EPT Barcelona drew the largest ever field for an EPT main event, a total of 1,496 players turning out for the 100th edition and creating a €7,480,000 prize pool, with German online poker pro Andre Lettau taking it down for his first live title and €794,058.

The 27-year-old entered the final table in the middle of the pack and after close to nine hours of action had survived to three-handed play, with American-born poker pro Sam Phillips holding a sizeable chip lead over him and 50-year-old EPT Barcelona senior’s event winner Hossein Ensan, who used his winnings from that event to get a seat into the main event via a satellite.

After much deliberation the three made a deal that ensured Phillips €1,021,275, Ensan €652,667 and Lettau €704,058, with €90,000 and the title to play for.

Ensan was the first to be eliminated and by that point things had already changed drastically with Phillips - who had began three-handed play as the massive chip leader – going into the heads-duel with a more than 5:1 deficit after doubling both of his opponents and losing a few other big pots.

Despite the chip disparity the heads-up match took more than six hours with 141 hands played, the tournament finally coming to a conclusion when Phillips, with about half Lettau's stack, moving all-in for 12 big blinds from the button with the 8D-7D.

Lettau quickly called with KC-10S and with the board running out KD-5S-2H-9H-KH he had the tournament and title locked up.

EPT Barcelona Main Event
1 Andre Lettau $1,045,913
2 Samuel Phillips $1,345,198
3 Hossein Ensan $859,677
4 Andrea Dato $476,817
5 Andrey Shatilov $376,712
6 Kiryl Radzivonau $295,706
7 Ji Zhang $226,027
8 Slaven Popov $159,773