Mit insgesamt 459 Spielern startete gestern Tag 1 des €5,300 Main Events der EPT Saison 12 in Barcelona. Unter den Teilnehmern befanden sich etliche Berühmtheiten wie beispielsweise der 8-fache WSOP Bracelet Gewinner Erik Seidel, WSOP Main Event Champion Martin Jacobson, Jason Mercier, Patrik Antonius, Mike McDonald, David MacPhee, Isaac Haxton, George Danzer, Ole Schemion, Igor Kurganov, Dominik Nitsche, Fabian Quoss, Tobias Reinkemeier, Martin Finger, John Juanda und Triple Crown Gewinner Davidi Kitai.
Leider war für einige der genannten Spieler aus deutscher Sicht bereits gestern auch schon Schluss. Tobias Reinkemeier, Martin Finger, Thomas Mühlecker, Thomas Butzhammer und auch Georg Danzer schafften es nicht, den Tag zu überstehen. Für sie gibt es jedoch bereits heute eine neue Chance beim €25k One Day High Roller anzutreten. Positives gibt es über den ersten Tag des Main Events dennoch zu berichten. Als bester Deutscher schloss Hossein Ensan auf Platz 6 den Tag 1a mit 132500 Chips ab. Aber auch Team Online Pro Mattias „Mati312“ Brandner (108700 Chips) und Enrico Rudelitz (102400 Chips) erwischten einen guten Starttag und sind unter den Top Platzierungen zu finden.
Ob es in diesem Jahr noch einen neuen Teilnehmerrekord geben wird und die Bestmarke aus dem letzten Jahr von 1496 Spielern erreicht werden kann, bleib vorerst abzuwarten.
EPT12 Barcelona €5,000 + €300 Main Event – Day 1a – Chipcounts:
| Imad Derwiche | France | PokerStars player | 170000 |
| Martin Vallo | Denmark | 163300 | |
| Jesse Liljegren | Finland | PokerStars qualifier | 153100 |
| Victor Bogdanov | Latvia | 132700 | |
| Lauri Varonen | Finland | 132600 | |
| Hossein Ensan | Germany | PokerStars player | 132500 |
| Mohamed Mamouni | France | 128300 | |
| Nandor Solyom | Romania | 123300 | |
| Daniel Dvoress | Canada | PokerStars qualifier | 120900 |
| Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 115600 |
| Amir Touma | Lebanon | 112900 | |
| Matthias “Mati312” Brandner | Austria | Team PokerStars Pro Online | 108700 |
| Sebastian Tejada | USA | 108600 | |
| Ofir Bakalo | Israel | PokerStars qualifier | 106600 |
| Haresh Thaker | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 104200 |
| Patrik Antonius | Finland | PokerStars player | 103800 |
| Enrico Etienne Rudelitz | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 102400 |
| Pasquale Braco | Italy | Live Satellite | 102400 |
| Sergey Rybachenko | Russia | PokerStars player | 102200 |
| Hamed Sedini | France | Live Satellite | 101900 |
| Andoni Larrabe | Spain | 100400 | |
| Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 100200 | |
| Martin Lategui Lourido | Uruguay | 98100 | |
| David Yan | New Zealand | PokerStars qualifier | 95100 |
| Sergio Aido | Spain | PokerStars qualifier | 94400 |
| Guillaume Nolet | Canada | PokerStars player | 94300 |
| Georgios Zisimopoulos | Greece | 94000 | |
| Bernd Gleissner | Germany | 92900 | |
| Denys Shafikov | Ukraine | 90100 | |
| Carlos Mora Alvarez | Mexico | PokerStars qualifier | 89700 |
| Andries Swart | Malta | PokerStars qualifier | 89400 |
| John Juanda | Indonesia | PokerStars player | 89300 |
| Christian Campan | Romania | Live Satellite | 87400 |
| Heikki Piira | Finland | PokerStars player | 87200 |
| Dario Sammartino | Italy | PokerStars qualifier | 86500 |
| Roman Korenev | Russia | PokerStars player | 85000 |
| Sergio Alonso Camunas | Spain | Live Satellite | 85000 |
| Aviv Meir | Israel | 83500 | |
| Petr Jelinek | Czech Republic | PokerStars qualifier | 83400 |
| Mustapha Kanit | Italy | PokerStars qualifier | 83200 |
| Scott Montgomery | Canada | 83200 | |
| Jean Dufau | France | Live Satellite | 82600 |
| Oliver Weis | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 82000 |
| Felix Schulze | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 81400 |
| Mateusz Zbikowski | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 81200 |
| Alexandre Amiel | France | PokerStars qualifier | 79900 |
| Charlie Carrel | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 79500 |
| Maximos Pertsinidis | Greece | 79500 | |
| Isaac Haxton | USA | Team PokerStars Pro Online | 79200 |
| Sebastian Pauli | Germany | PokerStars player | 78400 |
| Liviu Ignat | Romania | PokerStars qualifier | 78000 |
| Josê Alberto Pimentel Quintas | Portugal | PokerStars qualifier | 78000 |
| Kimmo Kurko | Finland | PokerStars player | 77000 |
| Joep van den Bijgaart | Netherlands | PokerStars qualifier | 75800 |
| David Vamplew | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 75300 |
| Anfonio Aguera Carrillo | Spain | 75100 | |
| Leo Fernandez | Argentina | Team PokerStars Pro | 74400 |
| Julien Mariani | France | Live Satellite | 73800 |
| Emil Ekvardt | Sweden | 73700 | |
| Luca Falco | Italy | 72800 | |
| Glib Kovtunov | Ukraine | Live Satellite | 71500 |
| Cesar Garcia Reillo | Spain | PokerStars qualifier | 70300 |
| Michael Ferrari | USA | PokerStars player | 70300 |
| Antonius Krijn | Netherlands | 70200 | |
| Sebastian Von Toperczer | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 69700 |
| Naoya Kihara | Japan | Team PokerStars Pro Online | 69400 |
| Denis Tafintsev | Russia | 68200 | |
| Benjamin Pollak | UK | 68000 | |
| Nadir Yusupov | Russia | Live Satellite | 67500 |
| Ramin Hajiyev | Azerbaijan | PokerStars player | 66700 |
| Joackim Driss Fissenko | France | 66300 | |
| Dong Kim | USA | PokerStars player | 66000 |
| David Varga | Spain | 65600 | |
| Konstantinos Nanos | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 64700 |
| Dani Stern | USA | PokerStars player | 64600 |
| Enzo Del Piero | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 63200 |
| Hannu Peltola | Finland | 62900 | |
| Arne Coulier | Belgium | 62800 | |
| Fadi Ghosn | Lebanon | 62700 | |
| Hamad Almannai | Qatar | 62400 | |
| Nicola D`Anselmo | Italy | PokerStars player | 62000 |
| Samir Moukawem | Lebanon | PokerStars qualifier | 61800 |
| Cina Fara | Belgium | 61600 | |
| Antonio Angel Ponce Guirao | Spain | PokerStars qualifier | 61500 |
| Sam Chartier | Canada | PokerStars qualifier | 61100 |
| Andreas Goeller | Germany | 60300 | |
| Thomas Pettersson | Sweden | 60100 | |
| Dara O’Kearney | Ireland | PokerStars player | 60000 |
| Fabian Quoss | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 58400 |
| Boris Yanpolskiy | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 58000 |
| Massimiliano Macciacchera | Italy | 57700 | |
| Ollie Price | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 57600 |
| Jonas Christensen | Denmark | 57400 | |
| Yury Salikaev | Russia | 57000 | |
| Michel Dattani | Portugal | PokerStars qualifier | 56100 |
| Leo Margets | Spain | Team PokerStars Pro | 55300 |
| Alon Eldar | Israel | PokerStars qualifier | 55000 |
| Yin Zhang | Italy | PokerStars player | 54900 |
| Fabian Deimann | Germany | PokerStars player | 54800 |
| Jasper Van Vlasselaer | Belgium | 54600 | |
| Borja Javier Domingo Kamber | Spain | PokerStars qualifier | 54500 |
| Sjogren Nicholas | Sweden | 54300 | |
| Santiago Parra Garcia | Spain | PokerStars qualifier | 54100 |
| Robert Schulz | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 53800 |
| Leo Nordin | Sweden | PokerStars player | 53600 |
| Adrien Tantaro | France | PokerStars player | 52900 |
| Efstratios Gerodimos | Greece | 52800 | |
| Jiri Havlena | Czech Republic | PokerStars qualifier | 52400 |
| Grzegorz Mikielewicz | Poland | Team PokerStars Pro Online | 52200 |
| Georgios Karakousis | Greece | PokerStars qualifier | 51200 |
| Klaus Pautrot | France | 51200 | |
| Robert Schiffbauer | USA | 51000 | |
| Patrik Persson | Sweden | PokerStars qualifier | 50700 |
| Ugnius Simelionis | Lithuania | 50600 | |
| Simon Deadman | UK | 50500 | |
| Daniel Mcaulay | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 50300 |
| Fabrice Maltez | France | 50100 | |
| Nick Petrangelo | USA | PokerStars qualifier | 50000 |
| Jason Gray | Australia | PokerStars player | 49900 |
| Armin Mette | Austria | PokerStars qualifier | 49800 |
| Mike Watson | Canada | PokerStars qualifier | 49100 |
| Pascal Hartmann | Germany | Qualified for €22 | 48900 |
| Kevin MacPhee | USA | PokerStars qualifier | 48700 |
| Cedric Gomes | France | PokerStars player | 48700 |
| Dominykas Karmazinas | Lithuania | PokerStars player | 48500 |
| Bobby Zhang | Australia | PokerStars qualifier | 47700 |
| Tonny Van Eck | Netherlands | PokerStars player | 47700 |
| Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | PokerStars qualifier | 46400 |
| Yeow Chung Chong | Singapore | 46400 | |
| Eric Theissen | UK | 46300 | |
| Jullian Feriolo | France | Live Satellite | 46200 |
| Philipp Kober | Austria | PokerStars qualifier | 45600 |
| Lee Wai Kiat | Malaysia | PokerStars player | 45100 |
| Carlos Aoun | Lebanon | 45100 | |
| Adam Kossew | UK | 45100 | |
| Paolo Compagno | Switzerland | Qualified for €55 | 44900 |
| Daniel Carlsson | Sweden | PokerStars qualifier | 44500 |
| Manuel Blaschke | Austria | PokerStars player | 44300 |
| Tom-Aksel Bedell | Norway | 44000 | |
| Frank Blumlein | Germany | 43800 | |
| Martin Mulsow | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 43600 |
| Viacheslav Goryachev | Russia | PokerStars player | 43400 |
| Jaroslaw Sikora | Poland | PokerStars player | 43300 |
| Danut Chisu | France | PokerStars qualifier | 43100 |
| Paul Berende | Netherlands | PokerStars qualifier | 43000 |
| Antonio Buonanno | Italy | 43000 | |
| Paul Hoefer | Germany | PokerStars player | 42750 |
| Francois Goulet | Canada | PokerStars qualifier | 42100 |
| Claas Segebrecht | Germany | PokerStars player | 42000 |
| James Juvancic | USA | 42000 | |
| Andrii Nadieliaiev | Ukraine | PokerStars player | 41600 |
| Byron Kaverman | USA | PokerStars player | 41000 |
| Joao Barbosa | Portugal | PokerStars player | 40400 |
| Niko Soininen | Finland | PokerStars player | 40300 |
| Roman Voronin | Russia | PokerStars player | 40100 |
| Vitalij Zabelovic | Lithuania | Qualified for €55 | 39200 |
| Mikhail Rudoy | Russia | 38900 | |
| Marius MaäIukas | Lithuania | PokerStars qualifier | 38700 |
| Ji Zhang | Germany | 38700 | |
| Gert Zumkehr | Switzerland | PokerStars qualifier | 38200 |
| Rainer Kempe | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 37600 |
| Jasper Wetemans | Netherlands | 37600 | |
| Andreas Berggren | Sweden | PokerStars qualifier | 37500 |
| Giuliano Bendinelli | Italy | PokerStars player | 37400 |
| Ihar Koshal | Belarus | PokerStars player | 37300 |
| Alex Kravchenko | Russia | PokerStars player | 37300 |
| Anthony Zinno | USA | 37200 | |
| Jean-Philippe Peyratoux | France | 36500 | |
| Ngo Duy Tuan | Netherlands | PokerStars qualifier | 36400 |
| Felix Kurmayr | Austria | PokerStars player | 36400 |
| Cody John Arnold | USA | 36300 | |
| Chistoph Vogelsang | Germany | PokerStars player | 35900 |
| Natalie Hof | Germany | Friend of PokerStars | 35800 |
| Ruben Visser | Netherlands | PokerStars player | 34700 |
| Vittorio Dicrisco | Canada | 34200 | |
| Lawrence Leblanc | Canada | PokerStars qualifier | 34100 |
| Anton Morgenstern | Germany | 33700 | |
| Paul O`Brien | Ireland | PokerStars qualifier | 33600 |
| Ivan Pavlov | Belarus | PokerStars qualifier | 33500 |
| Mikhail Sokolovskiy | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 33200 |
| Sergi Escote | Spain | 33000 | |
| Brynjar Bjarkason | Iceland | PokerStars qualifier | 32700 |
| Ramon Miguel Munoz | Spain | PokerStars qualifier | 32500 |
| Morten Klein | Norway | 32400 | |
| David Gonzalez Delgado | Spain | PokerStars qualifier | 32200 |
| Dmitry Yurasov | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 31800 |
| Yung Hwang | USA | PokerStars player | 31700 |
| Dennis Berglin | Sweden | PokerStars player | 31600 |
| Iaran Lightbourne | UK | 31500 | |
| Tobias Peters | Netherlands | PokerStars qualifier | 31400 |
| Oscar Romero | Spain | PokerStars player | 31400 |
| Brian Roberts | USA | PokerStars player | 31300 |
| Sam Greenwood | Canada | PokerStars qualifier | 31200 |
| Tatiana Barausova | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 31200 |
| Tigran Yazychyan | Armenia | 31000 | |
| Andrei Nikitinskii | Russia | PokerStars player | 30800 |
| Peter Eichhardt | Sweden | PokerStars qualifier | 30700 |
| Jason Les | USA | PokerStars player | 30500 |
| Jeffrey Rossiter | Australia | PokerStars qualifier | 29700 |
| Felix Stephensen | Norway | PokerStars player | 29500 |
| Darie Vlad | Romania | PokerStars qualifier | 29200 |
| Jiachen Gong | Canada | PokerStars player | 28900 |
| Chanracy Khun | Canada | PokerStars player | 28600 |
| Matthias Frost | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 28500 |
| Lasse Breivold | Norway | 28500 | |
| Jerry Odeen | Sweden | PokerStars qualifier | 28300 |
| Danilo Velasevic | Serbia | 27700 | |
| Adam Owen | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 27300 |
| Mayu Roca | Colombia | PokerStars player | 27200 |
| Murad Akhundov | Azerbaijan | 26500 | |
| Jani Sointula | Finland | 26500 | |
| Jean-Christophe St-Pierre | Canada | Live Satellite | 25700 |
| Jeremy Ausmus | USA | PokerStars player | 25400 |
| Rob Jahannes Maria Sterken | Netherlands | PokerStars qualifier | 25000 |
| Clement Thumy | France | PokerStars player | 24500 |
| Omid Kashti Arai | Iran | 23600 | |
| Senh Ung | UK | PokerStars player | 23500 |
| Federico Butteroni | Italy | 23500 | |
| Jiri Horak | Czech Republic | Qualified for €11 | 23200 |
| Silvestros Chasilas | Greece | 23000 | |
| Esa Juhani Karttunen | Finland | PokerStars player | 22800 |
| Christopher Frank | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 21700 |
| Brian Altman | USA | PokerStars player | 21700 |
| Kemal Sevevi | Turkey | Live Satellite | 21600 |
| Paul Barrett | UK | Live Satellite | 21500 |
| Bernd Vogelhuber | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 21300 |
| Gianluca Speranza | Italy | PokerStars qualifier | 21200 |
| Roberto Romanello | UK | 21000 | |
| Laurynas Levinskas | Lithuania | PokerStars qualifier | 20500 |
| Stephen Chidwick | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 20500 |
| Jeremy Palvini | France | 20500 | |
| Sameer Khurana | Poland | 20100 | |
| Maher Hassani | France | PokerStars qualifier | 19600 |
| Tomas Nasarre | Spain | 19600 | |
| Bart Moens | Belgium | PokerStars qualifier | 19300 |
| Timothy Davie | UK | 19000 | |
| Antonio Garcia Sastre | Spain | 18900 | |
| Martin Jacobson | Sweden | PokerStars qualifier | 18300 |
| Isidoro Barrena | Spain | Live Satellite | 17600 |
| Lauri Eemeli Saaskilahti | Finland | 17500 | |
| Rafael Porzecanski | Uruguay | Qualified for €22 | 17400 |
| Mike Mcdonald | Canada | PokerStars player | 17400 |
| Abilio Ribeiro | Portugal | PokerStars qualifier | 17300 |
| Claudio Di Giacomo | Italy | 17200 | |
| Jyri Merivirta | Finland | 16200 | |
| Max Greenwood | Canada | PokerStars qualifier | 16000 |
| Micha Hoedemaker | Netherlands | 15500 | |
| David Boyaciyan | Netherlands | 13900 | |
| Victor Podofedenko | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 13800 |
| Albert Martinez | Spain | 12900 | |
| Jerome Arnould | France | PokerStars qualifier | 12800 |
| Enrico Fiorentin | Italy | 12800 | |
| Souheil Mansour | UK | 12200 | |
| Florian Husler | Switzerland | PokerStars qualifier | 12100 |
| Kamel Amrane | France | Live Satellite | 12000 |
| Azad Jabrayilov | Azerbaijan | 12000 | |
| George McKeever | UK | 12000 | |
| Joao Vieira | Portugal | PokerStars qualifier | 11800 |
| Natasha Barbour | Canada | 10700 | |
| Chakib Bennani | Morocco | 10700 | |
| Pavel Zuev | Russia | PokerStars player | 10600 |
| Pieter Ram | Belgium | PokerStars qualifier | 10200 |
| Dominik Nitsche | Germany | PokerStars player | 10100 |
| Marko Neumann | Germany | 10100 | |
| Volodymyr Yastreb | Ukraine | PokerStars player | 9800 |
| Dimitrios Kalaroutis | Greece | PokerStars player | 9700 |
| Anton Makerov | Russia | PokerStars qualifier | 9600 |
| Jens Moysich | Germany | Qualified for €1.2 | 9500 |
| Jack Salter | UK | PokerStars player | 9500 |
| Younas Yousaf | Denmark | PokerStars qualifier | 7700 |
| Steve O`Dwyer | Ireland | PokerStars qualifier | 3200 |
| Emyr Lewis | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 1600 |
