The Day 1B field includes Spanish champ May Maceiras, European Player of the Year Dragan Galic, WPT Bucharest winner Guillaume Darcourt, Aussie Millions winner Tyron Krost, Sam Trickett, Bengt Sonnert, Casey Kastle, Javier Martinez, Tomeu Gomila, Jordi Martinez, Enrique Custodio, Quinn Sivage, Christophe Benzimra, Eric Haick and WPT Paris highroller finalist Roger Hairabedian. Amongst those at the tables on Day 1A were Mihai Manole, Sorel Mizzi, Leo Margets, Antoine Saout, Irish Open champion James Mitchell, Manuel Cuberos, Juan Manuel Pastor, Frank Blumlein, Per Linde and Cayetano Garcia.

When the smoke clears at the May 23rd final table, the winner will join the ranks of Markus Lehmann of Austria, Denmark’s Casper Hansen, and reigning WPT Spanish champion, American Mark Randal Flowers.  The new champion will take home a WPT title and a $25,500 entry into the 2011 WPT World Championship.

The youngest ever driver to take part in F1, Spanish hero Jaime Alguersauri, was on the rail today watching the action. To see a full interview with Jaime on poker, F1, his lifestyle and the girls in the paddock - plus regular reports from the action at Casino Barcelona see: http://www.partypoker.com/blog

Sylvie Belanger of Casino Barcelona said: “We are delighted with the field this year which has broken all of our WPT records. The most encouraging thing is that every year we see a significant increase in the number of Spanish players taking part which is very encouraging for the future of the game in this country.”