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).BLUFF Europe -
History 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.PokerStars BLOG-
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).Multivu -
Discontinued: In 2024, PokerStars announced the new PokerStars Open that replaces the following tours: EKA (Eureka Poker Tour), UKIPT (UK and Ireland Poker Tour), FPS (France Poker Series) and ESPT (Estrellas Poker Tour), starting in March 2025.PokerNews –
Season 1 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 17–20 March 2011 EKA Prague €800 €243,460 Keith JohnsonBLUFF Europe - €58,400 12–15 May 2011 EKA Nova Gorica €800 €149,410 Antonio Dieguez RodriguezCardPlayer - €40,010 23–26 June 2011 EKA Varna €800 €224,840 Idan GreenbergCardPlayer - €55,145 24–27 August 2011 EKA Zagreb €800 €183,400 Richard BodisCardPlayer - €47,298 4–10 December 2011 EPT/EKA Prague €330 Deepstack €59,073 Geir Engholm €13,100 Eureka Poker Tour - Season 1 - Leaderboard Champion: Antonio Dieguez Rodriguez, he won entries to all Sunday Million tournaments on PokerStars.com in calendar year 2012WEB ARCHIVE -
Season 2 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 9–14 April 2012 EKA Croatia €1,100 €172,660 Alija FilipovicCardPlayer - €42,700 4–10 June 2012 EKA Bulgaria €1,100 €238,590 Petar ZografovCardPlayer - €48,745 1–7 October 2012 EKA Latvia €1,100 €269,660 Lauri MerikallioCardPlayer - €68,800 5–15 December 2012 EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 €632,440 Menikos PanayiotouCardPlayer - €137,100 Eureka Poker Tour - Season 2 - Leaderboard Champion: Alija Filipovic, he won one EPT Season 9 Main Event Entry of his choice (€5,300)WEB ARCHIVE - WEB ARCHIVE -
Season 3 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 18–24 March 2013 EKA Rozvadov €1,100€500,000 Guaranteed €500,000 Bart LybaertPokerNews - €115,000 24–30 May 2013 EKA Croatia €1,100 €274,510 Achilles BozsoBLUFF Europe - €59,100 22–28 July 2013 EKA Bulgaria €1,100 €404,490 Liran MachlufPokerStars BLOG - €93,000 8–18 December 2013 EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 €1,275,550 Dimitri HoldeewPokerNews - €226,400 Eureka Poker Tour - Season 3 - Leaderboard Champion: Sergei Popov,Gambling 911- he won one EPT Season 10 Main Event Entry of his choice (€5,300)
Season 4 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 19–29 March 2014 EPT/EKA Vienna €1,100 €1,389,040 Zoltan GalPokerNews - €208,655 26 May-3 June 2014 EKA Rozvadov €1,100€500,000 Guaranteed €500,000 Martin MeciarPokerNews - €87,600 6–9 November 2014 EKA Rozvadov €550PokerStars King's Cup€200,000 Guaranteed €267,235 Philipp HartmannPokerNews - €45,000 7–17 December 2014 EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 €1,685,860 Balazs BotondGambling 911 - €206,948 Eureka Poker Tour - Season 4 - Leaderboard Champion: Gennady Menshikov,WEB ARCHIVE - he won one EPT Season 11 Main Event Entry of his choice (€5,300)
Season 5 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 21 February-1 March 2015 EKA Rozvadov €1,100 €644,080 Raphael WimmerLatest Poker Bonuses - €99,685 22–31 May 2015 EKA Hamburg €1,100 €563,570 Tom HolkeCalvin Ayre - €107,920 5–16 December 2015 EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 €1,836,210 Javier Rojas MederosPoker Guru India - €311,000 Eureka Poker Tour - Season 5 - Leaderboard GOLD Champion: Vladimir VelikovGlobal Poker Index - Eureka Poker Tour - Season 5 - Leaderboard SILVER Champion: Yohann NatafGlobal Poker Index - 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 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 2–8 March 2016 EKA Rozvadov €1,100€500,000 Guaranteed €661,540 Ivan LucaPokerNews - €106,186 16–22 May 2016 EKA Bucharest €1,100 €561,630 Avishai ShitritPokerFest Romania - €107,350 23 September-3 October 2016 EKA Hamburg €1,100 €355,990 Dinesh AltCasino News Daily - €69,120 8–19 December 2016 EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 €1,970,070 Hubert MatuszewskiPokerStars BLOG - €193,298 Eureka Poker Tour - Season 6 - Leaderboard GOLD Champion: Tobias PetersGlobal Poker Index - Eureka Poker Tour - Season 6 - Leaderboard SILVER Champion: Michal MrakešGlobal Poker Index - 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 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 5–16 March 2022 EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 €3,028,800 Alejandro LococoPokerNews - €417,820 20–29 May 2022 EKA Rozvadov €1,100€1,000,000 Guaranteed €1,041,200 Giorgio MontebelliGioco News - €146,126 25–31 July 2022 EKA Bucharest €1,100 €390,720 Adrian Gusti SasPokerPlayer Romania - €77,430 7–18 December 2022 EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 €3,856,320 Pieter TheelenPokerNews - €496,760
Season 2023 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 13–20 March 2023 EKA Rozvadov €1,100€1,000,000 Guaranteed €1,772,700 Jörg SchneegassPoker Fuse - €187,335 26 September-3 October 2023 EKA Hamburg €1,100 €667,850 Amir MozaffarianPokerNews - €123,780 11–22 October 2023 EPT/EKA Cyprus S1,100 $2,552,640 Ankit AhujaPokerNews - $362,365 6–17 December 2023 EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 €4,226,880 Alexander TkatschewPokerNews - €511,710
Season 2024 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Schedule 8–18 March 2024 EKA Rozvadov €1,100Guaranteed Prize Pool €1,000,000King's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic €1,449,700 Robert RöhlichPokerNews - €243,500 1–7 July 2024 EKA Hamburg €1,100Casino Schenefeld, Hamburg, Germany €584,250 Khossein KokhestaniPokerNews - €110,070 9–20 October 2024 EPT/EKA Cyprus $1,100Merit Royal Hotel & Casino, Kyrenia, Cyprus $2,662,850 Leo Worthington-LeesePokerNews - $314,030* 4–15 December 2024 EPT/EKA Prague €1,100King's Casino, Prague, Czech Republic €4,542,720 Martin TsvetanovPokerNews - €449,034* * denote deal
Winners by country Place Country Times Germany Hungary Austria Israel Argentina Bulgary England Spain Belgium Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Finland India Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Romenia Slovakia Switzerland Ukraine Total Up to Season 2024 EUREKA Prague / In case of a tie, it will be sorted alphabetically
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