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EPT Barcelona 2026: Main Event Action Heats Up on Day 5
- 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 delivered results on August 27, with Fabiano Kovalski winning the €3,250 Mystery Bounty, Ralfs Blumbergs taking the €10,250 PLO event, and Jamie Dwan winning the €25,000 NLH Unlimited Re-Entry. Main Event action continued with 14 players remaining.
The 2026 PokerStars EPT Barcelona festival produced a packed schedule of tournament action on August 27, with several events reaching significant stages and multiple notable names securing substantial payouts.
Fabiano Kovalski captured the €3,250 EPT Mystery Bounty title for €331,430, while Latvia's Ralfs Blumbergs won the €10,250 PLO Unlimited Re-Entry event for €303,300. Jamie Dwan also continued his strong run of form by taking down the €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Unlimited Re-Entry event.
Meanwhile, the EPT Barcelona Main Event reached its final stages, with 14 players remaining from a starting field of 1,823.
The EPT Barcelona 2026 Main Event moved closer to its conclusion with 14 players left in contention from the original field of 1,823.
Poker Hall of Famer John Juana was eliminated in 15th place, earning a payday of €67,800. Gerard Carbo held the chip lead at the time of publishing, sitting on 112 big blinds as the remaining players battled for the title. The winner is set to receive €1,370,050, putting a significant prize at stake as the field narrows further.
Day 3 of the €3,250 EPT Mystery Bounty concluded with Fabiano Kovalski emerging as the champion.
Kovalski outlasted the field of bounty hunters to secure the €331,430 top prize. He also collected €54,000 in bounties during the event.
Brandon Harris finished runner-up, earning €206,820 in prize money. Harris added another €10,000 through the bounties he collected along the way.
The €1,650 EPT Mystery Bounty was also underway, with 229 players remaining from a field of 550 at the time of publishing. Sebastian Risco of Chile held the chip lead at that point in the tournament.
The €2,200 No-Limit Hold'em event completed its opening day, with the tournament reaching the money at 180,000.
Luka Sorainen took the title and a €60,800 payout. Andras Nemeth finished runner-up and collected €38,000.
The €10,300 EPT High Roller had 198 players remaining from a field of 301 at the time of publishing.
Marc David Foggin occupied the chip lead, while Rania Nasreddine was among the top 10 stacks.
The event continued alongside the other high-stakes tournaments forming part of the PokerStars EPT Barcelona schedule.
Latvia's Ralfs Blumbergs secured one of the festival's notable high-stakes results by winning the €10,250 PLO Unlimited Re-Entry event.
Including re-entries, 122 players competed at Casino Barcelona for a share of the €1,183,400 prize pool.
Blumbergs claimed the largest portion of that prize pool, adding a €303,300 score to his poker accomplishments.
Seventeen players cashed in the high-stakes Pot-Limit Omaha tournament. Laszlo Bujtas and Niklas Astedt were among those to reach the money.
Sweden's Filip Lovric was eliminated in eighth place, leaving seven players to make up 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 payout structure heavily weighted toward the winner.
Kayhan Mokri finished third for €27,972, while Klemens Roiter collected €30,012 for second place.
Jamie Dwan claimed the €134,096 top prize and a Spadie trophy, continuing his run of form at EPT Barcelona 2026.
The €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em event at EPT Barcelona was won by Poland's Marcin Puczylowski.
Puczylowski collected €76,960 for the victory, which represents his third-largest live poker prize.
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