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There's already been a Ukrainian chip leader during the EPT12 Barcelona Main Event when Oleksii Khoroshenin took the lead after Day 3.
Despite him falling today, the yellow-and-blue flag is waving on top again. Khoroshenin's fellow countryman Denys Shafikov will enter the Final Day with the biggest stack after bagging 17,515,000 chips tonight. The 36-year-old is mainly a cash game player and prior to the Main Event, his live tournament winnings amounted to only $23,826. Making the final table of the biggest ever EPT, he is already guaranteed at least €104,800.
Frederik Jensen from Denmark is the only player who's in a position to snag a second EPT title, after winning EPT Madrid in Season 8. However, John Juanda is clearly the biggest star on the final table, being #10 in the all-time money list with more than $16m in live tournament winnings. Back in Season 7, the Indonesian came close to winning but lost to David Vamplew heads-up in London. This isn't his first final in Barcelona either, he's been this far before, finishing eighth in Season 9 for €76,100.
EPT12 Barcelona Main Event Final Day: Seat 1: Denys Shafikov, Ukraine, 17,515,000 Seat 2: Amir Touma, Lebanon, 1,180,000 Seat 3: Rainer Kempe, Germany, PokerStars qualifier, 3,775,000 Seat 4: Steven Warburton, UK, 7,180,000 Seat 5: Victor Bogdanov, Russia, 1,415,000 Seat 6: John Juanda, Indonesia, PokerStars player, 4,040,000 Seat 7: Mario Sanchez, Spain, 2,885,000 Seat 8: Frederik Jensen, Denmark, PokerStars qualifier, 5,580,000 Seat 9: Andreas Samuelsson, Sweden, PokerStars qualifier, 7,005,000
There were a record-breaking 1,694 entries in this year's EPT Barcelona Main Event making it the biggest EPT Main Event ever held. The prize pool stands at €8,215,900 with €1,420,500 for the winner and 247 players finishing in the money.
