The World Poker Tour’s Spanish Championship has its final six players and play is set to begin at 11 a.m. ET, which is 5 p.m. local time at Casino Barcelona. This event, which attracted 253 players, will not be televised.
All entrants paid €5,000 (approximately $7,800) to generate a prize pool of $1.99 million. The winner will receive $655,720.
After this event is complete, the WPT takes a break until after the World Series of Poker with its Bellagio Cup IV July 11-17. The final six, seating assignments and the chip counts of the Spanish Championship are:
- Casper Hansen – 604,000
- Stefan Mattsson – 1,253,000
- Andres Vidal – 140,000
- Guy Sitbon – 351,000
- Martin Lundenius – 421,000
- Thiago Nishijima – 1,031,000
Nishijima is a columnist for Card Player Brazil.
