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The 2026 PokerStars Live League has a new frontrunner in its High tier after EPT Barcelona produced dramatic shifts across all three leaderboards. Klemens Roiter delivered one of the standout performances of the festival, winning both a €25,000 and a €10,000 event plus a runner-up finish, propelling him to 6,774.01 points and a lead of more than 1,600 over second-placed Enrico Camosci.
Camosci’s rise came courtesy of a 128th-place Main Event finish and third in the €30,000 Super High Roller, giving him 5,092.72 points. Former leader Juan Pardo slipped to third with 5,056.76 points despite skipping Barcelona entirely, while Aleksejs Ponakovs fell to fourth. Kayhan Mokri broke into the top five after three cashes, including a runner-up finish in the €100,000 Super High Roller.
The Medium leaderboard saw similarly significant movement. Andrew Hulme retained top spot with 3,896.24 points, but Jason Wheeler closed the gap to just 22.11 points after winning the 4,333-entry PokerStars Open Main Event for €731,000.
Manuel Ferrari also surged into the top three following his EPT Barcelona Main Event triumph worth €1,002,488, pushing Conor O’Driscoll down to fourth. Danilo Donnini, previously third, dropped sharply to 19th place.
The Low leaderboard remained comparatively stable, with Donnini holding first on 1,705.71 points. Hulme sits second, giving him prize contention in both the Medium and Low tiers, while O’Driscoll occupies third in Low as well.
A combined €157,500 in PokerStars LIVE credit will reward the top three finishers across the High, Medium and Low tiers, with the top 30 in each also qualifying for a €100,000 freeroll at the first EPT event of 2027.
