The origins of Madrid’s name can be traced back to the Arabic Mayrit, loosely translating to “place of many streams.” Judging by yesterday’s scenes inside Casino Gran Vía, that feels strangely appropriate.

The PartyPoker Tour Madrid Live Stream officially kicked off at 4pm with a special Invitational Sit & Go and, unsurprisingly, plenty of familiar faces were spotted around the tables.

Representing the PartyPoker Tour Team were Dani Garcia, Barbara Jimenez, Natalie Bromley, Barry Carter, Niall Farrell, Joe Beevers, Glenn Brown and Rebecca Hardisty. Joining them were the likes of PLO mastermind JJ Hazan, Steffan Stroffek, Deniz Orhan, regular partypoker.eu Spins player Carlos Simon and regular partypoker.eu satellite and tournament player Manuel Sanchez, who has won several PartyPoker Tour packages.

The top three finishers were PartyPoker Tour Team member Barbara Jimenez, who collected 250 p$, Carlos Simon, who took home 500 p$, and ultimately Rebecca Hardisty, who claimed the glory and the 1,000 p$ top prize.

At 4pm, Day 1A of the €100,000 GTD Main Event also got underway.

The opening flight attracted 173 entries, with 43 players successfully making it through to Day 2.

Notable names in the field included PartyPoker Tour Team members Dani Garcia, Barbara Jimenez, Niall Farrell and Barny Boatman, alongside PartyPoker Tour Manchester Main Event winner Deniz Orhan and Franky Green.

The top chip counts at the end of the night belonged to Kilin Borsos Csaba with 656,000 chips, followed by Alexey Neofitov with 599,000 and Fred Wulff with 528,000.

At 7pm, the PLO Masters 4/5/6 kicked off.

The event attracted 74 entries, generating a total prize pool of €9,250.

Familiar faces included Irish poker legend Sia “Titanium” Browne. As always, JJ Hazan was bringing both action and charm to the tables, while the ever-so-suave PartyPoker Tour Team member Joe Beevers was also in attendance.

In the end, it was Lirong Hu Yu who lifted the trophy and collected the €2,850 top prize.

Also at 7pm, the final day of the record-breaking Mini Main Event got underway, with 27 players returning to the tables.

One particularly interesting storyline involved Edin Hrnjic and Alex “wishiper96” Georgiev. Back at PartyPoker Tour Sheffield, the two had battled deep into the tournament without either managing to claim victory. Here in Madrid, it briefly looked as though they might finally settle the score once and for all, but poker had other plans.

By 10:30pm, the final table of nine had been set and, ultimately, it was Federico Estrada Mazzarella who conquered the record-breaking event, taking home €16,550 and the very much coveted trophy.

Congratulations to Federico for officially making PartyPoker Tour history.

At 10pm, the Poker.PRO sponsored Thursday Party Madness Red River NLH Bounty kicked off, attracting 127 entries and generating a total prize pool of €3,175.

The likes of Natalie Bromley, Dani Garcia, Barbara Jimenez and Rebecca Hardisty all joined the madness, although in the end it was Francisco Javier Dito who walked away with the trophy and €745 in prize money.

With Day 4 now wrapped up, let’s have a quick look at what is taking place today.

At 2pm, Day 1B of the €100,000 Main Event gets underway.

At 4pm, the MTTDB Sponsored NLH Tournament will kick off.

At 6pm, Day 1A of the PLO Masters Main Event begins.

At 9pm, the third flight of the €100,000 Main Event, Day 1C, gets underway and, to end the day with a bang, the Poker.PRO Friday Party Madness Crazy Pineapple Bounty will commence at 10pm.

At 6pm (with a 30-minute delay), our friends over at Poker Red will once again be bringing all the entertainment in Spanish with coverage of Day 1B of the Main Event.

We are quite confident today is going to bring plenty more action and entertainment.

Make sure you follow Poker.PRO to keep up with all the fascinating stories that our very own Christopher Karlen is bringing you in English from this record-breaking festival.

And if you fancy practising your Spanish, don’t worry, Poker Red has you covered with all the latest updates from the Main Event as well.

Time	#	Event		Buy-In	Chips	Clock	Late Reg
		Friday 15th May
14:00	5	Main Event €100,000 Gtd – Day 1B	500 €	€445+€55	50,000	40 Min	9 Levels
16:00	8	NLH – Sponsored by MTTDB	100 €	€85+€15	25,000	20 Min	8 Levels
18:00	9	PLO Masters Main Event – Day 1A	250 €	€215+€35	50,000	30 Min	9 Levels
21:00	5	Main Event €100,000 Gtd – Day 1C Turbo	500 €	€445+€55	50,000	25 Mins	9 Levels
22:00	10	Poker.Pro Friday Party Madness Crazy Pineapple Bounty	60 €	€25+€25+€10	20,000	10 Min	9 Levels