Eugene Katchalov

Eugene Katchalov
Eugene Katchalov at the PCA Super High Roller 2011
Residence	Brooklyn, New York
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	1
Money finish(es)	30
Highest ITM Main Event finish	39th, 2009
World Poker Tour
Title(s)	1
Final table(s)	1
Money finish(es)	9
European Poker Tour
Title(s)	None
Final table(s)	3
Money finish(es)	9

Eugene Katchalov (born February 21, 1981, in Kyiv, Ukraine) is an American professional poker player raised in Brooklyn, New York, since age 10. He currently ranks #403 on the Global poker index, and has been ranked as high as number two. ^[1] He is also 1st on the All-Time Money List in Ukraine. ^[2]

Katchalov, a graduate with a business degree from NYU, is the winner of the largest payout for a non-championship event in the World Poker Tour (WPT), earning $2,482,605 with a win at the 2007 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic . ^{[3] [4]}

In late 2016 Katchalov and poker player, and friend, Luca Pagano, entered the world of eSports with an Italian team: QLASH is the first professional team to attend the American spot of Dreamhack.

Poker

Katchalov has been playing poker professionally since 2003; in March 2011 he joined Team PokerStars Pro and played under the screen name E.Katchalov. Katchalov was previously well known online under his former non-Team PokerStars Pro screen name MyRabbiFoo. After five years under the red spade brand, they parted away ^[ usurped ].

In addition to his 2007 WPT win, Katchalov finished 9th in the 2009 WPT Championship event. He has cashed nine times on the WPT Tour for a total of $2,759,761. ^[5]

Katchalov has had 30 cashes in World Series of Poker events, including a bracelet win in the 2011 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Tournament. He also finished 39th at the 2009 WSOP Main Event. ^[6]

Katchalov has also succeeded on the European Poker Tour. He has cashed nine times in Main Events including third-place finishes in London, 2009, and Barcelona, 2011 and a second-place finish in Deauville, 2014. At the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in 2011, Katchalov bested 37 other players in the $100,000 Super High Roller tournament, defeating Team Pokerstars Pro Daniel Negreanu heads-up, to win $1.5million. ^[7] Ten days later, he came in 2nd place in the PCA $10,000 High Roller - 6 Max event winning $131,920 .

In June 2007, Katchalov won the Bellagio Cup III's $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event. [3]

As of May 2017, his total live tournament winnings exceed $8,900,000. ^[3]

World Series of Poker

In 2011 Katchalov conquered the prestigious bracelet in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud event.

Date	City	Event	Position	Prize
June 10, 2005	Las Vegas	$2,000 No Limit Hold'em	74°	$3,870
June 22, 2005	Las Vegas	$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	48°	$6,530
June 28, 2007	Las Vegas	$5,000 No Limit Hold'em	32°	$13,344
June 6, 2008	Las Vegas	$5,000 No Limit Hold'em	10°	$16,920
June 13, 2008	Las Vegas	$1,500 Seven Card Razz	26°	$3,091
June 19, 2008	Las Vegas	$10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi/Lo Split	6°	$110,450
June 25, 2008	Las Vegas	$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo	26°	$3,638
June 29, 2008	Las Vegas	$1,500 H.O.R.S.E.	71°	$2,630
June 5, 2009	Las Vegas	$2,500 Limit Hold'em Six Handed	25°	$5,360
June 8, 2009	Las Vegas	$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed	25°	$11,839
June 10, 2009	Las Vegas	$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout	7°	$29,195
June 16, 2009	Las Vegas	$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	158°	$2,945
June 30, 2009	Las Vegas	$5,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed	15°	$137,378
July 3, 2009	Las Vegas	$10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em	39°	$178,857
June 1, 2010	Las Vegas	$5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout	21°	$16,607
June 12, 2010	Las Vegas	$10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo 8 Championship	7°	$74,670
June 23, 2010	Las Vegas	$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship	3°	$248,831
June 1, 2010	Las Vegas	$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed	25°	$11,839
June 30, 2010	Las Vegas	$25,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed	6°	$194,559
June 2, 2011	Las Vegas	$1,500 Seven Card Stud	1°	$122,909
June 13, 2011	Las Vegas	$2,500 8 Game	36°	$5,740
June 24, 2011	Las Vegas	$1,500 Limit Hold'em - Shootout	4°	$50,993
June 3, 2012	Las Vegas	$5,000 Seven Card Stud (Event #10)	9°	$18,693
June 11, 2012	Las Vegas	$3,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed (Event #23)	17°	$21,189
June 16, 2012	Las Vegas	$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. (Event #32)	17°	$16,246
July 3, 2012	Las Vegas	$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed (Event #57)	21°	$35,422
July 6, 2012	Las Vegas	$10,000 No Limit Hold'em National Championship	13°	$26,439
September 29, 2012	Cannes	€10,450 No Limit Hold'em Main Event (Event #7)	40°	$27,724
June 5, 2013	Las Vegas	$5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo (Event #13)	22°	$9,583
June 9, 2013	Las Vegas	$15,000 Pot Limit Hold'em (Event #19)	5°	$58,912
May 14, 2014	Las Vegas	$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout (Event #6)	67°	$4,411
May 29, 2015	Las Vegas	$565 No Limit Hold'em The Colossus (Event #5)	1008°	$3,009
June 3, 2015	Las Vegas	$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed (Event #12)	118°	$3,276
June 5, 2015	Las Vegas	$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Millionaire Maker (Event #16)	409°	$4,517
June 10, 2015	Las Vegas	$5,000 No Limit Hold'em Eight Handed (Event #25)	26°	$13,578
June 25, 2015	Las Vegas	$3,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed (Event #51)	86°	$6,150
June 28, 2016	Las Vegas	$1,500 Seven Card Stud (Event #49)	5°	$22,448
June 27, 2017	Las Vegas	$1,500 No Limit Hold'em (Event #52)	35°	$9,107
July 2, 2018	Las Vegas	$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event (Event #65)	685°	$19,900

World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Date	City	Event	Position	Prize
November 3, 2017	Rozvadov	€111,111 High Roller for One Drop (Event #10)	13°	€205,263

World Poker Tour

Eugene Katchalov is active in the WPT field since 2004, a milestone reserved to few still active professional poker players.

Date	City	Event	Position	Prize
December 14, 2004	Las Vegas	Five-Diamond World Poker Classic $15,300	35°	$27,227
January 26, 2007	Atlantic City	Borgata Winter Open $10,000	45°	$14,954
December 12, 2007	Las Vegas	Doyle Brunson Five Diamond WPC $15,400	1°	$2,482,605
April 18, 2009	Las Vegas	Seventh Annual Five Star WPC $25,500	9°	$130,735
August 22, 2009	Los Angeles	Legends of Poker $10,100	14°	$26,160
February 26, 2010	Los Angeles	L.A. Poker Classic $10,000	62°	$23,600
December 3, 2010	Las Vegas	Doyle Brunson Five Diamond WPC $10,300	19°	$33,785
December 1, 2011	Prague	WPT Prague, €3,500 Main Event	27°	$8,529
April 10, 2012	Wien	WPT Wien, €3,500 Main Event	19°	$12,282
March 1, 2014	Los Angeles	LA Poker Classic $10,000 Main Event	40°	$26,660

European Poker Tour

The European Poker Tour (EPT) was one of the biggest itinerant tournament series hosted by PokerStars. EPT had its final season in 2016 when the PokerStars Championship succeeded.

Date	City	Event	Position	Prize
March 16, 2005	Monte Carlo	€10,000 Grand Final - No Limit Hold'em	18°	$21,030
September 30, 2009	London	£20,500 No Limit Hold'em High Roller	3°	$307,247
October 2, 2009	London	£5,250 No Limit Hold'em Main Event	77°	$14,646
January 8, 2010	Nassau	$5,250 Heads Up Challenge	5°	$17,600
January 6, 2011	Nassau	$100,500 No Limit Hold'em Super High Roller	1°	$1,500,000
January 8, 2011	Nassau	$10,300 No Limit Hold'em Main Event	74°	$28,000
January 16, 2011	Nassau	$10,200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller 6 Max	2°	$131,920
May 7, 2011	Barcelona	€10,400 No Limit Hold'em EPT Grand Final	27°	$51,948
August 27, 2011	Barcelona	€5,300 No Limit Hold'em Main Event	3°	$453,812
November 17, 2011	Loutraki	€2,200 No Limit Hold'em	2°	$49,915
January 14, 2012	Nassau	$10,200 No Limit Hold'em 6 Max High Roller	7°	$25,320
March 12, 2012	Barcelona	€2,150 No Limit Hold'em	12°	$6,795
March 17, 2012	Barcelona	€5,200 No Limit Hold'em Six Max	4°	$12,069
March 31, 2012	Campione	€5,200 No Limit Hold'em 6 Max Turbo	5°	$12,867
December 13, 2012	Prague	€10,300 No Limit Hold'em High Roller 8 Handed	12°	$32,677
March 16, 2013	London	£5,200 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed	7°	$7,524
October 8, 2012	London	£2,200 No Limit Hold'em	2°	$85,116
January 7, 2013	Nassau	$10,300 No Limit Hold'em (Event #5)	29°	$47,000
December 12, 2013	Prague	€5,300 No Limit Hold'em EPT Main Event	71°	$8,088
January 26, 2014	Deauville	€5,300 No Limit Hold'em EPT Main Event	2°	$518,981
March 22, 2014	Wien	€2,200 No Limit Hold'em Eureka High Roller	1°	$207,962
August 23, 2014	Barcelona	#2,200 #23 No Limit Hold'em	30°	$6,899
October 12, 2014	London	£4,250 No Limit Hold'em (Event #16)	74°	$12,456
December 10, 2014	Prague	€2,200 No Limit Hold'em Eureka High Roller (Event #18)	3°	$126,723
December 11, 2014	Prague	€5,300 No Limit Hold'em (Event #22)	63°	$17,636
February 1, 2015	Deauville	€5,300 No Limit Hold'em (Event #11)	86°	$9,936
February 7, 2015	Deauville	€5,250 No Limit Hold'em Turbo Cash 6 Max (Event #42)	3°	$17,760
March 24, 2015	Valletta	€2,200 #41 No Limit Hold'em	2°	$100,349
May 2, 2015	Monte Carlo	€10,600 No Limit Hold'em (Event #27)	64°	$23,452
December 8, 2015	Prague	€550 No Limit Hold'em Shootout (Event #18)	6°	$2,158
August 22, 2016	Barcelona	€5,300 No Limit Hold'em (Event #24)	67°	$17,444
August 22, 2016	Barcelona	€5,300 8 Game (Event #26)	2°	$30,791
August 26, 2016	Barcelona	€10,300 No Limit Hold'em High Roller 8 Handed (Event #49)	103°	$13,188
October 23, 2016	Valletta	€5,300 No Limit Hold'em (Event #33)	39°	$13,478
December 15, 2016	Prague	€2,200 No Limit Hold'em (Event #59)	1°	$133,905

PokerStars Championship

Date	City	Event	Position	Prize
January 8, 2017	Nassau	€5,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event #23)	140°	$7,260

PokerStars Festival

Date	City	Event	Position	Prize
March 8, 2017	Rozvadov	€5,300 No Limit Hold'em Kings High Roller (Event #19)	2°	$53,916

Card Player Poker Tour

Date	City	Event	Position	Prize
July 17, 2017	Las Vegas	$5,000 Deepstack Extravaganza III (Event #103)	38°	$12,477

eSports

Katchalov is a well-known sport enthusiast and in winter 2016 he joined long term friend and former PokerStars colleague Luca Pagano in the eSport adventure. He is co-owner of one of the first Italian professional competitive esport team: QLASH. ^[8]

References

1. "Eugene Katchalov - REW023 - Ukraine - The Official Global Poker Index – GPI Rankings". www.globalpokerindex.com. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
2. "Ukraine All Time Money List". The Hendon Mob Poker Database . Retrieved December 11, 2023.
3. "Eugene Katchalov's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database . Retrieved December 11, 2023.
4. "Live Update Log - Player Bio: Eugene Katchalov". CardPlayer.com. December 18, 2007. Retrieved May 23, 2008.
5. "Eugene Katchalov". World Poker Tour. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
6. "Eugene Katchalov". WSOP.com. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
7. Feldman, Andrew (January 9, 2011). "Katchalov wins and Negreanu sets record". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
8. Cohen, Andrew (March 11, 2022). "Escaping Ukraine: The War-Torn Journey of Qlash Esports Co-Founder Eugene Katchalov". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved April 13, 2024.

External links

• Eugene Katchalov Interview
• CardPlayer.com article - Eugene Katchalov Wins 2007 Doyle Brunson Classic
• Card Player profile
• Global Poker Index profile
• Hendon Mob profile
• WPT profile
• WSOP profile