Day 1A of the EPT Barcelona Main Event is in the bag and Michael Dwyer leads the way from a field of 635 entries. It’s a single re-entry event so players who have hit the rail once get another go tomorrow, with Day 1B starting at noon local time.
The surviving players will combine for Day 2, which starts at noon on Monday – and that's also the deadline for PokerOrg's Pick 3 fantasy competition. You pick three players who earn points based on their performance in the Main Event. For every €1 your players win in prize money, your team gets one point.
If your team of three players is top of the leaderboard when the EPT Barcelona Main Event champion is crowned, you'll win an $8K package to play the EPT Prague Main Event.
The draft has been open since Monday, but this is the crunch time as you can now see which Day 1A players have bagged for Day 2.
Here are the biggest stacks from Day 1A that are available to draft for Pick 3. Check back tomorrow for more after Day 1B.
- Michael Dwyer (1st): 363,500
- Mark Teltscher (3rd): 324,000
- Eros Calderone (5th): 282,000
- Congya Zhang (12th – pictured above): 209,000
- Matthew Frankland (13th): 200,500
- David Coleman (38th): 134,500
- Anton Wigg (41st): 131,000
- Barny Boatman (48th): 125,500
- Nick Palma (49th): 124,000
- Dejan Kaladjurdjevic (50th): 123,500
- Brock Wilson (60th): 118,000
- Matthew Wantman (73rd): 110,500
- Maria Konnikova (75th): 109,000
- Jon Kyte (84th): 104,500
- Ben Spragg (95th): 93,500
PokerStars Open Main Event
The PokerStars Open Main Event was a monster. A field of 4,333 entries created a €6,239,520 prizepool and a €731,000 first prize, which Jason Wheeler claimed for a new career-high score.
He likes the European Poker Tour – his previous biggest cash came from his runner-up finish in the EPT Prague Main Event in 2017.
Alexander Ivarsson was the player he beat heads-up for the title.
Han Feng finished fifth in this year's WSOP Main Event for $2,250,000. He started today's final table as the chip leader but he was eliminated in sixth place for another big score of €148,610.
Jason Wheeler won the huge first prize of €731,000 from the €1,650 buy-in event.PokerStars Open Main Event results
- Jason Wheeler (USA): €731,000
- Alexander Ivarsson (Sweden): €457,000
- Darko Svesko (Serbia): €326,200
- Bogdan Petrascu (Romania): €251,120
- Mahersh Selvakumaran (Netherlands): €193,190
- Han Feng (USA): €148,610
- Gregoire Jarry (France): €114,290
- Felipe Boianovsky (Brazil): €87,910
- Iwan Molina (Spain): €67,630
Dwan still crushing the high rollers
Jamie Dwan decided to jump into the high roller events this summer, and it was a decision that worked out rather well for him.
He won the $50K WSOP High Roller for just under $2.3 million and he's carried his form into Barcelona.
He finished 25th in the PokerStars Open Main Event for €20,530, then notched a fifth-place finish in the €20K for €58,400 and fourth in the €25K High Roller for €107,700.
Next on his slate was the €100K Super High Roller, and he announced on X that he had a big piece of his own action in this one.
Nick Palma told him that was silly, but it turned out to be another astute move.
With 27 entries and four places paid, Enrico Camosci went out on the bubble. Byron Kaverman finished fourth, before Dwan exited in third for €472,000 in his first €100K event. Tom Fuchs beat Kayhan Mokri heads-up to claim the title and €1,126,540.
EPT Barcelona €100K Super High Roller results
- Tom Fuchs (Germany): €1,126,540
- Kayhan Mokri (Norway): €707,000
- Jamie Dwan (UK): €472,000
- Byron Kaverman (USA): €314,000
