EPT Barcelona 2025: Main Event Hits 2,045 Entries as Day 2 Wraps Just Short of the Bubble

Main Event Stats Locked In

Late registration remained open through the first levels of Day 2, allowing another 117 entries to sneak in before the gates closed. That brought the final tally to:

EPT Barcelona 2025 Main Event – Final Numbers

Top 5 Nationalities

Country	Players
	191
	135
	129
	92
	90

Day 2: 313 Survive, Amsellem Leads

Four 90-minute levels thinned the field from more than 900 to 313 players. When the bags came out, it was France’s Jacob Amsellem leading the way with 802,000 chips, more than 200 big blinds when play resumes on Day 3.

Not far behind: Lauri Saaskilahti (640,000), Michal Kil (594,000), and Jason Wheeler, one of several American crushers in the top counts.

Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips
1	Jacob Amsellem		802,000
2	Lauri Saaskilahti		640,000
3	Michal Kil		594,000
4	Oskar Jonsson		582,000
5	Antonio Santichio		565,000
6	Dario Pieruzzini		560,000
7	Cesar Garcia		529,000
8	Jason Wheeler		525,000
9	Silius Moll		519,000
10	Damien Gayer		511,000

Anton Kraous, who led Day 1b, continued his solid run and finished with 500,000. Day 1a chip leader Daiki Shingae slipped down but still returns with 168,000.

Former Champs and Familiar Names Still in Play

The Day 2 survivors include a healthy crop of former EPT champions:

• Simon Brandstrom – 204,000
• Steve O’Dwyer – 188,000
• Dominik Panka – 400,000
• Sebastian Malec – 96,000
• Stephen Song (defending champion) – still in, though stack unknown at this stage

Also moving on: Niklas “Lena900” Astedt, Daniel Rezaei (413,000), Javier Zarco (424,000), Yuri Martins (303,000), and Julien Sitbon (314,000).

PokerStars Ambassadors

• Ramon Colillas – 290,000
• Ben Spragg – stack not confirmed
• Marle Spragg – 55,000
• Kenny Hallaert – 42,000

The bubble is just around the corner, and many of these names will be sweating it out tomorrow.

EPT Main Event History – Snapshot

As we hit 20 editions in Barcelona, here’s how this year stacks up in context:

Elsewhere in the Festival…

The rest of the EPT Barcelona festival hasn’t slowed down. Recent highlights include:

• PokerStars Open:
  • 5,036 entries
  • €7,251,840 prize pool
  • Won by Alexis Nicolai (France) for €772,000
• €10,200 Mystery Bounty:
  • 77 entries
  • €746,900 prize pool
• €3,250 Senior’s High Roller:
  • 56 entries
  • €162,960 prize pool
• PokerStars Cup (€825 buy-in):
  • 1,894 entries
  • €1.3 million prize pool
  • Winner: Alexander Ivarsson (Sweden) for €211,680
• PokerStars Open High Roller (€2,700):
  • 1,728 entries
  • Prize pool over €4 million
  • Winner: Eero Abbey (Finland) for just over €500,000

Coming up

• EPT Mystery Bounty (Aug 27–29, €3,250 buy-in)
• EPT High Roller (Aug 29–31, €10,300 buy-in)
• Spin & Go Championship Live (Aug 30–31, €275K GTD)

Photo Credit: PokerStars & Danny Maxwell