Thomas Eychenne limped and Jeremie Zouari checked.
The J♣J♠3♠ flop hit the felt, and both players checked to the see the A♥ on the turn. Zouari led for 20,000 and Eychenne quickly called.
The 7♣ completed the board and both players checked. Zouari tabled Q♥5♦ for queen-high before Eychenne showed Q♣8♠ for a better kicker to drag the pot.
Thomas Eychenne raised to 45,000 and Jeremie Zouari called to see a flop of 9♣8♣6♠.
Zouari checked and Eychenne bet 75,000. Zouari check-raised all in and Eychenne called off his last 275,000.
Thomas Eychenne: Q♦Q♠
Jeremie Zouari: 7♦6♣
Eychenne's queens were ahead, but with a pair and a straight draw, Zouari was drawing very live to win the title.
The turn was the A♣, keeping Eychenne ahead, but the 6♦ fell on the river, giving Zouari trip sixes to win the title and €107,200, while Eychenne settled for the runner-up prize of €69,800.
A six and a half hour €10,200 sprint to a Spadie was the final event to crown a champion at EPT Barcelona as Jeremie Zouari claimed his second EPT title, defeating a field of 32 entries including fellow Frenchman Thomas Eychenne after a short heads-up match.
For the win, Zouari claimed €107,200 from the €310,400 prize pool and his second career Spadie, following up on his 2023 €3,000 Mystery Bounty title. Eychenne, meanwhile, topped $2,000,000 in career tournament earnings with his second-place finish, but he was again denied his first career major live tournament victory.
Following that rush however, Ivarsson was on the wrong end of two huge pots versus Zouari that first doubled the Frenchman, and gave him the chip lead, then eliminated himself when he called off his stack with top pair versus Zouari’s aces.
That left Zouari with a nearly 3-to-1 chip lead to duel with Eychenne for the Spadie and the €107,200 first prize. The countrymen battled for several levels, with Eychenne clawing back to even at one point before eventually falling to Zouari.
This concludes our coverage of EPT Barcelona, but stay tuned to PokerNews for more incredible poker tournament coverage from around the world, including the next stop in the European Poker Tour’s 20th anniversary season, EPT Cyprus, from October 9-20.
