The European Poker Tour series is celebrating its 20th year of existence and the celebrations are taking place at Casino Barcelona, where many of the world's biggest names in poker have found their way. With the opening tournaments already packed with big names, let's take a look back at the highlights from the first days of EPT Barcelona.

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Steve O'Dwyer has another trophy

American player Steve O'Dwyer took home his last EPT trophy in 2022 during EPT Barcelona. Exactly two years later, he secured another trophy by taking home the €12,300 buy-in Cuatro Knockout.

This tournament has an interesting and unconventional format. With only 25 percent of the entries in play, each player is rewarded €12,000 for knocking out another player, and there are two bubble stages. The first is a bounty bubble and the second is a classic cash bubble.

In total, the tournament produced 62 entries and a prizepool of €729,120. There were 16 bounty prizes for the players and 8 players received placement prizes. After Santhosh Suvarna was eliminated in third place, play moved into the final heads-up where two Americans - Steve O'Dwyer and Byron Kaverman - sat against each other. Steve was the winner here, taking home €211,720 along with bounty prizes. Kaverman took home €119,400 for his second place finish.

Boris Angelov dominated the Mystery Bounty

The Mystery Bounty tournament had its final day on the schedule yesterday with a buy-in of €10,200, of which €5,000 went into the bounty prizepool. In total, we saw 88 entries, which meant a prizepool worth €853,600.

The final heads-up match pitted Ren Lin and Boris Angelov against each other. It was Boris who was the player who ultimately rejoiced in the win, taking home €110,400 plus €75,000 in bounty.

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