David Coleman Scores Runner, Runner, Runner, Runner Up At EPT Barcelona

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PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona festival is one of the true highlights on the poker calendar each year, consistently delivering memorable performances and moments. The robust slate of high roller events is a fertile ground for standout performances, and 2025 has been no exception.

While there have been notable victories for the likes of Jeremy Ausmus, Punnat Punsri, and Brock Wilson, David Coleman has understandably stolen a lot of headlines. Over the course of a single week, Coleman finished as runner-up in no less than four high roller tournaments. While a spade trophy has eluded Coleman so far during this trip to Barcelona, he’s won $2,275,217 over those four events.

Well over half of that prize money was earned in the €100,000 high roller, won by Leon Sturm. And as we take a deeper look at some of the other early high roller events from this festival, you’ll get a clearer picture of just how impressive Coleman’s run has been.

Punsri And Coleman Kick Off Strong Series In Mystery Bounty

Punnat Punsri. Credit: Danny Maxwell / Rational Intellectual Holdings Ltd.

From the very first day of the EPT Barcelona festival, the high rollers were out in force. By the time registration closed in the first of the bigger buy-in events, 77 entrants put up €10,200 for this mystery bounty tournament. Half of the buy-in went to the main prize pool, and the other half was distributed in mystery bounties.

Punnat Punsri was the biggest winner on both fronts. He collected more from bounties ($111,150) than his first-place payout ($99,126), largely because he and Coleman made a deal heads-up. For second, Coleman won a combined $199,575 when all of his bounties were factored in. While Coleman’s name will pop up again a little later, so, too, will Punsri’s.

This result, worth 350 Card Player Player of the Year points, was the first of three final tables through the midway point of the festival for Thailand’s all-time money leader. Those combined points in the Card Player POY race, presented by CoinPoker, pushed Punsri into the top 10.

The third-biggest winner of the tournament was actually fifth-place finisher Klemens Roiter. He won $96,525 in bounties alone, more than the total prizes and bounties won by third-place finisher Geoffrey Mooney and Masato Yokosawa, who took fourth.

Other notables who finished in the money in this early event include Juha Helppi (6th), Justin Zaki (7th) and Cherish Andrews (10th).

Brock Wilson Claims Quick $151,000 In Cuatro Bounty

Brock Wilson. Credit: Manuel Kovsca / Rational Intellectual Holdings Ltd.

As the final table of the mystery bounty played out, a single-day event offered another chance at collecting bounties in Barcelona. There were a total of 20 players and 22 total entrants for the €12,300 no-limit hold’em cuatro bounty, and Brock Wilson walked away with the victory. He claimed the spade trophy, the $109,301 first-place prize and $42,120 in bounties. Wilson also added 180 Card Player POY points.

With this result, Wilson continued to climb up the leaderboard. He currently sits in 76th place overall.

Wilson defeated Simone Andrian of Italy heads-up. Andrian, a three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, collected $65,520 for second place, and $14,040 for a bounty. Morten Klein, the Norwegian high roller standout, finished third for $43,641 and a $14,040 bounty.

Author Maria Konnikova placed fourth, banking $14,040 with a bounty.

Ausmus Strikes Again, Winning €20,000 No-Limit Hold’em Title

Jeremy Ausmus. Credit: Danny Maxwell / Rational Intellectual Holdings Ltd.

Ausmus is in the midst of another standout year of results in 2025. He won the PokerGO Tour $1 million invitational to start the year, and added a Triton Super High Roller Series win for $1.892 million in Jeju in March. Ausmus had 10 final-table appearances heading into the EPT Barcelona festival.

Ausmus earned his third trophy of 2025 at his 11th final table, taking down a €20,000 no-limit hold’em event for $372,869. With his win, Ausmus tacked on 432 Card Player POY points, elevating him to ninth on the overall leaderboard. He outlasted a field of 63, which generated a prize pool of over $1.4 million.

Coleman once again settled for second place, though the payout was close due to another heads-up deal. This second time around, Coleman banked $342,106.

Other notable finishers include Jean-Noel Thorel (5th), Niklas Astedt (6th), Kiat Lee (7th) and Roiter (8th). Lee added 108 Card Player POY points to his 2025 total, and he currently sits in 31st place overall.

Samuel Mullur Adds Second Notable Title With €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em Win

Samuel Mullur. Credit: Danny Maxwell / Rational Intellectual Holdings Ltd.

Austrian Samuel Mullur burst onto the scene in late 2023, when he won the $25,000, $10 million guaranteed main event at WSOP Paradise. He added another trophy in Barcelona, taking down a €25,000 no-Limit hold’em event for $382,941.

Punsri settled for second place, but in a quirk of the deal made heads-up with Mullur, Punsri earned the biggest payday. At his second final table of the series, Punsri won $406,013. They split the lion’s share of a $1.46 million prize pool, generated by a field of 52 entrants.

Yokosawa, who was also at his second final table of the festival, finished third for $211,770.

Roiter Caps Strong Week With €30,000 No-Limit Hold’em Win

Klemes Roiter. Credit: Eloy Cabacas / Rational Intellectual Holdings Ltd.

It’s been a dream of a year so far for Roiter. The Austrian won a WSOP bracelet in emphatic fashion back in June, banking $1.2 million and the Monster Stack title. Then, after a strong mystery bounty payday and a second final table a few days prior, Mullur picked it right back up.

In a €30,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em high roller, Roiter broke through with yet another win. With a field of 57, and a prize pool of $1.94 million, Roiter won the title outright for $594,108 and 420 Card Player POY points. That put Roiter in 13th place in the standings.

Coleman won $389,493 with his latest second-place showing. With 350 additional POY points, and his runner-up in the €100,000 no-limit hold’em super high roller result, Coleman rose to 65th in the Card Player standings thanks to his spree in Spain.

Nick Petrangelo (3rd), Byron Kaverman (6th) and Ausmus (7th) also made this final table.