# Eureka Poker Tour

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).

## 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.
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).
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.

## Season 1

| Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
| 17–20 March 2011 | EKA Prague €800 | 329 | €243,460 | Keith Johnson | €58,400 |
| 12–15 May 2011 | EKA Nova Gorica €800 | 211 | €149,410 | Antonio Dieguez Rodriguez | €40,010 |
| 23–26 June 2011 | EKA Varna €800 | 308 | €224,840 | Idan Greenberg | €55,145 |
| 24–27 August 2011 | EKA Zagreb €800 | 259 | €183,400 | Richard Bodis | €47,298 |
| 4–10 December 2011 | EPT/EKA Prague €330 Deepstack | 203 | €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 2012

## Season 2

| Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
| 9–14 April 2012 | EKA Croatia €1,100 | 178 | €172,660 | Alija Filipovic | €42,700 |
| 4–10 June 2012 | EKA Bulgaria €1,100 | 246 | €238,590 | Petar Zografov | €48,745 |
| 1–7 October 2012 | EKA Latvia €1,100 | 278 | €269,660 | Lauri Merikallio | €68,800 |
| 5–15 December 2012 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 | 652 | €632,440 | Menikos Panayiotou | €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)

## Season 3

| Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
| 18–24 March 2013 | EKA Rozvadov €1,100 €500,000 Guaranteed | 500 | €500,000 | Bart Lybaert | €115,000 |
| 24–30 May 2013 | EKA Croatia €1,100 | 283 | €274,510 | Achilles Bozso | €59,100 |
| 22–28 July 2013 | EKA Bulgaria €1,100 | 417 | €404,490 | Liran Machluf | €93,000 |
| 8–18 December 2013 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 | 1,315 | €1,275,550 | Dimitri Holdeew | €226,400 |
* Eureka Poker Tour - Season 3 - Leaderboard Champion: Sergei Popov, he won one EPT Season 10 Main Event Entry of his choice (€5,300)

## Season 4

| Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
| 19–29 March 2014 | EPT/EKA Vienna €1,100 | 1,432 | €1,389,040 | Zoltan Gal | €208,655 |
| 26 May-3 June 2014 | EKA Rozvadov €1,100 €500,000 Guaranteed | 493 | €500,000 | Martin Meciar | €87,600 |
| 6–9 November 2014 | EKA Rozvadov €550 PokerStars King's Cup €200,000 Guaranteed | 551 | €267,235 | Philipp Hartmann | €45,000 |
| 7–17 December 2014 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 | 1,738 | €1,685,860 | Balazs Botond | €206,948 |
* Eureka Poker Tour - Season 4 - Leaderboard Champion: Gennady Menshikov, he won one EPT Season 11 Main Event Entry of his choice (€5,300)

## Season 5

| Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
| 21 February-1 March 2015 | EKA Rozvadov €1,100 | 664 | €644,080 | Raphael Wimmer | €99,685 |
| 22–31 May 2015 | EKA Hamburg €1,100 | 581 | €563,570 | Tom Holke | €107,920 |
| 5–16 December 2015 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 | 1,893 | €1,836,210 | Javier Rojas Mederos | €311,000 |
* Eureka Poker Tour - Season 5 - Leaderboard GOLD Champion: Vladimir Velikov
* Eureka Poker Tour - Season 5 - Leaderboard SILVER Champion: Yohann Nataf
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 |
| 2–8 March 2016 | EKA Rozvadov €1,100 €500,000 Guaranteed | 682 | €661,540 | Ivan Luca | €106,186 |
| 16–22 May 2016 | EKA Bucharest €1,100 | 579 | €561,630 | Avishai Shitrit | €107,350 |
| 23 September-3 October 2016 | EKA Hamburg €1,100 | 367 | €355,990 | Dinesh Alt | €69,120 |
| 8–19 December 2016 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 | 2,031 | €1,970,070 | Hubert Matuszewski | €193,298 |
* Eureka Poker Tour - Season 6 - Leaderboard GOLD Champion: Tobias Peters
* Eureka Poker Tour - Season 6 - Leaderboard SILVER Champion: Michal Mrakeš
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 |
| 5–16 March 2022 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 | 3,155 | €3,028,800 | Alejandro Lococo | €417,820 |
| 20–29 May 2022 | EKA Rozvadov €1,100 €1,000,000 Guaranteed | 1,096 | €1,041,200 | Giorgio Montebelli | €146,126 |
| 25–31 July 2022 | EKA Bucharest €1,100 | 407 | €390,720 | Adrian Gusti Sas | €77,430 |
| 7–18 December 2022 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 | 4,017 | €3,856,320 | Pieter Theelen | €496,760 |

## Season 2023

| Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
| 13–20 March 2023 | EKA Rozvadov €1,100 €1,000,000 Guaranteed | 1,866 | €1,772,700 | Jörg Schneegass | €187,335 |
| 26 September-3 October 2023 | EKA Hamburg €1,100 | 703 | €667,850 | Amir Mozaffarian | €123,780 |
| 11–22 October 2023 | EPT/EKA Cyprus S1,100 | 2,659 | $2,552,640 | Ankit Ahuja | $362,365 |
| 6–17 December 2023 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 | 4,403 | €4,226,880 | Alexander Tkatschew | €511,710 |

## Season 2024

| Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
| 8–18 March 2024 | EKA Rozvadov €1,100 Guaranteed Prize Pool €1,000,000 King's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic | 1,526 | €1,449,700 | Robert Röhlich | €243,500 |
| 1–7 July 2024 | EKA Hamburg €1,100 Casino Schenefeld, Hamburg, Germany | 645 | €584,250 | Khossein Kokhestani | €110,070 |
| 9–20 October 2024 | EPT/EKA Cyprus $1,100 Merit Royal Hotel & Casino, Kyrenia, Cyprus | 1,038 | $2,662,850 | Leo Worthington-Leese | $314,030* |
| 4–15 December 2024 | EPT/EKA Prague €1,100 King's Casino, Prague, Czech Republic | 4,732 | €4,542,720 | Martin Tsvetanov | €449,034* |
* denote deal

## Winners by country

| Place | Country | Times |
| 1st | Germany | 4 |
| | Hungary | 4 |
| 3rd | Austria | 3 |
| | Israel | 3 |
| 5th | Argentina | 2 |
| | Bulgary | 2 |
| | England | 2 |
| | Spain | 2 |
| 9th | Belgium | 1 |
| | Croatia | 1 |
| | Cyprus | 1 |
| | Czech Republic | 1 |
| | Finland | 1 |
| | India | 1 |
| | Italy | 1 |
| | Netherlands | 1 |
| | Norway | 1 |
| | Poland | 1 |
| | Romenia | 1 |
| | Slovakia | 1 |
| | Switzerland | 1 |
| | Ukraine | 1 |
| Total | | 36 |
Up to Season 2024 EUREKA Prague / In case of a tie, it will be sorted alphabetically