Michael Addamo Claims First EPT Title with €917,330 Victory

Michael Addamo made history by winning his first-ever PokerStars European Poker Tour title at the €50k Single-Day High Roller in Barcelona. The tournament, which took place alongside the Main Event, attracted 62 entries, each paying €50,000, resulting in a prize pool of over €3 million.

The top eight players secured their spots in the prizepool, with Michael Addamo emerging victorious and taking home €917,330. David Yan finished second, earning €601,520. Aleksejs Ponakovs came in third with €436,100, followed by Mikalai Vaskaboinikau in fourth place with €330,840. Adrian Mateos secured fifth place with €255,650, while Dan Smith finished sixth, earning €195,500. Sam Greenwood and Michael Soyza rounded out the top eight, taking home €150,380 and €120,300 respectively.

Notable players who did not make a deep run in the tournament included Morten Klein, Patrik Antonius, Mike Watson, Stephen Chidwick, Steve O’Dwyer, David Peters, and Paul Phua.