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Immediately after the tournament, the press took their pound of flesh with a zillion photos of me with my over-sized €60,000 check, several Dictaphone interviews and finally, a TV interview for the end of the broadcast. I relished the opportunity to thank the staff at both the Gran Casino Barcelona and Full Tilt who put on such a marvelous event. Talking to the other players, they all agreed that the Espana Series is a fantastic festival of No Limit Hold ‘Em and the Grand Final in Madrid is sure to be a worthy climax. Spain is a premier destination – great food, great weather, great people – and Full Tilt know how to host a deep-stacked tournament with a great structure.

I would sincerely recommend these events to any poker connoisseur. As the only other Irishman that I met at the event said to me, “I play a lot of tournaments on the British Circuit and it’s just so much better coming to Barcelona. When you get knocked out here, you’re in Barcelona but if you get knocked out in Luton… well fuck man,… you’re in Luton!”