Gestern ging Tag 2 des €5.300 Main Events der European Poker Tour Barcelona über die Bühne. Die 697 Überlebenden der beiden Starttage kamen zurück ins Gran Casino und der Kampf um den gigantischen Presipool von of €5.984.900 ging weiter. 235 Spieler schafften es am Ende durch den Tag und in Führung liegt der Argentinier Alexander Tavitian, der dieses Jahr bereits die LAPT Chile gewinnen konnte.
Bester deutschsprachiger Spieler ist Michael Skender auf Rang 12 im Chipcount, gefolgt von Jamila von Perger auf Platz 15. Für die deutschsprachige Pokercommunity sieht es insgesamt sehr gut aus, denn an Tag 3 werden 21 Spieler wiederkommen und die deutschen Fahnen hochhalten. Für die Pros des Team Pokerstars lief der Tag hingegen alles andere als gut und die meisten von ihnen mussten ihre Plätze räumen. Zu den Bustouts gehörten Jason Mercier, Eugene Katchalov, Fatima Moreira De Melo, Jonathan Duhamel, Liv Boeree, Jake Cody, Rino Mathis, Maxim Lykov, Marcel Luske, Vanessa Selbst, Jan Heitmann, Luca Pagano, Nacho Barbero und Theo Jorgensen.
Auch Fußball Superstar Gerard Piqué schaffte es nicht durch den Tag. Obwohl es zunächst sehr gut für ihn life, war in Level 10 Schluss. Auf dem Flop von 
waren gegen Carlos Mora Alvarez bereits jede Menge Chips in der Mitte und auf dem 
Turn ging der Rest rein. Der 
auf dem River komplettierte das Board, Piqué drehte 
für Middle Pair und Gutshot und war geschlagen von 
und dem Flush seines Gegners. Ebenfalls ausgeschieden an Tag 2 ist Vitaly Lunkin, der erst vor wenigen Tagen das €50.000 Super High Roller Event gewann und €771.300 einstrich. Im Main Event reichte ein missglückter Bluff, um ihn an die Rails zu schicken.
Heute um 12:00 Uhr geht es weiter im Gran Casino Barcelona mit Tag 3 und die 21 verbliebenen deutschsprachigen Spieler machen weiter Hoffnung auf einen Deutschen EPT Triumph.
Zum Schluss noch die gesamten Chipcounts:
| Name | Country | Status | Chips |
| Pablo Alexander Tavitian | Argentina | PokerStars player | 465.000 |
| Niall Farrell | UK | PokerStars player | 444.000 |
| Grudi Hristov Grudev | Bulgaria | 437.800 | |
| Albert Daher | Lebanon | 420.500 | |
| Alejandro Perez Torres | Spain | 417.500 | |
| Niclas Adolfsson | Sweden | PokerStars player | 417.100 |
| Denis Pisarev | Russia | PokerStars player | 403.700 |
| Dmitry Yurasov | Russia | 377.800 | |
| Christopher Andler | Sweden | 376.000 | |
| Kent Lundmark | Sweden | PokerStars qualifier | 362.100 |
| Michael Skender | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 353.300 |
| Markus Kivipuro | Finland | 353.000 | |
| Nicolau Pacheco Villa-Lobos | Brazil | PokerStars player | 352.300 |
| Jamila Von Perger | Germany | PokerStars player | 352.000 |
| Nils Jarefjall | Sweden | PokerStars player | 351.300 |
| Florian-Dimitrie Duta | Romania | 341.200 | |
| Simon Mattsson | Sweden | PokerStars qualifier | 336.100 |
| Toni Judet | Romania | Team PokerStars Pro | 336.000 |
| Alejandro Belluccia | Argentina | 328.400 | |
| Gaetano Dell`Aera | Belgium | 323.500 | |
| Thomas Middleton | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 305.700 |
| Javier Etayo | Spain | PokerStars player | 305.000 |
| Lukas Berglund | Sweden | PokerStars qualifier | 302.400 |
| Parker Talbot | Canada | PokerStars qualifier | 301.000 |
| Yann Dion | Canada | PokerStars qualifier | 293.000 |
| Berthold Winz | Germany | 287.100 | |
| Raphael Raphi Halfon | France | PokerStars player | 285.500 |
| Aleksandar Denishev | Bulgaria | 284.000 | |
| Felix Stephensen | Norway | PokerStars player | 281.300 |
| Imed Mahmoud | Tunisia | 280.000 | |
| Dragan Kostic | Spain | 270.000 | |
| Kevin Iacofano | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 268.500 |
| Ryan Scott Spittles | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 266.300 |
| Michel Pecheux | France | 266.200 | |
| Max Ruess | Sweden | PokerStars qualifier | 265.500 |
| Rens Feenstra | Netherlands | PokerStars player | 264.000 |
| Petra Hruskova | Slovakia | Live Satellite | 260.600 |
| Oscar Kroon | Sweden | PokerStars player | 258.900 |
| Anaras Alekberovas | Lithuania | PokerStars player | 255.400 |
| Andreas Christoforou | Cyprus | PokerStars qualifier | 248.200 |
| Thomas Butzhammer | Germany | PokerStars player | 244.100 |
| Dermot Blain | Ireland | Full Tilt Poker Ambassador | 244.000 |
| Alexey Makarov | Russia | 240.300 | |
| Valentino Yasenov Konakchiev | Bulgaria | PokerStars qualifier | 238.900 |
| Isisdoro Barrena | Spain | 234.900 | |
| Glib Kovtunov | Ukraine | PokerStars player | 234.400 |
| Walid Bou Habib | Lebanon | PokerStars qualifier | 233.000 |
| Jacques Torbey | Lebanon | 231.900 | |
| Anton Komarov | Russia | 231.800 | |
| Maksim Bura | Russia | PokerStars player | 231.300 |
| Antonio Buonanno | Italy | 230.200 | |
| Claas Segebrecht | Germany | PokerStars player | 228.400 |
| Miklos Zsuffa | Hungary | 221.300 | |
| Zsolt Vasvenszki | Hungary | PokerStars qualifier | 218.900 |
| Martin Staszko | Czech Republic | 217.500 | |
| Martin Bolecek | Slovakia | Live Satellite | 217.300 |
| Cesar Garrido | Spain | 213.000 | |
| Sampo Mikael Loeppoenen | Finland | Live Satellite | 212.100 |
| Clement Thumy | France | 211.600 | |
| Pasi Sormunen | Finland | 207.200 | |
| Stefan Tobias Kolossow | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 206.500 |
| Kjetil Hansen | Norway | Live Satellite | 205.400 |
| Marcos Paneque Mateos | Spain | PokerStars qualifier | 203.900 |
| Jacob Reffeldt Rasmussen | Denmark | PokerStars player | 202.400 |
| Andrew Moreno | USA | 202.300 | |
| Yannick Frenette | Canada | PokerStars qualifier | 201.100 |
| Mike Watson | Canada | PokerStars player | 200.600 |
| Kenny Hallaert | Belgium | PokerStars player | 200.000 |
| Lukasz Roczniak | Poland | PokerStars qualifier | 199.000 |
| Jari Haanniemi | Finland | 196.400 | |
| David Kaufmann | Germany | PokerStars player | 195.900 |
| Morten Mortensen | Denmark | PokerStars qualifier | 194.300 |
| Kresten Nielsen | Denmark | PokerStars qualifier | 192.900 |
| Douglas Ferreira Souza | Brazil | PokerStars player | 191.300 |
| Pascal Hartmann | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 191.300 |
| Dikovic Dejan | Bosnia and Herzegovina | PokerStars player | 190.800 |
| Kimmo Kurko | Finland | 189.700 | |
| Ivan Kotov | Ukraine | PokerStars player | 188.800 |
| Daniel Reijmer | Netherlands | PokerStars player | 187.700 |
| Radif Sharifullin | Russia | PokerStars player | 187.700 |
| Kevin MacPhee | USA | PokerStars qualifier | 187.100 |
| Leonardo Carvarge Martins | Brazil | 186.400 | |
| Sergey Rybachenko | Russia | PokerStars player | 184.500 |
| Benoit Gury | France | PokerStars player | 183.600 |
| Julian Thomas | Germany | PokerStars player | 183.600 |
| Steven Watts | UK | 181.700 | |
| Barham Kakahama | Kyrgyzstan | 181.200 | |
| Sean Wilson | Canada | 181.200 | |
| Eli Heath | UK | PokerStars player | 178.500 |
| Hui-Chen Kuo | China | PokerStars qualifier | 177.000 |
| Andrey Chesnokov | Russia | 175.000 | |
| Vishal Pundjabi | Germany | 167.600 | |
| Simeon Naydenov | Bulgaria | 165.300 | |
| Alain Jean Debackere | Belgium | 165.000 | |
| Andrey Danilyuk | Russia | 164.800 | |
| Alex Stevic | Sweden | PokerStars sponsored player | 162.800 |
| Madis Müür | Estonia | 161.200 | |
| Massimo Di Cicco | Italy | Live Satellite | 160.000 |
| Geoffrey Van Butsel | Belgium | PokerStars qualifier | 159.300 |
| Milan Polke | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 159.000 |
| Pawel Brzeski | Poland | PokerStars qualifier | 158.700 |
| Grayson Ramage | USA | PokerStars qualifier | 158.700 |
| Victor Ramdin | USA | Team PokerStars Pro | 156.600 |
| Stefan Vagner | Slovakia | 155.000 | |
| Danny Covyn | Belgium | PokerStars player | 155.000 |
| Gergely Kulcsar | Hungary | PokerStars qualifier | 154.500 |
| Max Greenwood | Canada | PokerStars player | 151.900 |
| Francesco Paolo Conte | Brazil | 145.700 | |
| Massimo Mosele | Italy | 143.200 | |
| Cristinel Sandu | Romania | Live Satellite | 142.800 |
| Siddharth Jain | India | PokerStars qualifier | 140.500 |
| Therese Gronstad | Norway | 138.200 | |
| Jose Gonzales | Argentina | PokerStars player | 138.000 |
| Mario Adinolfi | Italy | 137.700 | |
| Michel Eid | Lebanon | 137.600 | |
| Maximiliano Gallardo | Argentina | 136.700 | |
| Rien Wijermars | Netherlands | PokerStars player | 136.500 |
| Teodor Caraba | Romania | 136.100 | |
| Igor Izmaylov | Russia | 135.800 | |
| Antonio Brando | Italy | Live Satellite | 131.100 |
| Philippe Clerc | France | PokerStars qualifier | 131.000 |
| Fokke Jacob Beukers | Netherlands | PokerStars player | 129.900 |
| Jonas Lauck | Germany | PokerStars player | 129.700 |
| Thomas Muhlocker | Austria | PokerStars qualifier | 129.200 |
| Ferdinando Lo Cascio | Italy | 127.700 | |
| Byron Kaverman | USA | PokerStars player | 127.600 |
| Henri Laaksonen | Finland | PokerStars player | 125.900 |
| Guillermo Olvera | Mexico | PokerStars player | 125.600 |
| Josef Bachar | Israel | 123.200 | |
| Shannon Shorr | USA | PokerStars player | 123.100 |
| Tigran Yazychyan | Russia | 123.000 | |
| Mario Vojvoda | Croatia | PokerStars qualifier | 121.400 |
| David Benefield | USA | PokerStars player | 120.700 |
| Antonio Alfaia | Portugal | 120.300 | |
| Sebastian von Toperczer | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 119.500 |
| Alexander Nelkin | Russia | 118.800 | |
| Henri Frederi Benoni | France | 116.900 | |
| Thomas Brauner | Austria | PokerStars player | 115.100 |
| Erik Freiberg | Sweden | PokerStars player | 114.500 |
| Antal Roth | Hungary | Live Satellite | 112.800 |
| Jaco Verloop | Netherlands | PokerStars qualifier | 112.000 |
| Slaven Popov | Bulgaria | PokerStars qualifier | 110.900 |
| Stanislav Labutkin | Russia | 109.800 | |
| Daniel Stern | USA | PokerStars qualifier | 105.200 |
| Kevin Vandersmissen | Belgium | 103.600 | |
| Per Linde | Sweden | PokerStars player | 103.200 |
| Theodoros Aidonopoulos | Greece | 103.100 | |
| Abilio Ribeiro | Portugal | Live Satellite | 102.200 |
| Santiago Soriano Ramos | Spain | PokerStars qualifier | 102.200 |
| Andre Andrade | Portugal | PokerStars qualifier | 102.200 |
| Leo Fernandez | Argentina | Team PokerStars Pro | 101.700 |
| Giovani Gouveia | Portugal | PokerStars player | 99.900 |
| Jacek Markowski | Germany | PokerStars player | 99.700 |
| Daniel Colin Bass | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 98.500 |
| Ole Schemion | Germany | PokerStars player | 98.000 |
| Konstantin Streletskiy | Russia | 96.000 | |
| Manuel Cuberos | Spain | Live Satellite | 96.000 |
| Steve Gallo | Spain | 93.200 | |
| Maximilian Senft | Austria | PokerStars player | 92.400 |
| Paul Frost | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 90.900 |
| Marvin Rettenmaier | Germany | PokerStars player | 90.800 |
| Jean-Philippe Rohr | France | 90.200 | |
| Viacheslav Goryachev | Russia | 90.000 | |
| Russell Thomas | USA | PokerStars player | 89.500 |
| Ole Nergard | Norway | 89.400 | |
| Atanas Georgiev Malinov | Bulgaria | PokerStars qualifier | 87.700 |
| Roberto Fernandez | Spain | Live Satellite | 87.100 |
| Eduard Bhaggoe | Netherlands | PokerStars player | 87.000 |
| Marc Colome | Spain | PokerStars player | 86.000 |
| Dimitar Danchev | Bulgaria | PokerStars qualifier | 85.600 |
| Yakov Onuchin | Russia | 84.800 | |
| Kenneth Kui | Netherlands | 84.100 | |
| Nuno Da Camara | Portugal | 83.500 | |
| Gontzal Monteagudo Aguinaga | Spain | PokerStars qualifier | 81.800 |
| Antonio Lacirignola | Italy | 81.500 | |
| Justas Semaska | Lithuania | PokerStars qualifier | 81.500 |
| Joao Barbosa | Portugal | PokerStars player | 80.900 |
| Thomas Hartmann | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 79.400 |
| Kevin Schulz | USA | PokerStars qualifier | 79.000 |
| Christophe De Meulder | Belgium | Team PokerStars Pro | 78.500 |
| Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | PokerStars qualifier | 78.000 |
| Apostolos Chatzopoulos | Germany | 77.100 | |
| Coloma Daniel | Spain | 75.000 | |
| Denis Gindash | USA | PokerStars player | 75.000 |
| Alessandro Longobardi | Italy | 73.500 | |
| Mikalai Pobal | Belarus | PokerStars qualifier | 72.200 |
| Justin Gibson | Canada | PokerStars qualifier | 71.300 |
| Tom Gallagher | Ireland | PokerStars qualifier | 71.000 |
| Alexander Jung | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 69.800 |
| Marc Emond | USA | PokerStars player | 68.400 |
| Francesco Delfoco | Italy | PokerStars player | 68.000 |
| Paul Knebel | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 67.600 |
| Angel Guillen | Mexico | Team PokerStars Pro | 67.500 |
| Mihails Morozovs | Latvia | 67.000 | |
| Igor Kurganov | Russia | 66.400 | |
| Stefan Jedlicka | Austria | PokerStars player | 66.300 |
| Pieter Aerts | Belgium | PokerStars player | 65.200 |
| Luca Fiorini | Italy | PokerStars player | 61.700 |
| Lothar Meier | Germany | 61.500 | |
| Maksim Semisoshenko | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 61.100 |
| Zeus Post | Netherlands | 60.000 | |
| Chanracy Khun | Canada | PokerStars qualifier | 59.300 |
| Eduards Rakuss | Latvia | PokerStars qualifier | 58.000 |
| Lorenzo Sabato | Italy | 57.900 | |
| Benoit Albiges | France | 57.000 | |
| Luis Da Silva | Spain | 56.700 | |
| Ioakim Papadopoulos | Greece | 56.600 | |
| Ramsey Khoury | USA | 56.200 | |
| Dominguez Pardo | Spain | PokerStars qualifier | 55.000 |
| Iaroslav Boiko | Ukraine | PokerStars player | 53.800 |
| Renato Antonio Da Silva Almeida | Portugal | 53.500 | |
| Rory Tinlin | Ireland | 53.300 | |
| Fabian Ortiz | Argentina | PokerStars player | 50.500 |
| Anton Smirnov | Russia | 49.900 | |
| Dario Amorello | Italy | 48.100 | |
| Alessandro Monticciolo | Italy | 47.800 | |
| Paraschos Stavridis | Greece | 46.800 | |
| Deleanu Alexandru Valentin | Romania | PokerStars player | 46.700 |
| Cédric Moerlen | Switzerland | PokerStars qualifier | 46.400 |
| Timofey Kuznetsov | Russia | 44.900 | |
| Tom Alner | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 44.600 |
| Emilio Jimenez Bueno | Spain | 44.500 | |
| Bo Kjaer Erichsen | Denmark | PokerStars qualifier | 44.200 |
| Miguel de Almeida | Portugal | 43.600 | |
| Tomasz Cybulski | Poland | PokerStars player | 42.100 |
| Jose Javier Patiño Gonzalez | Spain | 40.200 | |
| Kostyantyn Shulga | Ukraine | PokerStars player | 39.700 |
| Jacob Lee Balsiger | USA | 38.700 | |
| Jukka Paloniemi | Finland | PokerStars player | 35.200 |
| Noel Eric Gaens | Belgium | 35.100 | |
| Chantcev Sergei | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 34.900 |
| Piotr Pietrzak | Poland | 33.600 | |
| Nicolas Oger | France | 32.600 | |
| Piragibe Lindolfo Ataide | Brazil | 31.600 | |
| Govert Metaal | Netherlands | PokerStars player | 30.000 |
