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Although various players had the chip lead during Day 4, Tom Middleton once again bagged up the lead at the end of play. The Englishman started Day 3 with 1,030,000 chips (the only player with 1m+ chips) and will bring nothing less than 3,986,000 chips to Day 4, which will see 24 players returning to the tables.

Read more » EPT Barcelona Main Event: Tom Middleton Leads Final 24

Day 3 was an action-filled day of poker as the field of 235 players was narrowed down to 79 players in just five 90-minute levels of play. At the beginning of Day 3, Pablo Tavitian held the lead and was looking to be the first player ever to win both an LAPT and an EPT, however, the Argentinian pro's dream won't come true this time as he was sent packing already in 127 place for €10,000.

Read more » EPT Barcelona Main Event: Brit Leads Final 79 Into Day 4

Today it's time for the last stop on the EPT Tour for this year, EPT Prague. The first starting day of the EPT Prague Main Event is about to begin any minute now. The buy-in for the main event is €5000+€300 and EPT Barcelona winner Kent Lundmark is one of the most interesting pros that will take part. There will also be a high roller event with a buy-in of €1000+€300 that will be played over 2 days.

We will follow these 2 events and keep you updated with the most interesting news.

It ended up being Kent Lundmark from Sweden who won the EPT Barcelona Main Event, the biggest poker tournament ever held in Spain, and laid hands on the first place prize of €825,000. Lundmark is the 6th Swede ever to to win an EPT Main Event; the last being Anton Wigg who took down EPT Copenhagen in season 6.

The EPT Barcelona win was Lundmark's third EPT cash ever and by far his best live result in his poker career. In the beginning of this year, he was runner-up in the Nordic Masters of Poker, earning $69,000, and also he was the last standing Swede at the the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas (29th place for $66k).

Read more » Swede wins EPT Bacelona for €825k!