

EPT Barcelona: Russians and Stars Battle for Millions in Poker Tournament
The EPT Barcelona poker tournament has kicked off with a significant prize pool of nearly four million euros, with the first prize being 850,000 euros. The tournament has attracted 399 participants, including 17 Russians and several players from neighboring countries.
Notable Russian players include Artyom Litvinov, Mikhail Petrov, Andrey Vlasenko, Konstantin Puchkov, Andrey Guliy, Andrey Danilyuk, Roman Makhlin, Dmitry Kostolomov, Alexander Kravchenko, Yuri Kerzhapkin, Maxim Lykov, Vladislav Levitsky, Evgeny Shnaider, Mikhail Alexandrov, Andrey Skorin, Oleg Tuntsev, and Dmitry Vitykind.
Vitaly Zavorotnyis from Latvia has 52,800 chips, while Alexander Vaserfirer from Ukraine has 95,500 chips. Melanie Weissner has 63,200 chips, and Carlos Mortensen, a world champion, has 59,000 chips.
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