Scott Margereson Headlines EPT Barcelona Side Event Winners

The 2026 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona pageant is quickly approaching its finish, with the principle occasion simply a few days away from crowning a champion. While that €5,300 buy-in has rightfully taken middle stage down the stretch, a number of different marquee tournaments got here to a conclusion inside Casino Barcelona.

Here is a take a look at the most important outcomes from the important thing facet occasions which have just lately wrapped in Spain.

€2,700 No-Limit Hold’em

The newest €2,700 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion at Casino Barcelona drew 844 entries, making a prize pool of $2,389,113. The prime 127 finishers break up the prize pool, with the biggest share going to eventual champion Scott Margereson. The British poker professional earned $418,830 because the champion, the third-largest rating of his profession. Only his $696,740 win within the 2018 World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown and his $495,729 victory within the PokerStars Open Malta primary occasion added extra to his complete earnings, which now sit at over $5.4 million.

Margereson overcame a troublesome remaining desk, with bracelet winner Cherish Andrews (third – $186,922) and Natasha Mercier (2nd – $261,673) becoming a member of him on the rostrum.

In addition to the cash and the title, Margereson additionally secured 1,368 Card Player Player of the Year factors because the champion. This was his third POY-qualified rating of the 12 months. With 1,984 complete factors, he now sits inside hanging distance of the highest 150 within the general standings offered by CoinPoker. Andrews is now ranked 114th, with seven final-table finishes recorded up to now in 2026.

€15,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

Manuel Stojanovic emerged victorious from a subject of 79 entries within the newest pot-limit Omaha excessive curler on the schedule. The Austrian locked up the title and $371,750 for the win within the €15,000 PLO affair. This was his third-largest rating but, coming only a few months after his personal-best $1.4 million money because the runner-up in a $100,000 PLO occasion at Triton Montenegro. 

Stojanovic now boasts greater than $3.1 million in profession cashes, with basically all of that coming within the more and more common four-card variant.

Only the highest 11 finishers made the cash, with heavyweights like Eelis Parssinen (sixth – $80,620) and Lautaro Guerra (third – $171,332) amongst these to run deep. Those two stay on the prime of the PLO match earnings record, with top-ranked Parssinen surpassing $12 million because of his success on this occasion. Guerra has greater than $11.3 million in recorded scores within the recreation.

Parssinen has been red-hot in 2026, with 3 titles and 11 final-table showings up to now. His newest deep run got here with 168 POY factors, bringing his complete to six,459. The three-time bracelet winner from Finland sits in fourth place on the POY leaderboard as summer time involves an in depth.

€25,000 No-Limit Hold’em

The turnout for the second €25,000 no-limit maintain’em excessive curler at this cease fell precipitously, from 39 entries within the earlier working down to simply eight. Later within the sequence, a scheduled third working of the identical recreation at this value level was canceled.

As a results of the smaller subject, the match didn’t qualify for POY factors. The prime three finishers break up up the $222,813 prize pool in the long run, with the UK’s Jamie Dwan securing $155,551 because the champion. This was the sixth money and fourth final-table end of the pageant for Dwan, who earlier this 12 months gained his first bracelet and practically $2.3 million in a $50,000 excessive curler on the WSOP.

Dwan at present sits simply exterior the highest 50 within the POY standings, with two POY-qualified wins and 9 such final-table finishes. Klemens Roiter, who gained the sooner €25,000 no-limit occasion at this pageant, completed second. He stays in sixteenth place on the POY leaderboard. Kayhan Mokri, who completed second within the €100,000 excessive curler simply days earlier, rounded out the highest three on this occasion.

€10,250 Pot-Limit Omaha

Just at some point after Stojanovic’s win, Ralfs Blumbergs took down one other PLO excessive curler for a wholesome six-figure rating. The Latvian bested a subject of 122 entries within the €10,250 buy-in occasion to earn $351,828 for his debut stay title.

Finland’s Markus Ristola, who completed fifth within the WSOP Europe primary occasion again in 2009, was the runner-up on this match. He took dwelling $219,704 for the second-largest rating of his profession.

Ding Biao, who’s sitting simply exterior the highest 20 within the POY standings, completed fifth for $93,032. The high-stakes common from China has now made 12 remaining tables in 2026, accumulating over $2.8 million throughout these deep runs. He now boasts practically $23.9 million in profession earnings after this newest robust displaying.

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