The event began with 59 entries, including 39 unique players, generating a total prize pool of €2,862,090. Some resounding names of the poker world such as Adrian Mateos, Patrik Antonius, Dan Smith, David Peters, Stephen Chidwick and Michael Addamo sat behind the tables.

Watson’s journey was quite interesting and not easy at all. He was eliminated just a few minutes into the day and had to rebuy. Then he was knocked out two more times and forced to head back to the registration cage. He ended up buying in four times for a total of €200,000. “It feels really good to win. I’ve had a lot of close calls this year, but I haven’t had many where I actually closed the deal. So it feels really good to win one,” Watson said following his victory when he claimed the champion trophy along with €872,940 in heads-up play against Kahle Burns.

The €25,000 Single-Day High Roller I had 80 total entries and was the first of two events of its kind at the 2022 EPT Barcelona. It took over 14 hours and 27 levels of play for a winner to be determined, and when it was over, Artur Martirosian claimed the title after defeating Paul Phua in heads-up. Michael Addamo, Mikita Badziakouski or Francisco Benitez, who claimed already 2 trophies at this EPT stop, were also part of the final table but none of them could stop the Russian poker pro who claimed first-place prize of €540,990.

It is certainly worth mentioning that today begins the Main Event, which most people promise will be the biggest in history. We will know in the next days if this prediction is true, but it is certain that it will be huge!

Source: PokerNews.com