Nicolas Bokowski Named Series Player of EMPC 2026

Germany's Nicolas Bokowski was named Series Player of the 2026 European Mixed Poker Championship (EMPC), held at the Olympic Park Casino room of Olybet Poker in Tallinn. Bokowski finished first with 809.5 points. England's Seun Oluwole took second with 702 points, while Germany's Philipp Krieger climbed 16 places from 19th to finish third with his win in the series' final tournament.

Bokowski cashed five times in the 12-event festival. In the 300 euro Nordic Special Mix tournament, he beat Slovenia's Blaz Zerjav heads-up to win 6,150 euros. Zerjav had taken both the Main Event and Series Player titles in 2025, but this time he could not add a third trophy. Bokowski finished second in the 1,500 euro S.O.R.B.E.T. High Roller tournament, losing heads-up to Patrick Stacey, and earned 12,830 euros.

Krieger beat Estonia's Heiti Riisberg heads-up in the 200 euro Omaha Dealer's Choice tournament to win 3,004 euros.

The festival's biggest first-place prize went to Finland's Tapani Pulkkinen. Pulkkinen won the 800 euro 8-Game Main Event to earn 22,250 euros. Entering the final table with the second-largest chip stack, he beat Denmark's Christian Elgstrøm heads-up. The festival had 856 total entries, and tournament prize pools reached 371,070 euros.