Daher Wins €100K One Drop, Kulev Tops €250K Super High Roller at EPT Monte Carlo

Monaco has never been short of ambition, and EPT Monte Carlo 2026 did not disappoint. Two high roller events, two record-breaking fields, and two champions who will be dining out on these results for some time. 

Albert Daher won the €100,000 High Roller for One Drop for €2,055,000, whilst Alex Kulev claimed the €250,000 Super High Roller for €2,786,332 in the highest buy-in event the European Poker Tour has ever staged.

Between them, they collected over €4.8 million from a single week's work in the south of France. Not a bad fortnight by anyone's standards.

With 76 entries including 24 re-entries, the €100K High Roller for One Drop generated a €7,296,000 prize pool and set a new record for the largest field at this buy-in level in EPT history. The tournament ran May 1 to 3 at the Sporting Monte-Carlo. Monaco's reputation does a fair bit of the heavy lifting when it comes to attracting this calibre of player, and the One Drop charitable element gave those with deep pockets an extra reason to register.

Daher is no stranger to EPT final tables. He won the €25K High Roller here in Monte Carlo in 2018 and repeated the feat in Cyprus in 2023, so the blueprint was already there. The €100K title, though, was the one that had eluded him – until now.

He arrived in Monaco off the back of a third-place finish at the December 2025 Triton Invitational, making this back-to-back seven-figure results for the Lebanese pro. Asked how he managed it, Daher was refreshingly candid: 

Rare honesty from a man holding a trophy and a cheque for just over two million euros.

The victory moves Daher to the top of Lebanon's All-Time Money List and raised €228,000 for the One Drop Foundation's clean water projects globally.

The British pro may have finished second, but the subplot surrounding Stephen Chidwick is one worth following. His runner-up result pushes his career live earnings to $78.5 million, leaving just $3.2 million between him and Bryn Kenney's all-time record of $81.8 million. Kenney, for his part, finished fourth at this very final table, which must have made for an interesting rail conversation. The $100 million milestone is no longer a distant prospect.

Whilst Daher was lifting the One Drop trophy, Alex Kulev was quietly putting together one of the most remarkable results of the festival at the €250,000 Super High Roller which was the highest buy-in event the EPT has ever run.

Thirty-eight entries built a €9,310,000 prize pool, with only six spots paid. Kulev nearly exited on the money bubble following an all-in against Biao Ding, survived, and did not look back. He eventually struck a heads-up deal with Bryn Kenney to secure €2,786,332.

In 2023, Kulev won the €100K Super High Roller at this exact venue. Three years on, he returned and won the event at more than double the buy-in. That is either excellent planning or a very healthy relationship with Monaco.

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EPT Monte Carlo 2026 is the tour's 21st edition, and it has already produced two of the most notable high roller results in the festival's history. Record fields, record prize pools, and a British player one good run from the all-time live earnings record. The Main Event is still running with nearly €5 million in the prize pool, so there is still plenty left to play for before Monaco closes its doors for another year.