European Poker Tour Barcelona Kicks Off with Exciting Matches and Notable Performances

The European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona started with a hyper-turbo tournament where no Russian players made it to the prizes. The EPT National tournament had 4,348 entries and 650 players made it to the prizes. Maxim "MaxBNuts" Bura started as a chip leader but finished 142nd in the EPT National tournament.

Pavel Veksler missed winning a platinum ticket to the Players NL Hold'em Championship and finished 206th in the tournament. Vitaly Karayan and Rustam Khadzhiev continued to the third day of the EPT National tournament. Dennis Shafikov, who played in a speaking t-shirt, made it to the final day with the shortest stack and finished 9th.

The final table of the EPT National tournament included players from different countries, with no Americans present. Kristofer Soiza from Malaysia won the EPT National tournament, earning €302,500. The charity turbo tournament had 24 entries, with Igor Kurganov and Vladimir Troyanovsky participating. Vladimir Troyanovsky finished 7th in the charity turbo tournament, while Igor Kurganov finished 5th.