Official Estrellas and EPT9 Barcelona Poker Festival Thread - August 15 - 25, 2012

[mement_mori]

Originally Posted by krawallbruder1000

are we able to buy into the main and side events using moneybookers/skrill? if not is this planned for the foreseable future? it would make things 10x easier for players who dont hold on to too much cash and have most of their money online. and moneybookers isnt subject to any regulations if im not wrong. so it should work at all the ept stops unlike the DBI with the pokerstarsclient.

yeah would be amazing, looking at my schedule I think I have around 30-40k in buy-ins and would be a huge help not to have to travel/exchange/wire all of it if there was a way to avoid it.

[notgoingnewhere]

Does anyone know which day 1 will have the weakest field/least amount of MTT regs?

[NiSash1337]

Does anyone know which day 1 will have the weakest field/least amount of MTT regs?

Normally it`s 1a I think, but I guess with Estrellas in front it will be pretty even.

[GoldenBears]

bump for mbookers ?s

[TheIc3man]

fml just booked my flights for 7 pm on the 23rd. 5 mins later get an email telling me that the Spanish Super cup (Real vs Barca) starts at 10pm the same night.

[SpaceyFCB]

Supercup is 23th at 10:30pm.
Could it be possible to make it possbible that the main event and event 20 (1k 6-max 30min. lvl.) stop early enough so everybody could see the game.
Both events start at noon. (The same was done in EPT Madrid last year)

Regards,
Kenny

[NeilJ]

Hi All,

Krawall- 40 - The EPT Partnership with Skrill was only for EPT8 so you will not be able to use Skrill for EPT9.

Wacky - 41 - I hope you have a great time! Barcelona is an amazing city!

Ic3 - 42 - http://www.epthotels.com/city.asp?id=1&idc=8&barcelona

Kev - 43 - Thanks for that! We already have twenty players confirmed for the 50K!

Golden / Nisash / Mement - 44-46 - As above, the Skrill Partnership was not renewed for EPT9. The casino has been great about wires and sorting out accounts for everyone though. I haven't heard of a single problem from anyone so far.

Kenny - 51 - We'll take a look at it. 23rd is Day 4, so we need to get down to 24 players for the TV the next day...not sure about that one. We'll let everyone know once we get closer to the event.

Cheers,

Neil
PokerStars Live Events Specialist

[Gags30]

i finally get a skrill account, and i can't use it to buy into epts :-(

[zuckerman]

Originally Posted by NeilJ

Hi All,

Neil
PokerStars Live Events Specialist

what's the chance of missing out on Estrellas ME because registration is full when I arrive on the 14th?

is there any other chance of registering/paying for the ME online other than DBI for platinumstars on PS client?

thanks,

zuckerman

[NeilJ]

Hi Zuckerman,

We have roughly 55-60 tables for the combined Festival, so Estrellas can take anywhere from 1,100 to 1,200 total players, 550 - 600 per day. I don't see the event selling out so you should be fine. I think we'll get around 700-800 which is fantastic for a 1K, but I don't think it breaks 1,000 players.

You can contact the casino and buy in via wire or credit card now if you'd like.

***from ept.com - If you are interested in pre-registering and buying in via the event venue, please contact: pokercasinobarcelona@grupperalada.com for further information.

Cheers,

Neil
PokerStars Live Events Specialist

[burloquexiv]

and I thought about movin to spain for abit to grind. now those plans are ruined

[ZachL]

How are the beaches/clubs? What hotel is it we stay if we win the $2,100 satty into Main Event?

[Grindation]

+1 for skrill/mb registration option

[chicagocards1]

BARCA!

[zuckerman]

regarding #rules

is use of ipads at the table allowed (not during participation in a hand, but in general).

edit: found answer from espt rulebook - that they are allowed http://www.estrellaspokertour.com/en/about/terms/