Overview
- Eychenne defeated Sebastian Ionita at Casino Barcelona to claim the EPT Main Event crown from a 2,045-entrant field.
- The original first prize was €1,436,000, but a heads-up agreement adjusted payouts to €1,217,175 for Eychenne and €1,117,175 for Ionita, with €100,000 played for post-deal.
- Ionita began the final day as chip leader with 14,725,000, narrowly ahead of Eychenne’s 11,375,000 as six players returned.
- Final-table results: Umberto Zaffagnini finished third, Tomasz Brzezinski fourth, Julian Pineda Lozano fifth, and Anton Suarez sixth.
- The finale was streamed on a 30-minute delay on PokerStars’ channels, while online the MicroMillions Main Event went to “pretinhouva,” who turned a $22 entry into $25,911.