European Poker Tour

The European Poker Tour (EPT) is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour (WPT), 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.

European Poker Tour
SportTexas Hold 'em
Founded2004
CEO2004-2012 John Duthie (founder) 2012- Edgar Stuchly (PokerStars employee)
ContinentEurope
TV partner(s)Sunset + Vine
Official websiteeuropeanpokertour.com The Rational Group www.rationalgroup.com
Old logo used prior to 2018

In seasons 1-3, the most significant difference between the competing poker tours was the buy-in and its effect on the prize pool, with the EPT featuring buy-ins about half the size of the WPT. This changed in season 4 when the buy-in for most EPT events was increased to €8,000 (due to increased popularity and lack of space in participating casinos). At 2007 exchange rates, this is approximately equal to the US$10,000 which is the buy-in for most WPT events.

Furthermore, the final table is made up of 8 players, as opposed to the 6 player final tables popularised by the WPT.

For the first couple of seasons, 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 providing analysis. Hartigan also presents the live webcast[1] 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.

EPT Berlin robbery

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.[2]

EPT Main Event winners
Season Date Event and location Main Event winner Prize
1 18–19 September 2004 EPT Barcelona Open Alexander Stevic €80,000
9–10 October 2004 EPT London John Shipley £200,000
23–24 October 2004 EPT Dublin Ram Vaswani €93,000
29–30 January 2005 EPT Scandinavian Open, Copenhagen Noah Boeken DKr1,098,340
15–19 February 2005 EPT French Open, Deauville Brandon Schaefer €144,000
10–11 March 2005 EPT Vienna Pascal Perrault €184,500
15–19 March 2005 EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Rob Hollink €635,000
2 16–17 September 2005 EPT Barcelona Open Jan Boubli €426,000
30 September–2 October 2005 EPT London Mark Teltscher €280,000
4–6 October 2005 EPT Baden Classic Patrik Antonius €288,180
29–30 October 2005 EPT Dublin Mats Gavatin €317,000
19–22 January 2006 EPT Scandinavian Open, Copenhagen Mads Andersen DKr2,548,040
8–11 February 2006 EPT French Open, Deauville Mats Iremark €480,000
7–11 March 2006 EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Jeff Williams €900,000
3 13–16 September 2006 EPT Barcelona Open Bjørn-Erik Glenne €691,000
21–24 September 2006 EPT London Victoria Coren £500,000
7–10 October 2006 EPT Baden Classic Duc Thang Nguyen €487,397
16–29 October 2006 EPT Dublin Roland de Wolfe €554,300
17–20 January 2007 EPT Scandinavian Open, Copenhagen Magnus Petersson DKr4,078,080
8–11 March 2007 EPT German Open, Dortmund Andreas Høivold €672,000
14–17 March 2007 EPT Warsaw Open Peter Jepsen zł1,226,711
28 March–2 April 2007 EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Gavin Griffin €1,825,010
4 28 August–1 September 2007 EPT Barcelona Open Sander Lylloff €1,170,700
25–29 September 2007 EPT London Joseph Mouawad £611,520
7–10 October 2007 EPT Baden Classic Julian Thew €670,800
30 October–3 November 2007 EPT Dublin Reuben Peters €532,620
10–14 December 2007 EPT Prague Arnaud Mattern €708,400
5–10 January 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island Bertrand Grospellier $2,000,000
29 January–2 February 2008 EPT German Open, Dortmund Mike McDonald €933,600
19–23 February 2008 EPT Scandinavian Open, Copenhagen Tim Vance DKr6,220,488
11–15 March 2008 EPT Warsaw Open Michael Schulze zł2,153,999
1–5 April 2008 EPT Sanremo Jason Mercier €869,000
12–17 April 2008 EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Glen Chorny €2,020,000
5 10–14 September 2008 EPT Barcelona Open Sebastian Ruthenberg €1,361,000
1–5 October 2008 EPT London Michael Martin £1,000,000
28 October–1 November 2008 EPT Hungarian Open, Budapest Will Fry €595,840
15–19 November 2008 EPT Warsaw Open João Barbosa €367,140
9–13 December 2008 EPT Prague Salvatore Bonavena €774,000
5–10 January 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island Poorya Nazari $3,000,000
20–24 January 2009 EPT French Open, Deauville Moritz Kranich €851,400
17–21 February 2009 EPT Scandinavian Open, Copenhagen Jens Kyllönen DKr6,542,208
10–14 March 2009 EPT German Open, Dortmund Sandra Naujoks €917,000
18–23 April 2009 EPT Sanremo Constant Rijkenberg €1,508,000
28 April–3 May 2009 EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Pieter de Korver €2,300,000
6 18–23 August 2009 EPT Kiev Maxim Lykov €330,000
4–9 September 2009 EPT Barcelona Carter Phillips €850,000
2–7 October 2009 EPT London Aaron Gustavson £850,000
20–25 October 2009 EPT Warsaw Christophe Benzimra zł1,493,170
17–22 November 2009 EPT Vilamoura António Matias €404,793
1–6 December 2009 EPT Prague Jan Skampa €682,000
5–11 January 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island Harrison Gimbel $2,200,000
20–25 January 2010 EPT Deauville Jake Cody €847,000
16–21 February 2010 EPT Copenhagen Anton Wigg DKr3,675,000
2–7 March 2010 EPT Berlin Kevin MacPhee €1,000,000
21–26 March 2010 EPT Snowfest, Salzburg Allan Bække €445,000
15–21 April 2010 EPT Sanremo Liv Boeree €1,250,000
25–30 April 2010 EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Nicolas Chouity €1,700,000
7 11–16 August 2010 EPT Tallinn Kevin Stani €400,000
28 August–2 September 2010 EPT Vilamoura Toby Lewis €467,836
29 September–4 October 2010 EPT London David Vamplew £900,000
26–31 October 2010 EPT Vienna Michael Eiler €700,000
22–27 November 2010 EPT Barcelona Kent Lundmark €825,000
13–18 December 2010 EPT Prague Roberto Romanello €640,000
8–15 January 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island Galen Hall $2,300,000
25–31 January 2011 EPT Deauville Lucien Cohen €880,000
21–26 February 2011 EPT Copenhagen Michael Tureniec DKr3,700,000
20–25 March 2011 EPT Snowfest, Salzburg Vladimir Geshkenbein €390,000
5–10 April 2011 EPT Berlin Ben Wilinofsky €825,000
27 April–3 May 2011 EPT Sanremo Rupert Elder €930,000
7–12 May 2011 EPT Grand Final, Madrid Ivan Freitez €1,500,000
8 2–7 August 2011 EPT Tallinn Ronny Kaiser €275,000
27 August–1 September 2011 EPT Barcelona Martin Schleich €850,000
20 September–6 October 2011 EPT London Benny Spindler £750,000
21–27 October 2011 EPT Sanremo Andrey Pateychuk €680,000
15–20 November 2011 EPT Loutraki Zimnan Ziyard €347,000
5–10 December 2011 EPT Prague Martin Finger €720,000
7–13 January 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island John Dibella $1,775,000
31 January–6 February 2012 EPT Deauville Vadim Kursevich €875,000
20–25 February 2012 EPT Copenhagen Mickey Petersen DKr2,515,000
12–17 March 2012 EPT Madrid Frederik Jensen €495,000
26–31 March 2012 EPT Campione Jannick Wrang €640,000
16–21 April 2012 EPT Berlin Davidi Kitai €712,000
25–30 April 2012 EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Mohsin Charania €1,350,000
9 15–25 August 2012 EPT Barcelona Mikalai Pobal €1,007,550
5–11 October 2012 EPT Sanremo Ludovic Lacay €744,910
9–15 December 2012 EPT Prague Ramzi Jelassi €835,000
7–13 January 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island Dimitar Danchev $1,859,000
3–9 February 2013 EPT Deauville Remi Castaignon €770,000
10–16 March 2013 EPT London Ruben Visser £595,000
21–27 April 2013 EPT Berlin Daniel Pidun €880,000
6–12 May 2013 EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Steve O'Dwyer €1,224,000
10 26 August–7 September 2013 EPT Barcelona Tom Middleton €924,000
2–12 October 2013 EPT London Robin Ylitalo £560,980
12–18 December 2013 EPT Prague Julian Track €725,700
7–13 January 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island Dominik Panka $1,423,096
26 January–1 February 2014 EPT Deauville Sotirios Koutoupas €614,000
23–29 March 2014 EPT Vienna Oleksii Khoroshenin €578,392
14–20 April 2014 EPT Sanremo Victoria Coren €476,100
26 April–2 May 2014 EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Antonio Buonanno €1,240,000
11 16–27 August 2014 EPT Barcelona Andre Lettau €794,058
8–18 October 2014 EPT London Sebastian Pauli £499,700
7–17 December 2014 EPT Prague Stephen Graner €969,000
8–14 January 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island Kevin Schulz $1,491,580
27 January–7 February 2015 EPT Deauville Ognyan Dimov €543,700
17–28 March 2015 EPT Malta, St. Julian's, Portomaso Jean Montury €687,400
28 April–8 May 2015 EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Adrian Mateos €1,082,000
12 18–30 August 2015 EPT Barcelona John Juanda €1,022,593
20–31 October 2015 EPT Malta, Portomaso Niall Farrell €534,330
5–16 December 2015 EPT Prague Hossein Ensan €754,510
6–14 January 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island Mike Watson $728,325
9–20 February 2016 EPT Dublin Dzmitry Urbanovich €561,900
26 April–6 May 2016 EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo Jan Bendik €961,800
13 16–28 August 2016 EPT Barcelona Sebastian Malec €1,122,800
18–29 October 2016 EPT Malta, Portomaso Aliaksei Boika €355,700
8–19 December 2016 EPT Prague Jasper Meijer van Putten €699,300
see PokerStars Championship for winners of the seven events in 2017
14 6–14 January 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island Maria Lampropulos $1,081,100
23–29 March 2018 EPT Sochi Arsenii Karmatckii RUB 27,300,000
28 April–4 May 2018 EPT Monte Carlo Nicolas Dumont €712,000
27 August–2 September 2018 EPT Barcelona Piotr Nurzynski €1,037,109
11–18 December 2018 EPT Prague Paul Michaelis €840,000
15 5–16 January 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island David Rheem $1,567,100
25 April–4 May 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Manig Loeser €603,777
20 August–1 September 2019 EPT Barcelona Simon Brandstrom €1,290,166
11–17 December 2019 EPT Prague Mikalai Pobal €1,005,600
Source:[3][4]

2017 rebranding

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]

References
  1. http://www.eptlive.com
  2. http://www.pokernews.com/news/2010/03/breaking-news-armed-robbery-suspends-play-at-ept-berlin-8006.htm
  3. PokerStars. European Poker Tour official website results section. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  4. Global Poker Index. European Poker Tour at the Hendon Mob. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  5. PokerNews. European Poker Tour Brand to Return in 2018
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