Estrellas Poker Tour

Estrellas Poker Tour

Sport	Texas Hold 'em
Founded	2010
Ceased	2024
Replaced by	PokerStars Open
Continent	Europe
Last champion(s)	Sylvain Berthelot
Sponsor(s)	PokerStars
Official website	pokerstarslive.com

The Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) started in April 2010, is a major regional poker tour in the Spain. The ESPT is sponsored by PokerStars.com. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

Season 1

Date	Event / City	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
8–11 April 2010	ESPT Málaga	261	€228,010	Vedast Sanxis [3] [4]	€60,970
27–30 May 2010	ESPT Alicante	305	€266,448	Jose Martinez [5]	€70,148
8–12 July 2010	ESPT Madrid	291	€254,219	Marc Colomé [6]	€67,519

• The 3 champions of the ESPT 2010 main events, Vedast, José and Marc gained tickets to EPT Barcelona 2010 (22nd to 27th November) ^[7]
• Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 1 - 2010 Champion: Alvaro Marino Nadal ^[8]

Season 2

Date	Event / City	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
3–6 February 2011	ESPT Madrid	498	€435,053	Ricardo Escobar [9]	€103,503
31 Mar-3 Apr, 2011	ESPT Málaga	375	€327,600	Antonio Dieguez Rodriguez [10]	€81,500
26–29 May 2011	ESPT Alicante	347	€303,140	Alejandro Piñeiro Barcelo [11]	€75,800
4–7 August 2011	ESPT San Sebastián	290	€253,344	Fabian Deimann [12] [13]	€64,600
21–25 September 2011	ESPT Ibiza	426	€372,154	Grzegorz Gosk [14]	€92,100

• Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 2 - 2011 Champion: Álvaro Santamaria ^[15]

Season 3

Date	Event / City	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
25–29 January 2012	ESPT Madrid	482	€462,720	Juan Miguel Tomé Perez [16]	€70,619
26 Mar-1 Apr, 2012	ESPT Valencia	387	€371,520	Miguel Angel Rodriguez Bermudez [17]	€76,000
14–20 May 2012	ESPT Ibiza	269	€258,240	Pablo Martinez Del Marmol [18]	€40,800
23–29 July 2012	ESPT San Sebastián	269	€258,240	Borja González Urteaga [19]	€65,800
15–19 August 2012	EPT/ESPT Barcelona	1,037	€1,004,940	Lorenzo Sabato [20]	€200,000

• Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 3 - 2012 Champion: Jaume Niell Alomar ^[21]

Season 4

Date	Event / City	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
25–29 January 2013	ESPT Madrid	632	€606,720	Adrian Mateos [22]	€103,053
31 Mar-3 Apr, 2013	ESPT Valencia	483	€463,680	Daniel Boender [23]	€104,550
26–29 May 2013	UKIPT/ESPT Marbella	763	€732,480	Ludovic Geilich [24]	€130,000
4–7 August 2013	EPT/ESPT Barcelona	1,798	€1,743,090	Soenke Jahn [25]	€169,136

• Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 4 - 2013 Champion: Jose Javier Patiño Gonzalez

Season 5

Date	Event / City	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
5–9 February 2014	ESPT Madrid	721	€692,160	Victor Jesus Antoraz Alvarez [26]	€97,363
2–6 April 2014	ESPT Valencia	414	€397,440	Fabio Sperling [27]	€77,000
11–15 June 2014	UKIPT/ESPT Marbella Festival	750	€720,000	Rodrigo Espinosa [28]	€136,000
16–21 August 2014	EPT/ESPT Barcelona	2,560	€2,483,200	Matias Ruzzi [29]	€198,550

• Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 5 - 2014 Champion: Heinz Traut ^[30]

Season 6

Date	Event / City	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
9–15 March 2015	ESPT Madrid	579	€552,000	Nicki Vestergaard [31]	€106,400
11–21 June 2015	UKIPT/ESPT Marbella Festival	841	€807,360	Isidoro Barrena [32]	€150,800
19–30 August 2015	EPT/ESPT Barcelona	3,292	€3,193,240	Mario Javier López [33]	€408,000

• Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 6 - GOLD: Sonny Franco ^{[34] [35]}
• Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 6 - SILVER: Adrian Costin Constantin ^{[36] [37]}

Season 7

Date	Event / City	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
9–13 March 2016	ESPT Madrid	491	€471,360	Pablo Gordillo Caballero [38]	€69,746
15–19 June 2016	UKIPT/ESPT Marbella Festival	844	€810,240	Jonathan Schuman [39]	€96,159
17–22 August 2016	EPT/ESPT Barcelona	3,447	€3,343,590	Mohamed Samri [40]	€353,220

• Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 7 - GOLD: Michal Ozimek ^[41]
• Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 7 - SILVER: Mahmood Rasheed ^[42]

Season 2022

Date	Event / City	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
30 March-2 April 2022	ESPT Madrid	784	€752,640	Nicolae Giuri [43]	€137,500
22–26 June 202	Summer Poker Festival ESPT/UKIPT Malta	815	€782,400	Zlatin Penev [44]	€144,630
9–14 August 2022	EPT/ESPT Barcelona	6,313	€6,060,480	Rick van Bruggen [45]	€600,000

Season 2023

Date	Event / City	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
29 March-2 April 2023	ESPT Madrid	756	€725,760	Jon Ander Vallinas [46]	€102,470
5–9 July 2023	ESPT Castellón	310	€297,600	Ivan Kuziv [47]	€51,430
21–27 August 2023	EPT/ESPT Barcelona	7,398	€7,102,080	Lucien Cohen [48]	€676,230
20–24 September 2023	ESPT Málaga	485	€465,600	Jose Gonzalez Sanchez [49]	€91,960
8–12 November 2023	ESPT Sevilla	420	€403,200	Federico Castiglioni [50]	€73,290

Season 2024

Date	Event / City	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
19–24 March	ESPT Madrid €1,100 Casino Gran Vía, Madrid, Spain	629	€602,010	Fouad Rabahie [51]	€105,000
10–16 June	UKIPT/ESPT Málaga €1,100 Casino Torrequebrada, Málaga, Spain	1,146	€1,100,160	Artus Giménez [52]	€145,000
24 August-8 September	EPT/ESPT Barcelona €1,100 Casino Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain	7,138	€6,852,480	Sylvain Berthelot [53]	€499,224

Winners by country

Place	Country	Winners
1st	Spain	18
2nd	France	3
	Germany	3
4th	Argentina	2
	Italy	2
	Netherlands	2
7th	Bulgaria	1
	Denmark	1
	England	1
	Lebanon	1
	Poland	1
	Romania	1
	Scotland	1
	Ukraine	1
Total		38

Up to Season 2024 (Step 3 ESPT Barcelona)
In case of a tie, alphabetical order

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