The European Poker Tour (EPT) began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold 'em popularity. It shows a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour (WPT). 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Texas Holdem // Texas hold em (also holdem, holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. ... // This article is about the card game. ... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ...

The most significant difference between the competing poker tours is the buyin and its effect on the prize pool, with the EPT featuring buyins about half the size of the WPT. The resulting effect upon the EPT is that it has less "star power" and lower cash prizes. Nevertheless, winners of the first two EPT events took home prizes in the $100,000 range, lucrative enough to attract many top competitors. The large and growing jargon of poker includes many terms. ...

Furthermore, the final table is made up of 8 players, as opposed to the 6 player final tables popularised by the WPT.

The EPT is sponsored by PokerStars.com and taped for television broadcast in the United Kingdom by Sunset & Vine and Channel 4. PokerStars. ... Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ...

The tour was created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. Duthie commentates for the show, alongside Colin Murray. The show is hosted by Caroline Flack. John Duthie is an English television director turned professional poker player. ... The Poker Million is a major European poker tournament which started in 2000 on the Isle of Man. ... Colin Murray, from the Dundonald area of east Belfast, Northern Ireland is a BBC Radio 1 DJ and television presenter. ...

Notable Poker Players on the Tour

• Mads Andersen
• Patrik Antonius
• Ingemar Backman
• Andrew Black
• David Benyamine
• Tony "The Lizard" Bloom
• "Barmy" Barny Boatman
• "Rocky" Ross Boatman
• Noah Boeken
• Patrick Bruel
• Garry "Whacker" Bush
• Neil "Bad Beat" Channing
• Dave "El Blondie" Colclough
• Victoria Coren
• Martin "The Knife" De Knijff
• Ivo Donev
• "Burnley" John Falconer
• Tony G
• John Gale
• Julian "The Kid" Gardner
• Kirill Gerasimov
• Michael Greco
• Joseph Hachem
• Gus "The Great Dane" Hansen
• Rob Hollink
• Christer Johansson
• John "Large" Kabbaj
• Yevgeny Kafelnikov
• Tony "tikay" Kendall
• Kathy Liebert
• "The Flying Dutchman" Marcel Lüske
• Isabelle "No Mercy" Mercier
• Chris Moneymaker
• "The Don" Donnacha O'Dea
• Padraig Parkinson
• Pascal "Triple P" Perrault
• Xuyen "Bad Girl" Pham
• Greg "Fossilman" Raymer
• John Shipley
• Jani Sointula
• Willie "The Dice Man" Tann
• Mark Teltscher
• Julian "Yo-Yo" Thew
• Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott
• Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani
• Mickey "The Worm" Wernick
• Charalambos "Bambos" Xanthos

Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Patrik Antonius (born December 13, 1980) is a Finnish professional poker player, tennis coach and model from Helsinki. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Ingemar Backman (b. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Northern_Ireland. ... Andy Black on HUWRH Andrew Black (born 20 July 1965) is a poker player from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who presently resides in Dublin. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... David Benyamine (born July 5 in Paris) is a French professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Tony The Lizard Bloom (born 20 March 1970) is a professional poker player from London, England. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Rocky Ross Boatman is an English actor, professional poker player and a member of The Hendon Mob. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Noah Boeken (born January 6, 1981 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch professional poker and Magic: The Gathering player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Patrick Bruel (born Patrick Benguigui, on May 14, 1959 in Tlemcen, Algeria) is a French singer, actor, and professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Garry The Whacker Bush is an English professional poker player based in London. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Neil Bad Beat Channing (born 9 December 1967) is an English professional poker player and author based in London. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Wales_2. ... Dave El Blondie Colclough (born 4 March 1964 in Carmarthen, South Wales) is a Welsh computer programmer turned professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Victoria (Vicky) Coren is an author, journalist and poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Martin The Knife De Knijff (born 2 October 1972) is a professional sports better and high-stakes poker player from Gothenburg, Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Ivo Donev (born 25 December 1959) is an Austrian professional chess and poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Burnley John Falconer is an English professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Tony G (born Antanas Guoga in Melbourne, Australia on 28 April 1975) is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... John Gale is an English poker player from Bushey, Hertfordshire. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Julian Gardner is a poker player from Manchester, England. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Kirill Gerasimov (born 1971 in Moscow) is a Russian professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... Michael Greco is an actor, best known for his role as Beppe di Marco in the British soap opera, EastEnders from 1998-2002. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... For the Lebanese-Australian actor, see Joe Hasham. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Gustav (Gus) The Great Dane Hansen (born February 13, 1973 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a professional poker player who lives in Monaco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Rob Hollink is a professional poker player from Groningen, The Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... John Large Kabbaj is an English professional poker player, referred to by The Hendon Mob as their unofficial fifth member. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov (born on 18 February 1974) (Russian: Евгений Александрович Кафельников) (yehv-GYEH-nee kah-FYELL-nee-koff; KAH-fyell-nee-koff in Russian) is a former World No. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Anthony (Tony) James tikay Kendall (born 10 September 1947 in Middlesex) is an English professional poker player, based in Derbyshire. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Kathy Liebert in the Ultimate Poker Challenge Kathleen (Kathy) H. Liebert (born October 1, 1967 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... The Flying Dutchman Marcel Lüske (born 1953) is a professional poker player from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Isabelle No Mercy Mercier (born 5 August 1975) is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Christopher Bryan Moneymaker (born 1976 in Tennessee) is an American professional poker player who won the main event at the 2003 World Series of Poker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Donnacha ODea is a former Irish Olympian swimmer turned professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Professional poker player from Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Pascal Triple P Perrault is a French professional poker player, who specialises in tournament play. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Vietnam. ... Xuyen Bad Girl Pham (born in Vietnam) is an English professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Gregory (Greg) P. Fossilman Raymer (born 1964 in Minot, North Dakota) is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... John Shipley is an English professional poker player from Solihull, West Midlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Jani Sointula is a professional poker player from Helsinki, Finland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Singapore. ... Willie The Dice Man Tann is an English professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Mark Teltscher is an English poker player, based in London. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Julian Yo-Yo Thew is an English professional poker player based in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Dave Devilfish Ulliott (born January 4, 1954 in Hull, England) is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Ram Crazy Horse Vaswani is an English professional poker player and the youngest member of The Hendon Mob. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Mickey The Worm Wernick (also known as Mickey The Legend Wernick) (born 2 July 1944) is an English retired bookmaker and professional poker player from Birmingham. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cyprus. ... Charalambos Xanthos (also known as Bambos) is a Cypriot hotel and restaurant owner based in London, England. ...

See also

• European Poker Tour season 1 results
• European Poker Tour season 2 results

Below are the results of season 1 of the European Poker Tour (EPT). ... Below are the results of season 2 of the European Poker Tour (EPT). ...

External link

• Official Site