This Sunday marked the conclusion of the highly successful 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona at the iconic Casino Barcelona. The prestigious live festival concluded with an epic Main Event victory for Stephen Song. Hours after Song was crowned as the newest EPT Barcelona Main Event champion, the final table of €10,000 EPT High Roller was still going on with some of the best players battling for one of the most coveted titles of the festival.
Fresh off his first bracelet win at WSOP 2024, Watson was already having a good series. Following several close finishes, including a third-place finish in the €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em I, a runner-up in the €5,200 8-Game, and sixth in the €10,200 Pot-Limit Omaha, he finally claimed the first title of the recent series with a first-place finish in the €10,000 EPT High Roller. He overcame a field of 431 entries and bested Enrico Camosci heads up to take home €595,000.
The tournament ended in an ICM chop with Camosci banking the largest prize of €734,900 from the massive €4,180,700 prize pool. While Camosci secured the top payout, Watson capped off his incredible run at the festival with an impressive over €850,000 in total winnings.
Watson overcame a tough final table featuring partypoker €2,200 Nordic Poker Championship winner and last year’s EPT Prague Main Event runner-up Jon Kyte and the current GPI ranking topper Jesse Lonis. Eventually, he clashed with Camosci in the heads-up with the latter holding a commanding 4:1 chip lead over Watson. Before the final duel began, the two struck a deal that guaranteed Camosci the largest prize but left €20,000, the title and the trophy for the winner.
Following a back-and-forth battle, Watson won a big pot with his king-queen besting Camosci’s ace-jack, leaving the Italian with just five big blinds. On the final hand, Watson shoved his ace-jack from the button and Camosci called for his last 2 million with seven-three. Following a queen-high flop, a seven landed on the turn giving Camosci the lead but then a jack on the river sealed victory for Watson.
This tournament ran over the course of three days and generated €4,180,700 in prize pool. The top 63 players were paid out, with Niall Farrell (31st for €25,150), Sam Greenwood (55th for €19,000), Mark Teltscher (62nd for €17,300), Boris Angelov (11th for €72,800), and poker legend Erik Seidel (20th for €38,200) being some notables among them.
2024 EPT Barcelona €10,300 EPT High Roller Final Table Payouts
1. Mike Watson – €595,000*
2. Enrico Camosci – €734,100*
3. Rodrigo Araujo — €365,050
4. Jon Kyte – €280,750
5. Markkos Ladev – €215,950
6. Malcolm Franchi – €166,150
7. Joshua Hopkins – €127,800
8. Jesse Lonis – €104,800
9. Enrico Coppola – €80,075
Slovakia’s Eric Bauer Clinches 2024 EPT Barcelona €10,200 No-Limit Hold’em Title (€151,400)
Also taking place on the final day of the 2024 European Poker Tour Barcelona was the the €10,200 No-Limit Hold’em event, which played out in the Pau Cassals room at Casino Barcelona where Slovakia’s Eric Bauer pulled off thrilling comeback to claim his first EPT title and career-best €151,400.
Bauer started the final table with a short stack and was on the brink of elimination at one point. However, he fought back and made it to the heads-up against Canada’s Dongwoo Ko with stacks being nearly even. Following a back-and-forth battle, he pulled ahead before the final hand, which was a nail biter. Bauer shoved holding queen-nine against the king-ten of Ko. The board ran out Qs Jd 3c Js, sealing victory for Bauer. Unfortunately, Ko had to settle for the runner-up prize of €100,100.
The €10,200 No-Limit Hold’em drew 48 entries and generated €465,600 in prize pool, which was shared by the top seven finishers. A total of 16 players returned to the felts for the final day’s play, with PokerStars Team Pro Maria Konnikova becoming one of the early eliminations of the day.
2024 EPT Barcelona €10,200 No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Payouts
1-Erik Bauer – €151,400
2-Dongwoo Ko – €100,100
3-James Collopy – €67,500
4-Samuel Ju – €51,200
5-Aram Zobian – €39,600
6-Jeremie Zouari – €31,400
7-Zachary Habayeb – €24,400
Jeremie Zouari Takes Down EPT Barcelona €10,200 6-Max Turbo (€107,200)
The final event to conclude at the PokerStars EPT Barcelona festival was the €10,200 6-Max Turbo. After six-and-a-half hours of intense play, it came down to an all-French heads-up between Jeremie Zouari and Thomas Eychenne. Zouari, the 2023 EPT Monte Carlo €3,000 Mystery Bounty champion, won the heads-up battle, claiming his second EPT title and a massive top prize of €107,200. Eychenne took the runner-up payout of €69,800, topping $2,000,000 in career tournament earnings.
The single day event drew 32 entries, creating a prize pool of €310,400. The top six players made the money, with China’s Ren Lin (fifth for €27,900), Sam Greenwood (fourth for €35,700), and Alexander Ivarsson (third for € 48,100) being notables among them.
2024 EPT Barcelona €10,200 6-Max Turbo Final Payouts
1- Jeremie Zouari € 107,200
2- Thomas Eychenne € 69,800
3- Alexander Ivarsson € 48,100
4- Sam Greenwood € 35,700
5- Ren Lin € 27,900
6- Akseli Hosia € 21,700
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