Lebanon's Albert Daher has won the €100,000 High Roller for One Drop at EPT Monte Carlo 2026 for €2,055,000, defeating Stephen Chidwick heads-up in the largest €100K field in European Poker Tour history.
The record 76-entry field generated a €7,296,000 prize pool, with €228,000 going directly to the One Drop Foundation. Stephen Chidwick, a dominant force in high roller poker, collected €1,325,700 as runner-up.
Italy's Leonardo Drago took third for €947,000. Bryn Kenney, the all-time live earnings leader, finished fourth for €728,500.
This is Daher's third EPT High Roller title, following wins at the €25K level in Monte Carlo (2018) and Cyprus (2023). It is his first €100K victory and the largest cash of his career.
€100K One Drop Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albert Daher | Lebanon | €2,055,000 |
| 2 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | €1,325,700 |
| 3 | Leonardo Drago | Italy | €947,000 |
| 4 | Bryn Kenney | United States | €728,500 |
Eleven players cashed from the 76-entry field, with a min-cash of €182,400. Mikita Badziakouski was the bubble, eliminated in 12th.
How Daher Won It
Daher started the eight-handed final table third in chips behind Wiktor Malinowski and Drago. He seized control early, eliminating Teun Mulder with pocket aces against ace-jack and then busting Enrico Camosci shortly after.
Kenney arrived as the short stack with roughly 10 big blinds and produced the hand of the final table. His tens held against Artsiom Lasouski's aces in an all-in confrontation, but he was eventually eliminated in fourth.
In the heads-up finale, Daher's pocket fours flopped a set against Chidwick's king-eight suited. Chidwick picked up flush draw outs but could not connect, giving Daher the title and the €2,055,000 first prize.
One Drop contribution: Each entry directed €3,000 to the One Drop Foundation, raising €228,000 for clean water initiatives. One Drop has partnered with poker's biggest events for over a decade, including recent Big Deal for One Drop charity tournaments.
Record-Breaking €100K Field
The 76-entry field broke the record of 74 set at last year's EPT Monte Carlo €100K Super High Roller, won by Chris Nguyen for €2,022,000. Patrik Antonius held the title before that with 72 entries in 2024.
| Year | Entries | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 76 | Albert Daher | €2,055,000 |
| 2025 | 74 | Chris Nguyen | €2,022,000 |
| 2024 | 72 | Patrik Antonius | €1,967,440 |
A separate record is also in play at this festival. The €250,000 EPT Super High Roller, the highest buy-in event in EPT history, was still running at the time of writing.
Side-Event Highlights
Several other major events have already concluded at the festival, which runs through May 10 at the Sporting Monte-Carlo.
| Event | Winner | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| €50K Super High Roller | Dejan Kaldjurdjevic | Montenegro | €727,115 |
| €30K PLO High Roller | Dennis Weiss | Germany | €351,640 |
| €1,650 PSO Main Event | Joris Ruijs* | Netherlands | €317,398 |
| €10,200 Mystery Bounty | Leon Sturm | Germany | €93,200 |
*After a heads-up deal with Leon Sturm (€275,042).
The €1,650 PokerStars Open Main Event drew 1,634 entries across four starting flights, generating a €2,352,960 prize pool. Ruijs and Sturm reached heads-up and struck a deal for the top two payouts.
Sturm had a standout festival run. He won the Mystery Bounty outright, then reached the PSO Main Event final and added to a growing EPT high roller track record.
Kaldjurdjevic's €50K Super High Roller win was his first major live title, earned over a 43-entry field worth €2,107,215. Weiss claimed the PLO crown in a stacked 28-entry field featuring the global PLO elite.
Main Event Update
The €5,300 EPT Main Event completed Day 1A on May 4 with 374 entries. Morocco's Mehdi Chaoui bagged the chip lead at 357,000.
2022 WSOP Main Event champion Espen Jorstad advanced with 172,000. Defending champion Aleksandr Shevliakov also survived with 104,000. Day 1B ran on May 5, with the final table expected around May 10.
EPT Monte Carlo is the second major stop of the 2026 season, following Jorge Abreu's EPT Paris Main Event title earlier this year. The Main Event and €250K Super High Roller are still in play.
For updates as those events conclude, follow our latest poker news coverage.
