EPT Estrellas Barcelona: Biggest Live Event in PokerStars History – In PokerStars’ record-setting live poker event, attendance is up by 35% compared to the last time the same event took place back in 2019. Global live and online poker operator PokerStars has set a new attendance record for a brand-sponsored live poker tournament.
As part of the 2022 EPT Barcelona festival, the €1,100 Estrellas Barcelona 2022 Main Event attracted a staggering 6,313 entries (2,765 unique and 3,548 re-entries) to create a prize pool worth €6,060,480.
It is, by far, the biggest PokerStars-sponsored live event in the history of the brand and obliterated the previously biggest field size by a large margin. In 2017, the special edition of the 2017 Sunday Million Live at the King’s Resort in Rozvadov attracted 5,045 entries. The growth for this specific event at Casino Barcelona is even more impressive, as it gathered 4,682 entries in 2019 when it was last held as EPT National. As one of the popular regional tours dedicated to the low- and mid-stakes players, the Estrellas Main Event , with a price tag of €1,100, has taken place at Casino Barcelona since 2012. The inaugural edition attracted 1,037 entries and has grown significantly from thereon.
The increasing attendances throughout the years were not hindered by the temporary rebranding process initiated by the operator, who has since rescinded those plans. After a hiatus of five years, PokerStars confirmed in Spring 2022 the return of all its regional tours, including the Estrellas Poker Tour , the UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT), the France Poker Series (FPS), as well as the Eureka Poker Tour .
Most international travel restrictions due to the global coronavirus pandemic have since started to vanish, and PokerStars was among several operators to resume its activities on the live poker circuit. The ongoing festival at Casino Barcelona is the third EPT stop of the current year and tends to attract enormous numbers annually. Not regulated or for use in Ontario
If the record-setting turnout right at the start of the series is any indication of the things to come, the flagship EPT €5,300 […]
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