Fabiano Kovalski claimed €385,430 in total prize money — bounties included — after winning the €3,250 EPT Mystery Bounty event at EPT Barcelona on August 27, 2026, a result that PokerNews reported extended a remarkable pattern of success for the player at that specific festival. According to PokerNews, five of Kovalski’s six biggest live cashes have come in Barcelona following the victory.
The tournament drew 1,027 entries including re-entries, generating a €2,988,570 prize pool, with more than €1 million of that total distributed as mystery bounties. That structure created significant variance in payouts beyond standard finishing positions, as illustrated by Candido Cappiello’s run: he finished 21st yet collected €124,250 in total after opening mystery bounty envelopes worth €113,000, making his overall payout the fifth-largest of the tournament despite an early exit from the final stretch.
At the final table, Brandon Harris finished as runner-up with a total prize of €216,820, according to PokerNews’ reporting on the event results. Several other notable players made deep runs or collected bounties before busting, including Martins Adeniya, Cherish Andrews, Dara O’Kearney, Michel Molenaar, Alexandre Reard, Endrit Geci, and Nick Palma, per PokerNews.
PokerNews also reported that the Barcelona win marked Kovalski’s third live poker title, with four of his five largest career scores having come at EPT Barcelona events — a concentration of results at a single festival that is unusual across the modern live tournament circuit.
