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The 2026 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona festival continues to deliver drama ahead of its €5,300 Main Event finale. In the €10,250 PLO Unlimited Re-Entry event, Latvia’s Ralfs Blumbergs emerged victorious after outlasting 122 total entries at Casino Barcelona.
The tournament generated a €1,183,400 prize pool, with 17 players cashing, including notable names Laszlo Bujtas and Niklas Astedt. Sweden’s Filip Lovric was the final player to fall short of the money before the official final table of seven was set.
Frenchman Imad Derwiche was the first finalist eliminated, earning €48,500 and pushing his career earnings close to $5.2 million. Rasmus Larsen, Biao Ding, and Tommi Lankinen followed him out of the tournament before Vito Recchimurzo’s elimination set up a heads-up battle.
Blumbergs faced Finnish PLO specialist Markus Ristola in the final duel. The Latvian prevailed, securing €303,300 and leaving Ristola with a €189,400 runner-up prize.
Elsewhere at the festival, an eight-player field, including one re-entry, contested a €25,000 single-day No-Limit Hold’em event worth €192,080. Jamie Dwan continued his strong run of form, claiming the top prize of €134,096 and a Spadie trophy, ahead of Klemens Roiter and Kayhan Mokri.
Additionally, Poland’s Marcin Puczylowski won the €1,100 No-Limit Hold’em event for €76,960, defeating Darius Narmontas heads-up in a field of 402 entries that also featured Eugene Katchalov and Keith Johnson among the cashers.
