The second and final Day 1 flight in the EPT Barcelona Main Event has just concluded. 342 players found a bag and will join the 193 survivors from Day 1A when Day 2 starts tomorrow at noon local time.
Bharath Janardhan topped the Day 1B leaderboard with a stack of 321,000. That means the overall chip leader is Michael Dwyer from Day 1A with 363,500.
The field is up to 1,719 entries and late registration is open until the start of Day 2, so that number will get even bigger on Monday. If you forgot all about it, there's still time to hotfoot it to Casino Barcelona with €5,300 for your buy-in.
Samantha Abernathy bagged a six-figure stack for Day 2.Lock in your Pick 3 fantasy team for Day 2
There's also still time to enter PokerOrg's Pick 3 fantasy competition.
You need to lock in your team by the start of Day 2 – noon local time – and you can edit it as many times as you like before the deadline.
It's free to enter and the prize is an $8,000 package to play the very next EPT Main Event, in Prague this December. The package includes your €5,300 Main Event buy-in, plus flights from wherever you are in the world, and accommodation.
All you need to do is select three poker players you think will go deep in the Catalan capital this week.
- Pick your players.
- Name your team.
- Answer the tiebreaker question.
- Save it.
Then sit back and watch as your team climbs the leaderboard. For each €1 your players win in prize money, your team will get 1 point. There will be prizes for the top 10 teams, with the winner heading to Prague.
Day 2 players for your Pick 3 team
Here are the biggest stacks heading into Day 2 that are available to draft for your Pick 3 team.
And remember, more names will be registering before the start of Day 2 tomorrow – including 2025 EPT Barcelona Main Event champion Thomas Eychenne. He just won the 1,551-entry PokerStars Open High Roller for €589,395 and confirmed he’ll be back to defend his Main Event title.
- Michael Dwyer (1st): 363,500
- Mark Teltscher (3rd): 324,000
- Eros Calderone (8th): 282,000
- Kalidou Sow (19th): 230,000
- Congya Zhang (25th): 209,000
- Dario Sammartino (30th): 201,500
- Mathew Frankland (31st): 200,500
- Nacho Barbero (39th): 193,500
- Antoine Labat (52nd): 180,000
- Michel Molenaar (105th): 135,700
- David Coleman (107th): 134,500
- Anton Wigg (113th): 131,000
- Barny Boatman (128th): 125,500
- Nick Palma (130th): 124,000
- Dejan Kaladjurdjevic (132nd): 123,500
- Brock Wilson (149th): 118,000
- Matthew Wantman (174th): 110,500
- Maria Konnikova (177th): 109,000
- Jon Kyte (194th): 104,500
- Samantha Abernathy (196th): 104,000
- Enrico Coppola (198th): 104,000
- Ben Spragg (230th): 93,500
- Dean Hutchison (268th): 83,000
- Erik Seidel (363rd): 59,500
You can find the full list of players on the draft page and get all chip counts on the PokerStars Live app.
Michael Dwyer will be your chip leader for the start of Day 2 of the EPT Barcelona Main Event. Is that enough for a spot on your team? Hone your strategy
Never played Pick 3 fantasy before? Don’t worry, we have — and we’ve got some strategy guides that can help you make the best choices.
Once your team is locked in, you can sit back and watch your team's progress on the PokerStars livestream on YouTube. That's running from Day 2 through to the champion being crowned on Saturday.
If the Main Event winner's on your Pick 3 team, you'll have a very good chance of winning the $8,000 EPT Prague Main Event package. Good luck!
The deadline for entries is 12pm CEST on August 24, 2026. Click here for full contest rules, Terms & Conditions apply.
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