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Suhonen Takes €114K as Five Winners Emerge at EPT Barcelona
- Elias Suhonen wins €114,200 in €10,200 NLHE at EPT Barcelona
- Four more winners: Lindqwist, Molina, Vranken, Barakat
- 353 players remain in the €1,650 Main Event
Five trophies are already spoken for at EPT Barcelona, and Elias Suhonen has set the early benchmark.
The Finnish high-stakes regular collected €114,200 in the €10,200 No-Limit Hold’em event, while Erik Lindqwist, Francisco Molina, Antoine Vranken and Youness Barakat also added titles during the opening stretch at Casino Barcelona.
Meanwhile, all six starting flights of the €1,650 PokerStars Open Main Event are complete, leaving 353 players from 2,365 entries in contention.
Elias Suhonen Takes the First Six-Figure Prize
Suhonen topped 31 entries in the €10,200 No-Limit Hold’em event to collect the largest payout awarded at the festival so far.
Brandon Wilson was first out among the five paid finishers, followed by Mehdi Chaoui and Jean-Noel Thorel. That left Suhonen heads-up against Nicholas Seward, with the Finn eventually taking the title and €114,200. Seward received €73,700.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elias Suhonen | €114,200 |
| 2 | Nicholas Seward | €73,700 |
| 3 | Jean-Noel Thorel | €48,900 |
| 4 | Mehdi Chaoui | €35,300 |
| 5 | Brandon Wilson | €28,600 |
Lindqwist Beats Finnish Pair in €5,200 6-Max
Sweden’s Erik Lindqwist came through a 37-entry €5,200 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max field for a career-best €68,200.
Two Finnish players reached the final three, but neither could complete the job. Toni Kaukua departed in third for €29,150 before Lindqwist defeated Luka Sorainen heads-up. Sorainen earned €43,950 as runner-up.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erik Lindqwist | €68,200 |
| 2 | Luka Sorainen | €43,950 |
| 3 | Toni Kaukua | €29,150 |
| 4 | Kyosuke Nagami | €21,100 |
| 5 | Cherish Andrews | €17,050 |
Molina Wins on Home Soil
Francisco Molina produced the largest-field victory among the first five champions, topping 251 entries in the €1,100 Single Re-Entry event.
The Spanish player entered EPT Barcelona with only one previous result listed on his live tournament record, but left this event with €42,635 and a PokerStars trophy.
His final table included Jessica Vierling, Jamie Dwan and Mathias Siljander before Molina reached heads-up against Italy’s Simone Demasi.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francisco Molina | €42,635* |
| 2 | Simone Demasi | €40,065* |
| 3 | Mathias Siljander | €22,720 |
| 4 | Jamie Dwan | €17,480 |
| 5 | Jessica Vierling | €13,450 |
*Final payouts reflect the heads-up arrangement recorded in the official results.
Vranken Tops 280-Entry Seniors Event
Antoine Vranken added another trophy to his résumé by winning the €1,100 Seniors tournament.
The event drew 280 entries, with Vranken eventually defeating Timur Sattarov heads-up for the €55,650 top prize. Igor Pihela finished third, while Irish pro Dara O’Kearney took fourth.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antoine Vranken | €55,650 |
| 2 | Timur Sattarov | €34,680 |
| 3 | Igor Pihela | €24,840 |
| 4 | Dara O’Kearney | €19,220 |
| 5 | Martin Nielsen | €14,610 |
Barakat Closes Out Hyper Turbo
Youness Barakat claimed the €2,100 Hyper Turbo Freezeout, beating a 42-entry field for €28,820.
The Italian reached heads-up against Sho Homma, who won the PokerStars Open High Roller in Prague last year. Barakat denied him another title, leaving Homma with the €18,140 runner-up payout.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Youness Barakat | €28,820 |
| 2 | Sho Homma | €18,140 |
| 3 | Sergii Tamrazov | €12,500 |
| 4 | Hugo Araujo Soares | €9,280 |
| 5 | Vincen Hurtado | €7,260 |
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