EPT Barcelona 2026: Main Event Action Heats Up on Day 5

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  • Fabiano Kovalski, Ralfs Blumbergs, and Jamie Dwan win major EPT Barcelona 2026 events.
  • Main Event is down to 14 players; Gerard Carbo leads with €1.37M for 1st place.
  • Side events and high rollers saw big payouts, including Kovalski's €331K and Blumbergs' €303K.
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EPT Barcelona 2026 saw Main Event action heat up on Day 5 while Fabiano Kovalski, Ralfs Blumbergs and Jamie Dwan secured major victories. 

PokerStars EPT Barcelona 2026 saw another busy day of tournament action on August 27, with major results across Mystery Bounty, No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha and high roller events at Casino Barcelona.

Fabiano Kovalski secured the biggest completed result of the day by winning the €3,250 EPT Mystery Bounty for €331,430, while Jamie Dwan continued his strong run by taking down the €25,000 No-Limit 
Hold’em Unlimited Re-Entry event.

Several other tournaments also reached important stages, including the €10,300 EPT High Roller and €1,650 EPT Mystery Bounty.

Fabiano Kovalski emerged victorious from the €3,250 EPT Mystery Bounty after outlasting the field of bounty hunters on Day 3.

Kovalski collected €331,430 for the tournament victory, along with €54,000 in bounties. Brandon Harris finished runner-up and received €206,820, in addition to the €10,000 in bounties he collected during the event.

The €1,650 EPT Mystery Bounty had 229 players remaining from a field of 550 at the time of publishing.
Sebastian Risco of Chile held the chip lead as Day 1ab continued.

The €2,200 No-Limit Hold’em event completed its Day 1 action, with Luka Sorainen claiming the title and €60,800.

The event reached the money with 180,000 marking the point referenced in the tournament results.
Marc David Foggin Leads €10,300 EPT High Roller

The €10,300 EPT High Roller still had 198 players remaining from 301 entries at the time of publishing.
Marc David Foggin occupied the chip lead, while Rania Nasreddine was among the top 10 stacks.


Latvia's Ralfs Blumbergs secured victory in the €10,250 PLO Unlimited Re-Entry event after a field of 122 players competed at Casino Barcelona, including re-entries.

The tournament generated a €1,183,400 prize pool, with Blumbergs taking the largest share and adding a €303,300 result to his poker accomplishments.

Seventeen players reached the money. Among those who cashed were Laszlo Bujtas and Niklas Astedt.
Sweden's Filip Lovric finished eighth, leaving seven players to form the official final table.

The latest €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Unlimited Re-Entry single-day event attracted eight players, including one re-entry, creating a €192,080 prize pool.

Three places were paid despite the compact field, with the payouts heavily weighted toward the winner.
Kayhan Mokri finished third for €27,972, while Klemens Roiter collected €30,012 for second place.

Jamie Dwan won the tournament and took home €134,096 along with a Spadie trophy, continuing his run of results at EPT Barcelona.

Polish player Marcin Puczylowski won the €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em event for €76,960. The result ranks as the third-largest live poker prize of Puczylowski's career.

EPT Barcelona - Main Event Action Underway

The most awaited PokerStars EPT Barcelona 2026 Main Event saw Poker Hall of Famer John Juana busted at the 15th position for a payday of €67,800. 

The chip lead rested with Gerard Carbo with 112 BB in his kitty to battle it out. 14 players are in the field out of a pool of 1,823. The winner of this coveted event will walk away with €1,370,050 in his bank. 

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