Isn't it nice to have a vacation at the Spanish coast? Bad beer, all day English breakfasts and reruns of Only Fools and Horses in every bar. It's similar to being at home but without the rain! Thankfully most Spanish resorts have moved on from those days, especially Marbella, where you might be likely to stare upon yachts while sampling fresh seafood than the above option.
The UKIPT called its Spanish cousin ESPT and told them the poker festival is on again after the 2013 success story. Day 1A came about today and attracted 293 runners from everywhere Europe and beyond. PokerStars' regional tours are attracting an ever wider player pool and the events are much richer in consequence.
Today Ken Lennaard, from Sweden claimed probably the most loftiest end of day position with 149,900. He grabbed the highest spot near the tip of play but it surely was close race and Neil Raine (101,700) Christian Bauer (125,400), Anthony Fox (124,800), Paul Kristoffersson (98,600), Patxi Salinas (85,700) and Terry Carter (107,300) will all be at liberty with their days.
Lennaard had this to mention about his day, "I played solid all day however it was an actual roller coaster. A MAN tilted away his stack early directly to me so I USED TO BE as much as 50,000 after two hours. Then I steadily built to 130,000 before a crazy last half hour. I lost to a two outer and 3 outer to drop to 80,000 after which won an enormous 130,000 chip pot right on the end to get all of it back."
Ludovic Geilich is an excessively widely known player around the poker world at the moment after his televised exploits at the EPT shows but his breakthrough as a player came at this very event last year where he stormed to victory. The champ was back today, doubled up at the first hand he played and went on an ordinary Geilich roller coaster ride. His stack fluctuated wildly as he struggled to regulate himself and stay out of pots because the day progressed. It's why he's adored and he managed to get through with 19,500.
A total of 119 players made it in the course of the day but Alex Goulder, Wille Elliot, Partick Leonard, Tudor Purice and Tom Middleton weren't amongst them. There has been sympathy for them until the realisation of where the tournament is located, all of the side events, parties and World Cup games on offer. They'll be just fine.
As ever for a second starting flight, the sector is predicted to be so much larger than today and lots of big names might be out in force. The red spade could be represented by Jake Cody who's jetted in from Las Vegas, Leo Margets and Dale Philip. Sin Melin, as a Tour Ambassador, will drag herself clear of the pool to make an appearance too.
Day 1B will start at midday CET and the clock will reset for an additional eight levels of play. To read over what happened throughout today's play and end of play counts, please click the links below.
Levels 1-4Levels 5-8End of Day 1A chip counts.
Photos copyright of Danny Maxwell and Rene Velli.
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