The Eureka Poker Tour (EKA) started in March 2011, is a major regional
poker
Poker is a family of comparing card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules. It is played worldwide, however in some places the rules may vary. While the earliest known form of the game w ...
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
The Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) was a major poker tour in Latin America
Latin America or
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* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large ...
(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
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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
The UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) started in December 2009, is a major regional poker tour in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The UKIPT is sponsored by PokerStars.com, like its counterparts, the European Poker Tour (2004), Asia Pacific Poker ...
), FPS (France Poker Series) and ESPT (
Estrellas Poker Tour).
Season 1
*''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
*''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
*''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
*''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
*''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
*''Eureka Poker Tour - Season 6 - Leaderboard GOLD Champion'': Tobias Peters
*''Eureka Poker Tour - Season 6 - Leaderboard SILVER Champion'': Michal Mrakeš
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''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
Season 2023
Season 2024
Winners by country
''Up to Season 2024 EKA Cyprus / In case of a tie, it will be sorted alphabetically''
References
External links
Official site
{{Major Poker Tournaments
Poker tournaments
Poker tournaments in Europe