Kayhan Mokri Repeats the Trick in EPT Barcelona Super High Roller for $1.37m

The €100,000-entry Super High Roller in Barcelona took place last night and it was the Norwegian player Kayhan Mokri who emerged victorious as he claimed his second title of the week in Barcelona. This time it was the €100,000 ($110,595) buy-in Super High Roller event, which saw players such as Santhosh Suvarna and Patrik Antonius reach the money places.

Over $4 Million in Prizepool

There were 28 players who took part in the Super High Roller event, with just the top six of 41 total entries after rebuys finishing with a profit on their investments. When Day 2 of the event began, there was a major bubble still to burst, with the difference between finishing seventh and sixth a whopping $307,900.

In the end, it was Frenchman Thomas Santerne who left with nothing, ousted when his couldn’t overcome Sean Winter’s . A flop of gave Santerne outs to Broadway too but it was Winter who was left singing after a turn of and a on the river ending the French player’s hopes and boosting Winter’s stack in the process.

After the bubble had burst, Finnish Poker Hall of Famer Patrik Antonius was all-in pre-flop with and he was called by Jesse Lonis with . The flop of did nothing for the Finnish pro other than leave the backdoor open for a runner-runner straight. A on the turn kept that feint hope alive along with kings and jacks but Antonius missed his ten outs on the river as Lonis sent him home.

Suvarna Goes Close Yet Again

Santosh Suvarna hadn’t cashed for over a few thousand two years ago but is now up to over $14 million in live tournament results, putting him 83^rd on the current The Hendon Mob All-Time Money List. Suvarna has gone close in many events in 2024 alone, and while he won his first bracelet in the summer for $5.45 million, other finishes of 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th (twice) have been frustrating.

Another fifth-place finish for Suvarna meant he missed another major title as he cashed for $395,940. Three-betting all-in pre-flop with , Suvarna was effectively called by Kayhan Mokri’s isolation four-bet shove with and a flop of was no help to the Indian player. Mokri stayed ahead on the turn and when the fell on the river, the field was reduced to four.

Jesse Lonis was luckless in fourth for $505,850 as he shoved just over 11 big blinds with . Lonis was hoping to hold when Seth Davies called with but couldn’t manage to do so, as a flop of [Jc[ immediately flipped the script and the turn and river didn’t save Lonis.

Mokri Makes it Two

With three players remaining, Seth Davies held over 6 million chips and a big lead over his two opponents, who mustered under 4 million between them. Mokri’s double through Davies with holding against the latter’s was pivotal, giving the Norwegian a marginal lead over who was to be his heads-up rival.

Three became two when Winter came for Sean Winter, a PokerGO regular whose record in high rollers is the envy of virtually everyone on the planet. On a board showing , Winter’s last chips went into the middle with his . Davies it was who made the gutsy call with just but bottom pair held as the river ended Winter’s hopes for $681,950 and sent play heads-up with the chips virtually level.

It was on a board showing that all the chips went in for the final hand. Mokri, holding a slim lead, raise-shoved with which had turned bottom set. Davies called it off with his flopped two pair of and an on the river couldn’t help Davies as he claimed the runner-up prize of $989,830.

It was Mokri who bagged the title and top prize of $1,517,850 as his trip to Barcelona has turned him into the most in-form players in big buy-in events so far this Autumn.

Watch how it all went down on PokerStars’ YouTube channel right here.

Photograph courtesy of Manuel Kovsca for PokerStars, the home of the European Poker Tour.