€1,650 PokerStars Open | 2025 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-24-2025 14:09 UTC+1

Bernardo Neves Eliminated in 9th Place (€71,350)

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David Salituro

Level 37 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Bernardo Neves moved all in for 6,000,000 from the hijack and Mengshi Tian called in the cutoff.

Bernardo Neves: A♥Q♣ All in
Mengshi Tian: J♦J♣

Neves was racing for his tournament life, but he couldn't connect with the K♥9♥3♣2♠6♠ board and the WSOP bracelet winner became the first casualty of the final table.

Tian took over the chip lead with that pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mengshi Tian	36,000,000 5,525,000	5,525,000
Bernardo Neves	Busted

Tags: Bernardo Neves Mengshi Tian

Level: 37

Blinds: 300,000/600,000

Ante: 600,000

08-24-2025 13:47 UTC+1

Flashback: Stephen Song Wins 2024 EPT Barcelona Main Event Title

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Elijah Farrow

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Last year in Barcelona, the European Poker Tour (EPT) celebrated its 20th anniversary in style. Despite the black clouds and torrential downpour outside Casino Barcelona, which contrasted with the sunny scenes of previous PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Events, Stephen Song provided the warmth needed in the room as he proudly hoisted the 20th Anniversary Golden Shard trophy.

On the final day of the Main Event, Song found himself all-in and at risk on five separate occasions. Lady luck smiled down upon him each time as he scratched and clawed his way to the win. But what was the secret to running so pure?

"You just keep showing up and eventually you're just going to win, right? Just mathematically, it has to happen," Song told PokerNews. "I will say that my mom said she was praying for me very hard during this tournament. I've been sun-running the whole seven days, so I'm definitely thankful for that."

2024 EPT Barcelona Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Place	Country	Prize (EUR)
1	Stephen Song	United States	€1,290,386*
2	Andrew Hulme	United Kingdom	€1,165,614*
3	Marius-Catalin Pertea	Romania	€674,150
4	Rania Nasreddine	United States	€518,600
5	David Coleman	United States	€398,950
6	Boris Kuzmanovic	Croatia	€306,900
7	Alexandre Fournier	Canada	€236,100
8	Jianwei Lin	China	€181,600
9	Fabiano Kovalski	Brazil	€139,750

*Denotes heads-up deal

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08-24-2025 13:43 UTC+1

Break Time

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David Salituro

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

The nine finalists are going on a 20-minute break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	33,100,000 900,000	900,000

Mengshi Tian	30,475,000 525,000	525,000
Daniele Cuomo	22,125,000 125,000	125,000
Alexis Nicolai	16,750,000 2,750,000	2,750,000
Jakub Sterba	13,200,000 800,000	800,000
Ben Zech	10,825,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

Chin Wei Lim	9,900,000 2,250,000	2,250,000
David Taieb	8,700,000 3,300,000	3,300,000
Bernardo Neves	5,950,000 550,000	550,000

08-24-2025 13:42 UTC+1

Cuomo Has a Read on Neves

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David Salituro

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Action folded to Daniele Cuomo who raised to 1,050,000 in the small blind. Bernardo Neves then three-bet to 2,800,000 in the big blind, and Cuomo called.

The flop came K♣7♣9♠ and Neves continued for 2,000,000. Cuomo then slid forward a tower of white 500,000 chips to put Neves all in, and Neves quickly folded. Cuomo showed Q♠J♠ as he took the pot.

"How do you know?" Ben Zech asked.

"I know him," Cuomo replied.

The next hand, Kazuhiko Yotsushika raised to 1,000,000 in the hijack and picked up calls from Cuomo on the button and Mengshi Tian in the big blind.

Yotsushika bet 1,500,000 on the J♥6♣5♣ flop and only Tian called. Both players checked the 6♠ turn, and Tian led out for 2,800,000 on the 9♠ river. Yotsushika called and Tian showed K♥J♥ to win the last pot before break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	34,000,000 4,000,000	4,000,000

Mengshi Tian	31,000,000 7,075,000	7,075,000
Daniele Cuomo	22,000,000 3,500,000	3,500,000
Bernardo Neves	6,500,000 2,650,000	2,650,000

Tags: Bernardo Neves Daniele Cuomo Kazuhiko Yotsushika Mengshi Tian

08-24-2025 13:32 UTC+1

Yotsushika Bets Out Cuomo

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David Salituro

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Daniele Cuomo raised to 1,050,000 under the gun and Kazuhiko Yotsushika called in the small blind.

Both players checked the 10♠9♠4♠ flop. Yotsushika then bet 1,000,000 on the Q♦ turn and Cuomo called.

The river was the 9♦ and Yotsushika bet another 4,000,000. Cuomo took around 30 seconds before folding, and Yotsushika took in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	38,000,000 6,000,000	6,000,000

Daniele Cuomo	18,500,000 2,200,000	2,200,000

Tags: Daniele Cuomo Kazuhiko Yotsushika

08-24-2025 13:25 UTC+1

Nicolai Survives a Flip

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David Salituro

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Jakub Sterba raised to 1,100,000 on the button and instantly called as soon as Alexis Nicolai announced all in from the big blind.

Alexis Nicolai: A♦Q♠ All in
Jakub Sterba: J♥J♠

Sterba remained in the lead on the 10♠8♠5♣ flop, but Nicolai hit the A♥ on the turn. The river was the 8♣ and Sterba paid off Nicolai's 6,950,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexis Nicolai	15,000,000 7,550,000	7,550,000
Jakub Sterba	14,000,000 7,000,000	7,000,000

Tags: Alexis Nicolai Jakub Sterba

08-24-2025 13:20 UTC+1

Cuomo Shows an Ace

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David Salituro

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Daniele Cuomo raised to 1,100,000 in the cutoff and David Taieb called in the big blind.

The flop came A♣6♠2♣ and Cuomo bet 900,000. Taieb called and the 4♠ fell on the turn.

Cuomo then bet 1,800,000 and Taieb again called. Both players checked the Q♦ river, and Cuomo showed A♠10♣ for top pair to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniele Cuomo	20,700,000 6,125,000	6,125,000
David Taieb	12,000,000 2,000,000	2,000,000

Tags: Daniele Cuomo David Taieb

08-24-2025 13:17 UTC+1

Sterba Shoves Out Yotsushika

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David Salituro

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Jakub Sterba raised to 1,100,000 in early position and Kazuhiko Yotsushika three-bet to 4,000,000 in the hijack. Sterba called and they saw a flop of A♥K♣6♥.

Yotsushika bet 2,000,000 and Sterba called. The turn was the 2♠ and Yotsushika bet another 3,000,000. Sterba then moved all in for 6,000,000 and Yotsushika snap-folded.