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European Poker Tour

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European Poker Tour
SportTexas Hold 'em
Founded2004 by John Duthie
CEO2004-2012 John Duthie
2012-2017 Edgar Stuchly[1]
2017-2018 David Carrion
2018-now Cédric Billot
ContinentEurope
Most titlesUnited Kingdom Victoria Coren (2)
Belarus Mikalai Pobal (2)
Canada Mike Watson (2)
TV partner(s)Sunset + Vine
Official websiteeuropeanpokertour.com The Rational Group www.rationalgroup.com
Old logo used prior to 2018
Old logo used from 2018 to 2021

The European Poker Tour (EPT) is a series of poker tournaments created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. It began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold 'em popularity. Since 2011 the EPT has been sponsored and wholly owned and controlled by PokerStars the online casino and taped by Sunset + Vine for television broadcast across Europe. By season 4 the buy-in for most EPT events was increased to 8,000 (due to increased popularity and lack of space in participating casinos[2]). At 2007 exchange rates, this is approximately equal to the US$10,000 which is the buy-in for most major poker events.

This single move made the EPT the largest poker tour in the world, eclipsing its nearest rivals significantly. The WSOP was larger, but was only run in Las Vegas.

The final table like most other major poker events is made up of 8 players.

For the first couple of seasons, John Duthie commentated for the show alongside Colin Murray. Since the middle of Season 3, James Hartigan has been the lead commentator, with professional players Greg Raymer, Daniel Negreanu and Victoria Coren Mitchell providing analysis. Hartigan also presents the live webcast[3] from each event. The TV show was first hosted by Caroline Flack, then joined by Natalie Pinkham. Seasons 4 and 5 were hosted by Kara Scott, while Seasons 6 and 7 were fronted by Michelle Orpe. Since Season 8, there have been four different presenters with Kristy Arnett, Sarah Grant, Laura Cornelius and Lynn Gilmartin, with commentators James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton presenting the TV shows.

2010 EPT Berlin robbery

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On 6 March 2010 four masked men, armed with knives and at least one hand gun robbed the EPT event in Berlin. According to the police, the robbers got away with €242,000. No one was seriously injured, only one guard got a minor cut while trying to detain one of the robbers. The panic which gripped the crowd was briefly captured on the live webcast before the camera cut away. The attackers were caught several days after the robbery and later convicted and sentenced to three years in prison.[4]

2017 rebranding

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In 2017, the series was discontinued and rebranded as the PokerStars Championship. However, this only lasted one year and the EPT returned in 2018.[5]

2020 EPT Online

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In 2020, three scheduled stops on the EPT (in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Prague) were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic – a fourth event (in Sochi) continued as planned.

An inaugural EPT Online series took place on sponsor site PokerStars instead, running from 8–18 November 2020. The series comprised 20 tournaments, including a $5,200 Main Event, four $10,300 High Roller events, and a $25,000 Super High Roller. The Main Event, which had a $5 million guaranteed prize pool, attracted 1,304 entries. The final prize pool came to $6.52 million, of which $1,019,082 went to the eventual winner "WhatIfGod", with Timothy Adams finishing as runner-up.[6]

EPT Main Event winners

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PokerStars Championship (PSC) Main Event winner (2017).
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event winner.
Winner of poker's Triple Crown.
Season Date Event and location Main Event winner Prize
1 18–19 September 2004 Spain EPT Barcelona Open Sweden Alexander Stevic €80,000
9–10 October 2004 United Kingdom EPT London United Kingdom John Shipley £200,000
23–24 October 2004 Republic of Ireland EPT Dublin United Kingdom Ram Vaswani €93,000
29–30 January 2005 Denmark EPT Scandinavian Open, Copenhagen Netherlands Noah Boeken DKr1,098,340
15–19 February 2005 France EPT French Open, Deauville United States Brandon Schaefer €144,000
10–11 March 2005 Austria EPT Vienna France Pascal Perrault €184,500
15–19 March 2005 Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Netherlands Rob Hollink €635,000
2 16–17 September 2005 Spain EPT Barcelona Open France Jan Boubli €426,000
30 September–2 October 2005 United Kingdom EPT London United Kingdom Mark Teltscher €280,000
4–6 October 2005 Austria EPT Baden Classic Finland Patrik Antonius €288,180
29–30 October 2005 Republic of Ireland EPT Dublin Sweden Mats Gavatin €317,000
19–22 January 2006 Denmark EPT Scandinavian Open, Copenhagen Denmark Mads Andersen DKr2,548,040
8–11 February 2006 France EPT French Open, Deauville Sweden Mats Iremark €480,000
7–11 March 2006 Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo United States Jeff Williams €900,000
3 13–16 September 2006 Spain EPT Barcelona Open Norway Bjørn-Erik Glenne €691,000
21–24 September 2006 United Kingdom EPT London United Kingdom Victoria Coren £500,000
7–10 October 2006 Austria EPT Baden Classic Germany Duc Thang Nguyen €487,397
16–29 October 2006 Republic of Ireland EPT Dublin United Kingdom Roland De Wolfe €554,300
17–20 January 2007 Denmark EPT Scandinavian Open, Copenhagen Sweden Magnus Petersson DKr4,078,080
8–11 March 2007 Germany EPT German Open, Dortmund Norway Andreas Høivold €672,000
14–17 March 2007 Poland EPT Warsaw Open Denmark Peter Jepsen zł1,226,711
28 March–2 April 2007 Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo United States Gavin Griffin €1,825,010
4 28 August–1 September 2007 Spain EPT Barcelona Open Denmark Sander Lylloff €1,170,700
25–29 September 2007 United Kingdom EPT London Lebanon Joseph Mouawad £611,520
7–10 October 2007 Austria EPT Baden Classic United Kingdom Julian Thew €670,800
30 October–3 November 2007 Republic of Ireland EPT Dublin United States Reuben Peters €532,620
10–14 December 2007 Czech Republic EPT Prague France Arnaud Mattern €708,400
5–10 January 2008 The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island France Bertrand Grospellier $2,000,000
29 January–2 February 2008 Germany EPT German Open, Dortmund Canada Mike McDonald €933,600
19–23 February 2008 Denmark EPT Scandinavian Open, Copenhagen United States Tim Vance DKr6,220,488
11–15 March 2008 Poland EPT Warsaw Open Germany Michael Schulze zł2,153,999
1–5 April 2008 Italy EPT Sanremo United States Jason Mercier €869,000
12–17 April 2008 Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Canada Glen Chorny €2,020,000
5 10–14 September 2008 Spain EPT Barcelona Open Germany Sebastian Ruthenberg €1,361,000
1–5 October 2008 United Kingdom EPT London United States Michael Martin £1,000,000
28 October–1 November 2008 Hungary EPT Hungarian Open, Budapest United Kingdom Will Fry €595,840
15–19 November 2008 Poland EPT Warsaw Open Portugal João Barbosa €367,140
9–13 December 2008 Czech Republic EPT Prague Italy Salvatore Bonavena €774,000
5–10 January 2009 The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island Canada Poorya Nazari $3,000,000
20–24 January 2009 France EPT French Open, Deauville Germany Moritz Kranich €851,400
17–21 February 2009 Denmark EPT Scandinavian Open, Copenhagen Finland Jens Kyllönen DKr6,542,208
10–14 March 2009 Germany EPT German Open, Dortmund Germany Sandra Naujoks €917,000
18–23 April 2009 Italy EPT Sanremo Netherlands Constant Rijkenberg €1,508,000
28 April–3 May 2009 Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Netherlands Pieter de Korver €2,300,000
6 18–23 August 2009 Ukraine EPT Kyiv Russia Maxim Lykov €330,000
4–9 September 2009 Spain EPT Barcelona United States Carter Phillips €850,000
2–7 October 2009 United Kingdom EPT London United States Aaron Gustavson £850,000
20–25 October 2009 Poland EPT Warsaw France Christophe Benzimra zł1,493,170
17–22 November 2009 Portugal EPT Vilamoura Portugal António Matias €404,793
1–6 December 2009 Czech Republic EPT Prague Czech Republic Jan Skampa €682,000
5–11 January 2010 The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island United States Harrison Gimbel $2,200,000
20–25 January 2010 France EPT Deauville United Kingdom Jake Cody €847,000
16–21 February 2010 Denmark EPT Copenhagen Sweden Anton Wigg DKr3,675,000
2–7 March 2010 Germany EPT Berlin United States Kevin MacPhee €1,000,000
21–26 March 2010 Austria EPT Snowfest, Salzburg Denmark Allan Bække €445,000
15–21 April 2010 Italy EPT Sanremo United Kingdom Liv Boeree €1,250,000
25–30 April 2010 Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Lebanon Nicolas Chouity €1,700,000
7 11–16 August 2010 Estonia EPT Tallinn Norway Kevin Stani €400,000
28 August–2 September 2010 Portugal EPT Vilamoura United Kingdom Toby Lewis €467,836
29 September–4 October 2010 United Kingdom EPT London United Kingdom David Vamplew £900,000
26–31 October 2010 Austria EPT Vienna Germany Michael Eiler €700,000
22–27 November 2010 Spain EPT Barcelona Sweden Kent Lundmark €825,000
13–18 December 2010 Czech Republic EPT Prague United Kingdom Roberto Romanello €640,000
8–15 January 2011 The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island United States Galen Hall $2,300,000
25–31 January 2011 France EPT Deauville France Lucien Cohen €880,000
21–26 February 2011 Denmark EPT Copenhagen Sweden Michael Tureniec DKr3,700,000
20–25 March 2011 Austria EPT Snowfest, Salzburg Russia Vladimir Geshkenbein €390,000
5–10 April 2011 Germany EPT Berlin Canada Ben Wilinofsky €825,000
27 April–3 May 2011 Italy EPT Sanremo United Kingdom Rupert Elder €930,000
7–12 May 2011 Spain EPT Grand Final, Madrid Venezuela Ivan Freitez €1,500,000
8 2–7 August 2011 Estonia EPT Tallinn Switzerland Ronny Kaiser €275,000
27 August–1 September 2011 Spain EPT Barcelona Germany Martin Schleich €850,000
20 September–6 October 2011 United Kingdom EPT London Germany Benny Spindler £750,000
21–27 October 2011 Italy EPT Sanremo Russia Andrey Pateychuk €680,000
15–20 November 2011 Greece EPT Loutraki United Kingdom Zimnan Ziyard €347,000
5–10 December 2011 Czech Republic EPT Prague Germany Martin Finger €720,000
7–13 January 2012 The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island United States John Dibella $1,775,000
31 January–6 February 2012 France EPT Deauville Belarus Vadim Kursevich €875,000
20–25 February 2012 Denmark EPT Copenhagen Denmark Mickey Petersen DKr2,515,000
12–17 March 2012 Spain EPT Madrid Denmark Frederik Jensen €495,000
26–31 March 2012 Italy EPT Campione Denmark Jannick Wrang €640,000
16–21 April 2012 Germany EPT Berlin Belgium Davidi Kitai €712,000
25–30 April 2012 Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo United States Mohsin Charania €1,350,000
9 15–25 August 2012 Spain EPT Barcelona Belarus Mikalai Pobal €1,007,550
5–11 October 2012 Italy EPT Sanremo France Ludovic Lacay €744,910
9–15 December 2012 Czech Republic EPT Prague Sweden Ramzi Jelassi €835,000
7–13 January 2013 The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island Bulgaria Dimitar Danchev $1,859,000
3–9 February 2013 France EPT Deauville France Remi Castaignon €770,000
10–16 March 2013 United Kingdom EPT London Netherlands Ruben Visser £595,000
21–27 April 2013 Germany EPT Berlin Germany Daniel Pidun €880,000
6–12 May 2013 Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo United States Steve O'Dwyer €1,224,000
10 26 August–7 September 2013 Spain EPT Barcelona United Kingdom Tom Middleton €924,000
2–12 October 2013 United Kingdom EPT London Sweden Robin Ylitalo £560,980
12–18 December 2013 Czech Republic EPT Prague Germany Julian Track €725,700
7–13 January 2014 The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island Poland Dominik Pańka $1,423,096
26 January–1 February 2014 France EPT Deauville Greece Sotirios Koutoupas €614,000
23–29 March 2014 Austria EPT Vienna Ukraine Oleksii Khoroshenin €578,392
14–20 April 2014 Italy EPT Sanremo United Kingdom Victoria Coren (2) €476,100
26 April–2 May 2014 Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Italy Antonio Buonanno €1,240,000
11 16–27 August 2014 Spain EPT Barcelona Germany Andre Lettau €794,058
8–18 October 2014 United Kingdom EPT London Germany Sebastian Pauli £499,700
7–17 December 2014 Czech Republic EPT Prague United States Stephen Graner €969,000
8–14 January 2015 The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island United States Kevin Schulz $1,491,580
27 January–7 February 2015 France EPT Deauville Bulgaria Ognyan Dimov €543,700
17–28 March 2015 Malta EPT Malta, St. Julian's, Portomaso France Jean Montury €687,400
28 April–8 May 2015 Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Spain Adrián Mateos €1,082,000
12 18–30 August 2015 Spain EPT Barcelona Indonesia John Juanda €1,022,593
20–31 October 2015 Malta EPT Malta, Portomaso United Kingdom Niall Farrell €534,330
5–16 December 2015 Czech Republic EPT Prague Iran Hossein Ensan €754,510
6–14 January 2016 The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island Canada Mike Watson $728,325
9–20 February 2016 Republic of Ireland EPT Dublin Poland Dzmitry Urbanovich €561,900
26 April–6 May 2016 Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Slovakia Jan Bendik €961,800
13 16–28 August 2016 Spain EPT Barcelona Poland Sebastian Malec €1,122,800
18–29 October 2016 Malta EPT Malta, Portomaso Belarus Aliaksei Boika €355,700
8–19 December 2016 Czech Republic EPT Prague Netherlands Jasper Meijer van Putten €699,300
PSC 6–14 January 2017 The Bahamas PSC Bahamas United States Christian Harder $429,664
14–20 March 2017 Panama PSC Panama United States Kenneth Smaron $293,860
1–9 April 2017 Macau PSC Macau Canada Elliot Smith HKD2,877,500
29 April–5 May 2017 Monaco PSC Monte Carlo Italy Raffaele Sorrentino €466,714
25–31 May 2017 Russia PSC Sochi Russia Pavel Shirshikov ₽29,100,000
21–27 August 2017 Spain PSC Barcelona Sweden Sebastian Sorensson €987,043
12–18 December 2017 Czech Republic PSC Prague France Kalidou Sow €675,000
2018 6–14 January 2018 The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island Argentina Maria Lampropulos $1,081,100
23–29 March 2018 Russia EPT Sochi Russia Arsenii Karmatckii ₽27,300,000
28 April–4 May 2018 Monaco EPT Monte Carlo France Nicolas Dumont €712,000
27 August–2 September 2018 Spain EPT Barcelona Poland Piotr Nurzynski €1,037,109
22–29 September 2018 Russia EPT Open Sochi Kazakhstan Wjatscheslaw Bondarzew ₽12,063,300
11–18 December 2018 Czech Republic EPT Prague Germany Paul Michaelis €840,000
2019 5–16 January 2019 The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island United States David Rheem $1,567,100
24–29 March 2019 Russia EPT Sochi Israel Uri Gilboa ₽27,475,000
25 April–4 May 2019 Monaco PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Germany Manig Löser €603,777
26 June–2 July 2019 Spain EPT Open Madrid Poland Jakub Grzegorzek €176,357
20 August–1 September 2019 Spain EPT Barcelona Sweden Simon Brändström €1,290,166
9–13 October 2019 Russia EPT Open Sochi China Yi Ye ₽19,306,000
11–17 December 2019 Czech Republic EPT Prague Belarus Mikalai Pobal (2) €1,005,600
2020
2021
6–11 October 2020 Russia EPT Sochi Russia Ruslan Bogdanov ₽15,984,500
8–15 November 2020 PokerStars EPT Online I Sweden "WhatIfGod" $1,019,082
23–30 March 2021 Russia EPT Sochi Russia Artur Martirosian ₽24,633,000
2–11 October 2021 Russia EPT Open Sochi Russia Evgeniy Starinkov ₽16,029,300
8–19 December 2021 PokerStars EPT Online II Sweden "WhatIfGod" (2) $363.640
2022 5–16 March 2022 Czech Republic EPT Prague Poland Grzegorz Główny €692,252
28 April–7 May 2022 Monaco EPT Monte Carlo Brazil Marcelo Simões €939,840
8–21 August 2022 Spain EPT Barcelona Italy Giuliano Bendinelli €1,491,133
18–28 October 2022 United Kingdom EPT London United Kingdom Ian Hamilton £664,400
7–18 December 2022 Czech Republic EPT Prague Canada Jordan Saccucci €913,250
2023 23–29 January 2023 The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, New Providence Portugal Michel Dattani $1,316,963
15–26 February 2023 France EPT Paris Romania Razvan Belea €1,170,000
26 April–6 May 2023 Monaco EPT Monte Carlo Canada Mike Watson (2) €749,425
21 August–3 September 2023 Spain EPT Barcelona France Simon Wiciak €1,134,375
11–22 October 2023 Cyprus EPT Cyprus Netherlands Gilles Simon $1,042,000
4–15 December 2023 Czech Republic EPT Prague Republic of Ireland Padraig O'Neill €1,030,000
2024 14–25 February 2024 France EPT Paris United Kingdom Barny Boatman €1,287,800
24 April–4 May 2024 Monaco EPT Monte Carlo Netherlands Derk Van Luijk €1,000,000
26 August–8 September 2024 Spain EPT Barcelona United States Stephen Song €1,290,386
9–20 October 2024 Cyprus EPT Cyprus Germany Oliver Weis $1,030,000
4–15 December 2024 Czech Republic EPT Prague

References

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  1. ^ "Edgar Stuchly Out as President of PokerStars Live". www.pokernewsdaily.com.
  2. ^ EPT Retro: A look back at Season 4 - PokerStars.com
  3. ^ "PokerStars - YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  4. ^ "Breaking News: Armed Robbery Suspends Play at EPT Berlin (Video Update)". www.pokernews.com.
  5. ^ PokerNews. European Poker Tour Brand to Return in 2018
  6. ^ PokerStars. PokerStars Blog. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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