rocamora Garcia | Spain | 189.800 | |
| Nicki Dalgaard | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 180.500 |
| Pablo Cusi Sierra | Spain | 174.700 | |
| Pawel Keller | Poland | PokerStars Qualifier | 170.900 |
| Marc Pujol Cases | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 155.300 |
| Dmitry Vitkind | Russian Federation | PokerStars Qualifier | 154.700 |
| Paul Vas Nunes | United Kingdom | PokerStars Qualifier | 144.900 |
| Bonifacio Martinez Gonzalez | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 143.500 |
| Samuel Rodriguez | Spain | 141.300 | |
| Anatoly Filatov | Russian Federation | 140.100 | |
| Tessier Santamaria | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 139.200 |
| Mariela Blanco Jimenez | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 132.200 | |
| Mathieu Philippe Cabannes | France | 130.300 | |
| Gilbert Diaz | France | 128.800 | |
| Ruben Veras Fragoso | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 127.300 |
| Benjamin Saada | France | 125.700 | |
| Adrian Vincent Daniel Schuh | Germany | 119.600 | |
| Eduardo Elvis Lahiguera | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 119.300 |
| Soenke Jahn | Germany | PokerStars Qualifier | 117.100 |
| Florian-Dimitrie Duta | Romania | PokerStars Qualifier | 116.500 |
| Sindrn Björnsson | Iceland | PokerStars Player | 113.600 |
| Vladislav Lazarev | Spain | 110.300 | |
| Alexander Lakhov | Russian Federation | 107.800 | |
| Masbah Ben | France | 107.400 | |
| Christian Serrano Pleguezuelos | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 106.000 |
| Georgios Theodoridis | Greece | PokerStars Qualifier | 105.200 |
| Roberto Merida Diaz | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 102.700 |
| Jackson Genovesi | Italy | 99.900 | |
| Aleksejs Sirokovs | Latvia | 99.800 | |
| Madis Erit | Estonia | 96.500 | |
| Zhelyo Zhelev | Bulgaria | 95.800 | |
| Felix Juarez Hernan | Spain | PokerStars Player | 95.400 |
| Sergi Roca Pascual | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 93.000 |
| Jerome L`Hostis | France | 92.400 | |
| Albert Gorman | United Kingdom | 90.900 | |
| Sebastian Morillo | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 90.000 |
| Chico Lopez Manuel Angel | Spain | 89.900 | |
| Jose Luis Villanustre Avero | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 89.800 |
| Sanchez Lopez | Spain | 89.200 | |
| Tran Anh Le | Germany | 89.100 | |
| Jose Miguel Martinez Garnés | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 87.200 |
| Marco Marchione | Italy | 85.900 | |
| Konstantinos Sratopoulos | Greece | 85.100 | |
| Borja Gomez Garcia | Spain | PokerStars Player | 84.700 |
| Alexey Pugachev | Russian Federation | 83.500 | |
| Joaquín María Silva Silva | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 83.000 |
| Sergio Aido | Spain | PokerStars Player | 82.600 |
| Jairo Arias Menendez | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 82.500 |
| Vallo Maidla | Estonia | 82.000 | |
| Miguel Noguera | Spain | 81.500 | |
| Michel Leibgorin | France | 80.100 | |
| Ben Warrington | United Kingdom | PokerStars Qualifier | 79.900 |
| Juno Heikki Samuel Heiska | Finland | 79.000 | |
| Ruben Puras | Spain | 78.800 | |
| Marton Czuczor | Hungary | PokerStars Player | 78.600 |
| Konstantinidis Ioannis | Spain | 77.400 | |
| Nabil Mohamed Abdien Cardoso | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 76.800 |
| Allyn Shulman | United States | 75.500 | |
| Joel Visa Jordana | Portugal | PokerStars Player | 75.300 |
| Richard Milne Snr. | United Kingdom | 75.100 | |
| Guy Felder | France | 74.200 | |
| Heinz Traut | Germany | PokerStars Qualifier | 73.200 |
| Viacheslav Abo | Russian Federation | 73.200 | |
| Loic Pierre Fringant | France | 72.600 | |
| Muhyedine Fares | Senegal | 71.300 | |
| Natalia Gromova | Russian Federation | 71.200 | |
| Antonio Pérez Salas | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 71.100 |
| Alexandr Prigarnyi | Russian Federation | 71.000 | |
| Ruben Cebollada | Andorra | PokerStars Qualifier | 70.400 |
| Tomas Jauring | Sweden | PokerStars Qualifier | 70.200 |
| Karathanos Spiros | Greece | PokerStars Player | 69.700 |
| Rabah Ameur | Spain | 69.400 | |
| Alin Sameeian | Germany | 69.400 | |
| Alejandro Tartiere | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 68.600 |
| Juan Santacruz | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 68.600 |
| Yoni Basin | Israel | PokerStars Qualifier | 68.000 |
| Giacomo Fundaro | Italy | 67.800 | |
| Logi Unnarson Jonsson | Iceland | 67.800 | |
| Henri Frederi Benoni | France | 67.600 | |
| Joan Oriol Vilaseca Lecina | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 67.200 |
| Aivaras Bardauskas | Lithuania | PokerStars Player | 67.000 |
| Keszler Erik | Hungary | PokerStars Qualifier | 65.200 |
| Markus Branfeldt | Sweden | 65.000 | |
| Gabriel Dragomir | Romania | 64.600 | |
| Adrian Belenguer | Spain | PokerStars Player | 64.100 |
| Sergio Duran Garcia | Spain | 64.000 | |
| Jorge Montero Jordan | Spain | 63.300 | |
| Jaxi Kiernan | Germany | 62.300 | |
| Stephane Plique | France | 61.500 | |
| Garcia Valls | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 61.300 |
| David Monino Marquez | Spain | 59.300 | |
| Guy Goossens | Belgium | 57.900 | |
| Ladislao Dalfo Batlle | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 57.800 |
| Vitaliy Shepitko | Russian Federation | 57.500 | |
| Waldemar Essig | Germany | PokerStars Player | 57.400 |
| Valerii Kokshin | Spain | 56.500 | |
| Pedro Juan Rodrigo Caravaca | Spain | 54.400 | |
| John Stokes | Ireland | 53.700 | |
| Offir Salomon | Israel | 53.100 | |
| Jose Antonio Serna Rodriguez | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 52.800 |
| Albert Macia | Spain | PokerStars Player | 51.200 |
| Gintaras Simaitis | Lithuania | 49.900 | |
| Evgeniy Vershitskiy | Russian Federation | PokerStars Qualifier | 49.600 |
| Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | PokerStars Qualifier | 48.800 |
| Vladimir Novitckii | Russian Federation | 48.600 | |
| Isaac Chapi Tolosa | Spain | 48.500 | |
| Christian Weichhart | Germany | PokerStars Qualifier | 48.300 |
| Zoltan Szabo | Hungary | PokerStars Qualifier | 47.000 |
| Alfonso Amendola | Italy | 47.000 | |
| Alejandro Sanchez | Spain | 46.800 | |
| Fedor Lunin | Russian Federation | PokerStars Qualifier | 46.600 |
| Harcharan Dogra Dogra | Spain | 46.600 | |
| Maksim Bura | Russian Federation | PokerStars Player | 46.300 |
| Alexis Abreu Abrante | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 46.000 |
| Francisco Javier Cruz Molas | Spain | 45.100 | |
| Miguel Martinez Abad | Spain | 45.000 | |
| Lluis Bartomeli Guerrero Fallana | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 44.500 |
| Axier Penagaricano Arteaga | Spain | 44.300 | |
| Garcia Rivera | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 44.200 |
| Aki Vihikainen | Finland | PokerStars Qualifier | 44.100 |
| Bjorn Geissert | Germany | 43.400 | |
| Jose Luis Puente Oña | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 42.400 |
| Igacio Sole Aparicio | Spain | 42.400 | |
| Angelos Tsoukanelis | United Kingdom | PokerStars Qualifier | 41.000 |
| Xavier Ponce Vargas | Spain | 40.800 | |
| Raffaele Sorrentino | Italy | PokerStars Qualifier | 40.000 |
| Stephane Benoit | Spain | 39.800 | |
| Didier Cicurel | Switzerland | 39.500 | |
| Valeriu Rosca | Romania | 39.400 | |
| Doris Windhoff | Germany | 38.400 | |
| Ignacio Cuesta Zalava | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 38.200 |
| Manuel Uceda Gonzalez | Spain | 38.100 | |
| Jonathan Montes Ramirez | Spain | 37.700 | |
| Juan Manuel Pastor | Spain | Team PokerStars Pro | 37.300 |
| Dawid Borkowski | Poland | PokerStars Qualifier | 37.200 |
| Robert Cazali | France | PokerStars Qualifier | 36.800 |
| Victor Podofedenko | Russian Federation | PokerStars Qualifier | 36.600 |
| Gerard Chamorro | Spain | PokerStars Player | 36.600 |
| Domingo Papio Martin | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 36.300 |
| Andres Nadal | Spain | 36.300 | |
| Jose Javier Patiño Gonzalez | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 36.000 |
| Karl Eriksson | Sweden | PokerStars Qualifier | 35.500 |
| Ronny Purschwitz | Germany | 33.600 | |
| Adrian Lozano Silva | Spain | 33.400 | |
| Sergio Daniel Martinez | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 32.200 |
| Mario Perez Peñalver | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 32.000 |
| Miguel Fernandez Regueira | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 32.000 |
| Wilhelm Nordfjord | Iceland | PokerStars Player | 31.900 |
| José Ignacio Monente Sagaseta | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 31.600 |
| Brent Chapman | United States | 30.800 | |
| Daniele Vesco | Italy | 30.800 | |
| Alberto Carlos Gonzalez Quiney | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 30.500 |
| Guiseppe Mazzilli | Italy | 30.400 | |
| Karl Patrik Nydahl | Sweden | 30.400 | |
| Carlo Junior Constanzia Di Costigliole | Italy | PokerStars Qualifier | 30.200 |
| Rino Mathis | Switzerland | Team PokerStars Pro | 30.100 |
| Laurynas Levinskas | Lithuania | PokerStars Qualifier | 29.400 |
| Jose Ramon Preciado | Spain | 28.300 | |
| Alberto Garcia | Spain | PokerStars Player | 27.600 |
| David Tous Rosich | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 26.800 |
| Casey Kastle | Slovenia | 26.300 | |
| Monge Rodriguez | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 26.200 |
| Stikelis Mantas | Lithuania | PokerStars Qualifier | 26.000 |
| Jaime Eduardo Catany Lee | Spain | 25.600 | |
| Olivier Wilfrid Michel | France | 24.500 | |
| Andrey Volkov | Russian Federation | 23.900 | |
| Ilya Toyakov | Russian Federation | 23.800 | |
| Hugo Uceda Alvarez | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 23.600 |
| Miguel Arraco Serna | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 23.100 |
| Angel Cobo | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 22.400 |
| Mitja Potočin | Slovenia | PokerStars Qualifier | 22.400 |
| Malik Nouri | France | 22.000 | |
| Karim Erich Balm | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 21.800 |
| Florensa Cabello | Spain | 21.800 | |
| Cristofero Palermo | Italy | 21.500 | |
| Johann Schroder | Iceland | PokerStars Player | 20.300 |
| David Moreno Narvaez | Spain | 20.200 | |
| David Fernandez | Spain | PokerStars Player | 19.900 |
| Manuel Fernando Goncalves Miranda | Portugal | PokerStars Qualifier | 19.800 |
| Jose Patiño Linares | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 19.500 |
| Robert Larsen | Norway | PokerStars Qualifier | 19.400 |
| Juan Jose Fernandez Camean | Spain | 18.600 | |
| Francisco Arce | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 17.600 |
| Victor Patiño Gonzalez | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 16.700 |
| Francisco Javier De Esteban Cañon | Sweden | PokerStars Qualifier | 15.800 |
| Halldor Sverrisson | Iceland | PokerStars Qualifier | 15.600 |
| Asier Crespo | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 14.300 |
| Marco Della Tommasina | Italy | 13.400 | |
| Benjamin Luehr | Germany | PokerStars Player | 12.800 |
| Antonio Garcia Morales | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 11.800 |
| Oscar Ariño Saura | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 11.200 |
| Oscar Guaita Castillo | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 10.800 |
| Ramon Aguilera Torres | Spain | 9.600 | |
| Jose Antonio Escobat Moreno | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 8.800 |
