"At times it has felt like the first main event of the new season has been headlined by Finnish players from the start. On day one Aku Joentausta held the lead. Then heads were turned by the return of Ilari Sahamies to live tournament poker. Then a third contender emerged in the form of 20-year-old Joni Jouhkimainen, whose recent form tipped us off to a likely final table appearance.
But there was another player, lost in the euphoria and waiting for his moment. That was Mikalai Pobal who tonight confounded everyone to pull off an unlikely win, one of the biggest surprises in tour history. He claimed the EPT Barcelona title, a HD3 Slyde watch, and €1,007,550. But the biggest surprise was that he was from Belarus, not Finland. "
1 Mikalai Pobal 1,007,550
2 Ilari Sahamies 629,700
3 Joni Jouhkimainen 404,050
4 Anaras Alekberovas 301,750
5 Samuel Rodriguez 230,900
6 Sinel Anton 178,400
7 Antonin Duda 125,950
8 John Juanda 76,100
9 Ole Schemion 55,100
10 Morten Mortensen 55,100
11 Jonathan Karamalikis 46,700
12 Mikolaj Zawadzki 46,700
13 Alex Casals 40,400
14 Aku Joentausta 40,400
15 Elias Gutierrez Hernandez 34,650
16 Fatima Moreira de Melo 34,650
17 Javier Piazuelo 29,400
18 Mauro Canavese 29,400
19 Saveikis Algirdas 29,400
20 Ibon Merino Borbolla 29,400
21 Lucille Cailly 29,400
22 Roberto Romanello 29,400
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