Bulgarian Poker Community Cheering for Its Heroes in Barcelona

Bulgarians arrived in Barcelona by the dozens and in high spirits. With numerous ITM finishes so far, one victory, one runner-up, and two survivors on Day 4 of the #EPT100 it looks like #BGPoker is thriving and that must be good news for the numerous fans of the game, as well as for the recently launched first legal poker website in the country - PokerStars.bg

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The two most notable Bulgarian poker achievements so far in Barcelona:

@Plamen Stavrev won the inaugural EPT Seniors Event for $28,189, defeating Portugal's @Fernando Brito. You can read on about a decisive lucky river hand for Stavrev on the PokerStarsBlog.

The 27-year old Bulgarian from Kyustendil, @Vladislav Donchev finished second in the largest live freezeout tournament in PokerStars history, with a record field of 2,560 players: the Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event. However, a chop deal made with the eventual winner @Matias Ruzzi  gave Vladislav the far larger cash of $377,428, which took him right to the top of the 2014 Bulgarian ranking by live earnings: 

Day 4 of EPT Main Event starts today with two Bulgarians among the 102 survivors (of 1,496). @Rumen Nanev was one of the TWO Bulgarian finalists in EPT Vienna Main Event earlier this year. He starts Day 4 24th in chips and as one of the bigger stacks at Table 7:

7 1 Andrey Andreev 174,000
7 2 Przemyslaw Misztela 457,000
7 3 Samuel Phillips 667,000
7 4 Rumen Nanev 663,000 
7 5 Gerald Karlic 628,000
7 6 Mikkel Nielsen 232,000
7 7 Mikalai Pobal 163,000
7 8 Mauro Mancin 256,000

@Slaven Popov will be seated at Table 13 where he will have the biggest starting stack. Some of his notable opponents at the table are French WSOP 2014 bracelet winner @Hugo Pingray and PCA 2014 champion @Dominik Panka:

13 1 Benjamin Lamprecht 544,000
13 2 Meir Lang 204,000
13 3 Mathieu Clavet 489,000
13 4 Hugo Pingray 338,000
13 5 Tobias Rohe 316,000
13 6 Dominik Panka 223,000
13 7 Slaven Popov 585,000
13 8 Grzegorz Derkowski 522,000

You can now watch the EPT livestream without ever leaving RankingHero, from the EPT Barcelona results page!