The action at the 2026 European Poker Tour Paris festival is ramping up towards its apex. The EPT Paris main event is in full swing, and the side events continue to produce compelling champions.
A couple of predictable winners at EPT Paris popped up in recent days. Kayhan Mokri, who enjoyed tremendous success in the second half of 2025, continued his winning ways with a €25,000 six-max pot-limit Omaha title. Brandon Wilson, an emerging high-stakes star, struck again with yet another title in that buy-in range at EPT Paris.
Mathew Frankland won an event bearing the high roller title. And while the PokerStars Open High Roller had a buy-in of about 10% of the “true” high rollers at EPT Paris, his victory over a field of more than 1,100 players made him one of the biggest winners of the festival so far.
Geoffrey Mooney, fresh off of a career-changing result just a few weeks ago in North Cyprus, continued a hot month with a PLO win of his own at EPT Paris.
With just a few days of action remaining in the festival, here’s the latest from EPT Paris.
Mathew Frankland Hits Big In PokerStars Open High Roller
The late spring and early summer of 2025 were a revelation for Mathew Frankland. The English pro enjoyed a tremendous run at EPT Monte Carlo, winning a €2,200 no-limit hold’em big field event and a deep, lucrative run in a €25,000 buy-in event.
Over the summer, he set a new career high score at the 2025 World Series of Poker, finishing fourth in a $25,000 no-limit hold’em event for $626,823. And as the cherry on top, Frankland claimed a $30,000 prize package to WSOP Paradise by winning a runout among the players who went out on the WSOP main event bubble.
The good times on the EPT continued for Frankland in Paris. He bested a field of 1,162 entrants to win the €2,700 buy-in PokerStars Open high roller for $562,010. Frankland also earned 1,440 Card Player Player of the Year points, pushing him up to 13th place on the yearlong leaderboard presented by CoinPoker.
Frankland beat out a final table that included three-time WSOP bracelet winner Timur Margolin (4th) and German standout Ole Schemion (6th). Juan Pardo (12th), triple crown winner Davidi Kitai (20th), and Antoine Saout (58th) were among the in-the-money finishers
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | Points |
| 1 | Mathew Frankland | $562,010 | 1,440 |
| 2 | Igor Picone | $351,026 | 1200 |
| 3 | Kasperi Ilkka | $250,679 | 960 |
| 4 | Timur Margolin | $192,812 | 720 |
| 5 | Virgile Turchi | $148,279 | 600 |
| 6 | Ole Schemion | $114,082 | 480 |
| 7 | Diogo Duarte | $87,745 | 360 |
| 8 | Ankit Ahuja | $67,543 | 240 |
| 9 | Ladislao Dalfo Batlle | $51,637 | 120 |
Kayhan Mokri Wins Again, Claiming €25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Title
Kayhan Mokri leveled up in a major way in 2025. He captured his second career Triton title in Jeju for a career-best $3,835,059. Then, in December at WSOP Paradise, the Norwegian pro doubled that payout with his third career Triton win and first WSOP bracelet, earning $7,725,000 in the process.
The titles seem to just keep on coming, too, as Mokri earned his seventh career PokerStars Spade trophy in a €25,000 pot-limit Omaha event at this festival. Along with the $371,440 first-place prize for outlasting a field of 38, Mokri also banked 336 POY points.
The final table included some PLO heavy hitters, including Sean Rafael, Andras Nemeth, and a pair of recent Onyx High Roller PLO winners in Cesar Garcia and Nino Pansier.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | Points |
| 1 | Kayhan Mokri | $371,440 | 336 |
| 2 | Sean Rafael | $242,254 | 280 |
| 3 | Cesar Garcia | $166,852 | 224 |
| 4 | Ian Bradley | $123,782 | 168 |
| 5 | Andras Nemeth | $96,878 | 140 |
| 6 | Nino Pansier | $75,402 | 112 |
Brandon Wilson Captures Yet Another High Roller Trophy
Brandon Wilson built his reputation on dominating high rollers in South Florida. Between 2023 and 2024, Wilson won two $25,500 high rollers and two $50,000 high rollers at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood. He expanded his sphere of influence to the PokerGO Studio in 2025, and ended last year with another $25,800 win at the WPT World Championship festival at Wynn Las Vegas.
Wilson struck again at EPT Paris. He won a €25,000 single-day no-limit hold’em high roller, beating a field of 17 entries to claim his first-ever PokerStars spade trophy and $235,811. The win also came with 168 POY points, pushing Wilson up to seventh place overall in the POY race.
Wilson defeated Juan Pardo heads up to secure the victory. It was Pardo’s third significant result of the EPT Paris festival, joining his win in a €20,000 event earlier in the series.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | Points |
| 1 | Brandon Wilson | $235,811 | 168 |
| 2 | Juan Pardo | $141,600 | 140 |
| 3 | Poseidon Ho | $94,400 | 112 |
Geoffrey Mooney Continues Breakout 2026 With Paris PLO Win
Australian Geoffrey Mooney showed out in a major way in early February, finishing as the runner-up to Ottomar Ladva in the Onyx main event in North Cyprus for $717,000.
Mooney then displayed his PLO prowess at EPT Paris. He won a six-max €10,200 pot-limit Omaha event, besting a field of 61 entrants for a first-place prize of $211,692. With a few days left, Mooney’s closing in on a $1 million month. His PLO victory also came with 360 POY points, good enough for 15th place on the leaderboard.
2017 WSOP main event third-place finisher Benjamin Pollak took third in this tournament. 2025 Onyx PLO winner Marcus Dieleman finished sixth, with WSOP bracelet winners Ka Kwan Lau and Espen Sandvik also cashing in this tournament.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | Points |
| 1 | Geoffrey Mooney | $211,692 | 360 |
| 2 | Joachim Haraldstad | $137,529 | 300 |
| 3 | Benjamin Pollak | $97,704 | 240 |
| 4 | Ruida Lin | $75,107 | 180 |
| 5 | Ludvig Sterner | $57,820 | 150 |
| 6 | Marcus Dieleman | $44,427 | 120 |
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