The EPT Barcelona Main Eventwrapped up on Sunday with poker pro John Juanda claiming the €1 million first place prize. The Main Event in Barcelona gained the title of the largest EPT Main Event ever held at 1,694 players, eclipsing the Season 7 PCA Main Event, which drew 1,560.

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EPT President Edgar Stuchly commented in a press release, “It hardly seems any time since we were celebrating the record-breaking EPT100 here in Barcelona, but the turnout this season has surpassed all possible expectations. We offer a huge thank you to all 5,738 players who came here for this amazing festival, making it not only the biggest EPT ever held, but one of the biggest poker festivals in the world.”

Juanda defeated the UK’s Steve Warburton heads-up and 247 players out of the 1,694 made the money. Here’s how the final table looked:

1. John Juanda – €1,022,593
2. Steve Warburton – €941,613
3. Frederik Jensen – €810,294
4. Denys Shafikov – €405,100
5. Rainer Kempe – €320,400
6. Andreas Samuelsson – €253,900
7. Amir Touma – €194,100
8. Mario Sanchez – €137,080

As you’ll notice from the payouts, there was a deal made three-handed that involved Juanda, Warburton, and Jensen, the latter of whom won the EPT Madrid Season 8 Main Event.

Last year, 1,496 players turned out for the EPT Barcelona Main Event and Germany’s Andre Lettau took it down for €794. Here’s how the event has looked attendance-wise over the years:

Season 1: 229 players
Season 2: 327 players
Season 3: 480 players
Season 4: 543 players
Season 5: 619 players
Season 6: 479 players
Season 7: 758 players
Season 8: 811 players
Season 9: 1,082 players
Season 10: 1,234 players
Season 11: 1,496 players
Season 12: 1,694 players

Juanda came into this year’s EPT Main Event with over $16 million in live tournament winnings, according to the Hendon Mob, good for #10 on poker’s all-time money list. He has two previous seven-figure scores all-time: $1.5 million for winning the 2008 WSOP Europe Main Event and $1.6 million for taking fifth in the 2012 2012 Macau High Stakes Challenge Super High Roller.

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