Sun, sea, sand, and lots of poker! Barcelona delivered once again, as the PokerStars European Poker Tour attendance record from last year's stop was shattered. On Day 1b, 1,291 players put €5,300 on the line to take a shot at the biggest EPT Main Event in history. Combined with Day 1a's total of 468 players, the field already is unofficially at 1,759 players. With late registration open until the start of Day 2, the new attendance record is expected to be pushed even higher.
The day saw eight levels of 75-minute play and at the end of it all, it was Andrey Sharonov from Russia finishing atop the leaderboard.