Prize structure announced

Our latest PPT winner will walk away €31,300 richer after the 250-strong field matched the €125,000 guarantee to the euro.

Second-place will have to settle for a mere €19,400 and the top 27 players will all receive a cash prize, with the lowest payment still more than doubling the buy-in.

Prize Structure
1st - 31,300
2nd - 19,400
3rd - 12,500
4th - 8,000
5th - 6,300
6th - 4,900
7th - 4,300
8th - 3,700
9th - 3,000
10th - 2,500
11th - 2,200
12th - 2,000
13th - 1,850
14th - 1,850
15th - 1,600
16th - 1,600
17th - 1,500
18th - 1,500
19th -27th - 1,250

Boros back for another bite at PPT

When last sighted by the PPT blog, Tibor Boros was a broken man facing a final table nightmare.

With all due respect to PPT Prague champion Radoslav Průcha, the Hungarian (pictured)) was in many ways the story of the Czech leg, as his incredible chip lead slipped through his fingers in dramatic fashion.

Needless to say, it remains a less than fond memory for Tibor, but he was in high spirits as he returned to the ParadisePoker Tour determined to condemn that tale to history.

"I still can't really think about the Prague event without getting angry," confessed Boros, "I was so upset that day and I felt angry for a few days afterwards.

"In the end I had to just accept that it happened and move on. After all, I got unlucky on the last hand but it was a bad decision that cost me 60% of my chips in an earlier hand.

"I'm feeling a lot more positive now, although I'm yet to pick up any big hands so far tonight. I've got about 10k left."

Update - Tibor's unlucky streak continued shortly after the PPT blog first caught up with him, but he still found a smile despite the harsh beat that sent him to the rail.

"I got it all-in with Aces against A♦Q♦ on a Q45 board, only for runner-runner diamonds to hit and make him a flush.

"I'm ok though, it happens. I saw the Bernabeu today and will visit the rest of the city tomorrow before flying home Sunday... Or maybe I'll have more luck in the side event!"

Madrid pics

We're down to 205 players on Day 1 of the PPT Madrid as the blinds creep up to 100/200.

We'll be catching up with one or two regulars, plus bringing you a selected chip count shortly, but for now here are the latest pics from Gran Casino.

22.00 deadline

The 22.00 deadline has now passed for Fantasy Poker so new entries will no longer be accepted into this weekend's competition.

Good luck to all those who got their team in on time - and be sure to keep an eye on the blog to see how your players perform!

Fantasy Poker - the final list

Over 240 players to choose from in our final Fantasy Poker list of the evening, so if you've been waiting for the complete picture, here it is.

Apologies for the capital letters, but we just love shouting about Fantasy Poker!

Final deadline for Fantasy Poker entries will be 22.00 (blog time), so make sure you get your team in within the next hour.

DAVID AZA AGUADO
JOSE MARIA SALAMANCA AGUARON
JOSE LUIS ANDRES AJENJO
ALBERTO MANSO DE ZUÑIGA AJURIA
EMILIYAN ALEKSANDROV
DAVID ALGARRA
SALIM ALIBAS
OSCAR CAGIGAL ALONSO
PANTAZIDIS ANESTIS
DAVID MARTINEZ ANTON
RAFAEL PICO APARICIO
JOSE MIGUEL SERRANO ARELLANO
FRANCISCO ARQUES
ISMAEL MUNOZ ARRIBAS
ALEKSANDAR ASENOV
ALVARO BALLESTEROS
EMILIO JOSE OLEAGA BELDARRAIN
JOSE CRESPO BELINCHON
MANUEL GARCIA BELINCHON
MIGUEL OJEDA BENITEZ
ANTONIO MARTINEZ BERRUEZO
RICARDO FERNANDEZ BERZAL
VICENT BIGEON
CAMILLE BLANC
HECTOR BLANCO
FEDERICO PERAL BLAZQUEZ
BASTIAN BLUEM
DESIRE LEONTINE MARC BOUWMAN
JAY BOYCE
JOAO BRITO
CHRISTIAN EUGEN BROX
RICARDO FERNANDEZ CALLEJA
DAVID ESPEJO CAMARA
RAFAEL AMADOR CANOIRA
ENRIQUE JOSE GARCIA CARNEROS
JUAN CARLOS COSTAL CARREIRO
SANTIAGO FORTET CASTELLO
JOSE MANUEL GUIJARRO CENAMOR
JOSE LUIS LOPEZ CESTAO
RAFAEL GARCIA CHACON
MARTIN CHRISTENSEN
DANIEL FAERNA CLEMARES
ROBERTO GARCIA-ANTON CLERIGO
VALDIR SANTOS CORDEIRO
GABRIEL JOSE PERAL COSTAS
GORDON JOSEF CROSS
MISCHA RUDOLF DANKERT
ANTONIO DASCENZO
MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ DE LAS HUERTAS DE LA CAL
LUIS AGUILERA DE LA OLIVA
SERGIO DEL CORRAL
FERNANDO ESCRIBANO DELCORRAL
YANIRA GARCIA DELGADO
FIDEL MOMO DELGADO
JULIO CLAUDIO DIAZ
DIMITAR DIMITROV
DIETMAR DOERING
JUAN CARLOS SANTOS DOMINGUEZ
CASPAR GABRIEL ENGELIEN
THEOPHILUS ANTONIUS ERKAMPS
FRANCISCO MANUEL MORALES ESTEBAN
RONNIE EXPENSEN
AUREA BLANCO FERNANDEZ
GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZ FERNANDEZ
FRANCISCO JOSE ARENAS FERNANDEZ
MIGUEL MENENDEZ FERNANDEZ
FERNANDO MANUEL ALVARO FERNANDEZ
JOSE PIRE FERNANDEZ
PABLO FERNANDEZ-BALDOR
MIGUEL PEDRO FERREIRA RATO
CARLOS CARDAS FIAT
CANDIDO ROSALES FRANCO
DANIEL JARO FRESNEDA
DANIEL PIÑA FRESNEDA
JOSEP MARIA LOPEZ GALINDO
LUIS FERNANDO MARTINEZ GARCIA
JAVIER BERMEJO GARCIA
ROBERTO SANTIAGO GARCIA
CESAR DEL BARRIO GARCIA
JOSE RAMON RODRIGUEZ GARCIA
JUAN PEDRO ARIÑO GARCIA
CESAR DOMINGUEZ GARCIA
JERRY GERARDO
BERNHARD HERBERT GERDEMANN
MARCOS MIGUEL MONTEIRO GOMES
INOCENTE BORDONADO GOMEZ
ANGEL PALMERO GOMEZ
JOSE MANUEL REBENAQUE GOMEZ
DAVID GOMEZ
ANGEL RAMON RINCON GOMEZ
HECTOR MARTINEZ GONZALEZ
ANTONIO GONZALEZ
JAVIER ESCRIÑA GORGOLAS
IGNACIO ESTEBAN CARBAJO GUERRA
JAIME CORTAZAR GUINEA
DAVID GOMEZ GUTIERREZ
WEIDER JOSE GUTIERREZ
RUBEN PEREJA GUZMAN
ROBERT HAIGH
HATEM HAMMAMI
MARCUS HEIN
WOLFRAM HENKE
GREGORIO ALONSO HERNANDEZ
ALEJANDRO MEDRANO HERRANDO
JUAN PEDRO PALOMO HERRANZ
VICTOR VILLALBA HERREZUELO
SANTIAGO ROMERO HOLGUIN
MARK HOLT
LIRONG YU HU
JARI PEKKA HURRI
JACOB IRSBERG
BALAZS JABLONKAI
KAMIL JAMROZ
NAT JARMONTHAVAT
RADEK JASANSKY
KAMIL ADRIAN JEDRZEJCZYK
HEIKO JOSEF KENNING
UWE KOCK
LOTHAR KOCK
DANIEL KORCZAK
TEODOR KRASTEV
DANIEL KRAUS
THOMAS LANE
SERGIO ALARCON LAZARO
FILIPA LEMOS
ANTONIO LEMOS
NIKOLAOS LIAKOS
GERT LOFGREN
ALBERTO CHAOS LOPEZ
JOSE LUIS ROCHA LOPEZ
ENRIQUE ONETO LOPEZ
MARCOS GONZALEZ LOPEZ
FRANCISCO JAVIER CORDON LOPEZ
ALEJANDRO MARTIN LUCIA
SUMARA WOJCIECH MACIEJ
RAUL SANCHEZ MAGDALENO
ANDREAS MARAGKOUDAKIS
AINHIZE CAYERO MARCOS
ALVARO NADAL MARINO
IVAN VALENTIN MARTIN
JUAN JOSE MIRANDA MARTIN
JAVIER SAINZ MARTIN
FERNANDO BLANCO MARTIN
ISAIAS VALVERDE MARTINEZ
MARIA DE LA SOLEDAD DEL BARRIO MARTINEZ
KAJETAN MASIWEICZ
THOMAS MELLINGER
KAMLESH NANAKRAN NANAKRAN MELLWANI
FRANCISCO LUIS MENDEZ
IGNACIO MENENDEZ
TONI MERIVUORI
THOMAS MERVED
ANDRZEJ MIGALA
JAVIER SANCHEZ MIGUEL
RAFAEL GARCIA PATRON MINGUEZ
ANGELOV MIROSLAV
JAVIER PEÑA MONJA
JESUS MONTESINOS MONTES
DAVID SANCHEZ MONTORO
MIGUEL JESUS VICO MORENO
KJER MORTEN
FELIX CASTRO MOTA
ENMMANUEL COBOS MOYA
ARMANDO MUÐOZ-CALERO
TIBOR JANOS NAGYGYORGY
CONSUELO MARCOS NAVARRO
LARS KARL NEUJEFFSKI
MARTIN NIELSEN
MARIUSZ KAMIL NISKI
JUAN MANUEL AGUDO ORTEGA
JAIME DE LEJARAZU ORTIZ
JAVIER LOPEZ PALACIOS
PANTELIS PALIOUDAKIS
KAMIL ADAM PALUSZKIEWICZ
RAFAEL LAVIANA PARRA
JOSE MANUEL ROMAN PEREZ
FRANCISCO DIAZ PEREZ CARBALLO
JOAQUIN LECHUGA PINAR
ATTILA PINTER
DAVID PISHVAFAR
JAGODA PIWOWARCZYK
JUAN CARLOS RUEDA PLACER
PINO POPOLO
SUSANNE POSNY
JOAQUIN GANGA POVEDA
FRANCISCO JAVIER RUBIO QUINTANA
JYRI TOIVO ILMARI RASANEN
ALEJANDRO GUTIERREZ RODRIGO
WASHINGTON LUIZ DO PRADO RODRIGUES
DAVID LAMAS RODRIGUEZ
JOSE LUIS ESPADAS RODRIGUEZ
MIGUEL ANGEL BERMUDEZ RODRIGUEZ
OMAR OCAMPO RODRIGUEZ
ERNESTO GONZALEZ ROSENDO
JESUS CALZADA RUILOBA
VALERIANO RUBIO RUIZ
JOSE LUIS CRUZ RUIZ
JOSE LUIS GIL RUJAS
ALFONSO LOPEZ SAIZ
JAIME SANCHEZ
JOSE MARIA GARCIA SANCHEZ
ALVARO VELASCO SANTAMARIA
LUIS FERNANDO MARTIN SANTILLAN
CHRISTIAN SCHULZ
ABRAHAM GIL SERRANO
MARCOS SERRANO
JORGE GOMEZ SIMONET
ARKADIUSZ SINKIEWICZ
JOSE MARIA GARCIA SOMOLINOS
HENRIK WILHEM SUTTINGER
BARTLOMIEJ SWIEBODA
JAKUB FRANCISZEK SZCZOTKA
LUIS TAVARES MACHADO
JOSE MANUEL DE CARVALHO TELES
SRINIVASAN THAVARAJAH
SUTHARJAN THAVARAJAH
FRANCISCO JOSE HERMOSO TORRES
DIMITRIOS TYCHALAS
PABLO JAVIER MARTINEZ UBIERNA
LUIS MARTINEZ UBIERNA
JORGE PARDO UFANO
SCHRODER UWE
JAVIER ALFONSO LOPEZ VAZQUEZ
FRANCISCO JAVIER RUBIROSA VEIGA
DANIEL MARTIN VENTURA
JORGE PRIETO VILA
RICARDO ALONSO VILLACORTA
VITAL VILLARRUBIA
MAREK VISKAK
HELGE WARKOW
STEPHEN CHARLES WARNER
JEANS WEIGEL
MARCUS WESTHOFF
KALIN IVANOV YAKIMOV
RICARDO VIDARTE ZABALETA
JOSE NAVARRO ZABALLOS
HUIBING ZHENG
ADAM ZIARKIEWCS

Deja vu for you?

Funny how poker finds a way to renew old rivalries, bring friends together and bring back fond memories... well, some of them fond, at least.

Here at PPT Madrid we've been reminiscing about events past thanks to a few familiar faces sitting close by.

Bastian Bleum is one player hoping lightning doesn't strike twice, as he is sat one seat apart from PPT London nemesis Filipa Lemos (both pictured).

The sister of ParadisePoker pro Antonio 'Tony L' Lemos - who final tabled here last year - knocked Bastian out of the second leg of Season Two with the help of position she enjoys again tonight.

Meanwhile, Tour League leader Ronnie Espensen (pictured below right) has been randomly placed next to one of his travelling partners for the second straight Main Event.

Whether that gives the Danes an edge or blunts their aggressive streaks is yet to be seen, but after playing so well throughout Season Two, Ronnie may not need the help of his friends!

One man praying for that deja vu moment is 2010 runner-up Ricardo Calleja (pictured below left).

The Spaniard is back for another shot at the PPT and although he split the top prize with winner Miguel 'Miki' Rodriguez a year ago, he'll be after the trophy too this time around.

Morpheo keen to be 'the one'

Respected Spanish poker pro Pablo Ubierna did his piece for the ParadisePoker cameras just before the cards were in the air in Madrid, and he was looking forward to taking on the PPT field.

We can only assume the man known as 'Morpheo' online is a big Matrix fan, and he will be hoping to be the one holding the big cheque and PPT trophy by Sunday night.

"I think ParadisePoker is doing a great job with this tournament because it's a good structure and attracts players from all over Europe," he said.

"It's good to have such a good mix in Spain, with some pros out there but also plenty of fish!

"I'm planning on winning, of course, but I won't be going out spending if I win the top prize, that money would be reinvested in my bankroll and probably a trip to the World Series of Poker this summer."