Song Leads as $55 PokerStars Qualifier Makes EPT Barcelona Main Event Final Table

The plan at the start of Day 6 of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona Main Event was to play down to the final six players, and for a while it looked like that might not happen until a flurry of dramatic eliminations in the final level of the night got the field down to that magic number.

When they return on Sunday, it will again be Stephen Song holding the chip lead as he’ll bring 15,150,000 into play.

Just behind Song is the incredible story of PokerStars qualifier Marius-Catalin Pertea of Romania who got into the tournament via a $55 online satellite and now brings 14,575,000 chips to the final table.

EPT Barcelona Main Event Final Table Seating Draw

Table Seat Player Country Chip Count Big Blinds
FT 1
FT 2 Andrew Hulme United Kingdom 5,525,000 22
FT 3 David Coleman United States 10,425,000 42
FT 4 Stephen Song United States 15,150,000 61
FT 5 Marius-Catalin Pertea Romania 14,575,000 58
FT 6
FT 7 Rania Nasreddine United States 8,300,000 33
FT 8 Boris Kuzmanovic Croatia 5,275,000 21

Marius-Catalin PerteaAmerican David Coleman is the only other player with over ten million chips, sitting third with 10,425,000.

Rania Nasreddine’s amazing quest for back-to-back EPT final tables has been successful as the Monte Carlo third-place finisher will come back Sunday in fourth place with 8,300,000.

When asked if she thought a return trip to an EPT final table so soon was possible, she didn’t mince words.

“Zero chance. Like no, zero chance. (I called) my Mom, I was like ‘Hey Mom, I’m on Day 5’ and she’s like ‘ok,’ and I’m like ‘Mom, you don’t understand, these are very hard tournaments with amazing players from around the world.’ You hope to cash, that’s the goal, can I cash another one? The idea of running deep in two of these in the course of multiple years okay, great dream. But back-to-back? Insane.”

Rania Nasreddine

The Day’s Action

The opening level of the day saw the demise of the two remaining Dutch players as the shortest stack entering the day, Govert Metaal was first to go, followed soon after by countryman Jelle Moene in 15th.

The second level saw three more eliminations with Jose Barbosa in 14th, before Daniel Myers in 13th after losing a big hand to Alexandre Fournier. Myers attempted to make the “greatest comeback in PokerStars history”, spinning 20% of a big blind up to three big blinds before he finally succumbed to an unfortunate river card.

Daniel MyersBefore the level was done, Sriharsha Doddapaneni was then ousted from the feature table in 12th place.

The following level saw the final two eliminations needed to get the field to the unofficial final table of nine as Yurii Zabrodotskyi was eliminated just minutes after the break at the hands of Boris Kuzmanovic who became the first player to hit the ten million chip mark.

Shortly after that, Harry Lodge was the unfortunate player to bubble the unofficial final table, doing so in horrible fashion as a 94% favorite on the flop.

Harry LodgeOnce play resumed, the eliminations slowed, with all nine remaining players making it through the new level to dinner break, but not before Song regained the chip lead thanks in part to a pair of wins over Kuzmanovic.

Following dinner, with a €50,000+ pay jump in view and stacks between Song’s 51 big blinds at the top and Andrew Hulme’s 15 at the bottom, play continued to be snug with players not wanting to bust, and no one did. In fact, for a second straight level there wasn’t a single all in and call.

That finally changed immediately in Level 33 as on the first hand back from break, Pertea scored a huge double through Kovalski to take the lead, leaving Kovalski with crumbs.

Kovalski’s quest for a second official EPT Barcelona final table in three years ended shortly after, as he was eliminated in ninth place by Nasreddine.

Fabiano KovalskiThat elimination ‘unkinked the knot in the hose’ as the PokerStars TV commentators had said would happen, with Nasreddine providing the next elimination shortly after, as she felted Jianwei Lin in eighth place by going runner-runner to make Broadway in a very dramatic hand.

Jianwei LinAlexandre Fournier was the day’s final bustout at the hands of Coleman, ending the day with 31:01 remaining in Level 33.

Remaining Final Table Payouts

Place Winner Country Prize (EUR)
1 €1,512,000
2 €944,000
3 €674,150
4 €518,600
5 €398,950
6 €306,900
7 Alexandre Fournier Canada €236,100
8 Jianwei Lin China €181,600
9 Fabiano Kovalski Brazil €139,750

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