The €50,000-entry High Roller took place in Barcelona this week, as German poker pro Leonard Maue and American high roller regular Nick Petrangelo shared glory at the conclusion of another classic. The European Poker Tour’s latest big winners bagged over $870,000 between them at a final table containing impressive players such as Patrik Antonius and Steve O’Dwyer.

Bubble Trouble for Jesse Lonis

The latest high roller in the Catalan former city of culture of Barcelona was a €50,000 ($55,450) entry event and it saw 26 entries on its way to paying just the final five players in the tournament. With seven players left, it was Sean Winter – who starred in yesterday’s €100,000 Super High Roller final table too – who departed.

All-in with , Winter started and finished the hand behind Jesse Lonis’ as one of the most in-form players in the game over the last few years survived the to chip up. Soon after, however, Lonis lost with to Morten Klein’s and found himself right back in the danger zone.

That meant a bubble sweat for Lonis and sadly for him, he was the man who left with nothing in sixth place. Shoving with , Lonis ran into Petrangelo’s and couldn’t catch a break as a cruel board busted him. The flop of put Lonis in the lead after pairing his jack, but a on the turn gave Petrangelo the Groadway straight and no chop out fell on the river.

O’Dwyer Down in Flames

With five players left and everyone now in the money places, the ranges widened and players were much more keen to take their chances knowing they were getting some return on their latest eye-watering investment. Steve O’Dwyer had some of the most experience of this sort of table going into the action but fell in fifth after running short.

O’Dwyer shoved with but ran into Morten Klein, the Norwegian having bagged another premium pair, this time holding . The board of did nothing to help the American-Irish player and he bowed out in fifth place for a score of $132,720.

Next to go was Klein himself. An extended period without an elimination raised the blinds and put everyone under pressure so when Klein got short and shoved with , Patrik Antonius took a shot at winning a coinflip with . The window looked bad, but a flop of gave the Finnish player bottom set and through the then river, the 2024 Poker Hall of Fame inductee won with a full house to send the Norwegian player Klein home with $164,185.

Antonius Falls Short as Deal Decides It

With three players remaining, Antonius was still some way short of his opponents, sat on only 1.5 million chis to Maue’s 2.8m and Petrangelo’s 2.2m. The Finn needed to improve his standing and saw the ideal time to do so when he picked up [J], calling off his stack correctly after Petrangelo shoved with . The flop of was unkind to the poker legend Antonius, however, and after a on the turn, a came on the river to confirm his elimination for $227,110.

Almost immediately and with Petrangelo in the lead, the two players agreed to an ICM chop, awarding the majority of the money to the American. That proved a wise decision from Petrangelo, as the pair agreed to flip for the trophy with one hand, whereupon Petrangelo’s was outrun by Maue’s as the board came to mean Maue’s flopped pair and two-pair by the river was good enough.

While Petrangelo took the lion’s share of the remaining fund, banking $448,830, it was Maue who took home the ‘Spadie’ trophy, along with a very impressive cash of $424,450. The 37-year-old Petrangelo has gone past $38 million in live tournament earnings on The Hendon Mob with this latest six-figure cash, putting him in 17^th place on the All-time Money List. Maue, while all the way back in 406^th place on that list, nevertheless cashed for the fourth-largest score of his poker career to date. It was also Maue’s third PokerStars event win, with both €25,000 High Roller and €2,000 Hyper Turbo victories coming back in 2022.