Chidwick Leads Record-Breaking EPT Event

Chidwick Leads Record-Breaking EPT Event

Tuesday, 26 August 2014

EPT Barcelona continued to be one of the most successful stops in the tour's history last night after a record-breaking number of players anted up for the €10,000 High Roller.

Following on from two similarly stacked events in the Spanish capital, the High Roller welcomed an impressive 378 total entries to become the largest event of its kind in EPT history.
To put things into perspective, the largest €10,000 event prior to yesterday's opening session came during Season 10 in Vienna when 181 entry fees were collected. Beyond this, the PCA's $25,500 High Roller managed to attract 247 entries last season; so, comparatively, the latest fiesta in Barcelona is a veritable behemoth.
What's more impressive is that the registration desks are currently still open and won't close until 15 minutes before the start of Day 2 (12:00 local time). This means that the field could increase in size and set the benchmark even higher for all future EPT High Rollers.
During the first session a number of pros were on display, but by the time things were brought to a close it was the UK's Stephen Chidwick leading the way.
The young Brit managed to bag up 299,000 chips to lead the likes of Dan Smith (292,600), Jason Mercier (291,400) and Niall Farrell (235,800) into Day 2.



Tags: Stephen Chidwick, EPT Barcelona