Adrian Mateos is the European Poker Tour Grand Final winner after beating Muyedine Fares, in heads-up action, to take the first prize of €1,082,000 in Monte Carlo.

Adrian Mateos has won the Season 11 European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final in Monte Carlo. He is the first Spaniard to win a EPT Main Event title, and one of the youngest players in history to pocket two seven figure scores, after his €1,082,000 pay day.

Mateos topped a field of 564 entrants in one of the toughest tournaments in the world. Expectedly, the final table contained a few land mines. The loudest potential bang amongst them was Ole Schemion. The young German reacting brilliantly, after being deposed at the top of the Global Poker Index (GPI) world rankings, finishing sixth after another epic run.

PokerStars Team Pro, Johnny Lodden, was the other big name to make the final. It was the Norwegian’s third EPT Main Event final table, and the second time he had visited this particular one, after coming third in 2013 (probably the