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Eureka Poker Tour

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]

Eureka Poker Tour
SportTexas Hold 'em
Founded2011
Country Czech Republic
 Slovenia
 Bulgaria
 Croatia
 Latvia
 Austria
 Germany
 Romania
 Cyprus
Most recent
champion(s)		Czech Republic Robert Röhlich (2024)
Official websitepokerstarslive.com/eureka

History

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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

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Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
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]
  • Eureka Poker Tour - Season 1 - Leaderboard Champion:   Antonio Dieguez Rodriguez, he won entries to all Sunday Million tournaments on PokerStars.com in calendar year 2012[8]

Season 2

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Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
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]
  • Eureka Poker Tour - Season 2 - Leaderboard Champion:   Alija Filipovic, he won one EPT Season 9 Main Event Entry of his choice (€5,300)[13][14]

Season 3

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Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
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]
  • Eureka Poker Tour - Season 3 - Leaderboard Champion:   Sergei Popov,[19] he won one EPT Season 10 Main Event Entry of his choice (€5,300)

Season 4

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Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
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]
  • Eureka Poker Tour - Season 4 - Leaderboard Champion:   Gennady Menshikov,[24] he won one EPT Season 11 Main Event Entry of his choice (€5,300)

Season 5

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Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
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]
  • Eureka Poker Tour - Season 5 - Leaderboard GOLD Champion:   Vladimir Velikov[28]
  • Eureka Poker Tour - Season 5 - Leaderboard SILVER Champion:   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

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Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
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]
  • Eureka Poker Tour - Season 6 - Leaderboard GOLD Champion:   Tobias Peters[34]
  • Eureka Poker Tour - Season 6 - Leaderboard SILVER Champion:   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

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Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
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]

Season 2023

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Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
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]

Season 2024

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Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Schedule
8-18 March 2024   EKA Rozvadov €1,100
Guaranteed Prize Pool €1,000,000
King's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic
1,526
 €1,449,700   Robert Röhlich[44] €243,500 [34]
1-7 July 2024   EKA Hamburg €1,100
Casino Schenefeld, Hamburg, Germany
645
 €584,250   Khossein Kokhestani[45] €110,070 [35]
9-20 October 2024   EPT/EKA Cyprus $1,100
Merit Royal Hotel & Casino, Kyrenia, Cyprus
1,038
 $2,662,850   Leo Worthington-Leese[46] $314,030 [36]
4-15 December 2024   EPT/EKA Prague €1,100
King's Casino, Prague, Czech Republic 		[37][38]

Winners by country

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Place Country Times
1st
   Germany
4
  Hungary
4
3rd
   Austria
3
  Israel
3
5th
   Argentina
2
  England
2
  Spain
2
8th
   Belgium
1
  Bulgary
1
  Croatia
1
  Cyprus
1
  Czech Republic
1
  Finland
1
  India
1
  Italy
1
  Netherlands
1
  Norway
1
  Poland
1
  Romenia
1
  Slovakia
1
  Switzerland
1
  Ukraine
1
Total
35

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

References

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