Mohamed Samri came out as a victor from the Estrellas Poker Tour Barcelona €1,100 Buy-in Main Event after a tough final table after a heads-up deal was agreed. The event ended with the French poker plater being proclaimed as a winner, after setting a record with the total number of 3,447 players who took part in the competition. Samri took home the first-place prize of €353,200.
Barcelona was the final stop of the ESPT Season 7. The event coincided with the EPT Barcelona festival, which featured several cross-listed events and gathered a large number of players with its Main Event. The player field surpassed the 2015 record of 3,292 participants. This year, the 3,447 entrants accumulated a total prize pool of €3,343,590 which was split between the top 695 players.
There were three Day 1 fights, so that only a total of 862 players made it to the second day of the tournament.
The Main Event’s winner only led briefly over the three-handed play. He even started his final battle against Teunis Kooij with at a deficit. However, both Samri and Kooij were forced to outlast a formidable rival first, as Chris Moorman from the UK turned out to be one of the most serious competitors for the first place. He even started the final day with the chip lead and led during three-handed play, but was finally outlasted by the other two.
The British player emerged as the chip leader of the nine players who had managed to reach the final day. The first one to leave the final table was Daniel Wilson, who won the Irish Open tournament this year. And still, even after Moorman was eliminated by Kooij, the latter and Samri decided to immediately struck a deal.
The last two players agreed to leave €12,000 to play for along with getting the Estrellas Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event’s trophy. When the final battle between them started, Kooij had a massive lead with 55 million compared to the 31 million of Samri. However, the French quickly managed to get the lead and won the trophy.
Teunis Kooij became second, taking home a prize of €372,060, while Chris Moorman from the UK ranked third, with a consolation prize of €241,300. Irish poker player Nicholas Newport got fourth followed by Marius Enebakk from Norway. The sixth, seventh and eighth positions were occupied by Jean-Marc Bellini, Jerome Brion and Lars Farsted, respectively.
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Harry Evans
