European Poker Tour
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Poker tournament in Europe
| Sport | Texas Hold 'em |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 by John Duthie |
| CEO | 2004-2012 John Duthie 2012-2017 Edgar Stuchly[1] 2017-2018 David Carrion 2018-now Cédric Billot |
| Continent | Europe |
| Most recent champion(s) | Portugal Pedro Marques EPT Prague (Dec/2024) |
| Most titles | United Kingdom Victoria Coren (2) Belarus Mikalai Pobal (2) Canada Mike Watson (2) Sweden Anton "WhatIfGod" Bergstrom (2) |
| TV partner(s) | Sunset + Vine [2] |
| Official website | europeanpokertour.com
Flutter Entertainment plc www |
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[3] ). 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 [4] 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
[edit ]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ドル. 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.[5]
2017 rebranding
[edit ]In 2017, the series was discontinued and rebranded as the PokerStars Championship. However, this only lasted one year and the EPT returned in 2018.[6]
2020 EPT Online
[edit ]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ドル Main Event, four 10,300ドル High Roller events, and a 25,000ドル Super High Roller. The Main Event, which had a 5ドル million guaranteed prize pool, attracted 1,304 entries. The final prize pool came to 6ドル.52 million, of which 1,019,082ドル went to the eventual winner "WhatIfGod", with Timothy Adams finishing as runner-up.[7]
EPT Main Event winners
[edit ]
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ドル |
| 9–10 October 2004 | United Kingdom EPT London | United Kingdom John Shipley | 200,000ドル | |
| 23–24 October 2004 | Republic of Ireland EPT Dublin | United Kingdom Ram Vaswani | 93,000ドル | |
| 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ドル | |
| 10–11 March 2005 | Austria EPT Vienna | France Pascal Perrault | 184,500ドル | |
| 15–19 March 2005 | Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | Netherlands Rob Hollink | 635,000ドル | |
| 2 | 16–17 September 2005 | Spain EPT Barcelona Open | France Jan Boubli | 426,000ドル |
| 30 September–2 October 2005 | United Kingdom EPT London | United Kingdom Mark Teltscher | 280,000ドル | |
| 4–6 October 2005 | Austria EPT Baden Classic | Finland Patrik Antonius | 288,180ドル | |
| 29–30 October 2005 | Republic of Ireland EPT Dublin | Sweden Mats Gavatin | 317,000ドル | |
| 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ドル | |
| 7–11 March 2006 | Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | United States Jeff Williams | 900,000ドル | |
| 3 | 13–16 September 2006 | Spain EPT Barcelona Open | Norway Bjørn-Erik Glenne | 691,000ドル |
| 21–24 September 2006 | United Kingdom EPT London | United Kingdom Victoria Coren | 500,000ドル | |
| 7–10 October 2006 | Austria EPT Baden Classic | Germany Duc Thang Nguyen | 487,397ドル | |
| 16–29 October 2006 | Republic of Ireland EPT Dublin | United Kingdom Roland De Wolfe | 554,300ドル | |
| 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ドル | |
| 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ドル | |
| 4 | 28 August–1 September 2007 | Spain EPT Barcelona Open | Denmark Sander Lylloff | 1,170,700ドル |
| 25–29 September 2007 | United Kingdom EPT London | Lebanon Joseph Mouawad | 611,520ドル | |
| 7–10 October 2007 | Austria EPT Baden Classic | United Kingdom Julian Thew | 670,800ドル | |
| 30 October–3 November 2007 | Republic of Ireland EPT Dublin | United States Reuben Peters | 532,620ドル | |
| 10–14 December 2007 | Czech Republic EPT Prague | France Arnaud Mattern | 708,400ドル | |
| 5–10 January 2008 | The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island | France Bertrand Grospellier | 2,000,000ドル | |
| 29 January–2 February 2008 | Germany EPT German Open, Dortmund | Canada Mike McDonald | 933,600ドル | |
| 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ドル | |
| 12–17 April 2008 | Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | Canada Glen Chorny | 2,020,000ドル | |
| 5 | 10–14 September 2008 | Spain EPT Barcelona Open | Germany Sebastian Ruthenberg | 1,361,000ドル |
| 1–5 October 2008 | United Kingdom EPT London | United States Michael Martin | 1,000,000ドル | |
| 28 October–1 November 2008 | Hungary EPT Hungarian Open, Budapest | United Kingdom Will Fry | 595,840ドル | |
| 15–19 November 2008 | Poland EPT Warsaw Open | Portugal João Barbosa | 367,140ドル | |
| 9–13 December 2008 | Czech Republic EPT Prague | Italy Salvatore Bonavena | 774,000ドル | |
| 5–10 January 2009 | The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island | Canada Poorya Nazari | 3,000,000ドル | |
| 20–24 January 2009 | France EPT French Open, Deauville | Germany Moritz Kranich | 851,400ドル | |
| 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ドル | |
| 18–23 April 2009 | Italy EPT Sanremo | Netherlands Constant Rijkenberg | 1,508,000ドル | |
| 28 April–3 May 2009 | Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | Netherlands Pieter de Korver | 2,300,000ドル | |
| 6 | 18–23 August 2009 | Ukraine EPT Kyiv | Russia Maxim Lykov | 330,000ドル |
| 4–9 September 2009 | Spain EPT Barcelona | United States Carter Phillips | 850,000ドル | |
| 2–7 October 2009 | United Kingdom EPT London | United States Aaron Gustavson | 850,000ドル | |
| 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ドル | |
| 1–6 December 2009 | Czech Republic EPT Prague | Czech Republic Jan Skampa | 682,000ドル | |
| 5–11 January 2010 | The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island | United States Harrison Gimbel | 2,200,000ドル | |
| 20–25 January 2010 | France EPT Deauville | United Kingdom Jake Cody | 847,000ドル | |
| 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ドル | |
| 21–26 March 2010 | Austria EPT Snowfest, Salzburg | Denmark Allan Bække | 445,000ドル | |
| 15–21 April 2010 | Italy EPT Sanremo | United Kingdom Liv Boeree | 1,250,000ドル | |
| 25–30 April 2010 | Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | Lebanon Nicolas Chouity | 1,700,000ドル | |
| 7 | 11–16 August 2010 | Estonia EPT Tallinn | Norway Kevin Stani | 400,000ドル |
| 28 August–2 September 2010 | Portugal EPT Vilamoura | United Kingdom Toby Lewis | 467,836ドル | |
| 29 September–4 October 2010 | United Kingdom EPT London | United Kingdom David Vamplew | 900,000ドル | |
| 26–31 October 2010 | Austria EPT Vienna | Germany Michael Eiler | 700,000ドル | |
| 22–27 November 2010 | Spain EPT Barcelona | Sweden Kent Lundmark | 825,000ドル | |
| 13–18 December 2010 | Czech Republic EPT Prague | United Kingdom Roberto Romanello | 640,000ドル | |
| 8–15 January 2011 | The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island | United States Galen Hall | 2,300,000ドル | |
| 25–31 January 2011 | France EPT Deauville | France Lucien Cohen | 880,000ドル | |
| 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ドル | |
| 5–10 April 2011 | Germany EPT Berlin | Canada Ben Wilinofsky | 825,000ドル | |
| 27 April–3 May 2011 | Italy EPT Sanremo | United Kingdom Rupert Elder | 930,000ドル | |
| 7–12 May 2011 | Spain EPT Grand Final, Madrid | Venezuela Ivan Freitez | 1,500,000ドル | |
| 8 | 2–7 August 2011 | Estonia EPT Tallinn | Switzerland Ronny Kaiser | 275,000ドル |
| 27 August–1 September 2011 | Spain EPT Barcelona | Germany Martin Schleich | 850,000ドル | |
| 20 September–6 October 2011 | United Kingdom EPT London | Germany Benny Spindler | 750,000ドル | |
| 21–27 October 2011 | Italy EPT Sanremo | Russia Andrey Pateychuk | 680,000ドル | |
| 15–20 November 2011 | Greece EPT Loutraki | United Kingdom Zimnan Ziyard | 347,000ドル | |
| 5–10 December 2011 | Czech Republic EPT Prague | Germany Martin Finger | 720,000ドル | |
| 7–13 January 2012 | The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island | United States John Dibella | 1,775,000ドル | |
| 31 January–6 February 2012 | France EPT Deauville | Belarus Vadim Kursevich | 875,000ドル | |
| 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ドル | |
| 26–31 March 2012 | Italy EPT Campione | Denmark Jannick Wrang | 640,000ドル | |
| 16–21 April 2012 | Germany EPT Berlin | Belgium Davidi Kitai | 712,000ドル | |
| 25–30 April 2012 | Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | United States Mohsin Charania | 1,350,000ドル | |
| 9 | 15–25 August 2012 | Spain EPT Barcelona | Belarus Mikalai Pobal | 1,007,550ドル |
| 5–11 October 2012 | Italy EPT Sanremo | France Ludovic Lacay | 744,910ドル | |
| 9–15 December 2012 | Czech Republic EPT Prague | Sweden Ramzi Jelassi | 835,000ドル | |
| 7–13 January 2013 | The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island | Bulgaria Dimitar Danchev | 1,859,000ドル | |
| 3–9 February 2013 | France EPT Deauville | France Remi Castaignon | 770,000ドル | |
| 10–16 March 2013 | United Kingdom EPT London | Netherlands Ruben Visser | 595,000ドル | |
| 21–27 April 2013 | Germany EPT Berlin | Germany Daniel Pidun | 880,000ドル | |
| 6–12 May 2013 | Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | United States Steve O'Dwyer | 1,224,000ドル | |
| 10 | 26 August–7 September 2013 | Spain EPT Barcelona | United Kingdom Tom Middleton | 924,000ドル |
| 2–12 October 2013 | United Kingdom EPT London | Sweden Robin Ylitalo | 560,980ドル | |
| 12–18 December 2013 | Czech Republic EPT Prague | Germany Julian Track | 725,700ドル | |
| 7–13 January 2014 | The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island | Poland Dominik Pańka | 1,423,096ドル | |
| 26 January–1 February 2014 | France EPT Deauville | Greece Sotirios Koutoupas | 614,000ドル | |
| 23–29 March 2014 | Austria EPT Vienna | Ukraine Oleksii Khoroshenin | 578,392ドル | |
| 14–20 April 2014 | Italy EPT Sanremo | United Kingdom Victoria Coren (2) | 476,100ドル | |
| 26 April–2 May 2014 | Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | Italy Antonio Buonanno | 1,240,000ドル | |
| 11 | 16–27 August 2014 | Spain EPT Barcelona | Germany Andre Lettau | 794,058ドル |
| 8–18 October 2014 | United Kingdom EPT London | Germany Sebastian Pauli | 499,700ドル | |
| 7–17 December 2014 | Czech Republic EPT Prague | United States Stephen Graner | 969,000ドル | |
| 8–14 January 2015 | The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island | United States Kevin Schulz | 1,491,580ドル | |
| 27 January–7 February 2015 | France EPT Deauville | Bulgaria Ognyan Dimov | 543,700ドル | |
| 17–28 March 2015 | Malta EPT Malta, St. Julian's, Portomaso | France Jean Montury | 687,400ドル | |
| 28 April–8 May 2015 | Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | Spain Adrián Mateos | 1,082,000ドル | |
| 12 | 18–30 August 2015 | Spain EPT Barcelona | Indonesia John Juanda | 1,022,593ドル |
| 20–31 October 2015 | Malta EPT Malta, Portomaso | United Kingdom Niall Farrell | 534,330ドル | |
| 5–16 December 2015 | Czech Republic EPT Prague | Iran Hossein Ensan | 754,510ドル | |
| 6–14 January 2016 | The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island | Canada Mike Watson | 728,325ドル | |
| 9–20 February 2016 | Republic of Ireland EPT Dublin | Poland Dzmitry Urbanovich | 561,900ドル | |
| 26 April–6 May 2016 | Monaco EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | Slovakia Jan Bendik | 961,800ドル | |
| 13 | 16–28 August 2016 | Spain EPT Barcelona | Poland Sebastian Malec | 1,122,800ドル |
| 18–29 October 2016 | Malta EPT Malta, Portomaso | Belarus Aliaksei Boika | 355,700ドル | |
| 8–19 December 2016 | Czech Republic EPT Prague | Netherlands Jasper Meijer van Putten | 699,300ドル | |
| PSC | 6–14 January 2017 | The Bahamas PSC Bahamas | United States Christian Harder | 429,664ドル |
| 14–20 March 2017 | Panama PSC Panama | United States Kenneth Smaron | 293,860ドル | |
| 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ドル | |
| 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ドル | |
| 12–18 December 2017 | Czech Republic PSC Prague | France Kalidou Sow | 675,000ドル | |
| 2018 | 6–14 January 2018 | The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island | Argentina Maria Lampropulos | 1,081,100ドル |
| 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ドル | |
| 27 August–2 September 2018 | Spain EPT Barcelona | Poland Piotr Nurzynski | 1,037,109ドル | |
| 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ドル | |
| 2019 | 5–16 January 2019 | The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island | United States David Rheem | 1,567,100ドル |
| 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ドル | |
| 26 June–2 July 2019 | Spain EPT Open Madrid | Poland Jakub Grzegorzek | 176,357ドル | |
| 20 August–1 September 2019 | Spain EPT Barcelona | Sweden Simon Brändström | 1,290,166ドル | |
| 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ドル | |
| 2020 2021 |
6–11 October 2020 | Russia EPT Sochi | Russia Ruslan Bogdanov | ₽15,984,500 |
| 8–15 November 2020 | PokerStars EPT Online I | Sweden Anton "WhatIfGod" Bergstrom |
1,019,082ドル | |
| 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 Anton "WhatIfGod" Bergstrom (2) |
363ドル.640 | |
| 2022 | 5–16 March 2022 | Czech Republic EPT Prague | Poland Grzegorz Główny | 692,252ドル |
| 28 April–7 May 2022 | Monaco EPT Monte Carlo | Brazil Marcelo Simões | 939,840ドル | |
| 8–21 August 2022 | Spain EPT Barcelona | Italy Giuliano Bendinelli | 1,491,133ドル | |
| 18–28 October 2022 | United Kingdom EPT London | United Kingdom Ian Hamilton | 664,400ドル | |
| 7–18 December 2022 | Czech Republic EPT Prague | Canada Jordan Saccucci | 913,250ドル | |
| 2023 | 23–29 January 2023 | The Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, New Providence | Portugal Michel Dattani | 1,316,963ドル |
| 15–26 February 2023 | France EPT Paris | Romania Razvan Belea | 1,170,000ドル | |
| 26 April–6 May 2023 | Monaco EPT Monte Carlo | Canada Mike Watson (2) | 749,425ドル | |
| 21 August–3 September 2023 | Spain EPT Barcelona | France Simon Wiciak | 1,134,375ドル | |
| 11–22 October 2023 | Cyprus EPT Cyprus | Netherlands Gilles Simon | 1,042,000ドル | |
| 4–15 December 2023 | Czech Republic EPT Prague | Republic of Ireland Padraig O'Neill | 1,030,000ドル | |
| 2024 | 14–25 February 2024 | France EPT Paris | United Kingdom Barny Boatman | 1,287,800ドル |
| 24 April–4 May 2024 | Monaco EPT Monte Carlo | Netherlands Derk Van Luijk | 1,000,000ドル | |
| 26 August–8 September 2024 | Spain EPT Barcelona | United States Stephen Song | 1,290,386ドル | |
| 9–20 October 2024 | Cyprus EPT Cyprus | Germany Oliver Weis | 1,030,000ドル | |
| 4–15 December 2024 | Czech Republic EPT Prague | Portugal Pedro Marques | 963,450ドル | |
| 2025 | 30 April–10 May 2025 | Monaco EPT Monte Carlo | ||
| 18-31 August 2025 | Spain EPT Barcelona | |||
| 1-12 October 2025 | Malta EPT Malta | |||
| 13-14 December 2025 | Czech Republic EPT Prague |
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