EPT Barcelona 2025: Bernardo Neves Wins the €10,300 EPT High Roller For €845,200

Whilst Thomas Eychenne was battling his way to becoming EPT Barcelona 2025 Main Event Champion under the lights of the feature table at Casino Barcelona, the €10,300 High Roller found a new champion in Portugal’s Bernardo Neves. Neves bested a field of 500 in one of the schedule’s most prestigious events, which regularly features some of poker’s crème de la crème.

The field of 500 was comprised of 376 unique entrants and 124 re-entries over the event’s three-day run. There were big names in abundance: 2025 Irish Open First and Second place finishers Simon Wilson and Umberto Ruggieri, EPT Regular Julien Sitbon, Chess Grandmaster and High Stakes Crusher Ottomar Ladva, EPT Champions Patrik Jaros and Mats Ullereng, David Coleman, who’s had four second place finishes and two cashes at this stop alone, and Jesse Yaginuma, the winner who “didn’t win” the WSOP $1,500 Millionaire Maker this past summer.

Ultimately, it was Neves who rose to the top, besting Lithuania’s Vladas Tamasauskas heads-up to take down the €845,200 first-place prize, the largest share of the €4,850,000 prize pool. This is Neves’ largest single score in his poker career, eclipsing his previous best, which came in the $2,200 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Closer Event in the Bahamas in December 2023. There, he scooped $166,000 for the win. This was Neves’ third cash in Barcelona this year; he cashed the €5,300 Main Event for €11,300 and banked €71,350 for a ninth-place finish in the €1,650 PokerStars Open Main Event. Safe to say it has been a prosperous trip for Neves, as his total tournament earnings for the trip total to €927,850! He adds this prestigious title to his collection of hardware, which currently consists of a WSOP Bracelet and a WSOPC Ring.

Tamasauskas took home €711,400 for his efforts, another new high score. His second-place success usurps his fourth-place finish in the €10,350 WSOPE Main Event in 2022, where he scored €438,97, as his best result.

Rounding off the podium places is Paolo Boi. He secured €427,600 for his efforts, which is his second biggest career score. The Italian’s best came at last years WSOP, where he won a Bracelet in the $3,000 No Limit Hold’em for $676,990. This is his tenth career cash in Barcelona.

Final Table Payouts

Place	Winner	Country	Prize (EUR)
1	Bernardo Neves		€845,200
2	Vladas Tamasauskas		€711,400
3	Paolo Boi		€427,600
4	Nicholas Seward		€329,000
5	Davide Marchi		€253,100
6	Marcello Miniucchi		€194,700
7	Jesse Yaginuma		€149,800
8	Biao Ding		€115,200

A Few Words From The Winner

While out on duty for pokerlistings.com in Barcelona, Václav “LemonPoker” Dušek caught up with Neves after his victory in the €10,300 High Roller.

Václav “LemonPoker” Dušek: Congratulations for winning over €800,000! Who are you here with?

Václav “LemonPoker” Dušek: How was your journey? I know that heads-up match, it was very tense, was it a tough game?

Václav “LemonPoker” Dušek: Do you want to give any particular shout-outs?

The One Poker Team

As alluded to in his interview shoutouts, Neves is a crucial part of the One Poker Team, serving as Head Coach. On the front page of The One Poker Team website, it is clear what they are aiming to achieve: “take players to the highest level, focusing on technical, strategic, mental, and performance development.”

How To Apply

1. Application: Send in the data and hand histories to the One Poker Team.
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What’s Next?

EPT Barcelona 2025 is now wrapped up; however, there is still plenty more top-class poker action to come from Europe and around the world. Stay tuned to pokerlistings.com for more content from the poker world.

That’s all for now, folks. Until next time.