Sport | Texas Hold 'em |
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Founded | 2011 |
Country | Czech Republic Slovenia Bulgaria Croatia Latvia Austria Germany Romania Cyprus |
Most recent champion(s) | Ankit Ahuja (2023) |
Official website | eurekapokertour.com |
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]
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]
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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17-20 March 2011 | EKA Prague €800 | 329
|
€243,460 | Keith Johnson[4] | €58,400 | [1] |
12-15 May 2011 | EKA Nova Gorica €800 | 211
|
€149,410 | Antonio Dieguez Rodriguez[5] | €40,010 | [2] |
23-26 June 2011 | EKA Varna €800 | 308
|
€224,840 | Idan Greenberg[6] | €55,145 | [3] |
24-27 August 2011 | EKA Zagreb €800 | 259
|
€183,400 | Richard Bodis[7] | €47,298 | [4] |
4-10 December 2011 | EPT/EKA Prague €330 Deepstack | 203
|
€59,073 | Geir Engholm | €13,100 | [5] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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9-14 April 2012 | EKA Croatia €1,100 | 178
|
€172,660 | Alija Filipovic[9] | €42,700 | [6] [7] |
4-10 June 2012 | EKA Bulgaria €1,100 | 246
|
€238,590 | Petar Zografov[10] | €48,745 | [8] |
1-7 October 2012 | EKA Latvia €1,100 | 278
|
€269,660 | Lauri Merikallio[11] | €68,800 | [9] |
5-15 December 2012 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 | 652
|
€632,440 | Menikos Panayiotou[12] | €137,100 | [10] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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18-24 March 2013 | EKA Rozvadov €1,100 € 500,000 Guaranteed |
500
|
€500,000 | Bart Lybaert[15] | €115,000 | [11] |
24-30 May 2013 | EKA Croatia €1,100 | 283
|
€274,510 | Achilles Bozso[16] | €59,100 | [12] |
22-28 July 2013 | EKA Bulgaria €1,100 | 417
|
€404,490 | Liran Machluf[17] | €93,000 | [13] |
8-18 December 2013 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 | 1,315
|
€1,275,550 | Dimitri Holdeew[18] | €226,400 | [14] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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19-29 March 2014 | EPT/EKA Vienna €1,100 | 1,432
|
€1,389,040 | Zoltan Gal[20] | €208,655 | [15] |
26 May-3 June 2014 | EKA Rozvadov €1,100 € 500,000 Guaranteed |
493
|
€500,000 | Martin Meciar[21] | €87,600 | [16] |
6-9 November 2014 | EKA Rozvadov €550 PokerStars King's Cup € 200,000 Guaranteed |
551
|
€267,235 | Philipp Hartmann[22] | €45,000 | [17] |
7-17 December 2014 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 | 1,738
|
€1,685,860 | Balazs Botond[23] | €206,948 | [18] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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21 February-1 March 2015 | EKA Rozvadov €1,100 | 664
|
€644,080 | Raphael Wimmer[25] | €99,685 | [19] |
22-31 May 2015 | EKA Hamburg €1,100 | 581
|
€563,570 | Tom Holke[26] | €107,920 | [20] |
5-16 December 2015 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 | 1,893
|
€1,836,210 | Javier Rojas Mederos[27] | €311,000 | [21] |
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.
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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2-8 March 2016 | EKA Rozvadov €1,100 € 500,000 Guaranteed |
682
|
€661,540 | Ivan Luca[30] | €106,186 | [22] |
16-22 May 2016 | EKA Bucharest €1,100 | 579
|
€561,630 | Avishai Shitrit[31] | €107,350 | [23] |
23 September-3 October 2016 | EKA Hamburg €1,100 | 367
|
€355,990 | Dinesh Alt[32] | €69,120 | [24] |
8-19 December 2016 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 | 2,031
|
€1,970,070 | Hubert Matuszewski[33] | €193,298 | [25] |
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.
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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5-16 March 2022 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 | 3,155
|
€3,028,800 | Alejandro Lococo[36] | €417,820 | [26] |
20-29 May 2022 | EKA Rozvadov €1,100 € 1,000,000 Guaranteed |
1,096
|
€1,041,200 | Giorgio Montebelli[37] | €146,126 | [27] |
25-31 July 2022 | EKA Bucharest €1,100 | 407
|
€390,720 | Adrian Gusti Sas[38] | €77,430 | [28] |
7-18 December 2022 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 | 4,017
|
€3,856,320 | Pieter Theelen[39] | €496,760 | [29] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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13-20 March 2023 | EKA Rozvadov €1,100 € 1,000,000 Guaranteed |
1,866
|
€1,772,700 | Jörg Schneegass[40] | €187,335 | [30] |
26 September-3 October 2023 | EKA Hamburg €1,100 | 703
|
€667,850 | Amir Mozaffarian[41] | €123,780 | [31] |
11-22 October 2023 | EPT/EKA Cyprus S1,100 | 2,659
|
$2,552,640 | Ankit Ahuja[42] | $362,365 | [32] |
6-17 December 2023 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 | 4,403
|
€4,226,880 | Alexander Tkatschew[43] | €511,710 | [33] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Schedulle |
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8-18 March 2024 | EKA Rozvadov S1,100 Guaranteed Prize Pool €1,000,000 King's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic |
1,526
|
€1,449,700 | Robert Röhlich[44] | €243,500 | [34] |
9-20 October 2024 | EPT/EKA Cyprus S1,100 Merit Royal Hotel & Casino, Kyrenia, Cyprus |
[35][36] | ||||
4-15 December 2024 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 King's Casino, Prague, Czech Republic |
[37][38] |
More venues on 2024 to be announced
Up to Season 2024 EKA Rozvadov / In case of a tie, it will be sorted alphabetically