Day 2 at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Barcelona began with 203 players coming out of the gates. With a 
few minutes left in the first level that number had dived down to the 180 range. The biggest name to fall in the first round was Fabrice Soulier.
It only took 11 minutes for the bubble boy to fall – Filipe Ramos from Brazil was the unfortunate – everyone would then walk away with at least $14,276 in prize money.
The payouts thereafter were:
39 — Nichlas Mattsson — PokerStars qualifier — Sweden — €17,300
40 — Maria Maceiras — Spain — €17,300
41 — Albert Sapiano — Ireland — €14,900
42 — Hafiz Khan — PokerStars qualifier — USA — €14,900
43 — Stavros Kalfas — PokerStars qualifier — Greece — €14,900
44 — Fowzi Baroukh — UK — €14,900
45 — Pasquale Braco — Italy — €14,900
46 — Dennis Bejedal — Sweden — €14,900
47 — Kevin McPhee — PokerStars qualifier — USA — €14,900
48 — Joao Vide Barboa — Portugal — €14,900
49 — Sheryl Gershon — USA — €12,400
50 — Casey Kastle — USA — €12,400
51 — Michael Greco — UK — €12,400
52 — Jens Klaning — Denmark — €12,400
53 — Haward Speer — Germany — €12,400
54 — Pedro Pocas — Portugal — €12,400
55 — Damien Vidal — France — €12,400
56 — Steve Jelinek — England — €12,400
57 — Aldonopoulos Theodoros — Greece — €10,200
58 — Thierry Van Den Berg — Holland — PokerStars qualifier — €10,200
59 — Julien Sallin — Switzerland — PokerStars qualifier — €10,200
60 — Roberto Pompei — Italy — PokerStars qualifier — €10,200
61 — Stuart Rutter — Ireland — €10,200
62 — Johansen Karsten — Denmark — €10,200
63 — David Kruger — USA — €10,200
64 — Frederic Brunet — France €10,200
The 619 players that entered the EPT Barcelona Open are from28 different countries, chief among them Italy with 71 contestants. Here is a look at the top countries represented in Spain:
Italy: 71
USA: 69
France: 68
Sweden: 68
Spain: 40
Germany: 34
UK: 33
Holland: 32
Russia: 24
Demark: 21
The top 10 in chips going into day 3 are:
Davidi Kitai: Belgium — 544,500
Dren Ukella: Germany — 374,500
Daniele Mazzia: Italy — 374,000
Stephen Chidwick: UK — 355,000
Jason Mercier: USA — 345,000
Steven Weusten: Holland — 332,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg: Germany — 326,000
Michael Keiner: Germany — 293,000
Chad Brown: (Team PokerStars Pro) USA — 259,000
Jonas Klausen: Denmark — 237,000
Drop in at CardPlayer.com today for extensive updates from day 3 at the EPT Barcelona as the remaining 36 players vie for the top prize of €1,361,000.
