Jonn Forst Seizes Lead Before Estrellas Barcelona Final Showdown
Austrian player Jonn Forst is leading for the final day of the Estrellas Barcelona Main Event after taking the chip lead from Poland's Jose Carlos Garcia in the penultimate level of Day 3.
In a massive pot, Garcia was trying to bluff Forst away as he shoved on him on the river, but the Viennese eventually called with two pair to climb up to a 17 million chip-stack. He continued to chip up and bagged a massive stakc of 24,090,000 chips - almost the third of all chips in play. "I'll have a beer with my friends and then will try to get a proper sleep," said the PokerStars qualifier, who hasn't felt any presure so far during the tournament: "Actually, I feel really calm right now. I haven't studied the payout structure yet, but will take a look in the morning."
The 31-year-old chip leader has already made another PokerStars local tour final table; he finished sixth at Eureka 5 Hamburg for €22,940 in May. It was his five-year career's best result at that time, but he's already topped that here in Barcelona, being guaranteed €52,100 for making the final table.
Despite losing such a massive hand to Forst, Garcia is still among the eight finalists with 8,855,000 chips. He is only 22, but is still the most experienced player at the final table. He has already amassed over $1m in live tournament winnings and as 'TryToExploit' on PokerStars, he has a Sunday Million title under his belt.
Mario Lopez is another entertaining player who made it this far, sitting on 14,410,000. The Argentinian knows how to celebrate victory in a PokerStars event having won the LAPT Vina del Mar Main Event back in March 2014 for $117,991. Lopez hasn't had a bad year in 2015 either; he finished second in the Little One for One Drop event at the World Series to add $399,455 to his lifetie winnings. Another great deep run here in the Estrellas Barcelona Main Event now brings him over the $1m mark in live tournament cashes.
Tomorrow will see the champion lift the coveted Estrellas trophy in this record-breaking PokerStars freezeout event. 3,292 players registered to create an enormous €3,193,240 prize pool. The winner will receive outstanding €491,000, multiplying the €1,100 entry fee more than 446 times.
Estrellas 6 Barcelona Main Event Final Table:
Seat 1: Mario Lopez, Argentina, PokerStars qualifier, 14,410,000
Seat 2: Daniel Selles, Spain, 3,120,000
Seat 3: Jose Carlos Garcia, Poland, 8,855,000
Seat 4: Eduard Sanchez, Spain, PokerStars qualifier, 7,420,000
Seat 5: Knut Nystedt, Norway, 7,705,000
Seat 6: Simon Peter Sennhauser, Switzerland, 13,490,000
Seat 7: Kondah Abdelhadi, Morocco, 2,895,000
Seat 8: Jonn Forst, Austria, PokerStars qualifier, 24,090,000
