Portuguese online grinder Jorge Abreu has won the EPT Paris 2026 Main Event, defeating Felix Schneiders heads-up to take home €1,148,600. It’s the biggest score of his career and a win that was coming after days of dominant chip leading.

Abreu carried 51% of all chips in play into the final day, a lead so commanding that the result felt almost inevitable. He backed it up all the way. The 1,474-entry field generated a €7,075,200 total prize pool, making it one of the richest EPT Main Events in recent years.

Jorge Abreu EPT Paris: Final Table Results

How Abreu Built the Lead

The run really kicked off on Day 3 when Abreu flopped quads against Cesar Garcia’s flush to shoot to the top of the chip counts. He never looked back. By the time the final seven were set, he sat on 22,425,000 chips, more than three times his nearest rival Casimir Seire’s 6,400,000.

On the final day he knocked out two more players before heads-up even started. He turned a straight to crack Joris Ruijs’ set, then woke up with kings to bust Sami Bechahed in eighth. By the time it was down to three, the title was his to lose.

The Hand That Ended It

The tournament ended with a cooler that left Schneiders with no escape. Heads-up, Abreu held J8 on a board of J367. Schneiders moved all-in for 2,100,000 with QQ, an 89% favourite on the turn. The river brought the 8. Abreu hit trip eights, Schneiders’ queens were dead, and the 8,200,000 chip pot ended the tournament.

Schneiders collected €717,350 for a strong runner-up finish. He outplayed a world-class final table to get there.

The Man Behind “Jorginho88”

Abreu, 35, is from Guimaraes, Portugal and has been a professional online grinder since he was 18. He plays as “Jorginho88” and is a member of Polarize Poker, a Portuguese poker community that travels together to grind major series. He won two SCOOP Warm-Up titles in the days before EPT Paris started, arriving at the festival with confidence already high.

His live results had been building steadily through EPT Barcelona cashes, but Paris was his first true deep run at a major. He becomes the fourth Portuguese player to win an EPT Main Event, joining João Barbosa (Warsaw 2008), António Matias (Vilamoura 2009), and Pedro Marques (Prague 2025).

“It means the world. It’s all we’ve been working for the past three years. EPT is the dream,” Abreu said after the win.

A Strong Week at EPT Paris

The Jorge Abreu EPT Paris victory was the headline, but the whole festival delivered across every format. Ottomar Ladva dominated the high roller side with a €970,920 win in the €100,000 Super High Roller, his fourth EPT title in total. The €50,000 Super High Roller Second Chance went to Niklas Astedt for €625,600.

Punnat Punsri had a week to forget despite playing brilliantly. Third in the €50K, second in the €100K, and never quite got the result his play deserved. One of the best young players in the game right now, and it’s only a matter of time.