Thomas Muhlocker Bests Daniel Negreanu For EPT Barcelona High Roller Title

A total of 180 players put up the €10,000 buy-in to enter, or re-enter, the EPT Barcelona High Roller event, creating a total prize pool of €1,764,000. After three days of action, it was Thomas Muhlocker who came out on top, securing the title and a €390,700 payday.

To earn the victory, Muhlocker had to overcome a 6-1 chip lead heads up with Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu dominated short-handed play, but fell victim to a couple of coolers during the heads-up match, running fours into both aces and nines and finally busting when his A-Q failed to catch up with Muhlocker’s A-K.

Negreanu earned €263,800 for his runner-up finish, giving him a total of over $2.2 million in 2013. The score came just days after Negreanu quit the same tournament under protest by moving all in blind after receiving an unfavorable ruling. The Canadian pro’s hand was declared dead as the result of the newly instituted “first card off the deck rule,” however Negreanu insisted that he was at his seat when the penalty was given.

With his second-place finish, Negreanu was able to add 700 points to his already sizable lead in the Card Player Player of the Year race. He now has 4,468, which is 938 more than his next closest competitor, Paul Volpe.

Other notables at the final table included Jean-Noel Thorel, Joni Jouhkimainen, Jonathan Duhamel, Richard Yong, Ole Schemion and 2013 WSOP November Nine member David Benefield.

Here is a look at the final table results.

*Photos courtesy of Neil Stoddart and the PokerStars Blog.

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