Five Countries Claim Early Titles at EPT Barcelona 2026

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  • Five early EPT Barcelona winners from five countries
  • Elias Suhonen claimed the €114k High Roller title
  • PokerStars Main Event sees over 2,300 entries
PokerStars, EPT Barcelona 2026
Finland, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands and Italy have supplied the first five champions of this year’s EPT Barcelona.

Elias Suhonen leads the early prize list with a €114,200 high-roller victory, while four other tournaments have already produced winners at Casino Barcelona. The biggest field on the tables, however, belongs to the PokerStars Open Main Event, where 2,365 entries have been reduced to 353 after six starting flights.

Suhonen Beats Seward for €114,200

The largest completed buy-in of the opening days went to Finland’s Elias Suhonen.


Elias Suhonen at EPT Barcelona 2026
Elias Suhonen at EPT Barcelona 2026

A total of 31 entries were recorded in the €10,200 No-Limit Hold’em tournament. Only five reached the money, with Brandon Wilson, Mehdi Chaoui and Jean-Noel Thorel falling before the final heads-up match.

Suhonen then defeated Nicholas Seward to take €114,200, while the American collected €73,700.

Place
Player
Prize
1Elias Suhonen€114,200
2Nicholas Seward€73,700
3Jean-Noel Thorel€48,900
4Mehdi Chaoui€35,300
5Brandon Wilson€28,600

Vranken Wins Seniors Title

Antoine Vranken emerged from one of the larger completed fields of the opening days, defeating 279 opponents in the €1,100 Seniors tournament.

Antoine Vranken
Antoine Vranken at EPT Barcelona 2026
The Dutchman reached the final stages alongside Timur Sattarov, Igor Pihela and Dara O’Kearney. Sattarov ultimately became his heads-up opponent, but Vranken took the final pot and the €55,650 first prize.

Place
PlayerPrize
1Antoine Vranken€55,650
2Timur Sattarov€34,680
3Igor Pihela€24,840
4Dara O’Kearney€19,220
5Martin Nielsen€14,610

Molina Converts Second Recorded Cash Into a Win

The local title of the day went to Spain’s Francisco Molina.


Molina topped a 251-entry €1,100 Single Re-Entry, collecting €42,635. His previous recorded live result was a sixth-place finish in a small Mystery Bounty event in Madrid, making the Barcelona victory a sizeable step up.


Jamie Dwan reached the final table but exited fourth for €17,480. Mathias Siljander followed in third before Molina and Simone Demasi decided the title.


Place
PlayerPrize
1Francisco Molina€42,635*
2Simone Demasi€40,065*
3Mathias Siljander€22,720
4Jamie Dwan€17,480
5Jessica Vierling€13,450

*The final payouts reflect the arrangement recorded for the top two finishers.

Lindqwist Takes 6-Max Trophy

Erik Lindqwist secured Sweden’s first title of the festival in the €5,200 6-Max.

Erik Lindqwist at EPT Barcelona 2026
Erik Lindqwist at EPT Barcelona 2026
The 37-entry tournament came down to Lindqwist and Finland’s Luka Sorainen after Toni Kaukua exited in third. Lindqwist finished the job for €68,200, the largest live score of his career.

Place
Player
Prize
1Erik Lindqwist€68,200
2Luka Sorainen€43,950
3Toni Kaukua€29,150
4Kyosuke Nagami€21,100
5Cherish Andrews€17,050

Barakat Adds the Hyper Turbo

The quickest route to another early trophy came in the €2,100 Hyper Turbo Freezeout.


Youness Barakat at EPT Barcelona 2026
Youness Barakat at EPT Barcelona 2026

Youness Barakat outlasted 42 entries and defeated Japan’s Sho Homma in the final match. Barakat earned €28,820, with Homma receiving €18,140.


The final six all reached the money:

Place
PlayerPrize
1Youness Barakat€28,820
2Sho Homma€18,140
3Sergii Tamrazov€12,500
4Hugo Araujo Soares€9,280
5Vincen Hurtado€7,260

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