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LATEST LIVE ACTION: Tuesday August 27
€5,300 EPT Main Event – Day 1B
It’s going to be enormous. The only question is just how enormous could it possibly get? Today’s Day 1B in Barcelona might well end up being the biggest single Main Event flight we’ve ever seen. Stand by…
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€50,000 Single-Day High Roller
After yesterday’s late-night thrills, featuring Gerard Pique and Arturo Vidal, there’s another single-day High Roller on the schedule for those with the deepest pockets.
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CHASE YOUR DREAM LIVE FINAL
It’s the final of the long Chase Your Dream promotion and the hopefuls are battling the pros for a €10,000 prize. Learn more, and watch the action.
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PREVIOUS NEWS:
Reixach overcomes Grafton to take €1.8m Super High Roller title
Entries: 64 | Prize pool: €6,209,280
Local lad Sergei Reixach overcame a six-to-one heads up deficit to beat Sam Grafton the biggest prize of the week. “It’s my first EPT 100K and, lucky me, I win it!” AS IT HAPPENED
Sergi Reixach: €1.8m champion
Rudoy claims 6+ triumph and €213,210
Entries: 24 | Prize pool: €576,240
The EPT’s inaugural 6+ High Roller title is on its way to Russia after Mikhail Rudoy defeated Chin Wei Lim heads up to bank €213,210. With a €25,000 buy-in, and a variant still being learned by most poker players, Rudoy demonstrated that the Russians are already a force to be reckoned with. Lim, who has played 6+ events across the world already, won €146,940 for second. AS IT HAPPENED
Mikhail Rudoy: 6+ champion
Juan Pardo outlasts Piqué to win €25,000 Single Day High Roller
Entries: 70 | Prize pool: €1,680,700 | 1st place: €491,600
Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué almost captured his first silver spade, making it all of the way to second from 70 entries. But Piqué’s fellow countryman Juan Pardo blocked him at the finish to claim the title and €491,600 first prize. Meanwhile Piqué’s FC Barcelona teammate Arturo Vidal took fifth. AS IT HAPPENED
Juan Pardo: €25K Single Day champion
€2,200 National High Roller – Day 2
Entries: 1,491 | Prize pool: €2,892,540 | 1st place: €498,520
Swedish player Alexander Ivarsson tops a 1,491-entry field to win the National High Roller title and €498,520 prize. Ari Engel, Anthony Zinno both final table. AS IT HAPPENED
Alexander Ivarsson – National High Roller champion
Koplimaa wins enormous EPT National and €585,500
Estonia’s Markku Koplimaa closed out a famous triumph, besting a record-breaking field of 4,682 to turn his €1,100 buy-in into more than half a million! AS IT HAPPENED | FULL RESULTS
Markku Koplimaa: Half a million richer!
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LATEST RESULTS
Event #14: NL Hold’em Hyper Turbo
Date: August 23, 2019
Buy-in: €2,150
Entries: 189 (inc. 30 re-entries)
Prize pool: €366,660
| POS | NAME | COUNTRY | PRIZE |
| 1 | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | €62,878* |
| 2 | Jorge Ramella Piriz | Uruguay | €57,117* |
| 3 | Mauro Pacheco Ferreira | Portugal | €53,755* |
| 4 | Lachezar Plamenov Petkov | Bulgaria | €30,760 |
| 5 | Jonathon Genovese Darling | UK | €24,530 |
| 6 | Wayne Weiyi Zhang | China | €18,850 |
| 7 | Igor Pihela | Estonia | €13,710 |
| 8 | Preben Stokkan | Norway | €9,940 |