Last night Casino Gran Via closed its doors to the first ever PartyPoker Tour event and, if I may say, what an event it was. The city of Madrid, that’s in Spain, gave us San Isidro, churros and chocolate, tapas, fiestas and so much poker. This has been the most successful event in Spain but also of the PartyPoker Tour since its inception, attracting a total of 3,051 entries, with 1,052 unique players from 53 different countries, generating a total prize pool of €567,210. So far in 2026 PartyPoker have awarded a total of 1,538 tickets and that is not even including the .EU tickets awarded.

Both the Mini Main Event and the Main Event smashed their respective guarantees by doubling them generously on both occasions. The poker room was constantly busy and all tournaments were consistently and constantly full to the brim. Before saying goodbye, let’s have a quick look at what happened yesterday.

At 1pm the Mystery Bounty began. The tournament attracted a total of 62 entries and generated a total prize pool of €7,130. Familiar faces that joined were Ranveer Arora, Siddharth Sudunagunta (PartyPoker Tour Sheffield Main Event Winner), PartyPoker Tour Team member Dani Garcia, Steffan Stroffek, PartyPoker Leaderboard Winner Alex “wishiper96” Georgiev, the Faded Spade Sponsored Tournament Winner Darach Rogan and poker legend Dr Angela Rogan. After making a deal with Dani Garcia, Angela Rogan collected the title and the trophy, making the win extra special as her son Darach won a tournament earlier in the week.

At 3pm, the €100,000 GTD Main Event returned with 18 players ready to fight to the death. By 7pm the final 9 were determined and the livestream with our friends over at Poker Red, with SantiJota, Alvaro Aspas and MaxMaestro, was underway. If you were unable to watch the stream live, fear not, you can still watch it on PartyPoker’s Official YouTube Channel as well as Poker Red’s.

The final 9 were as follows:

Seat 1 – Alexey Neofitov – 4.83M – Alexey is 33 years old and when he isn’t playing poker, he enjoys getting involved with AI startups and software engineering. It would be very special for him to win this event, as it would mark his biggest live score to date. Although he used to grind professionally many years ago, he now considers himself more of a recreational player.

Seat 2 – Daniel Triana Ruiz – 2.78M – Daniel is a local player from Madrid. He is 35 years old and when he isn’t playing poker, he loves travelling and mountain sports. Winning this event would mean the world to him, especially doing it in his home city. His biggest achievement to date is winning a WSOP bracelet in 2024.

Seat 3 – Alejandro Rubio – 2.67M – Alejandro is 20 years old, from Madrid, and studies odontology. He has only been playing poker for a year, making this deep run even more impressive. It would be particularly special for him after winning the SPF Main Event at Casino Gran Madrid just last month. This would also be his biggest score to date. He originally qualified for the Mini Main Event before deciding to take a shot in the Main Event instead.

Seat 4 – Jorge Ruiz – 2.45M – Jorge is 35 years old and comes from Palencia. When he isn’t playing poker, he enjoys going to the gym, practising sports and reading fiction. Winning this event would bring him huge happiness and no doubt lead to a big celebration with friends. His biggest result to date is winning the Malaga Open High Roller.

Seat 5 – Hugo Miguel Caldeira De Brites – 1.65M – Hugo is 47 years old and comes from Portugal. He is primarily a cash game player and this would mark his biggest live tournament result to date.

Seat 6 – Ashley James Brown – 1.13M – Ashley is 28 years old and comes from the UK. When he isn’t playing poker, he enjoys spending time with his partner and their two dogs, a Shih Tzu and a Shih Tzu-Pomeranian cross. If he won this tournament, he would put the money towards a house deposit. It would also be his biggest win to date. Ashley qualified for the event through PartyPoker Spins.

Seat 7 – Raphael Lenaerts – 845K – Raphael is 32 years old and currently lives in Portugal, although he was born in Belgium. In his spare time, he enjoys playing futsal and if he won this event, it would be incredibly special to him as it would mark his first victory outside of Portugal.

Seat 8 – Nicolas Le Floch – 785K – Nicolas is 45 years old and when he isn’t playing poker, he spends time managing his newly purchased flat in Cannes, as well as enjoying life with friends and family. Winning this event would feel incredible for him and would help him continue developing his poker game. Back in 2013, he finished 35th in the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas for $230K. He qualified for this Main Event through partypoker.

Seat 9 – David Rodriguez Lamas – 680K – Known within the poker community as Darko15, David is a well-known Spanish professional poker player. The 48-year-old enjoys sports away from the tables, especially basketball. Winning this event would feel fantastic for him. His biggest victory to date came in the 2015 CNP Valencia Main Event.

Around 8pm we were heads up and a deal was made between Alexey Neofitov and Hugo Caldeira, where they decided to play for €7,500 and the coveted PartyPoker Main Event trophy.

The fight didn’t last too long and around 10pm Alexey Neofitov was crowned the PartyPoker Tour Madrid Main Event winner. We had time to have a quick chat with Alex after his win, and he was so excited and happy to have won, although he did say that he would need for the adrenaline to go down to really understand the impact of his win. He also said that if PartyPoker are back next year he would like to defend his title then. A reminder that this record-breaking event attracted a massive 535 entries and generated a total prize pool of €238,075.

At the same time the Final Day of the PLO Masters, spearheaded by the fabulous JJ Hazan, was underway. The event attracted a total of 105 entries and generated a total prize pool of €22,575. 21 players came back for the final day and the likes of PartyPoker Tour Team member Barny Boatman and PokerStars Team PRO David Lappin were amongst the mix. This was another event that had a lovely international flavour but it was incredible to see the sheer number of Spanish players be in the mix. Could PLO be the new NLH in Spain? Time will tell but the numbers are promising. Ultimately it was Leon Marcel Bennett that took home the trophy and €4,650 in prize money.

But the party, as they say, was definitely not over. At 4pm the NLH High Roller 7-Max commenced. The tournament attracted a total of 80 entries and generated an unbelievable prize pool of €72,000. A lively event that had a wonderful international flavour, and familiar faces included PartyPoker Tour Team members Barry Carter, Barbara Jimenez and Niall Farrell, PaddyPower PRO Dara O’Kearney, PartyPoker Ambassador Jaime Staples and Edward Cherrie who had won his ticket when he won the NLH Hyper earlier in the week. In the end, as with all things poker, only one person can stand, although Dara, Niall and Barbara all cashed, it was Bernardino Hernandez that took home €16,500, the trophy and of course the glory.

At 5pm the PLO Masters NLH / PLO 6-Max was warming up. With the likes of PartyPoker Tour members Natalie Bromley, Barny Boatman, Glenn Brown and Rebecca Hardisty, PartyPoker Tour Manchester Main Event Winner Deniz Orhan, PartyPoker Tour Sheffield Main Event Winner Sid Sudunagunta, Lisa McNamara, Steffan Stroffek, Jonathan Rees, PLO Masters 4/5/6 Winner Lirong Hu Yu and poker.pro Friday Party Madness Crazy Pineapple Bounty winner Grzegorz Staniszewski wanted to have one final try at their luck. The poker gods did not look down on this occasion as it was Flavien Mullet who won the tournament and took home the €2,175 and of course the trophy.

And then it was time for the last tournament of the day and of the festival itself, the €60 Sunday Last Chance Madness NLH Double Board. The event attracted a total of 71 entries and generated a total prize pool of €3,550. As it was the last tournament of the festival the world came out to play. We had PartyPoker Tour members Natalie Bromley, Glenn Brown and Dani Garcia, we had regular PartyPoker Tour players like Lisa McNamara, Steffan Stroffek and Ranveer Arora and we had a few PartyPoker Tour Winners as well, including Deniz Orhan (Main Event Manchester 2025), Jonathan Rees (PLO Masters 4/5/6 Seville), Grzegorz Staniszewski (Friday Party Madness £2k Added Prize Draw Birmingham and Friday Party Madness Crazy Pineapple Bounty Madrid) and Alex “wishiper96” Georgiev (PartyPoker Tour 2025 Leaderboard Winner). The ultimate winner, who closed this incredible event in his home town, was PartyPoker Tour Team member Dani Garcia.

Full Results:

Total Entries (inc. Satellites): 3,051 entries
Total Prizepools (inc. Satellites): €567,210

So this week has officially come to an end and we would like to take advantage to give thanks to several people, firstly to our host Casino Gran Via, it was a pleasure to be in such a special place and we hope we can get to live many more successful events together. To Poker.PRO, Poker Red and Experiencia Poker for providing incredible coverage. The Poker Red Live Stream Production Team who gave us all hours of entertainment. To Faded Spade, our Official Card Provider. To our PartyPoker staff who make all of this possible and work tirelessly with a smile and passion close to none. To VibeLive the company behind the organisation and last but not least to our Tournament Directors from Poker Staff Network and all the Tournament Staff who have been absolute superstars throughout the week, managing and delivering an incredible poker experience to all. From the bottom of our hearts we are truly thankful.

Next stop: We are back in the UK, Manchester at Casino235, with Doug Leonard and his fantastic team between 13th and 21st June, 2026. As always satellites are already running on partypoker, so make sure give it a go! Just remember Manchester is in England, that is NOT in Spain. Jokes aside, thank you everyone and see you ever so soon.