Eureka Poker Tour

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eureka Poker Tour
SportTexas Hold 'em
Founded2011
Country Czech Republic
 Slovenia
 Bulgaria
 Croatia
 Latvia
 Austria
 Germany
 Romania
 Cyprus
Most recent
champion(s)		India Ankit Ahuja (2023)
Official websitepokerstarslive.com/eureka

The Eureka Poker Tour (EKA) started in March 2011, is a major regional poker tour in the central and eastern Europe. The tour is sponsored by PokerStars.com, like its counterparts, the European Poker Tour (2004), Asia Pacific Poker Tour (2007), Latin American Poker Tour (2008) and North American Poker Tour (2010).[1]

History[edit]

After a run across Central and Eastern Europe for Season 1, PokerStars.com launched the Season 2 of the Poker Tour adding a venue in Latvia for this season.[2]

From 2013 to 2016, PokerStars.com organized more than 15 stops of EKA events across central and eastern Europe.

In 2017, the EKA series was discontinued and rebranded as the PokerStars Festival. In 2022, pokerstars.com announced the return of regional tours as EKA (Eureka Poker Tour), UKIPT (UK and Ireland Poker Tour), FPS (France Poker Series) and ESPT (Estrellas Poker Tour).[3]

Season 1[edit]

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
17-20 March 2011 Czech Republic EKA Prague €800
329
 €243,460 England Keith Johnson[4] €58,400 [1]
12-15 May 2011 Slovenia EKA Nova Gorica €800
211
 €149,410 Spain Antonio Dieguez Rodriguez[5] €40,010 [2]
23-26 June 2011 Bulgaria EKA Varna €800
308
 €224,840 Israel Idan Greenberg[6] €55,145 [3]
24-27 August 2011 Croatia EKA Zagreb €800
259
 €183,400 Hungary Richard Bodis[7] €47,298 [4]
4-10 December 2011 Czech Republic EPT/EKA Prague €330 Deepstack
203
 €59,073 Norway Geir Engholm €13,100 [5]
  • Eureka Poker Tour - Season 1 - Leaderboard Champion: Spain Antonio Dieguez Rodriguez, he won entries to all Sunday Million tournaments on PokerStars.com in calendar year 2012[8]

Season 2[edit]

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
9-14 April 2012 Croatia EKA Croatia €1,100
178
 €172,660 Croatia Alija Filipovic[9] €42,700 [6] [7]
4-10 June 2012 Bulgaria EKA Bulgaria €1,100
246
 €238,590 Bulgaria Petar Zografov[10] €48,745 [8]
1-7 October 2012 Latvia EKA Latvia €1,100
278
 €269,660 Finland Lauri Merikallio[11] €68,800 [9]
5-15 December 2012 Czech Republic EPT/EKA Prague €1,100
652
 €632,440 Cyprus Menikos Panayiotou[12] €137,100 [10]
  • Eureka Poker Tour - Season 2 - Leaderboard Champion: Croatia Alija Filipovic, he won one EPT Season 9 Main Event Entry of his choice (€5,300)[13][14]

Season 3[edit]

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
18-24 March 2013 Czech Republic EKA Rozvadov €1,100
€ 500,000 Guaranteed
500
 €500,000 Belgium Bart Lybaert[15] €115,000 [11]
24-30 May 2013 Croatia EKA Croatia €1,100
283
 €274,510 Hungary Achilles Bozso[16] €59,100 [12]
22-28 July 2013 Bulgaria EKA Bulgaria €1,100
417
 €404,490 Israel Liran Machluf[17] €93,000 [13]
8-18 December 2013 Czech Republic EPT/EKA Prague €1,100
1,315
 €1,275,550 Austria Dimitri Holdeew[18] €226,400 [14]
  • Eureka Poker Tour - Season 3 - Leaderboard Champion: Russia Sergei Popov,[19] he won one EPT Season 10 Main Event Entry of his choice (€5,300)

Season 4[edit]

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
19-29 March 2014 Austria EPT/EKA Vienna €1,100
1,432
 €1,389,040 Hungary Zoltan Gal[20] €208,655 [15]
26 May-3 June 2014 Czech Republic EKA Rozvadov €1,100
€ 500,000 Guaranteed
493
 €500,000 Slovakia Martin Meciar[21] €87,600 [16]
6-9 November 2014 Czech Republic EKA Rozvadov €550
PokerStars King's Cup
€ 200,000 Guaranteed
551
 €267,235 Germany Philipp Hartmann[22] €45,000 [17]
7-17 December 2014 Czech Republic EPT/EKA Prague €1,100
1,738
 €1,685,860 Hungary Balazs Botond[23] €206,948 [18]
  • Eureka Poker Tour - Season 4 - Leaderboard Champion: Russia Gennady Menshikov,[24] he won one EPT Season 11 Main Event Entry of his choice (€5,300)

Season 5[edit]

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
21 February-1 March 2015 Czech Republic EKA Rozvadov €1,100
664
 €644,080 Austria Raphael Wimmer[25] €99,685 [19]
22-31 May 2015 Germany EKA Hamburg €1,100
581
 €563,570 Germany Tom Holke[26] €107,920 [20]
5-16 December 2015 Czech Republic EPT/EKA Prague €1,100
1,893
 €1,836,210 Spain Javier Rojas Mederos[27] €311,000 [21]
  • Eureka Poker Tour - Season 5 - Leaderboard GOLD Champion: Bulgaria Vladimir Velikov[28]
  • Eureka Poker Tour - Season 5 - Leaderboard SILVER Champion: France Yohann Nataf[29]

How it works? Player of the Year: the Silver tier will award points for all events with a buy-in of $600 and lower; and the Gold tier will count all other events across the EUREKA Festivals, no matter the buy-in.

Season 6[edit]

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
2-8 March 2016 Czech Republic EKA Rozvadov €1,100
€ 500,000 Guaranteed
682
 €661,540 Argentina Ivan Luca[30] €106,186 [22]
16-22 May 2016 Romania EKA Bucharest €1,100
579
 €561,630 Israel Avishai Shitrit[31] €107,350 [23]
23 September-3 October 2016 Germany EKA Hamburg €1,100
367
 €355,990 Switzerland Dinesh Alt[32] €69,120 [24]
8-19 December 2016 Czech Republic EPT/EKA Prague €1,100
2,031
 €1,970,070 Poland Hubert Matuszewski[33] €193,298 [25]
  • Eureka Poker Tour - Season 6 - Leaderboard GOLD Champion: Netherlands Tobias Peters[34]
  • Eureka Poker Tour - Season 6 - Leaderboard SILVER Champion: Czech Republic Michal Mrakeš[35]

How it works? Player of the Year: the Silver tier will award points for all events with a buy-in of $600 and lower; and the Gold tier will count all other events across the EUREKA Festivals, no matter the buy-in.

Season 2022[edit]

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
5-16 March 2022 Czech Republic EPT/EKA Prague €1,100
3,155
 €3,028,800 Argentina Alejandro Lococo[36] €417,820 [26]
20-29 May 2022 Czech Republic EKA Rozvadov €1,100
€ 1,000,000 Guaranteed
1,096
 €1,041,200 Italy Giorgio Montebelli[37] €146,126 [27]
25-31 July 2022 Romania EKA Bucharest €1,100
407
 €390,720 Romania Adrian Gusti Sas[38] €77,430 [28]
7-18 December 2022 Czech Republic EPT/EKA Prague €1,100
4,017
 €3,856,320 Netherlands Pieter Theelen[39] €496,760 [29]

Season 2023[edit]

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
13-20 March 2023 Czech Republic EKA Rozvadov €1,100
€ 1,000,000 Guaranteed
1,866
 €1,772,700 Germany Jörg Schneegass[40] €187,335 [30]
26 September-3 October 2023 Germany EKA Hamburg €1,100
703
 €667,850 Germany Amir Mozaffarian[41] €123,780 [31]
11-22 October 2023 Cyprus EPT/EKA Cyprus S1,100
2,659
 $2,552,640 India Ankit Ahuja[42] $362,365 [32]
6-17 December 2023 Czech Republic EPT/EKA Prague €1,100
4,403
 €4,226,880 Austria Alexander Tkatschew[43] €511,710 [33]

Season 2024[edit]

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Schedulle
8-18 March 2024 Czech Republic EKA Rozvadov S1,100
Guaranteed Prize Pool €1,000,000
King's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic
1,526
 €1,449,700 Czech Republic Robert Röhlich[44] €243,500 [34]
9-20 October 2024 Cyprus EPT/EKA Cyprus S1,100
Merit Royal Hotel & Casino, Kyrenia, Cyprus 		[35][36]
4-15 December 2024 Czech Republic EPT/EKA Prague €1,100
King's Casino, Prague, Czech Republic 		[37][38]

More venues on 2024 to be announced

Winners by country[edit]

Place Country Times
1st
 Germany Germany
4
Hungary Hungary
4
3rd
 Austria Austria
3
Israel Israel
3
5th
 Argentina Argentina
2
Spain Spain
2
7th
 Belgium Belgium
1
Bolivia Bulgary
1
Croatia Croatia
1
Cyprus Cyprus
1
Czech Republic Czech Republic
1
England England
1
Finland Finland
1
India India
1
Italy Italy
1
Netherlands Netherlands
1
Norway Norway
1
Poland Poland
1
Romania Romenia
1
Slovakia Slovakia
1
Switzerland Switzerland
1
Total
33

Up to Season 2024 EKA Rozvadov / In case of a tie, it will be sorted alphabetically

References[edit]

  1. ^ BLUFF Europe - "Eureka Poker Tour launched". bluffeurope.com. January 20, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  2. ^ PokerStars BLOG- "EUREKA POKER TOUR TO RETURN FOR SEASON 2". pokerstars.com. January 31, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  3. ^ Multivu - "POKERSTARS ANNOUNCES EPT MONTE-CARLO AND THE RETURN OF REGIONAL TOURS - REGIONAL TOURS RETURN". multivu.com. February 23, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  4. ^ BLUFF Europe - "UK player Keith Johnson wins first ever Eureka Poker Tour event". bluffeurope.com. March 21, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  5. ^ CardPlayer - Murray, Brendan (May 16, 2011). "Spaniard Takes Down Eureka Poker Tour Title, Antonio Dieguez Rodriguez Wins Second PokerStars Event In As Many Months". cardplayer.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  6. ^ CardPlayer - Murray, Brendan (June 27, 2011). "Idan Greenberg Wins Eureka Poker Tour Bulgaria, Israeli Player Tops 308-Strong Field For €55,000 Pay Day". cardplayer.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  7. ^ CardPlayer - Murray, Brendan (August 28, 2011). "Richard Bodis Wins Eureka Poker Tour Croatia, Hungarian Takes Down €47,298 For Beating 254 Opponents In Zagreb". cardplayer.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  8. ^ WEB ARCHIVE - "www.eurekapokertour.com/leaderboard". web.archive.org. September 20, 2011. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ^ CardPlayer - Murray, Brendan (April 15, 2012). "Alija Filipovic Wins Eureka Poker Tour Croatia - Title Stays At Home For First Event Of Season II Tour". cardplayer.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  10. ^ CardPlayer - McAdam, Rebecca (June 11, 2012). "Eureka Poker Tour Bulgaria Title Stays On Home Soil - Petar Zografov Wins Eureka Poker Tour Bulgaria". cardplayer.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  11. ^ CardPlayer - McAdam, Rebecca (October 8, 2012). "Valtteri Merikallio Has Eureka Poker Moment In Latvia - Finn Wins First Eureka Poker Tour Main Event In Riga, Latvia". cardplayer.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  12. ^ CardPlayer - Murray, Brendan (December 10, 2012). "Cypriot Wins Eureka Poker Tour Prague Main Event - Menikos Panagiotou Takes Down €137,100 For Topping 652-Strong Field In Czech Republic". cardplayer.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  13. ^ WEB ARCHIVE - "Eureka Poker Tour Season 2 Leaderboard". web.archive.org. December 13, 2012. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. ^ WEB ARCHIVE - "Eureka Poker Tour Season 2 Leaderboard Prizes". web.archive.org. December 13, 2012. Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. ^ PokerNews - Maldonado, Pamela (March 25, 2013). "Bart Lybaert Wins Eureka Poker Tour Czech Republic Main Event for €115,000". pokernews.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  16. ^ BLUFF Europe - "Bozso Wins EUREKA Croatia". bluffeurope.com. May 30, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  17. ^ PokerStars BLOG - "EUREKA3 BULGARIA: LIRAN MACHLUF WINS EUREKA3 BULGARIA AND €93,000". pokerstars.com. July 28, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  18. ^ PokerNews - Ryan, Rich (December 12, 2013). "PokerStars Qualifier Dmitry Holdeew Wins the Eureka Prague Main Event and €226,400". pokernews.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  19. ^ Gambling 911- "Sergei Popov wins Eureka Season 3 Leaderboard". gambling911.com. December 14, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  20. ^ PokerNews - Holloway, Chad (March 23, 2014). "Hungary's Zoltan Gal Wins Record-Breaking Eureka Vienna Main Event for €208,655". pokernews.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  21. ^ PokerNews - Glatzer, Jason (June 4, 2014). "Slovakia's Martin Meciar Wins Eureka4 Rozvadov Main Event". pokernews.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  22. ^ PokerNews - "Philipp Hartmann Wins 2014 PokerStars King's Cup Rozvadov! (€45,000)". pokernews.com. November 9, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  23. ^ Gambling 911 - "Balazs Botond Wins Eureka 4 Prague Title and €206,948". gambling911.com. December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  24. ^ WEB ARCHIVE - "Eureka Poker Tour Season 4 Leaderboard". web.archive.org. December 24, 2014. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  25. ^ Latest Poker Bonuses - "Raphael Wimmer Victorious in Eureka Rozvadov Main Event". latestpokerbonuses.com. March 2, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  26. ^ Calvin Ayre - Davy, Lee (May 23, 2015). "Tom Holke Wins Eureka5 Hamburg Main Event". calvinayre.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  27. ^ Poker Guru India - "Spain`s Javier Rojas Wins Largest-Ever Eureka Poker Tour Prague Main Event for €311,000, Satchit Kapur Makes Day 2 in EPT Prague Main Event". pokerguru.in. December 12, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  28. ^ Global Poker Index - "EUREKA GOLD SEASON 5 RANKINGS". globalpokerindex.com. February 2, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  29. ^ Global Poker Index - "EUREKA SILVER SEASON 5 RANKINGS". globalpokerindex.com. February 2, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  30. ^ PokerNews - "Ivan Luca Defeats Girlfriend To Win Eureka Poker Tour Rozvadov Main Event for €106,186". pokernews.com. March 8, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  31. ^ PokerFest Romania - "Avishai Shitrit, Winner Of Eureka Bucharest Main Event". pokerfest.ro. May 23, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  32. ^ Casino News Daily - "Dinesh Alt Wins Eureka Season 6 Hamburg €1,100 Main Event". casinonewsdaily.com. October 4, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  33. ^ PokerStars BLOG - "EUREKA6 PRAGUE: HUBERT MATUSZEWSKI WINS NEVER-ENDING EVENT THAT LITERALLY TOOK US TO NEW LEVELS". pokerstars.com. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  34. ^ Global Poker Index - "EUREKA GOLD SEASON 6 RANKINGS". globalpokerindex.com. December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  35. ^ Global Poker Index - "EUREKA SILVER SEASON 6 RANKINGS". globalpokerindex.com. December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  36. ^ PokerNews - Epskamp, Yori (March 10, 2022). "PokerStars Ambassador Alejandro "Papo MC" Lococo Wins EPT Prague €1,100 Eureka Main Event (€417,820)". pokernews.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  37. ^ Gioco News - Antonini, Cesare (May 30, 2022). "Giorgio Montebelli campione all'Eureka Rozvadov su 1.096 entries: 'Mi sento un re!'" (in Italian). gioconews.it. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  38. ^ PokerPlayer Romania - "EUREKA BUCHAREST 2022 ended with the Romanian Sas Gusti in the spotlight!". pokerplayers.ro. August 1, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  39. ^ PokerNews - Connor, Richards (December 22, 2022). "Pieter Theelen Goes from Short Stack to Champ in €1,100 Eureka Main Event (€496,760)". pokernews.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  40. ^ Poker Fuse - Potocki, Zvonimir (March 22, 2023). "PokerStars EUREKA Rozvadov Breaks Records – Schneegass Walks Away Champion". pokerfuse.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  41. ^ PokerNews - Pitt, Matthew (October 5, 2023). "Amir Mozaffarian Becomes the PokerStars Eureka Hamburg 2023 Main Event Champion". pokernews.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  42. ^ PokerNews - Connor, Richards (October 16, 2023). "PHall-Ahuja! Ankit Ahuja Wins Eureka Main Event In Cyprus For $362,365". pokernews.com. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  43. ^ PokerNews - "Alexander Tkatschew Wins Second EPT Championship in Just a Few Short Months". pokernews.com. December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
  44. ^ PokerNews - Grant, Calum (March 19, 2024). "Robert Rohlich Defeats 1,526-Entry Field for Eureka Rozvadov Main Event Glory". pokernews.com. Retrieved March 19, 2024.


Stub icon

This poker-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eureka_Poker_Tour&oldid=1217504561"