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Germany’s Martin Schleich was able to survive the Spanish-dominated final table at the European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event, winning a whopping 850,000 Euro in the process (that comes to a little over $1.2 million USD, given current exchange rates).

It was an incredibly long day, with action persisting until 3:30 a.m. The final hand played out in dramatic fashion when Schleich’s A-9 offsuit was pitted against Dragan Kostic’s A-7 offsuit. A 9 appeared on the flop, and the deal was sealed in Schleich’s favor.

Fan favorite Eugene Katchalov, the Ukrainian player from Team PokerStars, finished in 3rd place for a 315k Euro score. This was an impressive feat, given that he entered final table play in 8th place with under 700,000 chips, less than 10% of that of Tomeu Gomila who started the final table with around 7,000,000. Kathalov is quickly turning into one of the most dangerous forces in professional poker, with an astounding six final table forays in 2011 alone.

Gomila, a native of Spain, put on a relatively disappointing performance at the final table and dropped from 1st place to 5th by the time the action had concluded. He still picked up a respectable sum of 185k Euro for his efforts.

Spain had a strong showing overall: Dragan Kostic took 2nd (532k Euro), Raul Mestre took 4th (244k Euro) and Juan Manuel Perez took 7th (105k Euro) in addition to the aforementioned Gomila’s 5th place showing.

Israel and France also had representation in the form of Saar Wilf and Isabel Baltazar, respectively. Baltazar was the first player to receive elimination at the final table, and received 73k Euro for her deep run. Wilf fared slighty better with a 145k Euro score in 6th place.