The Pokerstars 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. The EPT is sponsored by and part owned by PokerStars and taped by Sunset + Vine for television broadcast across Europe.
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 March 6, 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 to three years in prison.[2]
Winners
| Date | City | Event | Winner | Prize |
| 13–16 September 2006 |  Barcelona | 2006 Barcelona Open |  Bjørn-Erik Glenne | €691,000 |
| 21–24 September 2006 |  London | The European Poker Championships | Victoria Coren | £500,000 |
| 7–10 October 2006 |  Baden | The Big Double 2006 |  Duc Thang Nguyen | €487,397 |
| 26–29 October 2006 |  Dublin | The Irish Masteres 2005 | Roland De Wolfe | €554,300 |
| 17–20 January 2007 |  Copenhagen | EPT Scandinavian Open |  Magnus Petersson | kr4,078,080 |
| 8–11 March 2007 | Dortmund | EPT Dortmund | Andreas Høivold | €672,000 |
| 14–17 March 2007 |  Warsaw | EPT Warsaw | Peter Willers Jepsen | zł1,226,711 |
| 28 Mar–2 Apr 2007 |  Monte Carlo | European Poker Tour Grand Final |  Gavin Griffin | €1,825,010 |
| Date | City | Event | Winner | Prize |
| 28 Aug–2 Sep 2007 | Barcelona | Barcelona Open | Sander Lyloff | €1,170,700 |
| 25–29 September 2007 | London | The European Poker Championships |  Joseph Mouawad | £611,520 |
| 7–10 October 2007 | Baden | EPT Baden Classic | Julian Thew | €670,800 |
| 30 Oct–3 Nov 2007 | Dublin | EPT Dublin | Reuben Peters | €532,620 |
| 10–14 December 2007 |  Prague | EPT Prague |  Arnaud Mattern | €708,400 |
| 5–10 January 2008 |  Paradise Island | EPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure | Bertrand Grospellier | $2,000,000 |
| 29 Jan–2 Feb 2008 | Dortmund | EPT German Open |  Michael McDonald | €933,600 |
| 19–23 February 2008 | Copenhagen | EPT Scandinavian Open | Tim Vance | kr6,220,488 |
| 11–15 March 2008 | Warsaw | EPT Polish Open | Michael Schulze | zł2,153,999 |
| 1–5 April 2008 |  Sanremo | EPT Sanremo | Jason Mercier | €869,000 |
| 12–17 April 2008 | Monte Carlo | European Poker Tour Grand Final | Glen Chorny | €2,020,000 |
| Date | City | Event | Winner | Prize |
| 10–14 September 2008 | Barcelona | EPT Barcelona Open | Sebastian Ruthenberg | €1,361,000 |
| 1–5 October 2008 | London | 2008 European Poker Championships | Michael Martin | £1,000,000 |
| 28 Oct–1 Nov 2008 |  Budapest | EPT Hungarian Open | Will Fry | €595,839 |
| 15–19 November 2008 | Warsaw | EPT Polish Open |  João Barbosa | zł1,358,420 |
| 9–13 December 2008 | Prague | EPT Prague | Salvatore Bonavena | €774,000 |
| 5–10 January 2009 | Paradise Island | EPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure | Poorya Nazari | $3,000,000 |
| 20–24 January 2009 | Deauville | EPT Deauville | Moritz Kranich | €851,400 |
| 17–21 February 2009 | Copenhagen | EPT Scandinavian Open |  Jens Kyllönen | kr6,542,208 |
| 10–14 March 2009 | Dortmund | EPT German Open | Sandra Naujoks | €917,000 |
| 18–23 April 2009 | Sanremo | EPT Sanremo |  Constant Rijkenberg | €1,508,000 |
| 28 Apr–3 May 2009 | Monte Carlo | European Poker Tour Grand Final | Pieter De Korver | €2,300,000 |
| Date | City | Event | Winner | Prize |
| 18–23 August 2009 |  Kiev | EPT Kyiv Sports Poker Championship |  Maxim Lykov | €330,000 |
| 4–9 September 2009 | Barcelona | EPT Barcelona | Carter Phillips | €850,000 |
| 2–7 October 2009 | London | EPT London | Aaron Gustavson | £850,000 |
| 20–25 October 2009 | Warsaw | EPT Warsaw | Christophe Benzimra | zł1,493,170 |
| 17–22 November 2009 | Vilamoura | EPT Vilamoura | António Matias | €404,793 |
| 1–6 December 2009 | Prague | EPT Prague | Jan Skampa | €682,000 |
| 5–11 January 2010 | Paradise Island | EPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure | Harrison Gimbel | $2,200,000 |
| 20–25 January 2010 | Deauville | EPT Deauville | Jake Cody | €847,000 |
| 16–21 February 2010 | Copenhagen | EPT Copenhagen | Anton Wigg | kr3,675,000 |
| 2–7 March 2010 | Berlin | EPT Germany | Kevin MacPhee | €1,000,000 |
| 21–16 March 2010 | Salzburg | ETP Snowfest | Allan Bække | €445,000 |
| 15–21 April 2010 | Sanremo | ETP Sanremo | Liv Boeree | €1,250,000 |
| 25–30 April 2010 | Monte Carlo | European Poker Tour Grand Final | Nicolas Chouity | €1,700,000 |
| Date | City | Event | Winner | Prize |
| 11–16 August 2010 |  Tallinn | EPT Tallinn | Kevin Stani | €400,000 |
| 28 Aug–2 Sep 2010 | Vilamoura | EPT Vilamoura | Toby Lewis | €467,835 |
| 29 Sep–4 Oct 2010 | London | EPT London | David Vamplew | £900,000 |
| 26–31 October 2010 | Vienna | EPT Vienna | Michael Eiler | €700,000 |
| 22–27 November 2010 | Barcelona | EPT Barcelona | Kent Lundmark | €825,000 |
| 13–18 December 2010 | Prague | EPT Prague | Roberto Romanello | €640,000 |
| 8-15 January 2011 | Paradise Island | EPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure | Galen Hall | $2,300,000 |
| 25–31 January 2011 | Deauville | EPT Deauville | Lucien Cohen | €880,000 |
| 21–26 February 2011 | Copenhagen | EPT Copenhagen | Michael Tureniec | kr3,700,000 |
| 20–25 March 2011 | Salzburg | EPT Snowfest | Vladimir Geshkenbein | €390,000 |
| 5–10 April 2011 | Berlin | EPT Berlin | Ben Wilinofsky | €825,000 |
| 27 Apr–3 May 2011 | Sanremo | EPT Sanremo | Rupert Elder | €930,000 |
| 7–12 May 2011 | Madrid | European Poker Tour Grand Final |  Ivan Freitez | €1,500,000 |
| Date | City | Event | Winner | Prize |
| 2–7 August 2011 | Tallinn | EPT Tallinn |  Ronny Kaiser | €275,000 |
| 27 Aug–1 Sep 2011 | Barcelona | EPT Barcelona | Martin Schleich | €850,000 |
| 30 Sep–6 Oct 2011 | London | EPT London | Benny Spindler | £750,000 |
| 21–27 October 2011 | Sanremo | EPT Sanremo | Andrey Pateychuk | €800,000 |
| 15–20 November 2011 |  Loutraki | EPT Loutraki | Zimnan Ziyard | €347,000 |
| 5–10 December 2011 | Prague | EPT Prague | Martin Finger | €720,000 |
| 5–15 January 2012 | Paradise Island | 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure | John Dibella | $1,775,000 |
| 31 Jan–6 Feb 2012 | Deauville | EPT Deauville |  Vadzim Kursevich | €875,000 |
| 20–25 February 2012 | Copenhagen | EPT Copenhagen | Mickey Petersen | DKK 2,515,000 |
| 12–17 March 2012 | Madrid | EPT Madrid | Frederik Jensen | €435,000 |
| 26–31 March 2012 | Campione | EPT Campione | Jannick Wrang | €640,000 |
| 16–21 April 2012 | Berlin | EPT Berlin | .svg.png) Davidi Kitai | €712,000 |
| 25–30 April 2012 | Monte Carlo | EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final | Mohsin Charania | €1,350,000 |
| Date | City | Event | Winner | Prize |
| 19-25 August 2012 | Barcelona | EPT Barcelona | Mikalai Pobal | €1,007,550 |
| 5-11 October 2012 | Sanremo | EPT Sanremo | Ludovic Lacay | €744,910 |
| 9-15 December 2012 | Prague | EPT Prague | Ramzi Jelassi | €835,000 |
| 7-13 January 2013 | Paradise Island | 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure |  Dimitar Danchev | $1,859,000 |
| 3-9 February 2013 | Deauville | EPT Deauville | Remi Castaignon | €770,000 |
| 10-16 March 2013 | London | EPT London | Ruben Visser | £595,000 |
| 21-27 April 2013 | Berlin | EPT Berlin | Daniel Pidun | €880,000 |
| 6-12 May 2013 | Monte Carlo | EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final | Steve O'Dwyer | €1,224,000 |
| Date | City | Event | Winner | Prize |
| 1-7 September 2013 | Barcelona | EPT Barcelona |  Tom Middleton | €942,000 |
| 6-12 October 2013 | London | EPT London | Robin Ylitalo | £560,980 |
| 12-18 December 2013 | Prague | EPT Prague | Julian Track | €725,700 |
| 7-13 January 2014 | Paradise Island | 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure | Dominik Panka | $1,423,096 |
| 26 Jan-1 Feb 2014 | Deauville | EPT Deauville | Sotirios Koutoupas | €614,000 |
| 16-22 March 2014 | Vienna | EPT Vienna | | |
| 10-16 April 2014 | Sanremo | EPT Sanremo | | |
| 26 Apr-2 May 2014 | Monte Carlo | EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final | | |
Winners by country
| Place |
Country |
Times |
| 1st | United Kingdom | 13 |
| 2nd | United States | 12 |
| 3rd | Germany | 10 |
| 4th | France | 8 |
| | Sweden | 8 |
| 6th | Denmark | 7 |
| 7th | Netherlands | 5 |
| 8th | Canada | 4 |
| 9th | Norway | 3 |
| | Russia | 3 |
| 11th | Finland | 2 |
| | Portugal | 2 |
| | Lebanon | 2 |
| | Belarus | 2 |
| 15th | Italy | 1 |
| | Czech Republic | 1 |
| | Venezuela | 1 |
| | Switzerland | 1 |
| | Belgium | 1 |
| | Bulgaria | 1 |
| | Ireland | 1 |
| | Poland | 1 |
Seats at Final Tables by country
| Place |
Country |
Times |
| 1st | United States | 82 |
| 2nd | United Kingdom | 72 |
| 3rd | France | 63 |
| 4th | Sweden | 57 |
| 5th | Germany | 56 |
| 6th | Italy | 43 |
| 7th | Denmark | 39 |
| 8th | Canada | 35 |
| 9th | Norway | 30 |
| 10th | Netherlands - Russia | 27 |
| 12th | Finland | 19 |
| 13th | Ireland - Spain | 17 |
| 15th | Belgium | 12 |
| 16th |  Romania | 9 |
| 17th | Hungary - Poland - Portugal | 8 |
| 20th | Austria | 7 |
| 21st | Greece - Ukraine - Lebanon - Belarus | 6 |
| 25th | Czech Republic | 5 |
| 26th | Switzerland -  Slovakia - Bulgaria -  Australia | 4 |
| 30th |  Israel -  Brazil -  Lithuania | 3 |
| 33rd |  Cyprus | 2 |
| 34th |  Taiwan - Venezuela -  South Africa - Estonia
 Turkey -  Croatia -  New Zealand -  Latvia | 1 |
Top 10 prizes
| Rank |
Event |
Place |
Name |
Prize |
| 1st | EPT4 Monte Carlo | 1st | Glen Chorny | $3,196,354 |
| 2nd | EPT5 Monte Carlo | 1st | Pieter de Korver | $3,056,255 |
| 3rd | EPT5 Caribbean Adventure | 1st | Poorya Nazari | $3,000,000 |
| 4th | EPT3 Monte Carlo | 1st | Gavin Griffin | $2,434,061 |
| 5th | EPT6 Monte Carlo | 1st | Nicolas Chouity | $2,261,000 |
| 6th | EPT6 Caribbean Adventure | 1st | Harrison Gimbel | $2,200,000 |
| 7th | EPT4 Caribbean Adventure | 1st | Bertrand Grospellier | $2,000,000 |
| 8th | EPT5 Sanremo | 1st | Constant Rijkenberg | $1,967,819 |
| 9th | EPT5 Barcelona | 1st | Sebastian Ruthenberg | $1,941,401 |
| 10th | EPT4 Monte Carlo | 2nd | Dénes Kaló | $1,865,595 |
Up to Monte Carlo 2010
Tournament results by season
References
External links
European Poker Tour season 10 results