PokerNews · Aug 24, 2015
2015 EPT Barcelona €50K Super High Roller Day 2: Aussie Michael Egan Leads Final Nine
Michael EganDay 2 of the €50,000 Super High Roller has come and gone from the 2015 European Poker Tour Barcelona festival. At the start of the day, six more entries were tallied to bring the total number of buy-ins up to 99. A truly remarkable and record-breaking turnout, a prize pool of €4,753,485 was generated that will see the winner take home a hefty, jaw-dropping €1,224,000.
Fast forward to the end of the day. After 10 levels of play, just nine competitors remained. Leading the way into the third and final day was Australia's Michael Egan, as he bagged up 5,410,000 in chips. The player closest to Egan on the leaderboard was Christoph Vogelsang with 4,765,000 in chips.