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Sport | Texas Hold 'em |
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Founded | 2011 |
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Most recent champion(s) | ![]() |
Official website | pokerstarslive.com/eureka |
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). [1]
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. [2]
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). [3]
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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17-20 March 2011 | ![]() | 329 | €243,460 | ![]() | €58,400 | |
12-15 May 2011 | ![]() | 211 | €149,410 | ![]() | €40,010 | |
23-26 June 2011 | ![]() | 308 | €224,840 | ![]() | €55,145 | |
24-27 August 2011 | ![]() | 259 | €183,400 | ![]() | €47,298 | |
4-10 December 2011 | ![]() | 203 | €59,073 | ![]() | €13,100 |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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9-14 April 2012 | ![]() | 178 | €172,660 | ![]() | €42,700 | |
4-10 June 2012 | ![]() | 246 | €238,590 | ![]() | €48,745 | |
1-7 October 2012 | ![]() | 278 | €269,660 | ![]() | €68,800 | |
5-15 December 2012 | ![]() | 652 | €632,440 | ![]() | €137,100 |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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18-24 March 2013 | ![]() € 500,000 Guaranteed | 500 | €500,000 | ![]() | €115,000 | |
24-30 May 2013 | ![]() | 283 | €274,510 | ![]() | €59,100 | |
22-28 July 2013 | ![]() | 417 | €404,490 | ![]() | €93,000 | |
8-18 December 2013 | ![]() | 1,315 | €1,275,550 | ![]() | €226,400 |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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19-29 March 2014 | ![]() | 1,432 | €1,389,040 | ![]() | €208,655 | |
26 May-3 June 2014 | ![]() € 500,000 Guaranteed | 493 | €500,000 | ![]() | €87,600 | |
6-9 November 2014 | ![]() PokerStars King's Cup € 200,000 Guaranteed | 551 | €267,235 | ![]() | €45,000 | |
7-17 December 2014 | ![]() | 1,738 | €1,685,860 | ![]() | €206,948 |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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21 February-1 March 2015 | ![]() | 664 | €644,080 | ![]() | €99,685 | |
22-31 May 2015 | ![]() | 581 | €563,570 | ![]() | €107,920 | |
5-16 December 2015 | ![]() | 1,893 | €1,836,210 | ![]() | €311,000 |
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.
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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2-8 March 2016 | ![]() € 500,000 Guaranteed | 682 | €661,540 | ![]() | €106,186 | |
16-22 May 2016 | ![]() | 579 | €561,630 | ![]() | €107,350 | |
23 September-3 October 2016 | ![]() | 367 | €355,990 | ![]() | €69,120 | |
8-19 December 2016 | ![]() | 2,031 | €1,970,070 | ![]() | €193,298 |
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.
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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5-16 March 2022 | ![]() | 3,155 | €3,028,800 | ![]() | €417,820 | |
20-29 May 2022 | ![]() € 1,000,000 Guaranteed | 1,096 | €1,041,200 | ![]() | €146,126 | |
25-31 July 2022 | ![]() | 407 | €390,720 | ![]() | €77,430 | |
7-18 December 2022 | ![]() | 4,017 | €3,856,320 | ![]() | €496,760 |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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13-20 March 2023 | ![]() € 1,000,000 Guaranteed | 1,866 | €1,772,700 | ![]() | €187,335 | |
26 September-3 October 2023 | ![]() | 703 | €667,850 | ![]() | €123,780 | |
11-22 October 2023 | ![]() | 2,659 | $2,552,640 | ![]() | $362,365 | |
6-17 December 2023 | ![]() | 4,403 | €4,226,880 | ![]() | €511,710 |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Schedulle |
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8-18 March 2024 | ![]() Guaranteed Prize Pool €1,000,000 King's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic | 1,526 | €1,449,700 | ![]() | €243,500 | |
1-7 July 2024 | ![]() Casino Schenefeld, Hamburg, Germany | |||||
9-20 October 2024 | ![]() Merit Royal Hotel & Casino, Kyrenia, Cyprus | |||||
4-15 December 2024 | ![]() King's Casino, Prague, Czech Republic |
More venues on 2024 to be announced
Up to Season 2024 EKA Rozvadov / In case of a tie, it will be sorted alphabetically
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