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Brock Wilson won the EPT Barcelona €20,000 No-Limit Hold'em event, taking home €233,556. Maria Konnikova finished runner-up in the €550 "Reach €180,000 to cash" event. Several other champions were also crowned.
Brock Wilson won the EPT Barcelona €20,000 No-Limit Hold'em event, taking home €233,556. Maria Konnikova finished runner-up in the €550 "Reach €180,000 to cash" event. Several other champions were also crowned.
American poker pro Brock Wilson won the 2026 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona event, bringing his live tournament winnings closer to $15 million. Wilson won the €20,000 No-Limit Hold'em No-Limit Rebuy event, earning €233,556, continuing his recent impressive run.
Wilson finished 16th in the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, earning $410,475. A month later, he finished runner-up in the $25,500 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, adding another $268,450. This victory in Spain came just one week after that runner-up finish.
Including re-entries, a total of 32 entries were made, creating a total prize pool of €627,200, which was shared by the top five players.
Jamie Dwan was the first to claim his prize money, finishing fifth and earning €58,400. Veteran Jean-Noel Thorel finished fourth and earned €72,200, followed by Brazilian Gabriel Tavares (€99,900) who finished third and was eliminated.
The heads-up match was between Wilson and Estonian chess grandmaster Ottomar Ladva. Wilson checkmated Ladva, winning €233,556, while Ladva received a consolation prize of €150,600.
€20,000 NLH Unlimited Repurchase Final Table Results
| Ranking | player | country | bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brock Wilson | United States | €233,556 |
| 2 | Ottomar Ladva | Estonia | €150,600 |
| 3 | Gabriel Tavares | Brazil | €99,900 |
| 4 | Jean-Noel Thorel | France | €72,200 |
| 5 | Jamie Dwan | United Kingdom | €58,400 |
The €550 No-Limit Texas Hold'em "Reach 180,000 Chips to Enter the Money" event was a huge success, attracting 572 entries and creating a total prize pool of €286,000. Any player who reached 180,000 chips on Day 1 advanced to Day 2 and secured a minimum prize.
Eighty-five players returned for Day Two, including PokerStars ambassador Maria Konnikova. Konnikova made it all the way to heads-up play, facing off against Sacha Cohen from France.
Konnikova lost in the final round, taking home €32,500, her biggest win since winning her second chance ($5,300) at the NAPT Las Vegas High Roller in November 2025 ($66,350). Cohen took home €52,000, the second-highest prize of his career.
€550 NLH "Reach 180,000 to enter the money bubble" final table results
| Ranking | player | country | bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacha Cohen | France | €52,000 |
| 2 | Maria Konnikova | United States | €32,500 |
| 3 | Jon Persent | Norway | €23,220 |
| 4 | Andrea Agnoletto | Italy | €17,860 |
| 5 | Yevhen Korynetskyi | Ukraine | €13,740 |
| 6 | Eyal Avital | Israel | €10,570 |
| 7 | Shameen Ibrahim | Netherlands | €8,130 |
| 8 | Halldor Sverrisson | Iceland | €6,250 |
| 9 | Thierry van den Berg | Netherlands | €5,020 |
Swiss veteran Yves Thalman defeated 45 opponents in the €3,250 No-Limit Hold'em Senior High Roller event to win a career-best prize of €43,530. Thalman, who finished fifth in last year's EPT Barcelona €1,100 Senior High Roller event, defeated Antoine Vranken heads-up, preventing Vranken from achieving a Senior High Roller double.
Vranken won the €1,100 seniors' tournament on August 16 (€55,650), and this time he earned another €28,770.
€3,250 NLH Senior High Roller Final Table Results
| Ranking | player | country | bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yves Thalman | Switzerland | €43,530 |
| 2 | Antoine Vranken | Netherlands | €28,770 |
| 3 | Francesco di Profio | Italy | €19,410 |
| 4 | Francisko Valdes Femenias | Spain | €14,730 |
| 5 | Thomas Rauhut | Germany | €11,370 |
| 6 | Mikhail Nikolaev | Latvia | €9,030 |
| 7 | Kimon Fountoukidis | Poland | €7,020 |
The €3,150 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra-Turbo Freeze event attracted a small field of 37 players, with Denmark's Mads Larsen defeating all his opponents. This €40,870 victory is Larsen's fourth cash in Barcelona and the second-highest prize of his live poker career.
Larsen defeated Apostolos Kofidis in heads-up play, with Kofidis receiving a consolation prize of €26,400, more than double his career-best winnings.
Elias Suhonen, who won the €10,200 No-Limit Hold'em No-Limit Rebuy event a few days ago (€114,200), finished third this time for €17,500.
€3,150 NLH Ultra-Fast Freeze Final Table Results
| Ranking | player | country | bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mads Larsen | Denmark | €40,870 |
| 2 | Apostolos Kofidis | Greece | €26,400 |
| 3 | Elias Suhonen | Finland | €17,500 |
| 4 | Bernd Gleisner | Germany | €12,650 |
| 5 | Andras Nemeth | Hungary | €10,250 |
2026 PokerStars EPT Barcelona Remaining Schedule
| date | time | Buy gold | Events and Championships |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/19 | 10:30 | €370 | #20 PokerStars Open Main Event Qualifier - "Reach 50,000 chips to qualify" - Single re-entry |
| 11:00 | €1,650 | #1 PokerStars Open Main Event – 30-minute level – Single re-entry day 1 per game / G | |
| 12:30 | €25,000 | #21 €25,000 NL Texas Hold'em – No-Limit Rebuy | |
| 17:30 | €1,650 | #1 PokerStars Open Main Event – 20-minute level – Single re-entry per game Day 1/H | |
| 21:00 | €1,155 | #22 EPT Main Event Qualifier - "Reach 50,000 chips to secure a seat" - Seat Only - Single Re-entry | |
| 8/20 | 11:00 | €1,650 | #1 PokerStars Open Main Event – 60-minute level – Single re-entry per game on Day 2 |
| 12:30 | €30,000 | #23 €30,000 Super High Roller Warm-up - No Limit Re-entry | |
| 13:30 | €825 | #24 PokerStars Open Cup – Day 1 of Single Re-entry | |
| 21:00 | €1,155 | #25 EPT Main Event Qualifier - "Reach 50,000 chips to secure a seat" - Seat Only - Single Re-entry | |
| 8/21 | 11:00 | €2,700 | #27 PokerStars Open High Roller – 40-Minute Level – No-Limit Rebuy Day 1 / A |
| 11:00 | €620 | #26 PokerStars Open High Roller Qualifier - "Reach 50,000 chips to secure a seat" - Seat Only - Single Re-entry | |
| 11:00 | €825 | #24 PokerStars Open Cup – Single Re-entry Final | |
| 11:00 | €1,650 | #1 PokerStars Open Main Event – 60-minute level – Single re-entry per game on Day 3 | |
| 12:30 | €100,000 | #28 EPT Super High Roller - No Limit Re-entry Day 1 | |
| 18:30 | €2,700 | #27 PokerStars Open High Roller – 20-Minute Level – No-Limit Rebuy Day 1 /B | |
| 21:00 | €1,155 | #29 EPT Main Event Qualifier - "Reach 50,000 chips to secure a seat" - Seat Only - Single Re-entry | |
| 8/22 | 12:00 | €5,300 | #31 EPT Main Event – Single Re-entry Day 1/A |
| 12:00 | €1,155 | #30 EPT Main Event Qualifier - "Reach 50,000 chips to secure a seat" - Seat Only - Single Re-entry | |
| 12:00 | €2,700 | #27 PokerStars Open High Roller – 50-Minute Level – No-Limit Re-entry Day 2 | |
| 12:00 | €1,650 | #1 PokerStars Open Main Event – 60-minute level – Single re-entry per match – Final Day | |
| 12:30 | €100,000 | #28 EPT Super High Roller - No Limit Re-entry Day 2 | |
| 13:00 | €2,200 | #32 PL Omaha – Unlimited Repurchase Day 1 | |
| 17:00 | €1,155 | #33 EPT Main Event Qualifier - "Reach 50,000 chips to secure a seat" - Seat Only - Single Re-entry | |
| 18:00 | €25,000 | #34 EPT PL Omaha High Roller – No-Limit Re-entry Day 1 | |
| 21:00 | €600 | #35 EPT Main Event Qualifier - "Reach 100,000 chips to secure a seat" - Seats Only - No Limit Rebuy | |
| 8/23 | 11:00 | €1,155 | #36 EPT Main Event Qualifier - "Reach 50,000 chips to secure a seat" - Seat Only - Single Re-entry |
| 12:00 | €25,000 | #34 EPT PL Omaha High Roller – No-Limit Re-entry Final | |
| 12:00 | €2,200 | #32 PL Omaha – Unlimited Re-entry Finals | |
| 12:00 | €5,300 | #31 EPT Main Event – Single Re-entry Day 1 /B | |
| 12:00 | €2,700 | #27 PokerStars Open High Roller – 60-Minute Level – No-Limit Rebuy Final Day | |
| 12:30 | €100,000 | #28 EPT Super High Roller – No-Limit Re-entry Final | |
| 14:00 | €50,000 | #37 €50,000 Super High Roller Second Chance – Unlimited Re-entry | |
| 17:00 | €1,650 | #38 Pot Limit Omaha High-Low – No-Limit Rebuy | |
| 21:00 | €2,100 | #40 Super Fast Race – Freeze Race | |
| 21:00 | €1,155 | #39 EPT Main Event Qualifier - "Reach 50,000 chips to secure a seat" - Seat Only - Single Re-entry | |
| 8/24 | 12:00 | €2,700 | #42 EPT Second Opportunity – 30-minute level – Unlimited repurchase day 1/A |
| 12:00 | €620 | #41 EPT Second Chance Qualifier - "Reach 50,000 Chips to Secure a Seat" - Seat Only - Single Re-entry | |
| 12:00 | €5,300 | #31 EPT Main Event – Single Re-entry Day 2 | |
| 14:00 | €15,000 | #43 PL Omaha €15,000 – Unlimited repurchase | |
| 16:00 | €3,200 | #44 8-Game – Unlimited Repurchase Day 1 | |
| 19:00 | €2,700 | #42 EPT Second Opportunity – 20-minute Level – Unlimited Repurchase Day 1/B | |
| 21:00 | €1,050 | #45 Super Fast Race – Freeze Race | |
| 8/25 | 12:00 | €730 | #46 EPT Mystery Bounty Tournament Qualifier - "Reach 50,000 chips to secure a seat" - Seat Only - Single Re-entry |
| 12:00 | €3,200 | #44 8-Game – Unlimited Repurchase Finals | |
| 12:00 | €5,300 | #31 EPT Main Event – Single Re-entry Day 3 | |
| 12:30 | €25,000 | #47 €25,000 NL Texas Hold'em – No-Limit Rebuy | |
| 12:30 | €2,700 | #42 EPT Second Chance – 40-Minute Level – Unlimited Repurchase Final Day | |
| 14:00 | €3,250 | #48 EPT Mystery Bounty Tournament (€1,000 Mystery Bounty) - Unlimited Repurchase Day 1 | |
| 14:00 | €10,250 | #49 PL Omaha €10,250 – Unlimited repurchase day 1 | |
| 15:00 | €1,100 | #50 NL Texas Hold'em – Single Rebuy | |
| 21:00 | €2,100 | #51 Super Fast Elimination Tournament (€1,000) - Freeze Match | |
| 21:00 | €1,050 | #52 Superfast NL Omaha High Low – Unlimited Repurchase | |
| 8/26 | 12:00 | €10,250 | #49 PL Omaha €10,250 – Unlimited Re-entry Final |
| 12:00 | €5,300 | #31 EPT Main Event – Single Re-entry Day 4 | |
| 12:30 | €25,000 | #53 €25,000 NL Texas Hold'em – No-Limit Rebuy | |
| 12:30 | €5,200 | #54 TORSE – Unlimited Repurchase | |
| 12:30 | €3,250 | #48 EPT Mystery Bounty Tournament (€1,000 Mystery Bounty) - Unlimited Re-entry Day 2 | |
| 14:00 | €1,100 | #55 NL Texas Hold'em – Day 1 of the Freeze | |
| 14:00 | €5,200 | #56 PL Omaha €5,200 – Unlimited repurchase day 1 | |
| 15:00 | €1,125 | #57 EPT High Roller Qualifier - "Reach 100,000 chips to secure a seat" - Seats Only - No Limit Rebuy | |
| 18:00 | €2,200 | #58 NL Texas Hold'em - "Reach 180,000 to enter the prize pool" - Single re-entry (limited to 300 players) Day 1 | |
| 18:30 | €2,200 | #59 EPT 9 Game – Unlimited Repurchase Day 1 | |
| 20:00 | €1,125 | #60 EPT High Roller Qualifier - "Reach 100,000 chips to secure a seat" - Seats Only - No Limit Rebuy | |
| 22:00 | €1,050 | #61 Super Fast Match – Freeze Match | |
| 8/27 | 12:00 | €1,650 | #64 Mystery Bounty Tournament (€500 Mystery Bounty) - 30-minute level - Unlimited repurchases on day one / A |
| 12:00 | €1,600 | #62 EPT High Roller Qualifier - "Reach 70,000 chips to secure a seat" - Seat Only - No Limit Rebuy | |
| 12:00 | €550 | #63 Women's Tournament – Day 1 of Unlimited Re-entry | |
| 12:00 | €2,200 | #58 NL Texas Hold'em - "Reach 180,000 to enter the prize pool" - Single re-entry (limited to 300 players) Final Round | |
| 12:00 | €1,100 | #55 NL Texas Hold'em – Freeze Tournament Final | |
| 12:00 | €5,200 | #56 PL Omaha €5,200 – Unlimited Re-entry Final | |
| 12:00 | €3,250 | #48 EPT Mystery Bounty Tournament (€1,000 Mystery Bounty) - Unlimited Re-entry Finals | |
| 12:00 | €5,300 | #31 EPT Main Event – Single Re-entry Day 5 | |
| 12:30 | €10,300 | #65 EPT High Roller – 60-Minute Level – Single Re-entry Day 1 | |
| 12:30 | €2,200 | #59 EPT 9 Game – Unlimited Repurchase Finals | |
| 14:00 | €1,100 | #66 PL Omaha – Unlimited Repurchase Day 1 | |
| 19:00 | €1,650 | #64 Mystery Bounty Tournament (€500 Mystery Bounty) - 20-minute level - Unlimited re-buys on Day 1 /B | |
| 21:00 | €2,100 | #67 Super Fast Elimination Tournament (€1,000) - Freeze Match | |
| 21:00 | €175 | #68 Women's €1,100 Qualifier - "70,000 chips to qualify" - Seat Only - No Limit Rebuy | |
| 8/28 | 12:00 | €1,100 | #69 8-Game – Unlimited Repurchase |
| 12:00 | €1,100 | #66 PL Omaha – Unlimited Re-entry Final | |
| 12:00 | €550 | #63 Women's Tournament – No-Limit Re-entry Final | |
| 12:00 | €5,300 | #31 EPT Main Event – Single Re-entry Day 6 | |
| 12:30 | €10,300 | #65 EPT High Roller Tournament – 50-Minute Level – Single Re-entry Day 2 | |
| 12:30 | €1,650 | #64 Mystery Bounty Tournament (€500 Mystery Bounty) - 30-minute level - Unlimited re-entry final | |
| 13:00 | €550 | #72 €550 NL Texas Hold'em – No-Limit Rebuy Day 1/A | |
| 13:00 | €2,200 | #71 €2,200 Deep Chips – No Limit Repurchase Day 1 | |
| 13:00 | €1,100 | #70 Women's €1,100 – Unlimited Repurchase | |
| 18:00 | €10,200 | #74 €10,200 NL Texas Hold'em – No-Limit Rebuy Day 1 | |
| 18:00 | €1,100 | #73 6-Game Mystery Bounty Tournament (€300 Mystery Bounty) - Unlimited Re-entry Day 1 | |
| 19:00 | €550 | #72 €550 NL Texas Hold'em – No-Limit Rebuy Day 1 /B | |
| 20:00 | €1,050 | #75 Super Fast Race – Freeze Race | |
| 8/29 | 12:00 | €330 | #76 €330 Deep Chips – Unlimited Repurchase |
| 12:00 | €10,200 | #74 €10,200 NL Texas Hold'em – No-Limit Rebuy Final | |
| 12:00 | €1,100 | #73 6-Game Mystery Bounty Tournament (€300 Mystery Bounty) - Unlimited Re-entry Finals | |
| 12:00 | €550 | #72 €550 NL Texas Hold'em – No-Limit Rebuy Final | |
| 12:00 | €2,200 | #71 €2,200 Deep Stacks – No-Limit Rebuy Final | |
| 12:00 | €10,300 | #65 EPT High Roller – 50-Minute Level – Single Re-entry Final Day | |
| 12:30 | €3,150 | #77 €3,150 6-Player Table – Unlimited Repurchase | |
| 12:30 | €5,300 | #31 EPT Main Event – Single Re-entry Final | |
| 16:00 | €10,200 | #78 €10,200 6-Player Table – Unlimited Repurchase | |
| 18:00 | €1,050 | #79 Last Chance Super-Fast Match – Freeze Match |
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