European Poker Tour
The now defunct European Poker Tour (EPT) was sponsored exclusively by PokerStars, which was once the world’s largest online poker site. After starting in 2004, with seven Texas Hold’em No Limit poker tournaments broadcast on television across Europe, the EPT has grown to become Europe’s richest and most popular poker tournament series. The tour now rivals the top events in America and attracts some of the biggest poker names from across the world. The EPT’s star has risen in unison with the rapidly increasing popularity of poker as a game. The first ever event in Barcelona was €1,000 to enter, had 211 players and a total prize pool of just €229,000. By comparison, the EPT Season 3 Grand Final had a buy-in of €10,000, and attracted 706 players, creating a prize pool of €6,600,000. This made it the richest poker tournament ever held outside of Las Vegas. Season 3 of the EPT also saw sell-out €5,000 tournaments in Barcelona, London, Copenhagen, Dortmund and Warsaw.
EPT Main Event Winners
| Season | Date | Event and location | Main Event winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18–19 September 2004 | EPT Barcelona Open | Alexander Stevic | €80,000 |
| 9–10 October 2004 | EPT London | John Shipley | £200,000 | |
| 23–24 October 2004 | EPT Dublin | Ram Vaswani | €93,000 | |
| 29–30 January 2005 | EPT Scandinavian Open, Copenhagen | Noah Boeken | DKr1,098,340 | |
| 15–19 February 2005 | EPT French Open, Deauville | Brandon Schaefer | €144,000 | |
| 10–11 March 2005 | EPT Vienna | Pascal Perrault | €184,500 | |
| 15–19 March 2005 | EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | Rob Hollink | €635,000 | |
| 2 | 16–17 September 2005 | EPT Barcelona Open | Jan Boubli | €426,000 |
| 30 September–2 October 2005 | EPT London | Mark Teltscher | €280,000 | |
| 4–6 October 2005 | EPT Baden Classic | Patrik Antonius | €288,180 | |
| 29–30 October 2005 | EPT Dublin | Mats Gavatin | €317,000 | |
| 19–22 January 2006 | EPT Scandinavian Open, Copenhagen | Mads Andersen | DKr2,548,040 | |
| 8–11 February 2006 | EPT French Open, Deauville | Mats Iremark | €480,000 | |
| 7–11 March 2006 | EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | Jeff Williams | €900,000 | |
| 3 | 13–16 September 2006 | EPT Barcelona Open | Bjørn-Erik Glenne | €691,000 |
| 21–24 September 2006 | EPT London | Victoria Coren | £500,000 | |
| 7–10 October 2006 | EPT Baden Classic | Duc Thang Nguyen | €487,397 | |
| 16–29 October 2006 | EPT Dublin | Roland de Wolfe | €554,300 | |
| 17–20 January 2007 | EPT Scandinavian Open, Copenhagen | Magnus Petersson | DKr4,078,080 | |
| 8–11 March 2007 | EPT German Open, Dortmund | Andreas Høivold | €672,000 | |
| 14–17 March 2007 | EPT Warsaw Open | Peter Jepsen | zł1,226,711 | |
| 28 March–2 April 2007 | EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | Gavin Griffin | €1,825,010 | |
| 4 | 28 August–1 September 2007 | EPT Barcelona Open | Sander Lylloff | €1,170,700 |
| 25–29 September 2007 | EPT London | Joseph Mouawad | £611,520 | |
| 7–10 October 2007 | EPT Baden Classic | Julian Thew | €670,800 | |
| 30 October–3 November 2007 | EPT Dublin | Reuben Peters | €532,620 | |
| 10–14 December 2007 | EPT Prague |  Arnaud Mattern |
€708,400 | |
| 5–10 January 2008 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island | Bertrand Grospellier |
$2,000,000 | |
| 29 January–2 February 2008 | EPT German Open, Dortmund |  Mike McDonald |
€933,600 | |
| 19–23 February 2008 |  EPT Scandinavian Open, Copenhagen |
 Tim Vance |
DKr6,220,488 | |
| 11–15 March 2008 |  EPT Warsaw Open |
 Michael Schulze |
zł2,153,999 | |
| 1–5 April 2008 |  EPT Sanremo |
Jason Mercier |
€869,000 | |
| 12–17 April 2008 |  EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo |
Glen Chorny |
€2,020,000 | |
| 5 | 10–14 September 2008 |  EPT Barcelona Open |
Sebastian Ruthenberg |
€1,361,000 |
| 1–5 October 2008 |  EPT London |
Michael Martin |
£1,000,000 | |
| 28 October–1 November 2008 |  EPT Hungarian Open, Budapest |
Will Fry |
€595,840 | |
| 15–19 November 2008 | EPT Warsaw Open |
 João Barbosa |
€367,140 | |
| 9–13 December 2008 |  EPT Prague |
Salvatore Bonavena |
€774,000 | |
| 5–10 January 2009 |  PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island |
Poorya Nazari |
$3,000,000 | |
| 20–24 January 2009 | EPT French Open, Deauville |
Moritz Kranich |
€851,400 | |
| 17–21 February 2009 | EPT Scandinavian Open, Copenhagen |
 Jens Kyllönen |
DKr6,542,208 | |
| 10–14 March 2009 | EPT German Open, Dortmund |
Sandra Naujoks |
€917,000 | |
| 18–23 April 2009 | EPT Sanremo |
 Constant Rijkenberg |
€1,508,000 | |
| 28 April–3 May 2009 | EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo |
Pieter de Korver |
€2,300,000 | |
| 6 | 18–23 August 2009 |  EPT Kiev |
 Maxim Lykov |
€330,000 |
| 4–9 September 2009 | EPT Barcelona |
Carter Phillips |
€850,000 | |
| 2–7 October 2009 | EPT London |
Aaron Gustavson |
£850,000 | |
| 20–25 October 2009 | EPT Warsaw |
Christophe Benzimra |
zł1,493,170 | |
| 17–22 November 2009 | EPT Vilamoura |
António Matias |
€404,793 | |
| 1–6 December 2009 | EPT Prague |
Jan Skampa |
€682,000 | |
| 5–11 January 2010 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island |
Harrison Gimbel |
$2,200,000 | |
| 20–25 January 2010 | EPT Deauville |
Jake Cody |
€847,000 | |
| 16–21 February 2010 | EPT Copenhagen |
 Anton Wigg |
DKr3,675,000 | |
| 2–7 March 2010 | EPT Berlin |
Kevin MacPhee |
€1,000,000 | |
| 21–26 March 2010 |  EPT Snowfest, Salzburg |
Allan Bække |
€445,000 | |
| 15–21 April 2010 | EPT Sanremo |
Liv Boeree |
€1,250,000 | |
| 25–30 April 2010 | EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo |
 Nicolas Chouity |
€1,700,000 | |
| 7 | 11–16 August 2010 |  EPT Tallinn |
 Kevin Stani |
€400,000 |
| 28 August–2 September 2010 | EPT Vilamoura |
Toby Lewis |
€467,836 | |
| 29 September–4 October 2010 | EPT London |
David Vamplew |
£900,000 | |
| 26–31 October 2010 | EPT Vienna |
Michael Eiler |
€700,000 | |
| 22–27 November 2010 | EPT Barcelona |
Kent Lundmark |
€825,000 | |
| 13–18 December 2010 | EPT Prague |
Roberto Romanello |
€640,000 | |
| 8–15 January 2011 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island |
Galen Hall |
$2,300,000 | |
| 25–31 January 2011 | EPT Deauville |
Lucien Cohen |
€880,000 | |
| 21–26 February 2011 | EPT Copenhagen |
Michael Tureniec |
DKr3,700,000 | |
| 20–25 March 2011 | EPT Snowfest, Salzburg |
Vladimir Geshkenbein |
€390,000 | |
| 5–10 April 2011 | EPT Berlin |
Ben Wilinofsky |
€825,000 | |
| 27 April–3 May 2011 | EPT Sanremo |
Rupert Elder |
€930,000 | |
| 7–12 May 2011 | EPT Grand Final, Madrid |
 Ivan Freitez |
€1,500,000 | |
| 8 | 2–7 August 2011 | EPT Tallinn |
 Ronny Kaiser |
€275,000 |
| 27 August–1 September 2011 | EPT Barcelona |
Martin Schleich |
€850,000 | |
| 20 September–6 October 2011 | EPT London |
Benny Spindler |
£750,000 | |
| 21–27 October 2011 | EPT Sanremo |
Andrey Pateychuk |
€680,000 | |
| 15–20 November 2011 |  EPT Loutraki |
Zimnan Ziyard |
€347,000 | |
| 5–10 December 2011 | EPT Prague |
Martin Finger |
€720,000 | |
| 7–13 January 2012 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island |
John Dibella |
$1,775,000 | |
| 31 January–6 February 2012 | EPT Deauville |
 Vadim Kursevich |
€875,000 | |
| 20–25 February 2012 | EPT Copenhagen |
Mickey Petersen |
DKr2,515,000 | |
| 12–17 March 2012 | EPT Madrid |
Frederik Jensen |
€495,000 | |
| 26–31 March 2012 | EPT Campione | Jannick Wrang | €640,000 | |
| 16–21 April 2012 | EPT Berlin | Davidi Kitai | €712,000 | |
| 25–30 April 2012 | EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | Mohsin Charania | €1,350,000 | |
| 9 | 15–25 August 2012 | EPT Barcelona | Mikalai Pobal | €1,007,550 |
| 5–11 October 2012 | EPT Sanremo | Ludovic Lacay | €744,910 | |
| 9–15 December 2012 | EPT Prague | Ramzi Jelassi | €835,000 | |
| 7–13 January 2013 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island | Dimitar Danchev | $1,859,000 | |
| 3–9 February 2013 | EPT Deauville | Remi Castaignon | €770,000 | |
| 10–16 March 2013 | EPT London | Ruben Visser | £595,000 | |
| 21–27 April 2013 | EPT Berlin | Daniel Pidun | €880,000 | |
| 6–12 May 2013 | EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | Steve O’Dwyer | €1,224,000 | |
| 10 | 26 August–7 September 2013 | EPT Barcelona | Tom Middleton | €924,000 |
| 2–12 October 2013 | EPT London | Robin Ylitalo | £560,980 | |
| 12–18 December 2013 | EPT Prague | Julian Track | €725,700 | |
| 7–13 January 2014 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island | Dominik Panka | $1,423,096 | |
| 26 January–1 February 2014 | EPT Deauville | Sotirios Koutoupas | €614,000 | |
| 23–29 March 2014 | EPT Vienna | Oleksii Khoroshenin | €578,392 | |
| 14–20 April 2014 | EPT Sanremo | Victoria Coren | €476,100 | |
| 26 April–2 May 2014 | EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | Antonio Buonanno | €1,240,000 | |
| 11 | 16–27 August 2014 | EPT Barcelona | Andre Lettau | €794,058 |
| 8–18 October 2014 | EPT London | Sebastian Pauli | £499,700 | |
| 7–17 December 2014 | EPT Prague | Stephen Graner | €969,000 | |
| 8–14 January 2015 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island | Kevin Schulz | $1,491,580 | |
| 27 January–7 February 2015 | EPT Deauville | Ognyan Dimov | €543,700 | |
| 17–28 March 2015 | EPT Malta, St. Julian’s, Portomaso | Jean Montury | €687,400 | |
| 28 April–8 May 2015 | EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | Adrian Mateos | €1,082,000 | |
| 12 | 18–30 August 2015 | EPT Barcelona | John Juanda | €1,022,593 |
| 20–31 October 2015 | EPT Malta, Portomaso | Niall Farrell | €534,330 | |
| 5–16 December 2015 | EPT Prague | Hossein Ensan | €754,510 | |
| 6–14 January 2016 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island | Mike Watson | $728,325 | |
| 9–20 February 2016 | EPT Dublin | Dzmitry Urbanovich | €561,900 | |
| 26 April–6 May 2016 | EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo | Jan Bendik | €961,800 | |
| 13 | 16–28 August 2016 | EPT Barcelona | Sebastian Malec | €1,122,800 |
| 18–29 October 2016 | EPT Malta, Portomaso | Aliaksei Boika | €355,700 | |
| 8–19 December 2016 | EPT Prague | Jasper Meijer van Putten | €699,300 | |
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| 14 | 6–14 January 2018 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island |
Maria Lampropulos | $1,081,100 |
| 23–29 March 2018 | EPT Sochi | Arsenii Karmatckii | RUB 27,300,000 | |
| 28 April–4 May 2018 | EPT Monte Carlo | Nicolas Dumont | €712,000 | |
| 27 August–2 September 2018 | EPT Barcelona | Piotr Nurzynski | €1,037,109 | |
| 11–18 December 2018 | EPT Prague | Paul Michaelis | €840,000 | |
| 15 | 5–16 January 2019 | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Paradise Island | David Rheem | $1,567,100 |
| 25 April–4 May 2019 | PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT | Manig Loeser | €603,777 | |
| 20 August–1 September 2019 | EPT Barcelona | Simon Brandstrom | €1,290,166 | |
| 11–17 December 2019 | EPT Prague | Mikalai Pobal | €1,005,600 | |
