Elias Gutierrez has achieved his top five live tournament scores, with the two largest coming in just the past week. Gutierrez first secured a career-high payday of $417,570 by winning a $25,000 buy-in event at the 2024 European Poker Tour (EPT) Cyprus festival. Five days later, he triumphed in another $25,000 buy-in event at the same festival, adding $390,200 to his earnings.
These two victories have boosted Gutierrez’s total live tournament earnings by $807,770, bringing his lifetime winnings to nearly $1.6 million. In the first win, Elias Gutierrez outlasted a field of 57 entries, and in the second, he topped a field of 50. Each victory earned him 420 Player of the Year (POY) points, pushing him just outside the top 600 in the 2024 POY race presented by Global Poker.
The prize pool for the second event was $1,200,500, shared among the top seven finishers. Notable players who cashed include World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) main event champion Simone Andrian (7th – $63,000), recent $20,000 high roller winner Ognyan Dimov (6th – $81,000), back-to-back EPT Barcelona €100,000 high roller champion Kayhan Mokri (5th – $102,000), and 2023 WSOP Paradise $25,000 high roller champion Samuel Mullur (4th – $132,100).
In the final stages, Elias Gutierrez won a pivotal all-in with A-4 against Hassan Nashar’s A-Q suited, making a straight on the turn to eliminate Nashar in third place ($174,100) and carry a commanding lead into heads-up play against Teun Mulder. Elias Gutierrez quickly converted his 4:1 chip advantage to win the title. In the final hand, Gutierrez’s J-6 paired the flop to beat Mulder’s 5-2, knocking Mulder out in second place ($258,100). This finish raised Mulder’s career earnings to over $8.7 million.
EPT Cyprus $25,000 Super High Roller Warm Up Final Table results:
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
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1 | Elias Gutierrez | Spain | $417,570 |
2 | Alexander Zubov | Russia | $273,700 |
3 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | $198,400 |
4 | Dimitar Danchev | Bulgaria | $150,500 |
5 | Artsiom Lasouski | Belarus | $116,300 |